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by Mistone 18y ago
too funny and about time we have president that "gets it"
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by Mistone 18y ago
YC is frugal with their investments - they give companies just enough to survive, which motivates the founders to be as frugal as possible.
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by Mistone 18y ago
regarding dying: One of the most vivid memories I have from childhood is the time my father told me he was going to die. It was quite simple, he said, "someday I will die, when I die, here is what I want you to do...." Its one of those th
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by Mistone 18y ago
awesome insight.
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by Mistone 18y ago
a good point, essay gets downgraded a bit due to fact that the author does not have direct experience, but like startups, just because you've done one does not make you good at it, and many of the most interesting are first timers (see face
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by Mistone 18y ago
nice - a small but important distinctions, I'm going to use something similar.
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by Mistone 18y ago
thanks.
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Ask YC: What tool do you use for web page / ui mockups?
5 points by Mistone 18y ago|6 comments
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by Mistone 18y ago
Congrats to Adam, he's done an amazing jobs scaling facebook to meet the unbelievable growth demands.
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by Mistone 18y ago
"mindless young kids who join groups aimlessly, post pictures of the almost daily college parties, and find joy in spamming friends' walls" this is so condescending, how about just saying there are millions of people that enjoy facebook an
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by Mistone 18y ago
I think you took this a bit too literally, all I'm saying is that hyper-consumerism has placed the planet in a precarious condition, and a solution may be to slow things down a bit to focus on and enjoy what you have instead of always clamo
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by Mistone 18y ago
I didn't read it, just briefly skimmed, my comment is related to seeing the reoccurring fb rants on YC.News. In case you've missed it there is a lot of advertising happening on fb, some major brands include Blockbuster/BMW/Virgin America. W
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Announcing Facebook Connect(developers.facebook.com)
2 points by Mistone 18y ago|0 comments
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by Mistone 18y ago
I'm so tired of matts "facebook isn't google" rants, move on dude, we get it. My Opinion is that facebook is one of the best valued ad networks for advertisers right now and the flood of brands is a matter of when not if.
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Integration Guide for the New Facebook Profile(wiki.developers.facebook.com)
1 points by Mistone 18y ago|0 comments
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by Mistone 18y ago
this is a very tough position, and I certainly applaud your openness - it takes guts to get on here and tell your story. I cannot imagine having paid this person so much money, $6900 is a lot of money, x12 is like a well paying job. To hav
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by Mistone 18y ago
if most peoples work actually focused on those issues, I would totally agree, but most people work on ways to "keep consumers dissatisfied" by inventing/producing/marketing all kinds of useless stuff for people to want. This has created a
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Webbie Award Winners(webbyawards.com)
1 points by Mistone 18y ago|0 comments
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by Mistone 18y ago
well said they definitely scratch YC's back and are a key media outlet for startups. I get a bit annoyed seeing every TC article on YC but oh well
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by Mistone 18y ago
good times! cheers to you Mr. Hofmann
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by Mistone 18y ago
hows that for disclosure - thanks for the update keep rockin!
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by Mistone 18y ago
most people can grasp the general seo concepts fairly quickly, a quick guide like this and an afternoon of work could yield some strong long term results for your site.
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Building An Expanding DHTML Menu With CSS and JavaScript(interspire.com)
1 points by Mistone 18y ago|1 comments
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Will Facebook be ready for business?(readwriteweb.com)
1 points by Mistone 18y ago|0 comments
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by Mistone 18y ago
there is a great series of papers published by Intuit and the Institute of the Future called the Future of Small Business, the third paper is called the Artisan Economy - it speaks directly to the trend they are referring to, exciting stuff
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by Mistone 18y ago
this is true - but is huddle chat negatively impacting Campfire? Campfire customers are not running for the doors now that some other company has built a free alternative. Building less of an app that serves a real need and provides an e
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StartUp School 08 Corridor Conversation with DHH(mistone.net)
21 points by Mistone 19y ago|0 comments
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by Mistone 19y ago
From PG's latest: Why Aren't There More Googles "So what's the real reason there aren't more Googles? Curiously enough, it's the same reason Google and Facebook have remained independent: money guys undervalue the most innovative startups."
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by Mistone 19y ago
no comments on the page - just wanted to give russel props for pursuing his dream and then putting himself out there when it didn't materialize. From the sound of it many people would have quit long before he did. @Russel: thanks for shari
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by Mistone 19y ago
I applied a while back they said "get some traction"

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