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by ABrandt 16y ago
Perhaps. My views, interests, and experiences invariably differ from the status quo around here. I'd like to think that has little effect though--my karma per post is within range of the top contributors'( http://news.ycombinator.com/leader
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by ABrandt 16y ago
So I ran into the same problem on Chrome as everyone else, but I fired up Firefox (something I'm increasingly trying to avoid) to give this a try. I'm not completely non-technical, but my coding ability is quite limited. I've tried just abo
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I could certainly get on board with a better filter system, but I think a 200 point minimum might be setting the bar a little high. I've been moderately active on HN for about 2 years now and just barely have 200 karma. If I would have been
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by ABrandt 16y ago
The anti-music startup sentiment has been picking up steam lately. Its hard to argue against it being a difficult space to be in, but are we really ready to just turn our backs on innovation all together? Music needs startups--more now th
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I think a very strong possibility lies with the very experiment described in the article. Flu is a huge issue at college campuses, high schools, etc. Every level of education involves cramming a bunch of individuals in to small spaces with
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback aspir, you really hit on the main point of conflict for me at this point. I haven't yet decided whether I want to bill this as a judging or negotiation service. In accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925,
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Clickable: Link: http://circuit192.austinbrandt.net/hn/ More details: http://austinbrandt.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/business-idea-v...
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Ask HN: Review my concept for an online court substitute
3 points by ABrandt 16y ago|3 comments
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Thanks, a rant indeed. I remember seeing this blog posted somewhere a few days ago, best of luck! I can definitely relate to your "F * it, I'm just going to do it" attitude.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Could you update your profile with contact information (the email address field is not public). I'd love to read the post you described. It sounds like I've recently came to the exact same conclusion, except I'm actually the business guy w
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by ABrandt 16y ago
But why can't this change over a period of time as physcab has indicated (who by the way, works/worked for one startup leading the charge)? I believe it impossible for the industry to fail--there will always be people making music. So the b
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I've done a good amount of research in this space and I don't think I could be more emphatic when I say go with Braintree. In one way or another, just about every payment provider I've come across has this underlying "we're going to screw y
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I agree to some extent with everyone here stating that an idea doesn't need to be novel to develop your skills. However, I do think executing on an idea of your own versus reverse engineering something that exists does require much more fro
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by ABrandt 16y ago
In a democracy, politicians rent the country. In China, the leaders own it. People care more about their property if they have a long term interest in it. This may be true, but you're also classifying human beings as property with this st
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Upvote for bringing the Tarantino reference to my attention; I missed that one somehow. I'd be hard pressed to find a more perfect analogy for the way I think about server issues. If you're not familiar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWmR
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Here's a post from 2 months ago for an MVP that aims to do just that - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1511591 I'm not sure what their plans are (right now its basically classifieds for testers), but I'd love to see something far more
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I fully agree with you on the 2-3x multiplier, but lzw never claimed an evaluation based on 50 x Revenue. He stated that operating profit would be used--which is exactly what EBITDA essentially is. That being said, you probably could still
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I believe the article you linked to discusses the same study the OP acknowledges. "These latest findings may initially seem to be at odds with a study published last Thursday in Science by researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institut
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by ABrandt 16y ago
You have a masters in Entrepreneurship? Awesome, I'm close to getting my bachelors in it. I'd love to talk about the value that post-grad studies gave you--drop me a line: austin (at) beatnex (dot) com
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Where did you learn that MySpace was created for bands? Wikipedia states that they just explicitly copied the most popular features of friendster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpace#History
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Let's imagine that for some reason at YC11 a band shows up. In their pitch meeting PG and team feel suitably Rocked and Rolled so he decides to throw in the seed money for their studio time. The terms are that YC gets to keep 80% of the mo
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Awesome, awesome stuff. Definitely the inspiration for my first blog post. Coincidentally, I just wrote it yesterday :) http://austinbrandt.posterous.com/hustlin-aint-easy-part-1
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I think you make a good point--one that business types often overlook. Its extremely daunting to begin duct taping a startup together though. Your options are never optimal. I've spent nearly 2 years (on and off) banging and hammering on Dr
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I have little experience in the corporate world, but I get the feeling that the OP's analysis could apply just about anywhere. There's certainly places that are great for 9-5ers to raise families, don't get me wrong. But the bigger picture
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Cyber War: "makes the Cold War look like a time of openness and transparency."(abcnews.go.com)
2 points by ABrandt 16y ago|0 comments
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Hmmm I tried feasibility analysis, time to market, and monetization. I got zilch on all three, maybe I'm not a big enough business jerk.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Like ryanelkins, I only answered the first 2 questions in the survey because the rest didn't really pertain to me. I've checked out many of those apps but never became a real user. That being said, there are a couple of things that I think
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Well that's embarrassing. Thanks, now I know.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I know nothing about this topic. Would you care to elaborate on this point so the rest of us can learn?
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by ABrandt 16y ago
IIRC, paulsingh created something similar (Philtro?) a while back. The focus was a little bit different--it acted as a spam filter--but I think you could definitely benefit from his knowledge. Good luck! EDIT: It appears philtro was acquire

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