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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
The problem with so many "startup ideas" is that they are a solution to the problem, "I want to create a startup and don't have an idea." Not surprisingly, this tends to produce copycat concepts, products with no re
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
I suppose I'm Vastrm's target customer. I love polos and have a closet full of $100+ polos to prove it. This said, I'm not really drawn to the offering: 1. I personally don't have a problem with fit. Many brands already
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
A toilet that doesn't flush correctly isn't a reason to complain if you're a plumber; it's your raison d'etre. And, although many don't want to recognize it, a good number of software developers are modern day
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
> Of all the companies that our applicants had on their resumes, I classified the following as elite: Amazon, Apple, Evernote, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Oracle, any Y Combinator startup , Yelp, and Zynga. I'm not sure
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
1. You get what you pay for. A lot of individuals who outsource the development of their "startup idea" end up with a less-than-satisfactory solution because they lacked the capital reasonably necessary to pursue their venture and
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
First, thanks for sharing your experience. This seems like a good example of how investors can be a detriment. Your original concept was designed to solve a problem you thought existed with the drink ordering process. The marketing "pi
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
Not all startup failures are created equal, but when it comes to true flops like this one, one of the commonalities I've noticed is a general inability of the founders to step back and see the forest for the trees. From http:/&#x
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
You're right to a certain theoretical extent. A candidate with a history of job hopping, unexplained gaps in employment history and bizarre job titles could be the most talented person in the world. But how is an employer supposed to
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
While there are certainly companies that will not give bonus points for having once pursued an entrepreneurial path, I don't think entrepreneurship in and of itself is generally as problematic as it's made out to be here. Construc
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
There are plenty of good reasons not to sign someone else's NDA, but there's usually a very good reason not to ask someone to sign yours: without the willingness and ability to try to enforce it, your NDA isn't worth the
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
> Hire an expert to regularly review your code. Contrary to what you may think this doesn’t cost much. Any good developer can tell “good” from “obviously bad” code in a matter of minutes. Hire a consultant for one hour and he can tell yo
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
Some people have a hard time grasping the idea that you can be against unnecessary, foolish laws without being for companies that flout them.
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
Given how often resumes are given little more than cursory review (keyword scanning, etc.), I wonder how many companies using GitHub as a screening tool actually take the time to thoroughly review the candidate's work. Everybody talks
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
On the enterprise or business to business side, signals are weaker, and signs of traction are harder to identify. However, Mattermark has found that tracking sales support materials (videos, whitepapers, and other documentation) is a
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
If you're 23, an entrepreneur, fucking terrified and have time to write about it , you're doing it wrong.
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
If you're concerned about your ability to convince a prospective employer that you're the real deal, that's for you to figure out, isn't it? The point here is not what you share, but that you have something to share and
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
If you're in an industry where it's typical for candidates to be limited in what they can share, then ostensibly the hiring criteria and process would reflect this.
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
It seems to me that software engineering is one of the only fields with people arrogant enough to assume that employers should hire folks without being able to see what they've actually accomplished. A "portfolio" does not
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
I couldn't agree more. I think far too many candidates fail to make an effort to demonstrate what they have achieved in the past, which is generally a pretty good indicator of what they're capable of delivering going forward. Alth
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
One of the problems with your business appears to be your belief that information asymmetry is a problem for investors. It is not. In fact, information asymmetry creates opportunity for venture firms. If all firms had the same information a
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
> My recruiter failed to call me at the scheduled time. Twice. Out of curiosity, was there a reason you decided to continue the interview process after this?
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
> If you don't code in your spare time, but you are happy where you are, don't feel like you are a bad developer, you just will not be as good at development as you could be. This is simply not true. Some developers will impr
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
So it's ethical to disobey instructions from your superior and take an action that could negatively affect your employer and the other people it employs? That's not "ethics". That's an unwillingness to make a diffic
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
> Side projects are not necessarily a great way to get better at engineering, and by no means the only way to get better. If you take on a side project, you do go through the process of defining a product and coding it up, most likely fu
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
> You can't be liable for a disability you don't know about, and I wouldn't assume he has one. When it comes to employment matters, you can be sued by just about anyone for just about anything . Opposing counsel can and
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
> Doing the right thing is worth taking a little risk. I won't disagree outright with that, but what is "the right thing" here? The threat of litigation is incredibly real when it comes to employment issues. Even the most
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
I'm curious about your comment "but I'm sure we could get sued if the strangeness was due to a disability." If the possibility that the candidate's "strangeness" was due to some sort of disability crossed
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
> As for people, there are plenty of folks willing to work for free. Advising founders to recruit unpaid volunteers is horrible advice. Not only do you tend to get what you pay for, "free" labor can prove to be anything but fre
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
Sure. Don't get me wrong: not everybody can raise money from professional investors, even when market conditions are working in favor of founders. But all the attention that gets focused on fundraising (instead of building a successful
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by 7Figures2Commas 13y ago
The primary problem with these "how we raised..." posts is that the authors rarely acknowledge that raising money with or without x , y and z is in most cases largely a function of the current market and economic environment

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