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by aberman 17y ago
Open Coffee. I think it is every Wednesday morning at Andala Cafe in Cambridge. It was started by Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital and Nabeel Hyatt of Conduit labs. I think somebody created a meetup for it. Some weeks are better than others, bu
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Kevin Rose of Digg spent his last $6,000 (which him and his gf were saving to buy a house together) on Digg. A few weeks later his gf broke up with him. A few months later, he was on the cover of business week. I think he is a hero, but for
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by aberman 17y ago
My only question: why would Betaspring NOT offer funding? If the founders have done such a great job raising money in the past (30 million, was it?), why not raise some more money now, and invest 20 grand in each of the young startups that
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by aberman 17y ago
3,000 #moonfruit tweets in a row. Tweets about how many followers you have (i.e. just reached 8,000 followers)
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by aberman 17y ago
Move to Silicon Valley. Take a job that pays decently. Live frugally. Network your ass off. Look into a variety of different opportunities and startups -- maybe even start a few small projects, or help others start their's -- and the minute
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by aberman 17y ago
Hmmm....startups should take on inefficient businesses, not the MOST EFFICIENT BUSINESS EVER (Walmart).
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I actually like it a lot. At first I thought it looked stupid because it was too simple -- but then I realized that was the whole point. It's really simple and really easy to use. The other comments are a bit harsh, but they are also accura
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by aberman 17y ago
Two, short English words, followed by .com
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I could not agree more with the above post. Really well put. I think a video tour or screen cast, if done right, would answer a lot of these questions.
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I could not disagree more. "Attendees looking to invest in new companies probably like DEMO because the presenters are convinced enough they have a great product that they'll come up with the funds to go there." Or they are desperate enough
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by aberman 17y ago
What is unusual is the frequency with which AOL pulls this shit. Yes, other companies have been known to hit their customers with bogus charges, but nowhere near the extent to which AOL has. It's basically their business model. You simply c
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by aberman 17y ago
When are these people going to learn? AOL has reached the point where their original product does NOTHING except detract value. Just drop it AOL because the fourteen 85-year-olds that are still using it are going to be dead soon anyways. Pe
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"In 1879, Henry George...published Progress and Poverty, a scathing polemic that blamed all economic ills on the private ownership of land.[he] found it perverse that we tax productive activities like work and innovative investment while le
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Well, if he is still using myspace, at least he is not a racist :)
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I was 9 when the Lion King CD came out. My parents did give it to me on Christmas, and they tried to play it for me on a new computer. It was my first experience desperately trying to hack a computer system. If that had never happened, I ma
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by aberman 17y ago
Is the article attributing a racist agenda? Or is it talking about an empirical reality. If the average facebook user is indeed more educated than the average myspace user, it's certainly worth talking about. Even if it is not the case, it
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by aberman 17y ago
How did you build it in the first place? I second the comment below. Release it, and hope that somebody likes it enough to take you to the next level. Ideas are not worth much-- all that matters is execution (your predicament is a case-in-p
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Building platform companies(nabeelhyatt.com)
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If you are actively looking to invest, contact YC and ask about demo day. I'm sure there will be a lot of YC startups looking for more firepower (in the form of a small angel round) at the end of the summer. Added benefit: YC has already do