- Jun 20th, 2007 @ 15:06 pm
- Posted by: David Cohen
MyBlogLog: Eric Marcoullier and Todd Sampson visit TechStars
Last week was pretty cool here at TechStars.
One of the highlights was a two day visit from Eric Marcoullier and Todd Sampson of MyBlogLog, which was recently acquired by Yahoo. I have to say that these are two of the nicest, smartest, coolest, laid back dudes I’ve met in a while. They fit in here in Boulder pretty nicely.
My favorite line from Eric is when he says “recognize me now?” and frames his head by making L’s with his fingers to form a frame.
Eric and Todd rolled into town on Wednesday of last week, and Brad Feld and I had a great dinner with them. It didn’t take me long to figure out Eric and Todd totally “get it” and are going to do more great things. We talked at length about MyBlogLog, the implicit web, TechStars, Yahoo, and bounced ideas off each other.
That night, they hung out with about a dozen of the TechStars founders and drank Guinness (brilliant!) at Conor O’Neills. Having totally “winged it”, they had no hotel reservation so we pointed them at the St. Julien for the night.
The next morning, Eric and Todd showed up bright and early for one-on-one meetings with many of the TechStars teams. Then, we got together and heard the complete MyBlogLog story, including how the guys self-funded on about $15k (plus lots of sweat and tears) up to the point of acquisition by Yahoo.
Eric and Todd realized that they had never really sat down and just remembered the whole story since the acquisition before. I think it was just as exciting for them to recount everything as it was for all of us.
The guys told a great story about how to be frugal, listen to your customers, and maximize your “hidden” assets. Video of the visit will be here on the blog soon.
