arihelgason

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by arihelgason 16y ago
It would also be interesting to see this segmented by employment sector. Anecdotally, more women than men who graduated from my university in subjects with higher earning potential went on to lower paying careers in the art world and other
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Good analysis, though I'd point out that Modcloth is not strictly speaking an infrastructure business. Modcloth is closer to the traditional retail model. They buy inventory and sell it. Their innovation is in getting user feedback before c
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Who says being egalitarian and being evil are mutually exclusive?
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Apparently the KGB tried to recruit the photographer, Jacob Holdt. He then tried to stop his book being used for propaganda. That probably didn't stop it from happening, though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Holdt
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by arihelgason 16y ago
They have pro-rata rights on the next round. This means that they can follow the investment in subsequent rounds if the company is successful. This completely changes the economics.
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Not necessarily. The businesses have been on very different trajectories.
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by arihelgason 16y ago
After Tony Blair had the Freedom of Information Act passed in the UK (2000), more discussions took place off the record and ministers began to avoid writing down minutes for meetings.
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by arihelgason 16y ago
This is really useful. And if you do ssh -ND 9999 it doesn't open a shell. This may stop you from accidentally shutting down your tunnel thinking it's just another ssh session.
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Yes. We pivoted - here's a writeup about why we pivoted http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Fabricly-com-change-their-busin...
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by arihelgason 16y ago
It's fashion forward without the high fashion price tag. Cutting out the wholesale / distribution costs by going straight from supplier to customer, and not having the capital costs associated with brick & mortar retail makes this possi
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Fabricly (YC W10) launches threadless for fashion and raises money(techcrunch.com)
57 points by arihelgason 16y ago|19 comments
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Apart from this, they have also done a phenomenal job at SEO.
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Why is the Daily Mail website so successful?(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by arihelgason 16y ago|1 comments
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by arihelgason 16y ago
The real problem seems to be that people are of too similar a mindset, regardless of backround. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/04/the-orga...
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Reading for half an hour before going to sleep really helps me clear my mind after a long day's work. Try to do it every evening. Currently reading: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman - Yvon Chouinard (founde
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by arihelgason 16y ago
It's a really useful exercise to reverse-engineer a writers work in this way. It gives you a good insight into how they structure plot, flesh out characters etc.
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by arihelgason 16y ago
I submitted our application with Fabricly a few hours before the deadline. We got funded (W2010). The shorter wait made the suspense easier to handle :)
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by arihelgason 16y ago
I'll be there, grab me if you want to chat. Always happy to talk about the YC experience.
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Really cool - reminds me of a book I still enjoy picking up from time to time called 'Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium' It was spun out from a column on word.com back in the .com days.
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The Organisation Kid(theatlantic.com)
6 points by arihelgason 16y ago|2 comments
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by arihelgason 16y ago
How about bringing some stickers for people to write their name / HN username on for easy recognition?
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by arihelgason 16y ago
This film should be good http://www.thestartupkids.com - will have interviews with quite a few YC founders, self included.
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A graphic illustration of music industry madness(pcpro.co.uk)
28 points by arihelgason 16y ago|11 comments
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by arihelgason 16y ago
"women-owned businesses accounted for 21 percent of the entrepreneurs that sought angel-investment capital in 2009, but only 9.4 percent of those females were successful in their quest" But what percentage of men who seek VC get funded?
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by arihelgason 16y ago
The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank - about finding product / market fit, customer development, how to manage the process. Peppered with interesting and entertaining anecdotes.
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The man who dug a coal mine under his garden(dailymail.co.uk)
2 points by arihelgason 16y ago|0 comments
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Cool, I'll be there if I'm in town.
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Fabricly (YC W10), Bolder, and disruptive innovation(blogs.hbr.org)
51 points by arihelgason 16y ago|2 comments
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by arihelgason 16y ago
Charles Bukowski and writing on a computer vs. typewriter http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukows...
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by arihelgason 17y ago
Now, yes. But based on Hekla's history there's real danger.

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