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by akharris 15y ago
One of the points to remember wrt to property rights is what, in fact, you are purchasing when buying a piece of data - be it a song, movie, program, what have you. Many times, we think we are buying something wholly ownable, we assume that
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by akharris 15y ago
Cars do not kill cities - urban planning without enough foresight into how cars actually interact with one another, and with cities kill cities. A large portion of current urban plans date to Robert Moses - he essentially built New York, in
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Kill your startup while looking smart: failing by half measures(blog.tutorspree.com)
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by akharris 15y ago
Thanks! I've never been particularly good at spelling. All fixed.
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by akharris 15y ago
Yep, I was explaining it to my girlfriend and to my parents over the weekend. There was almost no understanding there ahead of time. So let's build it.
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by akharris 15y ago
Thanks - great idea about the teachers.
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On Blackout day, teach someone how to stop SOPA/PIPA(explainsopa.com)
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How to kill your startup: half measures(m.techcrunch.com)
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by akharris 15y ago
Who was teaching back then? Check out the paper I referenced (from the prof teaching now) - good insight onto the changes he's made and how they've impacted the class. Still, though, that huge jump at the end has to come from the outside. E
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by akharris 15y ago
We've had a few issues with travel radius/dual location listing. Very sorry she quit - drop me an email (aaron [at] tutorspree) and I'll take a look, if you like.
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by akharris 15y ago
Right. One of the questions we want to answer is whether or not tutoring isn't a full time job for more people is a result of an absolute lack of demand, or lack of appropriate channels for that demand. If you knew you could fill 35 hours a
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by akharris 15y ago
Interesting. The overall average salary for teacher in Texas comes in at $49,900 (in 2009). I suppose that leads to a slightly higher rate, but the 8 hour day piece doesn't come close to accounting for all of the associated prep time. My gu
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What's an hour of teaching worth? Data and transparency in tutoring(blog.tutorspree.com)
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Money laundering in the Middle East(nytimes.com)
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by akharris 15y ago
And you can usually pull in a signal from Old Pro...
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by akharris 15y ago
I totally agree that finance draws top talent (and that I really wish it wouldn't), but I wouldn't say that a lot of those folks work less hard. I spent 4 years on Wall Street (loosely construed) and spent time with some of the hardest work
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NYC isn't catching the Valley anytime soon: Reflections on Startup School(blog.tutorspree.com)
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Recruiters are, by and large, a waste of your time(blog.tutorspree.com)
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What We Learned from 5 Million Books(youtube.com)
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by akharris 15y ago
I'm intrigued by the fact that the piece highlighted by techstars is simply the number of companies acquired (along with founded, active, and failed). That shouldn't be the metric of success for a company. I founded a startup to build a big
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Yale Medical School Replaces Books with iPads(gizmodo.com)
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by akharris 15y ago
New York - Tutorspree (YCW11 - www.tutorspree.com) We're building the marketplace for local tutoring. We're backed by some of the best investors in the world. Looking to hire an engineer (PhP) and a designer. More info here: http://startup
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Patching High School: Teaching the Classes That Should Exist(blog.tutorspree.com)
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Tutorspree gears up for the new school year(xconomy.com)
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by akharris 15y ago
We didn't hesitate even a little before moving out to the Valley for YCW11. We knew, from the start, that we'd probably move back to NY because of the dynamics of our market. Moving out there was an incredible experience, and being able to
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Designers should make things: Digital Fabrication(blog.tutorspree.com)
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Why I’m Moving Across the Country to Join a new Startup(blog.tutorspree.com)
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The role of instructors in turning technical skills into creative assets(blog.tutorspree.com)
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Misconceptions about learning to code...and jello(blog.tutorspree.com)
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Cultivating technical skills into creative assets(blog.tutorspree.com)
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