The 1-year/no-job Project
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I decided to quit my job in the US and move to Montreal in September 2008 to work on my own projects, at the time, I was working on YowTRIP.
I never really intented it to be a one-year project. :)
Why did I do that?
I had a lot of ideas and not enough time to work on them. As long as I was in the US, I had to maintain a full-time job in order to keep my immigration status current. I never really enjoyed working for other people. I don't like routine.
Why Montreal?
I visited Montreal in 2006 and fell in love with the city. So, since I could go anywhere, why not to my favorite city in the world?
I had never spent the Winter here before and people warned me about it. But, not only I survived it, but I loved it.
What did I do over the past year?
As soon as I moved here I started a monthly networking event: Montreal NewTech Meetup. In the first three months I was working on YowTRIP. Then in January 2009, I started developing Twtapps. In October 2009, I started 63 Squares.
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Twtapps is a set of business applications for social media sites.
twtpoll - create online polls
twtsurvey - create web surveys
twtvite - event manager
twtaway - create twitter contests
twtFAQ - twitter customer support
twtBizCard - online business card
twtQpon - create online coupons
twtjobs - career manager
twtTRIP - travel organizer
63 Squares is a web technologies and marketing collective.
YowTRIP is a social network for travelers.
I-stats is a real-time web analytics service.
The Montreal NewTech Meetup group is a monthly network event in Montreal.
Montreal NewTech Demo
Five min presentations from four startups.
Co-founders Monday
Find a co-founder for your next venture.
Montreal Beta Testers
Usability feedback about your product.
Ignite is a series of speedy presentations. Each speaker gets 5 minutes with 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds.