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by aepstein 16y ago
www.frid.ge is working on solving exactly this problem.
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by aepstein 16y ago
And how do you expect iOS devs to create their mobile apps?
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by aepstein 16y ago
The YC experience is what you make of it. They're there to help whenever you need it/ask for it, and they don't pressure you to do anything you don't want to do.
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by aepstein 16y ago
Harj touched on it briefly last night at the NYC meetup, but I think that HN karma points are looked at as a bonus, rather than part of the criteria. Like all other aspects of the application process, it's just another chance for YC to get
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How to make your YC application stand out(formisfunction.posterous.com)
90 points by aepstein 16y ago|30 comments
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by aepstein 16y ago
This app store fragmentation is going to be bad for both devs and consumers. In the near future, there is likely to be at least 3 separate marketplaces (Google, Amazon, Verizon), with certain apps only appearing in certain app stores on ce
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by aepstein 16y ago
That's one of the neat things about the new Themeleon: you can preview your profile with the new Twitter layout even if you haven't been switched over yet.
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Style Your #NewTwitter Profile With Themeleon From COLOURlovers (YC10)(techcrunch.com)
25 points by aepstein 16y ago|5 comments
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by aepstein 16y ago
Great job guys, and excellent walkthrough Paul.
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Jailbreaking is officially legal(msnbc.msn.com)
3 points by aepstein 16y ago|1 comments
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by aepstein 16y ago
Here's an idea: release a scaled back version of your new v2 as a free upgrade, and then take the full version with a majority of the extra goodies they're going to want and put it out as a separate product. Then, give existing customers a
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by aepstein 16y ago
Completely agree, money isn't the only motivating factor for continued development. But it's easy to get burned out on big projects (see TextMate 2), or move on to other projects. With time being such a valuable resource for any developer,
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Free lifetime software upgrades are bad for customers(formisfunction.posterous.com)
14 points by aepstein 16y ago|7 comments
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by aepstein 16y ago
It sounds like you need a new 2nd co-founder if you want to take this seriously, not a 3rd.
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by aepstein 16y ago
Because PG's realistic. Not a whole lot of non-iPhone mobile apps making money (or even gaining much traction) these days.
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by aepstein 17y ago
Sure, Bump impresses you now , but you would've had the same dismissive comments about them on their demo day. Revisit this list in a year or so and I'm sure you'll have some different opinions and wish you hadn't been so short-sighted.
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by aepstein 17y ago
Perhaps the "really hard problems" that were submitted & accepted into YC (which PG has knowledge of and you do not) could not be fully solved in 3 months? I'll bet when Bump came out you thought "Who needs a new way to transfer contact
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Colourlovers (YC W10) Mixes With ColorSchemer And Adds To Twitter’s Palette(techcrunch.com)
46 points by aepstein 17y ago|6 comments