Gittip

Underdog: Get a job at an NYC startup Flattr - Social microdonations Gittip, Year One — Building Gittip I invented Gittip on Friday, May 11, 2012, while co-working with Christian Wyglendowski in Salem, Ohio. The zeroth payday was three weeks later, on Friday, June 1, and included two participants, myself and a test account. On Tuesday, June 5, Jordan Messina put us on Hacker News for the first time, and for our first payday on June 8 we had 175 total users and 12 givers. We moved $24.80. Here we are, a year later. That’s not nothing. What comes next? Gittip’s goal is for people to find a living on the platform, by doing what they love and sharing their gifts with the rest of us. One of the biggest lessons I learned during the first year of Gittip is that I’m not building Gittip, I’m building a community that’s building Gittip. Participants—representing either individuals or “opaque” groupsTeams—up to 150 members—representing “transparent” groupsCommunities—150 or more members—representing ecosystems On the other hand, I’m learning that microcelebrities might not be Gittip’s target users.