I am an entrepreneur and an engineer. Originally from Romania, I now live in Vancouver building my own startup, Summify. » More…Tumblr (3.0; @mirceapasoi)http://mirceapasoi.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BR8zFANeBGQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mgalligan.com/post/16470550257/shit-silicon-valley-says" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">mattgalligan</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>“It’s like Pandora for cats”.</p> <p>Shit Silicon Valley says.</p></blockquote>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/16476113297http://mirceapasoi.com/post/16476113297Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:56:05 -0800<a href="http://blog.summify.com/2012/01/19/summify-joins-the-flock-at-twitter/">End of an era, beginning of a new journey!</a>: <p>You’ve probably noticed we’ve been quiet lately. Well, we’re extremely excited to announce that Summify has been acquired by Twitter! I know, right? We can hardly believe it ourselves!</p> <p><a href="http://blog.summify.com/2012/01/19/summify-joins-the-flock-at-twitter/" target="_blank">Read More</a></p>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/16128900232http://mirceapasoi.com/post/16128900232Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:40:11 -0800“education system is massively failing us: it’s not producing even remotely enough programmers to meet the hiring needs of the technology industry. Not even remotely enough. Starting salaries for smart programmers from top schools are flirting with the $100,000 mark. Supply isn’t even close to meeting demand.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/" target="_blank">Joel on Software</a></em>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/15782705864http://mirceapasoi.com/post/15782705864Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:30:37 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxlb5uagVx1qzleu4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/15644513997http://mirceapasoi.com/post/15644513997Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:44:26 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwk9cbWCov1qzleu4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/14769383487http://mirceapasoi.com/post/14769383487Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:45:49 -0800<a href="http://moearora.tumblr.com/post/14171401698/30-something">“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to...</a>: <p><blockquote>“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can see very clearly two kinds of people. On one side, people who have used their 20s to learn and grow, to find … themselves and their dreams, people who know what works and what doesn’t, who have pushed through to become…</blockquote></p>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/14242747579http://mirceapasoi.com/post/14242747579Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:55:36 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwlcfMFzn1qa07yoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Where the magic happens!</p>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/13933772066http://mirceapasoi.com/post/13933772066Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:07:27 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lui4f6VYjt1qz5gjio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/12730541278http://mirceapasoi.com/post/12730541278Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:33:10 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsmbxnvZLR1qz4gevo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://parislemon.com/post/11080696167" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">parislemon</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Rest in peace, Steve.</p></blockquote>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/11083306492http://mirceapasoi.com/post/11083306492Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:19:01 -0700techsteve jobsapple““You’re not your Facebook status. You’re not how many friends you have. You’re not the smart phone you own. You’re not the apps of your phone. You’re not your fucking iPad. You’re the all-planking, e-consuming crap of the world.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.facebook.com/FightClub/posts/10150839063890297" target="_blank">“You’re not your…</a></em>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/10676242638http://mirceapasoi.com/post/10676242638Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:52:06 -0700<a href="http://blog.summify.com/post/8217778714">Summify: Team Summify Expands</a>: <p><a href="http://blog.summify.com/post/8217778714" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">summify</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://summify.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/team-summify-july-26-2011.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp0n8eax271qarf16.jpg" width="457"/></a> <br/><br/> For some of us, nothing beats the atmosphere of energy and learning offered by an early stage start-up. With the recent launch of the iPhone app and many more releases on the way, it’s an exciting time at Summify, so exciting that we almost forgot to introduce ourselves!