Months active: as of June 2009 - 34 months
Startup #: 1
Location: Chicago, IL
Gigs: What is Flying Cart?
RS: Problem: You have t-shirts/solar panels/CD's to sell and want to go online with your own brand and start a zappos.com like website.
Solution: Go to FlyingCart.com and create an online store in minutes. You get the tools to build and design your own online store, build a community around your products, use our marketing features to push your products all across the web.
Flying Cart allows business owners to create a professional online store in minutes. Launch your own store online and sell products you are passionate about.
Gigs: Why did you start Flying Cart?
RS: I had a different idea in the ecommerce space. After talking to hundreds of small business owners and getting "No" I started to ask "what do you need?" - the answer was an easy to use online store builder. That was in 2006.
Gigs: Do you have experience with other startups?
RS: No. But have been working at Flying Cart for the last 3 years.
Gigs: What advice would you give someone who was thinking about joining their first startup?
RS: Make 1 sale. Then go out and build it.
Gigs: Anything else we should know?
RS: Get to know a ton of people. Almost everyone is willing to help you out.
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