There are few products which do different kinds of Basecamp/Dropbox/Google Docs integration.
One of them is cloudHQ - we sync all Dropbox and Google Docs files with Basecamp: bi-directional and continuously.
One thing why this is not correct: VC money definitely helps in hiring the best team. And the team is the most important factor for making a great company.
However, I don't thing the main problem is uploading/syncing data from your PC. Sooner or latter, the PCs will not be the main source of information / storage of information. For some small and distributed companies that is already the case.
The data which needs to be in GDocs is actually somewhere else: in your Basecamp, in your Evernote, in Dropbox, etc.
Anyway - shameless plug at the end - this is the reason I quit my job and started http://cloudHQ.net : to help companies and individuals to continuously replicate and synchronize data between cloud services. We are bootstrapped and the feedback is more than welcome.
The problem is that we, as electoral body, are interested in politics only and only if something outrages like SOPA happens.
It is not enough just to show up and vote who whatever had nicer TV comercial. Know your representative, talk to him/her, call offices, etc. Be involved.
Welcome to the cloud indeed. And what we discovered that just coping data to your home computer in a format which can be used back in some other cloud services is gettings harder and harder as virtualization of data and information increases. And you need to upload all that data again...
So the right solution is to have your (important) data replicated in a couple of different cloud services (Google Docs replicated with Dropbox, etc.).
That is reason I started cloudHQ: just sync and replicate data between cloud services in real time. Nothing sexy: but fast and reliable.
I have a question which is more legal related. It is "public" secret that US government (and other governments) have and use persona management softwares which clearly violate Facebook terms of usage.
The question is: does Facebook has any legal standing against that? Can Facebook or other social networks sue government for offering private intelligence companies contracts to create software to manage "fake people"?
I really don't know what s right way to interview, but I do know that you are actually hiring a team not set of individuals. You need to have balanced team (means to be smarter than you on each of the important fronts) to deliver a successful product.
So I guess it might be ok to hire somebody based on brainteaser if you need a sharp, quick thinking person which will be a great asset during brainstorming sessions. I don't know.
