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by abossy 17y ago
Why did you link the word "Twitter?" My impression upon seeing that is that the link would take me to twitter.com, not perform a follow action. I would wager that the third message would fare better than the fourth (of the examples you gave
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by abossy 17y ago
I think PG's advice against solo-founder companies would remain true, hence not rendering YC any more solo-friendly. I'm surprised that number is even 5%, considering the number of high-quality YC applicants that could potentially be paired
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by abossy 17y ago
It sounds like a classic case of groupthink, something I would think YC founders would be highly susceptible to.
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by abossy 17y ago
If you do decide to move to the Bay Area, I encourage you to join us at Hackers and Founders. It's like Hacker News, but in real life! http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders/ I recently led a discussion at Bootstrapper's Breakfast--an
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by abossy 17y ago
IBM has major offices of comparable size in Austin, Raleigh, and several international locations, as well. I would say the proportion of their Silicon Valley presence is insignificant. They're probably to big and historic to localize, in an
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by abossy 17y ago
How are you defining "fad" and "revolutionary?" These are strong words, not to be strewn lightly.
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by abossy 17y ago
I completely disagree with you about them being revolutionary, but that's besides the point. If we assume that their business model is no different than any other radio station, then why should they be charged 10 times as much (70% vs. 7% o
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by abossy 17y ago
Ironically, two of the first three comments on this thread are hilarious. Sad, but I guess every community has its breaking point.
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by abossy 17y ago
In case anybody is interested, the position might still be available: http://ajaxian.com/archives/ajax-web-developer-240k-per-year...
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by abossy 17y ago
Greg McAdoo stated at Startup School 2008 that of the 400+ VC firms in Silicon Valley, only 15 are profitable (3.75%). http://omnisio.com/startupschool08/greg-mcadoo-partner-at-se...
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by abossy 17y ago
Isn't the reason behind this obvious? Facebook started out by targeting the Ivy League. Who is more likely to be upper-class and white than those whose social roots are at Harvard University? The restricted registration of Facebook, coupled
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by abossy 17y ago
Wow -- all with amazing reviews. Kudos!
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by abossy 17y ago
Really??? I need to get a job at Google, apparently. :) I've found that the difficulty in dating in the Bay Area isn't necessarily the shortage of women, but the overwhelming majority of men. The numbers probably dictate that they're equal,
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by abossy 17y ago
It's definitely obvious - I agree. It's only a matter of time before this model becomes prevalent. The next milestone is for Hulu to reach critical mass. The networks still make much more money with cheap, high-volume ads from the millions
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by abossy 17y ago
Twitter states otherwise: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=michael+jackson The last tweet about it is 14 minutes ago. The search page was refreshing with 1000 new tweets/5 seconds when I first heard the news. This is such a hot topic th
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by abossy 17y ago
Sounds like really "fun" technology, but I wonder: is peeking-over-the-shoulder really enough of a pain point to justify the cost of this software? I suppose it would be ideal for surfing porn at work, provided that it blurs effectively eno
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by abossy 17y ago
Jay Cutler (Mr. Olympia 2006, 2007) is reported to sleep no longer than 3 hours at a time with his weight-lifting regimen. It's not polyphasic, but it's entirely possible to build muscle with a reduced sleep schedule. Old FHM Article http:
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by abossy 17y ago
Steve Pavlina is married, and he describes the effect his sleep cycle had on his relationship to his wife. I can't remember if he discusses sex at all, but you may be interested in finding out for yourself: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog
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by abossy 17y ago
Are you sure about this? Wouldn't it be easier to write FLV support on the iPhone than to re-encode hundreds of millions of videos?
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by abossy 17y ago
This is part of Daniel's "Blogs I Read" category. The focus is indeed Jeremy's post. It's not TechCrunch, trust me. :) The Noisy Channel is a fantastic blog, and is among the few websites I read regularly.
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by abossy 17y ago
Conversely, announcing your plans and having a financial stake in the completion of those plans is shown to work exceptionally well. The company, stickK (stickk.com), is founded on this principle. It is drawn from behavorial economist Dean
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Extracting Meaning from Millions of Pages(beta.technologyreview.com)
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by abossy 17y ago
I implemented this idea with a fellow HN reader, derwiki, for the 2009 superbowl: http://twitterbowl2009.com/
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by abossy 17y ago
That's why you should start something that you really believe in. :) Start-ups aren't a get-rich-quick scheme -- it just happens that the market desperately needs some product or good that leads a select few company to explosive growth, whi
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by abossy 17y ago
Notice that the examples I gave aren't companies that have been bought out; they're still being led by their founders. The problem is that less and less companies are having IPOs and reaching massive size to carry out their original vision
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by abossy 17y ago
There's clear evidence that a leader that founded the company with a clear guiding vision is irreplaceable. The large companies that have survived for 15+ years; Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon come to mind; are those that are most successful
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by abossy 17y ago
"Maybe if this was an 18 month program, or maybe if Godin could better articulate how this is more "MBA" than "self-study" the "students" might have some merits." Self-education invariably triumphs educational process. The key of successful
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by abossy 17y ago
It would be great if MBA programs both credentials and skills for the future.
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by abossy 17y ago
Google is returning structured data. Google's specialty has been navigating through the seas of unstructured Web data that comprises the Web and making sense of it. Squared shows that they understand enough about this data to (semi-) automa
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by abossy 17y ago
Justifying a lack of trust in Microsoft because of 'karma' isn't a correct analysis, I feel. The author completely fails to discuss .NET -- a very powerful and complete software platform that many companies rely on and use effectively. The

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