Major_Grooves

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by Major_Grooves 17y ago
although some might consider it positive discrimination, you should really get involved with an organisation like: http://www.astia.org/ They have been great to jlees. In fact she is attending the Silicon Valley event next week.
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by Major_Grooves 17y ago
sorry - you're correct. ^^Edited.
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by Major_Grooves 17y ago
Sorry but if you've got breasts then you'll have to get used to guys looking at them. There was a recent study from NZ that found that 47% of men's first glances at a women were towards their breasts. It's just biology. Also take in to acco
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by Major_Grooves 17y ago
and another thing, I don't want to speak for jlees, but I've never got the impression she was treated as an "outsider". A novelty perhaps, but I think it wears off a second once she starts talking code. I'm a non-coder and I feel much mor
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by Major_Grooves 17y ago
I'm not sure if you've said elsewhere, but are you a solo applicant? You talk about "I". You don't mention what sex your co-founder is. If you are a solo applicant then being female is the least of your worries - solo applicants seldom (eve
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by Major_Grooves 17y ago
I wish they would sort out the speaker's audio. The audience mics are fine.
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by Major_Grooves 17y ago
You mean like iAccelerator: http://brajeshwar.com/2009/iaccelerator-2009/
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by Major_Grooves 17y ago
Thanks for the comments. I didn't really mean to focus hype on the TC50 conference. Rather, I think it makes an interesting story about trying to get in to a decent product launch conference - we get told by the main main we've got 80% chan
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Did we just turn down TechCrunch 50?(majorgrooves.co.uk)
24 points by Major_Grooves 17y ago|10 comments
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Our TC50 rejection story(majorgrooves.co.uk)
2 points by Major_Grooves 17y ago|0 comments
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
The auctomatic guys had studied PPE and Law I think. It wasn't till at or after YC that they merged with a hacker. Or maybe I get the details wrong...
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
Patience grasshopper. If they've not notified us yet then they are probably too busy to come on here and tell us when they will notify us. It won't be long now...
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
Return flights London to SF were about £340 last time I checked a few days ago, but they involved some fairly horrible connections making the whole flight ~17h. Hopefully I _do_ have to go through that torture! :)
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
We only hear back if we get invited to the interviews. My finger is hovering over the "buy tickets" button on Expedia. ;)
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
Tsk! He's not the next Steve Jobs - he's the messiah! (or is that the same thing? hmmmm)
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
Undoubtedly the UK needs some YC-like schemes. The YC FAQ does say “There already is a Y Combinator in your town: Y Combinator. The seed funding business is national, not regional.” and we know that in fact it is international as UK teams
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
although I should add that the website that they designed that made me want to use them is not on their online portfolio. I had found it through one of their designers showing it on a design blog. http://ventlondon.com/
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
I recommend these guys: http://www.sumac.uk.com/ I used them for a recent project and their design was spot-on, their HTML/css was good, and their pricing was competitive. If you want something really cheap, then put a request on some kin
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
Not a start-up, but still a B2B database (then later internet) company. We were an "early adopter" of email marketing when we started. It used to be fantastic - there wasn't much spam in them early days so people were quite receptive to the
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
So have there been any UK companies on YC?
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
I am (was?) in the same situation and am currently aiming for the start-up route. If I was to go for the MBA I would go for a school that has a strong emphasis on entrepreneurship: http://tinyurl.com/dgablv
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Ask HN: What Visa for a UK team to come to YC?
2 points by Major_Grooves 18y ago|4 comments
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
I don't think failing would look bad per se. There are a lot of learnings that can be taken from failure. Better to have tried and learnt, than to never try!
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
Yes you can! I have a well paid job in the UK and I am applying for YC et al. I would jump at the chance to go on any of these opportunities... and I would embrace the ramen! You're not moving permanently. Get a flight to SF, and live in th
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
When I got the N95 it had all voip options disabled by the Orange firmware. I had to <<can't remember the term after having a few beers>> my phone to get teh latest actual Nokia firmware. As soon as I heard the Nokia N97 wou
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by Major_Grooves 18y ago
Thank you very much for the comments guys. Much appreciated. If I'm honest with myself, I'm probably going to have to accept that everyone has strengths and weaknesses. You have to play to your strengths and find solutions to your weaknesse
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Noob to Ninja Programmer. Possible?
4 points by Major_Grooves 18y ago|8 comments