antongm

10 ms·

31.
by antongm 10y ago
From a guy with the username puffpiece, that's really amusing commentary.
32.
by antongm 10y ago
I know that proverb via a popular Spanish version, and I do quote it in the book, though not in reference to Google Plus.
33.
by antongm 10y ago
Yeah, I'm not speculating. This was the most popular query. No bigger implications meant to the observation.
34.
by antongm 10y ago
Sure took a while to summarize all that fluff.
35.
by antongm 10y ago
It's safe to say the target audience of this piece was not the Hacker News demographic. More product dev detail would have lost most people. Unfortunately.
36.
by antongm 10y ago
It's actually in the courtyard they have HACK written, not the roof. You need some copy editing.
37.
by antongm 10y ago
Only gag-inducing? You didn't actually puke? Disappoint.
38.
by antongm 10y ago
Mostly the author, with possible editor override. In my case, my working title got changed, and it was certainly a net improvement. My original title was 'Pseudorandomness', by analogy with the computer science concept. Now, it&#x
39.
by antongm 12y ago
Of course, the cash vs. equity exchange rate is a subject of curiosity. :)
40.
by antongm 12y ago
Mine is too. Not sure what to do here. I use Uber a lot...I can't not have a rating.
41.
Why Twitter Buying MoPub Is a Very Big Deal(medium.com)
13 points by antongm 13y ago|0 comments
42.
Why beer is the new wine, and wine the new fur coat(medium.com)
1 points by antongm 13y ago|0 comments
43.
by antongm 15y ago
Speed is a feature. ;)
44.
by antongm 16y ago
You are absolutely right, and frankly we're wondering if we should do such a deal right now. I absolutely believe your point that such 'easy credit' will spur companies to spend more on lawyers than they should. We'd like to avoid that.
45.
by antongm 16y ago
I'd be fine with it. I think later on when you've got dozens (or hundreds) of employees and a limited options pool, it might become unfeasible. But right now, I'd have no problem with paying an employee only equity. Even tiny companies like
46.
by antongm 16y ago
Well, in NYC you have a 1.5% income tax, rather than corporate tax, which is almost worse in a way.
47.
Startup Economics 101, or, How Long Until We’re Dead?(adgrok.com)
188 points by antongm 16y ago|50 comments
48.
The E-commerce Store of Babel(adgrok.com)
14 points by antongm 16y ago|0 comments
49.
by antongm 16y ago
Yes! That's next on the queue. Stay tuned.
50.
by antongm 16y ago
I'll let Trada's product speak for itself. One basic difference is that from the advertiser's perspective, Trada is an agency in which you've essentially outsourced your marketing. However, AdGrok is a tool you can use to manage your own ca
51.
by antongm 16y ago
The analogy here is that TurboTax takes a complicated thing (the 1040) and makes it into a very simple, intuitive process (basically, a managed clickflow that takes you from start to finish). The analogy is also in the market itself: most p
52.
AdGrok (YC S10) Raises $470K To Be The TurboTax For Search Engine Marketing(techcrunch.com)
77 points by antongm 16y ago|24 comments
53.
by antongm 16y ago
Thanks. I am a non-rider, but know enough riders and have read enough biker blogs to know a thing or two. Of course, this is the guy who got on a motorbike with a bicycle helmet because it's all he had. I should learn the basics instead of
54.
Startups and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance(adgrok.com)
59 points by antongm 16y ago|14 comments
55.
by antongm 16y ago
We'd consider anybody. We have one non-US citizen founder right now.
56.
by antongm 16y ago
The headliner is an apocryphal quote from Ernest Shackleton, leader of a doomed but famous Antarctic expedition in 1914. Nothing about the current state of tech was implied, nor about our desired employee pool. Obviously we welcome one and
57.
Men wanted for hazardous journey: AdGrok (YC S10) is hiring.(adgrok.com)
3 points by antongm 16y ago
58.
Men wanted for hazardous journey: AdGrok (YC S10) is hiring.(adgrok.com)
79 points by antongm 16y ago|113 comments
59.
by antongm 16y ago
Where did we meet?
60.
AdGrok (YC S10) announces Groktoberfest(adgrok.com)
26 points by antongm 16y ago|7 comments

More ›