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My friend has extraordinary skill at creating company branding and identities. He created the logo for my startup ( http://www.blabberize ) and it’s been really great for our image. He recently is spending some free time between jobs and mentioned that he has been doing some sketches for fictitious companies to expand his portfolio. He finds creative work more fun than most of the high profile companies he works for. I suggested that there may be some people who would love to have the quality of his work in the startup community that may not have the resources to pay for his caliber of work. Here’s a link to his portfolio:

http://www.thomas-doyle.com

He’s willing to deliver a company logo for $100. All you have to provide is: 1: Name of the Company 2: Imagery that you would like incorporated and/or text 3: Your vision of what you like the logo to look like.

I'm posting this here because when I started my startup four years ago I didn't have any money to spare and I needed a logo. My friend ended up building this stellar iconic graphic that ended up being our defining image. He went on to bigger and greater things, and I felt lucky that I got to tap into his talent back when I didn't have the money and it was worth so much more. I think it anyone starting a startup would think this is a godsend.

I bought my mom a kindle 3 for Christmas. She loved it so much that she made a little sleeve for it to keep it safe and warm. When we went to meet family and friends for Christmas festivities everyone commented on my mom's kindle sleeve about how great it was and inquired where they could get one too. I asked my mom if she would be interested in selling them online. She was very excited to have her own online business so I built her a quick site. I thought HN would be the nicest place to debut my mother's new entrepreneurial venture.

http://www.rubypouch.com

Thanks HN for being such a wonderful part of my life this year. The hackery/entrepnuery boost you guys give me is something I enjoy so much.