Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In our final year of school we decided to start a website development company, which we named NBN Designs (Nothing But Net), for no other reason than UNC-Charlotte had a great basketball team at the time. 1998 – Raj and I (with Sasha and Gavin) at UNC-Charlotte. 1998 – Raj and I (with Sasha and Gavin) at UNC-Charlotte.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of. Our mission is to help design lovers buy and sell chic furnishings in a beautiful, easy-to-use and super fun marketplace. Did the Canucks win their last hockey game? What were the election results?

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 1, 2014

I was honored a few weeks back to be asked to speak at Startup Grind Atlanta. 1998 – 1999: Fun times (carefree, exploring our passion for web design). Chris hosts a great fireside chat and we had a lot of fun batting stories around. 1999 – 2001: Hard times ( credit card debt rising , no real plan for growth).

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 12, 2014

The list so far: Raymond King , Zoo Atlanta. I became an entrepreneur in November of 1998 with my college roommate, Raj Choudhury. We started NBN Designs, which we later renamed to Spunlogic and then sold in March of 2008 to Engauge ( more on that story here ). Devon Wijesinghe , Insightpool. Mark Feinberg , Uruut.

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www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

In essense, let the market design the product. The way to get really big returns is to do things that seem crazy, like starting a new search engine in 1998, or turning down a billion dollar acquisition offer. Atlanta is just as hosed as Munich. Weve done the same thing ourselves. Sometimes it literally is software, like.

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