<br/><br/> Although we’re…</p></blockquote>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/8230942964http://mirceapasoi.com/post/8230942964Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:08:14 -0700<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/immigrant-tech-stars-face-hurdles-in-quest-to-start-business-in-canada/article2090504/">Immigrant tech stars face hurdles in quest to start business in Canada - The Globe and Mail</a>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/7363159740http://mirceapasoi.com/post/7363159740Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:39:10 -0700<a href="http://blog.how-to-web.net/2011/06/mircea-pasoi-summify/">One on one talk with Mircea Pasoi from Summify | How To Web</a>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6704517568http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6704517568Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:41:38 -0700<p><a href="http://blog.summify.com/post/6703830218" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">summify</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Pictures are great, but Videos are even better. Anytime we introduce new features to the Summify experience, expect to see a blockbuster demo posted in living color. Although we learn fast, it may take us some time to release them in 3D - bear with us ;)</p> <p>Our First Tutorial: Filters and the Dislike Button</p> <p><br/><iframe frameborder="0" height="249" width="398" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25063332?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0"></iframe> <br/><br/>As always, keep letting us know how your Summifying is going. More updates on the way!</p></blockquote>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6704448889http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6704448889Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:39:20 -0700“<p>Some of the richest people I know aren’t really entrepreneurs. They worked at HP and then moved to Netscape when it got hot. They made a fortune and then jumped to Google and made another fortune. And now they’re jumping to Facebook.</p> <p>They may be very good engineers, or sales people, or marketing, or execs. But they ain’t entrepreneurs. They’re just resume gardening and they’re really no different from everyone else.</p> <p>I don’t care if you’re a billionaire. If you haven’t started a company, really gambled your resume and your money and maybe even your marriage to just go crazy and try something on your own, you’re no pirate and you aren’t in the club.</p> <p>That thrill of your first hire, when you’ve convinced some other crazy soul to join you in your almost certainly doomed project. The high from raising venture capital and starting to see your name mentioned in the press. The excitement of launch and…gulp…customers! and the feeling of truly learning something useful, you’re just not sure what it is, when the company almost inevitably crashes and burns.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/31/are-you-a-pirate/" target="_blank">Are You A Pirate?</a>, via <a href="http://unapezi.ro/general/art1808122249/" target="_blank">Novac</a></em>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6515636918http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6515636918Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:23:24 -0700<a href="http://www.wall-street.ro/articol/Start-Up/105091/Roman-la-23-de-ani-antreprenor-in-Canada-Ce-vad-aici-acum-se-va-intampla-in-Romania-peste-4-5-ani.html">Roman la 23 de ani, antreprenor in Canada: Ce vad aici acum se va intampla in Romania peste 4-5 ani</a>: <p>Interview in Romanian with me</p>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6503550309http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6503550309Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:41:17 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmgcd6dBtV1qa07yoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Steve Jobs rests his head against his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, after delivering the keynote address to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Moscone West on Monday.</p>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6308700859http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6308700859Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:29:30 -0700“<p>If you’re going to work…</p> <p>work hard.</p> <p>That way, you’ll have something to show for it.</p> <p>The biggest waste is to do that thing you call work, but to interrupt it, compromise it, cheat it and still call it work.</p> <p>In the same amount of time you can expend twice the effort and get far more in exchange.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/06/if-youre-going-to-work.html" target="_blank">Seth’s Blog: If you’re going to work…</a></em>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6153095422http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6153095422Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:28:59 -0700<a href="http://shortlogic.tumblr.com/post/6142108636">Short logic: Groupon IPO: Pass on this deal</a>: <p><a href="http://shortlogic.tumblr.com/post/6142108636" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">shortlogic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://groupon.com" target="_blank">Groupon</a> has filed its <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490281/000104746911005613/a2203913zs-1.htm" target="_blank">S-1</a> and hopes to raise $750M in its initial public offering. Given they’re currently losing a staggering $117M per quarter, despite revenues of $644M, they’ll be burning through that cash almost as soon as it hits their account.</p> <p>At the moment, it’s costing them $1.43 to…</p></blockquote>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6152455522http://mirceapasoi.com/post/6152455522Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:08:43 -0700“No entrepreneur wants to start a business if he runs the risk of being expelled from the very country in which it has been launched. This is the situation facing two Romanian citizens after embarking on a social network business in Vancouver. The two businessmen were participants in Vancouver’s Bootup Lab Seed Accelerator program last year, where they raised half a million dollars in venture capital for their company. They have already hired one employee and are now looking to hire a second one.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.vcrants.com/2011/05/attracting-foreign-entrepreneurs/" target="_blank">Attracting foreign entrepreneurs</a></em>http://mirceapasoi.com/post/5860681541http://mirceapasoi.com/post/5860681541Thu, 26 May 2011 01:26:53 -0700