10 years ago today, I had the idea for an app I thought was interesting. I called it Bump, and sent this email to Andy Huibers.

Here’s a thread with some memories and lessons learned in the last 10 years.

First lesson: Persistence matters. Email I sent him two days later.

Andy would later teach me an old Dutch proverb that translates as “No you have. Yes you may get.”

and I were in b-school, so we entered Bump into the business plan competition. Despite not having a real business plan, we placed 1st.

(Also the last time I wore a suit for work)

We then moved out to the Bay Area for @ycombinator. With a team of 5 and $16k, we got to 2M users.

Lesson: You can achieve a lot with just a few people and a little money.

During YC, Apple decided to put us in an international TV commmercial! Our servers melted, but @polvi and team came over and saved our butts.

Lesson 1: You have to be good, and lucky.
Lesson 2: The YC network is 💯