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by aditya 17y ago
So, venture capital is usually used to accelerate growth at an early stage company which works out pretty well for all involved parties: Entrepreneurs get to build big businesses, VCs enable that and make money off the management fees and L
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1-year free Harvest subscription for 1 new company each month(getharvest.com)
1 points by aditya 17y ago|0 comments
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by aditya 17y ago
Because Windows is a monopoly in the operating system space and they abused that monopoly, you couldn't just switch operating systems on a PC because there was no good alternative. Apple is far from being a monopoly in the phone space (even
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by aditya 17y ago
heh - I've been using visual mode + :s/^/#/ for commenting blocks :) 'gc' is definitely much faster. thanks!
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Interface Zen: Zenning out while writing code (1999)(slashdot.org)
22 points by aditya 17y ago|5 comments
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by aditya 17y ago
Wow. The entire series is worth reading. surround and matchit are awesome as well. The only other plugins I'm using are rails.vim, and git-vim. Tried fuzzyfinder but couldn't get it to work. What are your favorite plugins?
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by aditya 17y ago
So how do ramen profitable companies and "Italian restaurants on the web" (ie. Small self-funded companies that fit a hugely profitable niche) fit your world view? They (37s, fogcreek, etc.) did start as consulting businesses and raised lit
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by aditya 17y ago
This would work if you can find the people to make it work, consulting isn't really a "new" route to starting a startup and neither is using consulting income to support it instead of outside money. The real question is how do you find thes
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by aditya 17y ago
We're using PayChex and paying about $50/paycheck. But they take care of all tax withholding, etc. We are also looking at ambrose ( http://www.ambrosegroup.com/services/payroll_admin.html ) to do both payroll and benefits administration for
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Twitter URL Service Bit.ly Says No to Ads, Yes to Data-Mining News(wired.com)
40 points by aditya 17y ago|20 comments
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by aditya 17y ago
"If you want to build a ship don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." -- Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery
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by aditya 17y ago
I think the interesting thing is that even if your niche looks saturated, but you're solving a pain point that other people aren't there's a possibility of (atleast) being ramen profitable. It is not a zero-sum game, you're essentially grow
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by aditya 17y ago
Why was it miserable? and, why do you think that as an entrepreneur you won't still be building businesses well into your 50s 60s and 70s with teams of ambitious and motivated people?
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by aditya 17y ago
and I wonder if that is a (mostly) false assumption?
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by aditya 17y ago
Couldn't the Skype app send you a background notification that the phone was ringing?
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by aditya 17y ago
Has anyone used this as opposed to say a combination of {trac,github,lighthouse,redmine,fogbugz} - and if yes, what has your experience been like? Pros/Cons? It seems like it doesn't support git but now that it is open source, maybe that'll
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by aditya 17y ago
Neither app has been approved yet -- http://www.acrossair.com/apps_newyorknearestsubway.htm
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by aditya 17y ago
So that they don't get abused and mistreated like they do at most startups and large software companies? Depends on what you want from your life really, but if you're given a challenging environment where you get to perfect your craft and l
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by aditya 17y ago
Depends on what your goal is - if you've got the skills to do everything and/or are happy picking them up as you go along, while building your business - and in no hurry, then go for it...
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Open sailing: open source floating ocean colonies(opensailing.net)
1 points by aditya 17y ago|0 comments
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Metrics for Social Games(slideshare.net)
3 points by aditya 17y ago|0 comments
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by aditya 17y ago
The problem with contract to hire is that it sounds great (atleast on paper), for the company but for the employee - most people interviewing take it to mean that the company wasn't super impressed with their interview and wants to test th
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by aditya 17y ago
Unless you're a niche content site that reaches a certain segment that advertisers really need to go after.
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Ron Conway on real-time monetization(dondodge.typepad.com)
1 points by aditya 17y ago|0 comments
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by aditya 17y ago
Interestingly, kragen is on here too: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kragen I wonder if he's seen this yet, and what he's done since this post in '07.
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by aditya 17y ago
Unfortunately, it is much more tempting and easier looking to jump on a trend in the hopes of becoming rich and famous than to put your head down and execute non-stop for years, especially without any hope in sight. PS. How do you get to be
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Before you take the plunge (on starting up)(companytbd.com)
2 points by aditya 17y ago|0 comments
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by aditya 17y ago
Not many people use https (security certificate hassles, etc.) for login, unless you really need it. Depends on the app right? For a bank it makes sense, for HN/Digg not so much.
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by aditya 17y ago
This sounds great, in theory, but I'm a little suspicious about this is a political stunt rather than something that will provide real value. Guess we'll find out when the actual data sets open up this fall. Definitely a step in the right
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by aditya 17y ago
Hey. What happened to good old fashioned "make something people want" - the tribe will build itself, as long as you're solving someone's problem! :)

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