ashleyreddy

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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Your comment is mean spirited. It's meaningless and adds no value. Perhaps you should watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UacbJ72dluU It's about Paul Graham's no asshole rule.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Ask PG: PG would you consider a 10 minute phone call for a $100 donation of the charity of your choice? I can't fly out to Palo Alto.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Why would google hire lots of MBA's? Seems like an MBA wouldn't count for much at google.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Paperhater | http://www.paperhater.com (Early November) | Take a picture of a receipt, biz card or diagram from your smart phone and we will create an accounting entry, contact or visio diagram from it. Would like to know what accounting
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
For a startup the CEO has to add a lot of value. Usually in startup mode this means creating something i.e. code. If the CEO isn't coding he better be selling.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Have a clear vision of what you want to accomplish. No one likes hitting a moving target. Sure there might be pivots, but don't add to that by not understanding in great detail what you want built. Assist them by helping them test everythi
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How to design a great about page.(inc.com)
1 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|0 comments
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I take the Reworked point of view on the word. I prefer "Starter". http://37signals.com/rework/
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
VS 2010 /c# asp.net , ANSI C, Notepad++ Mac:xcode: objective C, Clang I bought a new Logitech MK550 Wireless Keyboard and mouse. I can work for hours with this ergo keyboard. Very good boost in productivity for $70
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Thats not unreasonable. Consider the following. $30Mil worth of properties rented. They charge 10% so thats 3 mil gross profit. As I recall from SUS they are now processing the entire transaction.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Alas it's only open to non-profits.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Even Marketeers don't like marketing. Its a tedious pain in the ass. You shouldn't absolve you self of all marketing responsiblities. Read some marketing books and blogs. At present no one will know your product better than you.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
HTML 5 is still in a draft state. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5 Looks like it will be in IE9. So whats all this about Microsoft not adopting open standards? Their kind of a big company isn't it okay for them to support both?
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Here is one I submitted to YC under the cool non-computer hacks: In the early days of ppc advertising when it was straight auctions. I would call up all our competitors and have them bid just 1 cent more than the previous guy so they would
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Graphics Gems. http://www.graphicsgems.org
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Dropbox. Simple concept well executed.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Grab a bottle of womens hair dye. The stuff for men leaves too many greys behind.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I've used legalzoom to setup a Nevada LLC. Easy and cheap.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
My first business idea was making scrolling LED displays. I tried this about 20 years ago. At the time I didn't realize that almost ALL electronics are manufactured off shore and that it would be impossible to compete. We did make a proto
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Just FYI. As far as game programming there is cocos2d it works really well and is very easy to use.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Thats great info? BTW have you tried Windows in a VM on it?
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Ask HN:Xcode on new mac air with SSD?
7 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|6 comments
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Wow, that's huge. I assume that if they are profitable and there business ideas are scalable, their chances for getting into YC greatly improve?
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
IMHO Ycombinator seems to be very founder centric. Tell us a little bit more about yourselves to see if it makes sense to submit to YC. We applied in YC 2010 Fall. Did you look at the questions they ask? eg. how long have the founders kn
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I wrote one for my startup paperhater.com Just using regexp.
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Ask HN:Hiring crisis for new companies why aren't they outsourcing?
1 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|0 comments
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Good summary of what happened at SUS2010!
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Its my understanding that open source startups don't scale well because revenue is derived from services vs software sales. It would be hard to get venture backing for these. I'm sure there are a few outliers...
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
but people put things on Github and other online repositories all the time. Is this still an issue?
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Ask HN:Web based IDE, would you use one?
3 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|9 comments

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