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by 2pasc 14y ago
I am ashamed by some of the reactions here (appart from jacquesm which offers a balanced one) AppGratis is a media, and like all media, it runs on advertising. The quality of apps promoted is shown in the fact that many apps stayed high in
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by 2pasc 14y ago
Re: Rule 5.6. Aren't all commerce apps - especially Flash Sales apps violating Rule 5.6? I could get an app every day from Fab, Rue La La, Threadflip, Gilt, and others, and every week from Postmates, Instacart, etc... Rule 5.6 seems crazy t
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by 2pasc 14y ago
Ivan - I like the idea. One advice though - raising subsequent funds for a startup is great, but by no means this means liquidity as an investor. In your hypothetical case, you would have made money on SocialCam. But as many terms give you
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by 2pasc 14y ago
Agree with your comment. I think it's more a matter of startup fatigue. Few startups seem that great without testing the product or seeing their growth. Dropbox? The idea is not so great, but the execution was just awesome. Google? (yet ano
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by 2pasc 14y ago
I know a guy who said no to a job offer at Google as Employee #3 because "they had no viable business model". If that can help your friend feel better....
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by 2pasc 14y ago
You may be right, but being a tech press darling does not make them less or more successful. Some great consumer Companies are succeeding with very few tech press mentions (Tango, WhatsApp come to mind), while others get a lot of tech ment
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by 2pasc 14y ago
If Startup=Growth, as PG said, then VCs are not startups, apart from YC and possibly 500 Startups. Cool portfolio of Companies though!
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by 2pasc 14y ago
H1B applications need to be submitted in two weeks - there is very little chance you will be able to 1/find a job 2/ accept an offer letter 3/get through the H1B application in just two weeks. It can be done, but it is highly unlikely. Also
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Ask HN: Which Companies in SF have office space to sublease starting March 1st
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by 2pasc 14y ago
What kind of competition are we talking about?
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by 2pasc 14y ago
You have the toughest problem in life - which is choice. You have an advantage - you have time (in money). Surround yourself with a diverse group of people from different age groups (people in their twentys, in their thirtys, in their four
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by 2pasc 14y ago
I have experienced myself different types of offerings from different startups/Companies (ebay now, Get it Now, Instacart, etc...) and I would say the following: - For groceries, it is really awesome. Instacart prices are 10-15% above Safew
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by 2pasc 14y ago
I agree that providing no notice was not great. How did your husband find out about Cherry and applied for this job?
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by 2pasc 14y ago
The Cherry team comes from a pretty cool background with lots of ex-Yammer people. Plus demand was strong... So demand + strong team in a frothy market = why not give them $5.5M to see if there is something real there.
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by 2pasc 14y ago
One of my favorite anti-portfolio is the one from bessemer: http://www.bvp.com/portfolio/antiportfolio I remember when I advised my friends to work for Google in 2002 and people were looking at me like I wanted something bad for their car
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by 2pasc 14y ago
Thanks for your reply. I see. It's funny that you had this discrepency between iOS and Android since you could assume that many people on Android would want to play games with their friends on iPhones. Anyway....Thanks for the clarification
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by 2pasc 14y ago
I have always been curious with how well Heyzap was atually doing. Their founders are really smart, they have great VCs and they tend to be super influential on Angel List, and yet the data I could find on Heyzap are not as amazing as I wou
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by 2pasc 14y ago
I agree that being honest is the most important thing to do at this point. Beyond that, I think that the first question you need to ask yourself is : "what do I want, long term". Obviously we don't know what your project is about, but do yo
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by 2pasc 14y ago
That's a non issue. At the end of the interview, you go out in the main room, and will go and see their finance person to ask her to reimburse you, no question asked (bring a copy of your tickets in case she asks to see them, but I don't re
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Facebook employees can't find sleep with FB stock price stumble(banneradconfidential.com)
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by 2pasc 14y ago
Wow, that's cool. As a Wishery early believer and advisor, I am glad this product has found a new home!
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by 2pasc 14y ago
I partially agree with you. I don't think Udacity disintermediates HR - it disintermediates 2nd and 3rd tier universities whose main value, beyond the degree, was to have a career services department that was sort of helping out students b
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by 2pasc 14y ago
Agree with all of you who say it is all about execution and timing. Zuckerberg had the right vision for what he wanted of Facebook though: a casual place to procrastinate. That is something that nobody else saw as clearly as him...and that'
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by 2pasc 14y ago
This is interesting as it shows how Facebook may move away from pure advertising as a revenue stream on the mobile and more towards transactions.
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The Power Law of StartUp employees(2pasc.com)
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by 2pasc 14y ago
Lots of interesting points made here. If I could add only a few data points, I would say the following. I have taught a very successful class on Investor pitching in SF for 6 months. I have had between 10 and 50 students per class, always s
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by 2pasc 14y ago
that's exactly what I intended to do ;-) thanks!
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by 2pasc 14y ago
Thanks for this, and I have read a bunch of them. I was more interested in some of the operational details and the data/numbers that founders can give.
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by 2pasc 14y ago
I wanted to compile it for my blog and post each article to HN, actually.
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Ask HN - Compiling the Best stories on what you did to get initial traction.
10 points by 2pasc 14y ago|6 comments

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