amaranthine

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   by amaranthine 9y ago

   Thanks! Yeah, I agree it's not a company. I simply find it's the most useful analogy because it was the closest frame of reference I had for making decisions at the time. Many companies also deal with ex-employees escalating, sayi
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   by amaranthine 9y ago

   Hi there - no code was written during the weekend. After consulting with a lawyer, we concluded the only "IP" was the original idea, which I pitched. The weekend was used exclusively for user research, concept validation, and some
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   by amaranthine 9y ago

   I agree, there's a lot of policy grey area which potentially leads to issues like these. I'm discussing with Techstars, and they'll hopefully be closing these loopholes moving forward. This was my first hackathon. I was a b
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   by amaranthine 9y ago

   Hi, I'm the OP! There were no engineers on this team. I have a CS background but decided that because the project would require significant AI work, the best use of time during the weekend would be user research and wireframing to vali
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   by amaranthine 9y ago

   OP here! If Mark was an employee who was fired and refused to leave the premises, he'd be escorted off by security. If he promised to show up a few weeks later to talk to the board of directors or investors, they'd similarly bring