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by FrojoS 15y ago
Or rebuild it in the background with a second 'team'. I know that people warn about rebuilding your product in the early stage. But in such a case, why not start from scratch one more time? Seems reasonable, if there is a user demand alread
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Agreed. Awesome video. Was that made before the prototype?
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by FrojoS 15y ago
So I have a question here. What makes you 'a buisnes guy'? Your skills or that you majored in buisnes [1]? Or to ask in another way, would you have missed something if you had majored in engineering? Anyway, great blog post. Loved it! [1] M
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Guess what "venture capital" is called in Germany. "Risiko Kapital" which literally means "risk capital". And yes, I agree, the typical picture of an entrepreneur here is that of a greedy - or dumb - person.
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Really? I think its spot on. This trend continues to today. As PG has pointed out in his advocacy for a founder visa [1], about half of vc-backed company founders are immigrants [2]. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/foundervisa.html [2] ht
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by FrojoS 15y ago
My personal data point is also, that most people who are interested in startups, including those who do them, are buisnes guys. And we do have three big tech university here in Munich. I know plenty exceptions but overall this is what I se
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Thanks, I'm aware of that. But where is the difference? I don't know what of my answer would not apply to Austria. But I'm happy to learn.
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by FrojoS 15y ago
So who are your co-founders? Are there any? To me, the problem is finding co-founders not bureaucracy. As others have pointed out, you don't need to get the "Gründerzuschuss". None of the German founders, I know, says that bureaucracy is th
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by FrojoS 15y ago
THIS I think the American system is more for me. But I'm happy there is both. Unfortunately there is also a trend in Germany to become more American.
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Lack of Entrepreneurial Culture Seen as Europe’s Biggest Obstacle(blogs.wsj.com)
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Agreed. I bought QuickCal in the Appstore that lets me add iCal entries without a mouse. Seems like Apple has build there own "QuickCal" now, though they say "just click on +". Personally, I don't care. At first, this is good for users. But
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Agriculture, I think, is one of the next big fields for improvements [1]. But it has always been a source of interesting problems and solutions. "[...] One way is to randomize the confounding element so that it’s effect is not influencing t
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Singapore is a fine city. http://www.google.com/search?q=Singapore+is+a+fine+city&...
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Exactly. Also, they may suffer under the "not build here" syndrom. I heard this is true for Google.
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by FrojoS 15y ago
I would love to move to Mission Beach, San Diego! Best surfing place I've ever been to [1]. However, I assume, that there is more interesting stuff going on in Silicon Valley. Right now, my plan for the summer is to couch surf around a bit
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by FrojoS 15y ago
https://github.com/leftnode/get-shit-done Is such a blacklist. Just helped me finishing my thesis.
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by FrojoS 15y ago
So why would insurance companies actually want that future. Wouldn't car insurer be out of buisnes if there were no more crashes?
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Recreational refreshment? Another technology revolution that will be driven by the fact, that sex sells ?
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Very interesting! I never thought about the insurance issue. The current systems rates premiums mostly according to personal driving record, right? [1] Hence, if I never drive myself, my premium should only depend on the crash record of tha
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by FrojoS 15y ago
This sounds terrible! Would you like to share a bit more about your story or buisnes? I doubt I can help but maybe more experienced people here on HN might have good advice. The first thing that pops into my mind is personal bankruptcy. Als
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by FrojoS 15y ago
I'd say, get up every morning at the same time. Got to bed every night at the same time. Do a bit of sport [1] every day. Avoid Sugar. If you still feel like drugs after doing this for a few months, you can still consider taking them. [1] R
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Good article. Funny, earlier this evening I stumbled over an interview with Tony Schwartz (the author of the parent article) and David Allen, from 'Getting Things Done', in the print version of HBR. I follow many of the advices, they make,
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by FrojoS 15y ago
No, if its a ritual it takes energy to not do it. Its almost impossible to forget about it when you don't do it. Example: Try to go to bed tonight without brushing your teeth. Of course, if you can completely outsource a task, that is eve
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Other than in SFO, there will be a really nasty winter afterwards. At least in Munich we get powder to ski!
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Cool. HN posters from Munich! When a US friend visited last summer and asked here nobody replied. Wanna meet for coffee? I live right next to the LMU.
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by FrojoS 15y ago
And even if you can't attend any of those events. Dont visit Berlin without the c-base. Its a really awesome place to hang out. Same goes for the Tacheles. [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunsthaus_Tacheles
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by FrojoS 15y ago
I would love to know which form they will choose or have chosen. A UK inc. or a German GMBH or mini-GMBH?
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by FrojoS 15y ago
I think this irrelevant in this context. If you are going to do a Startup and especially in a big city like Berlin, everyone you work with will speak proper German. And of course those people will know some English, too.
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Seriously? A company that takes pride in only having a handful of different products, buying huge amounts of infrastructure? Also, how likely is it, that this infrastructure is worth a dime in decade? Quite, likely I guess, but it would sti
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Richard Bellman, I think, is famous for pointing this out frequently.

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