Disruptive_Dave

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   by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

   I suppose teaching techies business is easier than teaching business folks tech (or maybe quicker?). Still, I continue to be perplexed at the absence of "business" in startups. I'm not convinced that injecting "business&
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   by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

   Does YC ever accept business / growth people or just "tech"? I ask that in seriousness, as my take - in my very limited time as a startup founder & employee - has consistently been that many startups fail due in part to a
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   by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

   "This is why programmers dislike account people / business people…" Quality way to open a silly little blog post.
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   by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

   This has to be the first time Ronnie Coleman has been referenced on HN. I approve of this.
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   by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

   I keep wondering where this comes from when I see misleading article titles like this one. From what I can see, they ARE NOT going to create a dislike button. The transcript of his answer to this question is: “You know we’re thinking about
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   by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

   As a co-founder of a marketing platform for independent artists, and not exactly a music industry veteran, I've spent the past 8 months getting very educated on the situation. It's basically a clusterf... Streaming isn't &quo
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   by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

   Or is it.... :)
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   by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

   They actually started towards the end of the summer, at least here in Brooklyn. Hadn't seen a biker get pulled over for things like not coming to a complete halt at stops signs in 3 years I've been here. Witnessed about 5 of them
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   by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

   And his Twitter feed is nothing but promotional one-way blasts (not to mention his tweet-followers-following numbers are consistent with shady accounts).
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    Have a seemingly decent idea. Build a seemingly workable product. Know people / have a shiny thing on your resume. Why the surprise at all this? Here in NYC I speak to funded startup founders and employees every other day who lack basi
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    I took that more as "Don't get stuck in lobbying and writing blog posts and generally complaining about the state of things...take some real-life initiative and fight for what you believe you deserve".
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    Curious as to what makes you believe #3. Transplant here, but many life-long friends are NYC born and bred, and nearly all of them choose Uber over cabs quite often. Maybe the locals you know have just become numb to how shitty cabs here ar
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    this
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    Hey Horowitz – we need to talk about your taste in rap music(startupgrowthguy.com)

    1 points by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago|0 comments
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    Biz dev / creative marketing guy here. Startup co-founder and consultant. Absolutely love this place...skip the super technical threads because marketing.
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    <-- locks deadbolt
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    Cab With Me[1] is doing this in NYC right now (head of biz dev here). MIT came out with a study[2] that showed ~80% of cab rides in 2011 could have been shared, if there was an easy facilitator. [1] http://www.welcome.cabwith.me&
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    I've long argued this same point. Somewhere along the line "startup" become synonymous with "tech startup" and everyone seemed to decide this is the way it'll work. There are plenty of elements of these startup
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    Can I plug MusicBox ( http://www.mymusicbox.me/ ) real quick? We curate killer songs from the best indie artists and send them (for free) to a list of over 10k. We work directly with the artists and indie labels, so no issues
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    by Disruptive_Dave 12y ago

    "They’re detail-oriented, analytical and trained in systematic problem-solving. Engineers’ basic qualities make them good candidates for the top." There's a significant element missing in this line of thought and it involves
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    by Disruptive_Dave 13y ago

    This is clearly Carcosa.
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    Collabo: Virtual water cooler for freelancers and solopreneurs(letscollabo.com)

    2 points by Disruptive_Dave 13y ago|0 comments
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    by Disruptive_Dave 13y ago

    Quick background on Collabo (www.letscollabo.com) for some context - we're a bootstrapped startup aimed at creating a safe environment for freelancers, solopreneurs, and work-from-homers to video chat about anything they want. No selli
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    by Disruptive_Dave 13y ago

    Big time reader (and contributor). Fell in love with it from the first day, couldn't wait to be invited. It's certainly gone downhill a bit since it opened up to everyone (spotted spam a few times), but still some great writers th
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    by Disruptive_Dave 13y ago

    Almost daily. It's like shopping at Marshall's (might just be an East Coast store) - there are some really killer finds amongst the muck, you just need to be aware enough to recognize them. (Particularly since it opened to everyon
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    by Disruptive_Dave 13y ago

    I've been freelancing for 3 years now, on the back-end of a 10-year agency stint. (Note - I'm a marketing/growth hacking guy.) Here's what I've learned: - You gotta love the hustle. Not "be able to" hustle