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My favorite bootstrapping-startup-life-hack is to eat your own dogfood. I'm not talking about using your own software, I'm talking about eating actual dogfood.

• fuzzythinker 15y ago
  Really? Besides dry dog foods and cheap ones, I find actual dog foods more expensive than human food.
• feral 15y ago
  I don't know how to say this - but, are you for real? Its very important to eat well. Yeah, eat cheap food thats fast to cook, but also make sure its healthy. Vegetables and noodles, pasta, are cheap and quick. The safety standards and quality of product that goes into dogfood is very different than food for human consumption. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_food http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_food "As well, cow brains and spinal cords, not allowed for human consumption under federal regulation 21CFR589.2000 due to the possibility of transmission of BSE, are allowed to be included in pet food intended for nonruminant animals." This is just one example, but you do not want vCJD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disea... Its crazy to eat dogfood, don't do it.
  • throwawaylol 15y ago
    I'm not sure if you're being serious, but I believe he was referring to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food
    • feral 15y ago
      I was replying to this: "I'm not talking about using your own software, I'm talking about eating actual dogfood."