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Mayel de Borniol Hacking the world
Having been involved in multiple companies and intense bootstrapping I am open to sharing my experience and add significant value to other startups.
I'm a glomad (a word I made up), French originally, but an expat much of my life, I'm an entrepreneur who loves to travel and have fun. A curious and open-minded geek and activist, I enjoy inventing and making things.
I consider myself a "MacGyver" – quickly finding hacks or solutions to any technical or other problem – with duct-tape programming methods, which allows for the rapid creation of innovative and feature-rich applications, leveraging and bringing together the latest advances of any relevant open-source projects, open APIs, (draft) industry standards, research, cloud services, etc. It's like playing…
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Member since December 2013
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MD$2/min per minute(1)EntrepreneurshipMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Skills & Management / EntrepreneurshipI co-founded several startups and have had a very interesting journey and wide range of experiences in the startup and tech worlds. With Babelverse for example, I spoke at dozens of international conferences and various events, won numerous awards (TechCrunch Disrupt, LeWeb, TheNextWeb, etc), and gotten plenty of press coverage (CNBC, FastCompany, etc). We've also participated in the Startup Chile accelerator and received seed funding from 500 Startups (Dave McClure) and SV Angel (Ron Conway). This is an experiment. It’s an opportunity for you to hire me to consult on an hourly basis. I am also interested in helping innovative startups that lack someone with the technical experience necessary to build a company. This is the sort of thing I do all the time anyway with lots of people, and I am all for paying-it-forward, and will continue to do so in any case. This is a way for you to help me while I help you.Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)PlatformsMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Technology / Software DevelopmentLAMP. Rails. AWS. Etc. What are they? Which one is right for you, and especially why?Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)TechMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Technology / Software DevelopmentHTML5, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, dedicated servers vs. cloud services, flavours of Linux, Apache/Lighthttpd, NodeJS, MySQL vs. NoSQL, WebRTC, etc. I’m ready to get my hands dirty.Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)MVPMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Product & Design / Lean StartupLet me walk you through building your MVP. I can explain what tools you'll need and how to go about it technically.Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)Design & ArchitectureMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Product & Design / Product Management"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." - Steve JobsMayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)HiringMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Business / Getting StartedWhere and how to find the right fit, checking their technical shops, etc. I recently gave presentation at Google Campus titled "Start a movement - Unicorns will notice"Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)Making a SplashMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Skills & Management / Public SpeakingAt major conferences like LeWeb, The Next Web, TechCrunch Disrupt, Dublin Web Summit, Pioneers Festival...Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)Global Startup EcosystemsMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Skills & Management / EntrepreneurshipLet’s talk about the differences, similarities and opportunities around the world (I've lived in or visited Paris, Greece, Chile, Argentina, Berlin, London, Dublin, Istanbul, South Korea, Singapore, Tokyo, San Francisco / Bay area, New York, Seattle, Portugal, etc.)Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)Travel HacksMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Skills & Management / ProductivityFor getting Gold status quicker, flights at 30% of the price you can find on Kayak, stay on people’s couch or spare room for free (or cheap), get free access to office spaces in major cities worldwide, etc...Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)StoriesMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Sales & Marketing / BrandingI’ll happily spend an hour entertaining you with stories, if you want to burn your cash on that. Like that time I accidentally deleted thousands of customer files and how I recovered them. Or that time where I almost had to fight the Yakuza.Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)Further WorkMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Technology / Software DevelopmentWe can discuss your needs, which may involve agreeing on a limited amount of further contract work, such as helping flesh out your architecture or launch strategy, or hacking together a rapid prototype, etc.Mayel de Borniol(1)
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MD$2/min per minute(1)PR StuntsMayel de BorniolCreated 11 years ago in Sales & Marketing / Public RelationsGetting the press & public to pay attention.Mayel de Borniol(1)
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Very good answers. Good advices for what he knows. This will definitely help us start fast and lean.
Source: Clarity Stefan Ifrim Dec 27, 2013JP
Pendant 4 ans (2006-2010), Mayel a assuré avec talent et constance la responsabilité entière de la conception et du développement web du site d'information LaTeleLibre.fr. Mayel est plus qu'un excellent concepteur et developer web, c'est une personne intègre, qui s'implique entièrement dans le fond des projets qu'il développe. Encore merci Mayel!
Source: LinkedIn John Paul Lepers Dec 9, 2013BB
Mayel is true entrepreneur at heart. Great at discovering undisrupted markets and tackling them. In my opinion, one of most impressive virtues of Mayel's entrepreneurial spirit is incorporation of monetization for each project from ground up. Always focuses on delivering, thinking out of box and despite all succes he's humble and close to ground.
I had honor to have extensive brainstorming sessions and idea exchange with Mayel and genuinely believe that his every endeavour would bring nothing less but success.
CC
Mayel is a cool entrepreneur.
He and his business partner (Josef) are creating a good product. He has a good vision and the ability to transform it in reality.
I believe he can do great things in his entrepreneurial life.
MB
Mayel is a hungry and innovative developer/engineer and have solutions for most things due to technical solutions and research. Mayel has been introduced to some projects of cleverclick shown his great knowledge and experience, Mayel is impressing me as well as my clients.
I would recommend Mayel for any interactive project to anyone who need a reliable expert with loads of expertise and skills.
Source: LinkedIn Michael Baggelin - SEO Dec 9, 2013SB
J'ai pu échanger avec Mayel pour différents projets impliquant de la vidéo en ligne. Son expertise et ses connaissances de ce domaine m'ont beaucoup apporté.
Source: LinkedIn Sylvain Briant Dec 9, 2013
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