Tom Ordonez

Tom Ordonez

Angel Wannabe
http://CreatusAngels.com

Introduction

Learning mobile dev. I like to brainstorm ideas.

Interests

Interests: 
Data & analytic
Growth hacking
Hackathons
iOS
Lean startups
Marketing
Pair programming
Ruby
Sales/Biz Dev
Social entrepren.
Social media/PR
User experience
Industries: 
eCommerce
Education
Social
Transportation

Availability

Type: Work for equity, Freelance or contract, Consulting
Focus:
Business Development

Links

http://CreatusAngels.com

Activity

Tom commented on Amina Elahi's Blog entry CEC's Kevin Willer on Why He is Joining i2A Fund as Partner [Q&A]
“ Family tops everything. There is nothing like watching your kids say funny stuff. ”
02/14/2013 view reply
Tom commented on Sharon Schneider's Blog entry Why politeness is your worst enemy, and what you can do about it.
“ as I mentioned. we come from different backgrounds. I grew up in Latin America. We have different ways of communicating, for you it sounds destructive. for me it sounds constructive ”
01/11/2013 view reply
Tom commented on Sharon Schneider's Blog entry Why politeness is your worst enemy, and what you can do about it.
“ On being polite... I am hispanic and I have a culture of speaking my honest opinion. If I don't like something I am honest about it. A lot of people in Chicago didn't like it and then I was a pariah. Not being honest is the worst that you can do to... ”
01/11/2013 view reply
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Mahrinah von Schlegel
Mahrinah von Schlegel on 11/21/2012 10:20 pm

FYI - Tried following you, but your twitter link redirects back to BiC.

Tomas Murta
Tomas Murta on 09/24/2012 02:52 pm

Really thanks about the answer! I would like to talk about your startup and my also. Share experiences. Please let me your email. Thanks!

my activity

Tom commented on Amina Elahi's Blog entry CEC's Kevin Willer on Why He is Joining i2A Fund as Partner [Q&A]
“ Family tops everything. There is nothing like watching your kids say funny stuff. ”
02/14/2013 view reply
Tom commented on Sharon Schneider's Blog entry Why politeness is your worst enemy, and what you can do about it.
“ as I mentioned. we come from different backgrounds. I grew up in Latin America. We have different ways of communicating, for you it sounds destructive. for me it sounds constructive ”
01/11/2013 view reply
Tom commented on Sharon Schneider's Blog entry Why politeness is your worst enemy, and what you can do about it.
“ On being polite... I am hispanic and I have a culture of speaking my honest opinion. If I don't like something I am honest about it. A lot of people in Chicago didn't like it and then I was a pariah. Not being honest is the worst that you can do to... ”
01/11/2013 view reply
Tom commented on Caitlin Cai's Blog entry Peckish: a healthy snack subscription service for busy working professionals
“ Interesting. Is there a beer version of this? ”
12/19/2012 view reply
Tom commented on Jin Hwang's Blog entry EveningFlow: Search Smarter. Eat & Drink Happier. [VIDEO]
“ It looks awesome. You should put that on your home page. ”
12/18/2012 view reply
Tom commented on Troy Henikoff's Blog entry Why I chose to take a rails class at The Starter League.
“ Maybe now you can tell somebody if their idea doesn't make sense from a technical point of view or advise on what not waste time or how to do it simpler. ”
11/29/2012 view reply
Tom answered Gaining New Business
“ Become a networking monster. Go to events. Word of mouth outbound marketing complemented with a blog that captures leads ”
11/22/2012 view
Tom commented on Jeff Maters's Blog entry Ask A VC: What's the best way to build relationships with VCs?
“ You can also stalk them on facebook and find out all their personal details ”
11/22/2012 view reply
Tom commented on Melissa Lederer's Blog entry 1871 New Infographic - The Who's Who @ 1871
“ I don't see the statistics for demographics. How many hispanic people? How many black people? How many asian people? Since 80% of the folks are caucasian. While I was there I never saw anybody talking in Spanish other than me and a couple Starter Lea... ”
11/11/2012 view reply
Tom answered AMA: Sam Yagan, Co-Founder, OkCupid & CEO, Match, Inc.
“ Sam,I worked at 1871 but we never met. I would like to what type of market/companies/startups would you invest money so I can hit the lottery as well. Thank you. ”
11/01/2012 view

recent blog posts

Tom Ordonez
Take The Startup Plunge Before You Turn 30 Or It's Just Too Damn Late
"But I also believe you have to take the startup plunge before you turn 30 or it's just too damn late" says Paul Lee. I was taken aback by this tweet. Does he mean? "You are over 30, ha! your startup won't be successful" "You are over 30? You won't raise money" "You are over 30? You are not smart...
08/16/2012
TAGS: Chicago Startups; entrepreneurship; innovation; complainer; reality...
VIEWS: 368
Tom Ordonez
Why Do We Blog and What @BuiltinChicago Did Wrong
This was originally posted here. What incentives sales people?
04/15/2012
TAGS: blogging, builtinchicago, codeacademy...
VIEWS: 581
Tom Ordonez
2 Experiments of The Honor System in Chicago's Tech Community and @CodeAcademy
This article was originally posted in this super awesome blog.  
04/11/2012
TAGS: Chicago Startups, codeacademy, ...
VIEWS: 440
Tom Ordonez
3 Ways To Find Out If You Hired The Wrong People For Your Startup
This article was originally posted in this awesome blog.  
04/04/2012
TAGS: builtinchicago, codeacademy, community...
VIEWS: 511
Tom Ordonez
The Coolest People in Chicago @CodeAcademy Demo Day Winter 2012
Originally posted here An epic event took place on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @1871Chicago The students of @CodeAcademy Winter 2012 including me Tom (Tomas) Ordonez presented what we did for the last 3 months. Ruby On Rails.
03/29/2012
VIEWS: 848

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