apurvamehta

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by apurvamehta 15y ago
I can't believe that this has been up 8 hours without any mention of Steven Pressfield's "The War of Art" ( http://www.stevenpressfield.com/the-war-of-art/ ) This lays bare the root of procrastination. It is also provides forceful, direct w
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by apurvamehta 15y ago
I have had the exact same experience, though my rejections were more legalese like: "we don't accept invitation request screens in apps". But it did take 3 rejections spanning a month before I got through.
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by apurvamehta 15y ago
It seems to me that there is a large luck factor involved. I submitted an app a month ago, and it just got approved today. The reason for the delay? My service is invitation only. I had a 'login' and a 'request invite' screen in the app. Th
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by apurvamehta 15y ago
Your thoughts are spot on. I am a technical guy who is trying to bootstrap my startup. I have an MVP which I have been testing with early users. But scaling up marketing is the really hard bit. It is something which will take time, because
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by apurvamehta 15y ago
I think some curation is in order. I have found that studying Dijkstra's mathematical documents have been great for developing methodical, analytical thinking. They have also been indispensable for developing a taste for elegance in notatio
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by apurvamehta 15y ago
I agree. I would place Dijkstra's 'A Discipline of Programming' and Feijen and van Gasteren's 'A method of multi-programming' right up there with 'Introduction to Algorithms'. What sets these books apart is that they try to tackle the probl
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by apurvamehta 15y ago
I was there last night. Rand is a supremely talented presenter and did a great job of explaining how early stage startups can gain traction through organic (inbound) marketing. He explained the basic concepts of online marketing and the bas
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by apurvamehta 15y ago
Nice story, but especially beautiful painting!