Harj

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by Harj 14y ago
I started with PHP, then Ruby followed by Rails
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by Harj 15y ago
You could have said the same about Yahoo acquiring Facebook itself for $1 billion, if that deal had happened. It's clear now who would have got the better deal there. Certainly that doesn't mean every large acquisition is justified (e.g. Be
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by Harj 15y ago
This is a separate application form for people with no idea. You can still apply with an idea via the regular application form: http://ycombinator.com/apply.html
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by Harj 15y ago
I've been incredibly impressed by Sam since he started as a part time partner at YC, as have all of the founders. Greendot are lucky to have him and his team.
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by Harj 15y ago
We're also working on software to make this process better. Garry built a private version of Facebook for YC founders which is tremendously useful. We have ideas for more software to make the knowledge contained within the alumni network mo
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by Harj 15y ago
There's nothing specific to going through an incubator in what you mention, that all applies to the decision of starting a company regardless of incubators. If you can't handle a bit of saving, planning, sacrifice and a bit of logistics the
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by Harj 15y ago
It wasn't filmed because they're in a quiet period due to their S-1 filing.
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by Harj 15y ago
Twitter only seems to give you three options to choose from: Read, Read and Write, Read and Write and access direct messages. I used Read and Write for this app. Is there a way to be more granular and just request permission to tweet and is
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by Harj 15y ago
I can sympathize with them in this case, it would be hard not to lean towards being defensive when your product is being probed on stage in front of 3,000 people.
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by Harj 15y ago
Just apply, it makes no difference to us whether you've applied before or not.
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by Harj 15y ago
I'd certainly like to do an event in London. Would be hard to arrange for everyone from YC to make it over though.
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by Harj 15y ago
"The problem is that it’s all about the money; it creates emphasis on Y Combinator startups to quickly exit or IPO." This sentence makes no logical sense, quick exits and IPO's are the antithesis of one another - there has to be an emphasis
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by Harj 15y ago
1. No. 2. Square and Quora. Can't think of a third. 3. I've done a bit but don't have enough money to do more. 4. The people I work with. 5. Nothing springs to mind. There's probably some but I find it hard to just pull things out of my bra
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by Harj 15y ago
Currently the request queue for office hours is empty, meaning everyone who wants to meet with us has been able to. We have capacity for more office hours this week and will be adding more. PG added office hours for this afternoon, with mor
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Solitude and Leadership(theamericanscholar.org)
7 points by Harj 15y ago|1 comments
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by Harj 15y ago
I'm still looking at late applications now so you can still apply, though I'll likely stop by end of day tomorrow. The review of late applications is stricter than during regular application time so the odds of getting an interview are muc
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Mike Moritz on Steve Jobs (1983)(time.com)
9 points by Harj 16y ago|0 comments
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by Harj 16y ago
We weren't actually working on the same thing. We both believed eBay was vulnerable and ready for someone to come and displace them. We were focusing on improving the seller experience and Patrick was focused on improving the buyer experien
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by Harj 16y ago
I find this "where you went to school" concept to be the most contentious aspect of YC selection. It shouldn't be contentious because it doesn't matter. It's nothing like as important as the answer to the "most impressive thing you've bui
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by Harj 16y ago
I don't know why there's a general "mentorship" trend recently and I have a visceral dislike of that particular term but I do know that my efforts to learn programming became dramatically more effective when I had someone helping me. There
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1000Memories (YC S10) Raises $2.5 Million to Digitally Memorialize Loved Ones(mashable.com)
47 points by Harj 16y ago|16 comments
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by Harj 16y ago
The only sufficient ingredient for success is luck. Luck is out of your control so the best you can do is to put yourself in a position that increases your chances of being lucky. That includes surrounding yourself with good people but fund
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by Harj 16y ago
Daniel's coding ability, or love of writing code, isn't the reason he's managed to get this far. I remember meeting with him regularly after demo day; no investors were interested, he had no co-founder and an idea that was all of a week old
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by Harj 16y ago
I'm surprised that YC accepted "them" after meeting just one of the co-founders This was the first time we had a late application process and I made the mistake of not insisting that Jon submit an application form. That would have surfac
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by Harj 16y ago
We weren't expecting anyone to make an offer like this. Even if we'd had this idea ourselves, which we didn't, we would never have believed anyone would actually be ballsy and decisive enough to do it.
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by Harj 16y ago
Is his network closely connected to the PG/YC network? Yes, he's an investor in both YC funds and one of the most prolific investors in YC companies. He's also a regular speaker at the YC dinners each round.
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by Harj 16y ago
There's definitely luck in being involved with a Google size outcome but I can't believe that someone with his approach to life wouldn't consistently achieve a significantly above average level of success.
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by Harj 16y ago
ha i'd seen you on HN and dismissed the possibility you were the same Paul Joslin from school, that's funny you actually are. hope you've been well!
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by Harj 16y ago
certainly feels pretty full-time to me
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by Harj 16y ago
yes

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