Buford Taylor.

2007 – 2024

The record

Everything I started, joined early, or ran. Listed newest first, with what happened to it.

Shots on goal: 16
  1. 2024

    Videomancy

    Active

    Create videos with 1-click

    1000s of videos created. Still working on market position

  2. 2022

    Neoniva

    Shut Down

    Contest hosting website

    $15k in the first month but quickly fell to 0 when I stopped propping it up with CCC

  3. 2021

    Closing Credits

    Active

    Education and Community for creators

    Launched in Aug 2021. Hitting ~50k MRR as of Jan 2022.

  4. 2017

    Reforge

    Series A

    What LinkedIn should have been.

    I was the founding engineer and Head of Engineering. Went from $0 to 9-figures. I left after 4+ years for a break and tinker with side projects.

  5. 2016

    CastHappy

    Shut Down

    Podcast management

    Never got anywhere with it

  6. 2016

    Superscribers

    Shut Down

    Automated Social Media Management

    Never got anywhere with it

  7. 2016

    Fortuna

    Shut Down

    CRM for Freelancers

    Never got anywhere with it

  8. 2015

    17hats

    Parted Ways

    CRM for SMBs, specifically photographers

    I was the CTO. Growth stalled.

  9. 2015

    Casting Call Club

    Active

    LinkedIn (community & marketplace) for creators.

    Hit 600k users in Q4 2021

  10. 2014

    Shortcut

    Shut Down

    UberEats for large venues. Delivery to your seat. I was the cofounder and CTO

    Raised about $1M but could not find the right business model

  11. 2013

    Rentify

    Parted Ways

    Landlord CRM

    I was the CTO. Things were fine but I wanted to start Shortcut.

  12. 2012

    Meme Defense

    Shut Down

    Tower Defense Game featuring your favorite internet memes.

    I was trolled by an internet mob and didn't get funded.

  13. 2010

    Air Bulgarian

    Shut Down

    iOS App to help you learn Bulgarian

    Launched it free in the App Store. Lost interest after a while.

  14. 2009

    Eventbrite

    IPO

    Events made easy. I was the 10th employee.

    Spent 4 years there. Fell in love with startups. Went from $4M to $700M.

  15. 2008

    InTicketing

    Parted Ways

    Events made easy, but not as easy as Eventbrite. Acquired later on.

    I was just an engineer here. My first job in the SF Bay. I am very grateful for my start here.

  16. 2007

    Mail Shoppe

    Shut Down

    A wanna be Etsy. My first startup ever. I was the founding engineer.

    Didn't even launch a decent product.