GBond

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   by GBond 16y ago

   http://venturemaven.com/ does this although it includes VCs too
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   The Facebook of China(fastcompany.com)

   2 points by GBond 16y ago|1 comments
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   by GBond 16y ago

   >Salesforce is basically just a very flexible database with hundreds of custom fields, i.e. to a programmer it seems like a $25/user version of phpmyadmin... but it’s money well spent. That is the most underwhelming endorsement of sales
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   by GBond 16y ago

   Agreed with the last point. MySpace learned this the hard way.
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   by GBond 16y ago

   > Instead, lean on the powers of incremental improvement and the Pareto principle (80/20 rule). Spend time each week looking at a specific parts of your design, and iterate on them. It will get better if you put in the time. And then fo
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   by GBond 16y ago

   This list of specific to software or software services companies. If you open it up beyond this (still with dev/rev ratio) I'd bet small and algo-trade/hf/hedge fund would rank at the top.
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   by GBond 16y ago

   >apologies to skilled accountants who feel there is an art to their work Although not an openly advertised role, "Creative Accountants" are abound.
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   Top Dumbest Tech Predictions of All Time(blogs.marketwatch.com)

   1 points by GBond 16y ago|0 comments
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   by GBond 16y ago

   This strategy of luring candidates with the illusion of exclusivity would probably work for a lot of job segments but not startup devs. It is a buyers market for devs and this approach seems to neglect that. Most tech people with a good res
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    by GBond 16y ago

    They are still best for apps that rely on high content value, thus I still use them for Finance and Fantasy Sports.
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    by GBond 16y ago

    http://joshgrenon.com/2010/02/14/the-simple-way-to-import-de... Note: imports all to one note so not the ideal.
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    by GBond 16y ago

    Can you expand on "all the internal crap going on with CI"? I'm building with CI for a project so I'm curious.
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    Lawmakers Move to Eject Nude Scanners From New York Airports(wired.com)

    2 points by GBond 16y ago|0 comments
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    by GBond 16y ago

    Bravo... for the clever use of targeted landing pages.
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    by GBond 16y ago

    .. because you were taking his advice or felt it was bad advice?
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    by GBond 16y ago

    >This tells me that there is a tremendous opportunity in the form of huge inefficiencies in our computing infrastructure. VMware has benefited from the CPU race. ESX is an easy sell for fotune 1000 datacenters that have huge amount of i
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    by GBond 16y ago

    there is a hidden liberal agenda here, right? ;)
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    by GBond 16y ago

    Funny. Just reading the current title I know it would be about Chargify.
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    by GBond 16y ago

    submit this post! This is HN front page material.
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    by GBond 16y ago

    I've been wanting to build a "scratch an itch" app using twilio. This gives me no excuse. Thanks!
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    by GBond 16y ago

    Not sure why your were upvoted (probably for the sentiment that freely entering one's password without reason should not happen) because that is not correct. In the US, "customs" typically refer to ICE and TSA, both are enforcement function
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    by GBond 16y ago

    Kinda scary how so many HN people are giving you armchair medical advice... if you think it even remotely physiological/bio-chemical, go see a REAL doctor. >I'm doing that's burning up 8 hours a day without actually achieving anything.
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    by GBond 16y ago

    The reason why advice here is almost exclusively aimed at programmers is because HN is bias towards startups that make stuff that are byproducts of the software discipline. Startups that focus on Web/saas/cloud are getting a lot of attentio
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    by GBond 16y ago

    Something to look into: attempting to pay via paypal will incorrectly try to charge "$63 USD" instead of $42. Thanks for putting this bundle together.
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    by GBond 16y ago

    Joel's comment: Is the problem that they're sitting there in a city without any other Internet industry, stewing in their own witty ideas, listening only to the adoring comments they get from the groupies? .. is a often genuine criticism
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    by GBond 16y ago

    This is just his writing style. He is actually quite normal and super-knowledgeable (especially about lean startup principles) when he presents in person though peppered with the occasional explicits and blunt talk.
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    by GBond 16y ago

    I am aware that it is common practice for a guy with a title architect be the "smoke and mirrors" guy during the sales phase. I am referring to so called architects who have the role of leading a group of programmer during the building of
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    by GBond 16y ago

    It is always good to learn the abstraction layer below when creating something. For designing physical objects that will one day be physical products, it makes a lot of sense to understand the manufacturing process and materials involved. T
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    by GBond 16y ago

    Les Halles is a mid-tier business lunch place as far as NYC restaurants go (BTW, they have great frites moules). I wouldn't say working that kitchen indicates far advancement. I think the draw of his book & tv show has more to do with h
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    by GBond 16y ago

    This is likely the case since the post mentioned that storage controller was initially blamed (but cleared).