ashleyreddy

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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
The pager duty guys are great. I had the pleasure of meeting them at the reception last week.
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Best discount rate for credit card processing
1 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|1 comments
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Ok let me explain it this way. No one has the exact amount of money, talent, time etc for their startup. You may have more of one and less of another. Say you have some surplus money, wouldn't you want to invest a tiny amount in a fellow
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Pretty site. How many signups do you have?
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YC applicants:how far along are you in your biz?
5 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|8 comments
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Yeah and it would be fun don't you think. Also someone else has done the work of qualifing and bringing together promising startups.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
That is why I prefaced my question, because it could be viewed as not motivated...I just thought it would be fun thats all.
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Investing in each others YC companies
18 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|13 comments
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Scared to Launch
3 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|1 comments
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Glengarry Glen Ross ABC Always Be Closing! I'm dating my self here but Risky Business.
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Successful YC 2010 companies
3 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|0 comments
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
If you liked Shogun you should read his book King Rat. One of my top 10!
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Fiction Enders game Rendezvous with Rama Hunger Games The old man and the sea Non Fiction Rework Wiseguy Sun Tzu The art of war
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I work on C# on the pc side and objective C on the iPhone side. I don't have a problem going back and forth. Try it out for yourself. I don't think its that much of an issue.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I was just glad that they made a movie about a successful startup. All the boring dramatic crap was lost on me after he said Emacs. :)
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I went through the same thought process just a little while ago with my new startup. I'm proficient in .Net but I kept an open mind and explored other web technologies. I thought I was somehow missing the boat by not using RoR or something
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Anyone need a ride to startup school?
3 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|0 comments
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I use the Jabra C820s. They basically copied the Bose NC circuitry. I tested then side by side at a Bose Keosk at the airport and they sound the same and are just as comfortable. http://www.amazon.com/Jabra-Active-Cancelling-Stereo-Headp
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I think this is partially the reason YC stays away from music company startups.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I don’t like the way Hollywood portrays people in this thing of ours. The typical computer guy in the movies is introverted, socially inept, unpleasant and weak. I would like to see a cooler, happier portrayal of us. I realize that our re
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Step 1 assess the level of fraud for the given type of product your selling. I ran and ecommerce site that sold over 100 Million dollars with of product in its lifetime and had only 1 case of credit card fraud. If you still think its a pro
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I like the 1st video. I would move the value prop to the beginning. "Introducing a new way... What did you use to make it? Good Luck.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Yes! Good one.
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Value of "free" customers in a freemium pricing model
18 points by ashleyreddy 16y ago|14 comments
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Surely your joking Mr. Feynman. This should be required reading for people in this thing of ours. Also Enders Game (fiction)
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Agreed, I was just probing the limitations if any.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Here is an example: User uploads and image to be OCR'ed and the resulting text is to be displayed (in process). Say I have the OCR algorithim (the business) in a c library. In the .Net world I would create a dll from the library, referenc
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
I've try a bunch of little micro business experiments like making iphone apps etc. I wouldn't bother with any legal framework until the $$ starts rolling in. Keep it real.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
Yes! I would use it.
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by ashleyreddy 16y ago
There are other people telling you what a unit test is so I won't bother. What I will tell you is that you will have a eureka moment when your unit test unexpectly fails. Then you will say "Boy I'm sure glad I have unit tests."

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