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by aneesh 18y ago
PG Essay Suggestion: Can you tell me what I should wear today? And tell me what to eat for lunch? On a more serious note, if I were a newly accepted YC company, I don't think I'd want people reading about my interview before I've actually
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by aneesh 18y ago
SubEthaEdit is great for multiple people editing the same file. Not like Google-docs' "save and refresh", it's truly real-time collaboration from anywhere you have an internet connection.
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by aneesh 18y ago
Well, not exactly 100% free. VirtualBox itself is free -- but you need a copy of Windows to install on it (which is most certainly not free!) I use VirtualBox, and highly recommend it.
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by aneesh 18y ago
For legal advice get a lawyer, preferably one that has worked with startups before - don't cut corners. Some law firms will defer payment until you raise funding if they like your business. StudentBusinesses.com (of which I'm a member) off
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by aneesh 18y ago
Are you solving a real problem for someone? Whose problem are you solving? You should have a flesh-and-blood person you can point to (not just "surfers", or "facebook users"). If you don't actually know someone who has that problem, how
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by aneesh 18y ago
> Is it acceptable to profit from the poor? Haven't read the article, but ... yes, it's called 1) the labor market, and 2) the goods market
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by aneesh 18y ago
The Economist glosses over many of the details. You can find more technical information, and a link to the paper, here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=908
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by aneesh 18y ago
Speaking of being new, it's ironic that both your accounts are the same age.
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Rumor: Google To Launch Hosted Site Search, Ditch Mini(techcrunch.com)
5 points by aneesh 18y ago|1 comments
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by aneesh 18y ago
Congrats Dharmesh!
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by aneesh 18y ago
No, you're misinterpreting it. The Northeast produces more than the southeast. What that map says is that the Northeast's GDP is approximately that of Japan (both ~$4.3 trillion), but $40 billion more than Japan's. Similarly, the Southea
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by aneesh 18y ago
"Prodigies [inevitably] become ex-prodigies." There's some truth to that statement. One of the best pieces of advice I got was from a college professor whose course I took in high school: "You're headed for great places. Don't sacrifice
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by aneesh 18y ago
The 6 ways are all just restatements of: "communicate with people back in the office."
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by aneesh 18y ago
I know two of the companies in the first batch, and they're both exciting ideas with smart founders. They differentiate themselves in some ways from the YC model: they're broader in scope, focus less on "hackers", and get an MBA student to
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by aneesh 18y ago
The second idea runs into the chicken-and-egg problem.
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by aneesh 18y ago
See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=129079
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by aneesh 18y ago
He also has Will Gates' resume in his recent attachments :)
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by aneesh 18y ago
A vast majority of your target audience uses facebook - try a facebook ad or group?
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by aneesh 18y ago
fwiw, Harvard still teaches Scheme in its introductory sequence.
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by aneesh 18y ago
Disqus is free for bloggers
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by aneesh 18y ago
Namecheap.com
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It's Not A Flying Car, It's A Drivable Airplane (made by an MIT Rocket Scientist)(xconomy.com)
3 points by aneesh 18y ago|0 comments
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by aneesh 18y ago
Well, your collection of customers is worth something if it's substantial.
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Facebook To Announce Safety And Privacy Deal With 49 States(techcrunch.com)
1 points by aneesh 18y ago|0 comments
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by aneesh 18y ago
Sure, but anyone's advice comes from a narrow set of experiences that they try to make more applicable. Take anyone's advice with a pinch of salt. In Paul Buchheit's words: Advice = limited life experience + overgeneralization
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by aneesh 18y ago
Nice UI, and nice idea with the concept tagging. Well done.
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by aneesh 18y ago
Quality of developers varies a lot when you outsource. Hire many for small tasks, and keep the best ones. The lead developer needs to be on the founding team, needs to vet all the outsourced developers, and needs to design the app at a big
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by aneesh 18y ago
You have as much credibility as you give yourself.
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by aneesh 18y ago
The "average" social site dies.
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by aneesh 18y ago
> 1. Support a whole range of email clients and become the de facto email analytics plug-in across the board. Yes, this is a good direction for Xobni to go in, and they're already making moves in this direction with the Yahoo! Mail "

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