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John
October 4th, 2006

BIG NEWS: Me & Rapleaf

As if yesterday’s news wasn’t enough… (more coverage: David Crow, TechCrunch, Digg, TorCamp, Corporate eLearning Development, rev2, e-Clippings)…

Today, I am extremely proud to announce that I’m joining Rapleaf in San Francisco as co-founder and employee #6.

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Why Rapleaf?

  • Extremely strong team. Auren, Manish, Jeremy, Vivek, Dayo, Sean. (Check our Auren’s bio in particular.) I can learn a lot from these guys.
  • Killer product. The whole distributed reputation system concept resonated with Malgosia & I right away. Would be great for Nuvvo, for instance.
  • Well-funded. And with a who’s-who list of angel investors (not the least of which is Peter Thiel, founder and CEO of PayPal).
  • Downtown San Francisco. Malgosia & I are up for a change in scenery. Great for wine–which we love–plus Malgosia should have no trouble finding her organic, free-range, pro-biotic wheatgrass-infused spirulina.
  • Ruby on Rails. My favourite. (Yes, I will stick to my Canadian spellings!)

Now the apartment hunt begins… we will definitely get a 2+ bedroom, so friends and family will be comfy when they visit. Book your stay with us now!

In other job news, I’m happy to say that two other core members of the Nuvvo team, Ajay & Chris, have both accepted great positions at Infusion Development in New York City! Go kick butt on Wall St. guys!

Update: Rapleaf’s announcement

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All the best to both of you in San Fran. And don’t forget to come home one day. =)

Posted at 8:57 pm on October 4, 2006 by Tom Purves

Best of luck John! I know you’ll love SF. Rapleaf sounds like a great company/concept… I know you’ll do well.

Posted at 9:14 pm on October 4, 2006 by Albert Lai

Good luck in San Fran,
right in time for winter….not bad timing
Enjoy!

PS: will married-inc continue?

Posted at 9:43 pm on October 4, 2006 by Bernie Aho

Congrats Guys!

Bernie stole my question about Married Inc., you should definitely keep it going even if it might need a re-brand.

Posted at 10:25 am on October 5, 2006 by Levi Cooperman

Thank you kindly for the well-wishes Tom, Albert, Bernie, & Levi.

And yes, Bernie, the Canadian winter did factor into our decision!

We have every intention of continuing Married-Inc. We are still married, so we can blog about that. And we will continue to be in the same industry, and probably continue a few projects together here and there, including Nuvvo unless someone else takes it over. Languify has a bright future with Hampton now on board!

Posted at 8:20 pm on October 5, 2006 by John

I was just wondering what the immigration issues were/are when making a move such as this?

Posted at 8:00 am on October 6, 2006 by Fred

Hi Fred. Thanks to NAFTA, working in the US or Mexico is pretty easy for Canadian professionals. (And vice-versa, I suspect.)

The easiest thing is to get a TN visa, if you and your job qualify. It is only good for a year, but then you can move up to an H1-B.

Posted at 4:03 pm on October 7, 2006 by John

The only thing I don’t like about the TN visa is that you are not allowed to be the founder of a company with it! :(

Posted at 2:24 pm on October 11, 2006 by Fred

[…] By now I’m sure anyone reading this blog knows John and I are no longer working full-time on Nuvvo. John isn’t working on anything these days, actually, besides Rapleaf that is. I must report that we are both going through some serious withdrawal at this time. After all, we have spent the last two years working on Nuvvo together, every day. We shared in its ups and downs. We knew what our other half was working on, pretty much every minute of the day. We understood each other’s daily experience intimately. We grew together. Now, to a large extent that is over, and as terrifying as working with your spouse may seem to some, it was something we truly enjoyed. And miss dearly. […]

Posted at 10:16 pm on November 8, 2006 by Withdrawal » Married Inc.
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