Is it wrong to say this is the peak(IMO) of what the Internet should be? What with people building cool stuff, open sourcing it, and getting help from others who have already gone down the road.
If it's Good for the Web, I at least am happy to chat, give advice, mentor, to the extent that I have free time. I do that on a regular basis for local companies, but that's just because it's more convenient. I expect many Mozilla folks do the same.
(and if it's a thing that should/could be a Mozilla consumer product someday, then yes, check out the Hatchery, that's a more structured program w/ a bunch of coaches).
I'm in a similar boat. I have a few things like that where I think the best thing for it would be to get it where to the point where a bunch of people would fork it and make their own cool things.
I don't want to be in business, I want to make cool stuff.
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[+] [-] davidascher|13 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] jmathai|13 years ago|reply
Mozilla is chock full of great folks with tremendous experience.
The WebFWD team is top notch.
* I was in their first "batch" and with their help I'm still building OpenPhoto / Trovebox.
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[+] [-] josephg|13 years ago|reply
I've got an opensource project that I would like coaching & mentorship on, but I'm not convinced I want to monetize it. Should I apply anyway?
[+] [-] soapdog|13 years ago|reply
It may be what you're looking for.
PS: I am a Mozilla Rep.
[+] [-] davidascher|13 years ago|reply
(and if it's a thing that should/could be a Mozilla consumer product someday, then yes, check out the Hatchery, that's a more structured program w/ a bunch of coaches).
[+] [-] mcpherrinm|13 years ago|reply
A 3-month hands-on accelerator designed to help entrepreneurs from around the globe build healthy businesses.
(with "build healthy businesses" in bold)
[+] [-] Lerc|13 years ago|reply
I don't want to be in business, I want to make cool stuff.
[+] [-] joshontheweb|13 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] dwinston|13 years ago|reply
* I had temporarily disabled Javascipt on Firefox for debugging something a couple days ago. I had been using Chrome since then, but decided to open Firefox for this. I was confused until I tried to check my Gmail, whereupon I was informed that I had Javascript disabled. Oops. I've re-enabled Javascript.
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[+] [-] damdam|13 years ago|reply
...to make the Web better and more open ...open source (at minimum, a component) OR leveraging HTML5 ...actively exploring its business model(s) ...at a prototype stage or beyond
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For more info visit webfwd.org
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[+] [-] ergo14|13 years ago|reply
Best of luck Mozillians!
[+] [-] diwank|13 years ago|reply
-- I was in their first cohort, feel free to ask any questions.
[+] [-] kushagrawal|13 years ago|reply