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The Cardinals hacked the Astros(nytimes.com)
42 points by akharris 11y ago|1 comments
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by akharris 11y ago
I agree that it's a potentially large problem, though I'd bet it's a systematic under-representation which would draw roughly the same conclusion, albeit at a higher overall rate.
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Party (round) all the time?(aaronkharris.com)
20 points by akharris 11y ago|6 comments
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by akharris 11y ago
I think you're bringing a lot of false assumptions into your argument. It's definitely not in my interest for the founders I've invested in to have bad work-life balances. It's not in my interest because I like them and
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by akharris 11y ago
I think you're absolutely right. Same rule for blogging as for conferences - if you're writing for your customers or users, then that's good. I've yet to see a case where writing posts about running a startup falls into
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by akharris 11y ago
Why? I actually think I have a pretty good work-life balance, though admittedly I've had times where that wasn't true.
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by akharris 11y ago
It would be hard to overemphasize the importance of work-life balance. It's equally hard, though, to say what it is, because it's different for every person. I think you just need to keep it in mind and make sure you're doing
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by akharris 11y ago
Having loved ones outside of work and understanding where work fits into your life overall is a whole different thing. Super important think about and understand, but out of the scope of what I was trying to say in this post.
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Cofounder management(aaronkharris.com)
151 points by akharris 12y ago|43 comments
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Someone else had your idea first(aaronkharris.com)
109 points by akharris 12y ago|32 comments
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by akharris 12y ago
That's where we start slipping into the philosophical aspect of the conversation. I don't know that a computer will ever be as good at discerning meaning from our communication as we are - partly because a lot of the meaning is b
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by akharris 12y ago
I hope you're right, and that's what I'm getting at with "something on the table." Right now, the pace of storage is increasing so much faster than the algorithms to infer meaning.
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We're all communication hoarders(aaronkharris.com)
105 points by akharris 12y ago|46 comments
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by akharris 12y ago
See Paul's comment above - not really sure why this is absurd. The vast majority of venture returns are in the extreme long tail outcomes.
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by akharris 12y ago
Videotaping yourself and watching it is a pretty good place to start. You'll be surprised at how much you can coach yourself.
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by akharris 12y ago
That goes for any technical jargon. Don't use it outside of a very specialized audience.
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by akharris 12y ago
Timing for laughs are tricky. You need to wait long enough such that you don't cut off the laughter, but cut in soon enough that there isn't an awkward pause.
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by akharris 12y ago
In part, it depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If you're doing a UX review or feature demonstration, then screenshots might be ok. In most other situations, screenshots are hugely distracting. They force your audience to
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by akharris 12y ago
The requests change depending on what you need. You may need help hiring or with a key introduction. Whatever it is, you need to ask in order to get it. The "asks" are the requests.
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by akharris 12y ago
Thanks! But that's exactly the point. Sending the updates when things are going badly is hugely important. That's when you may need help the most. I think having the toughness to hit send in those situations is a real mark of bein
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by akharris 12y ago
I hear you, but most of the literature that I've seen is about specific tactics for getting the most favorable outcome. That's an important next step, but a lot of founders I meet don't even have the foundation.
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by akharris 13y ago
You can't really have growth without a product, but like PG said in the top comment, that's not a reason not to apply to YC. You can probably still assess demand - hopefully because you yourself want what you are building. That&#x
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by akharris 13y ago
Gambling site, huh? I should probably figure out what's going on with that. Thanks for the heads up.
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by akharris 13y ago
You can definitely write in provisions that would prevent the increased preference, but I don't believe those terms are standard (and I can imagine an investor fighting them quite a bit). As for the SAFE, you're right that it has
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by akharris 13y ago
Hey joey - Overall that's the point I'm making. What I'd say, though, is that trying to deceive players is a bad strategy over the long run despite what might seem like short term benefit.
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There's a strong chance net neutrality dies today.(wired.com)
1 points by akharris 13y ago|0 comments
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by akharris 13y ago
That definitely is a problem marketplaces face, but it actually wasn't the problem that we had. When customers started working with us, they stayed with us - repeatedly booking new lessons and packages. As strange as it feels to say it
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Republicans override NASA, tell them to build a Moonbase(nytimes.com)
3 points by akharris 13y ago|0 comments
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by akharris 13y ago
The issue there is that the "organic" results you're talking about that show in either the map or the carousel aren't organic at all - they're google local listings. As a restaurant, you are now incentivized to a) b
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How Google is Killing Organic Search(blog.tutorspree.com)
535 points by akharris 13y ago|209 comments

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