It's been a long time since my last post, and I apologize for that. I'm hoping to be much more active on this blog over the next few weeks! It's no excuse for not writing, but some days I just don't know what to write about. I thought today I would talk about Dropbox. A week ago, I signed up for Dropbox, and have to admit it is great. It's super fast, and I love how when I upload a file to it at school, I come home and my folder is already synced. The guys at Dropbox solved my problem of not wanting to email all my files to myself that can't be uploaded to google docs, and the service is wonderful. Right now, I don't need to pay for Dropbox Pro as all of my files are pretty small, but I could see in the future using it exclusively to back up everything on my computer.
My point about Dropbox is that it solves a real problem. I feel like too many startups today aren't focusing on problems people actually have. I think a great startup right now would be one that focused on getting jobs for the people in the U.S., and that focused on keeping jobs from going oversees. The United States economy is a mess right now, and there are no clear ends to the problems we are facing in sight. Even something as simple as where companies could pay people who signed up in the U.S. $15 an hour to provide telephone support to customers might help out. The business I'm working on right now, YumOrder, will hopefully help create jobs if it ends up becoming a technology company. Not only through the employees I hire, but the students and people that will sign up to manage small businesses' social media accounts. A startup that helps people get jobs, even ones that are pretty low-paying is so critical right now. There, I just gave whoever ends up reading this a real problem that needs to be solved. Go out right now, stop watching football for an hour, and do something to change the world!
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