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by atroyn 12y ago
I like to think it's become popular because people have a hard time accepting that we can just 'lose' a plane in our era. The incident runs counter to the carefully managed, or at least well understood framing that people app
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If you are a software guy, especially a web guy? Making it known that you are willing to help all kinds of people with whatever they might want to do leads to all kinds of connections. I'm friends with music video directors, musicians,
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by atroyn 12y ago
Sticking with my first start-up for too long after it became obvious to me that it wasn't going to work out with the team I had. We were almost dead, then received a flurry of interest from accelerators, accepted an offer and spent ano
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by atroyn 12y ago
You might get a lot out of Nir Eyal's book, Hooked: How to build habit forming products[1]. It would be interesting to see how the lessons there apply to physical products like yours. [1] http://smile.amazon.com/Hooked-H
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Two things immediately jump out at me - you need English localization, and your carousel is currently broken (no matter which touchable button I select, the text is always for the car button - running Chrome on OSX.) As for the idea: I thin
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by atroyn 12y ago
Clue have an amazing team, mission and product. If you want to do something useful instead of selling more ad inventory, I would look into joining them. And Berlin is a great place to live.
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Hebocon: A tournament for crappy robots(laughingsquid.com)
3 points by atroyn 12y ago|0 comments
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by atroyn 12y ago
Exactly. At every stage he also reminds his audience that they too can do these wonderful things - he relates his pitch to things they do, or at least have seen done, and demonstrates how his solution lets them do it. That's true selli
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by atroyn 12y ago
It's like dollar shave club - the story is worth so much more than the product.
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He sold potato peelers for $5 each and became a millionaire(youtube.com)
20 points by atroyn 12y ago|8 comments
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by atroyn 12y ago
There ought to be a secondary 'unused domains' market. I'll put that one up on my ideas board next week :)
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What to do with every product idea you'll ever have(medium.com)
4 points by atroyn 12y ago|2 comments
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by atroyn 12y ago
Hi Nir, since I read the first self-published version I've been seeing applications of the 'Hooked' pattern everywhere - from Meetup groups to college dating to rideshare apps. Did you see this as a universal pattern, or did
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by atroyn 12y ago
I suggest looking into Computational Science programs - almost every reputable engineering school offers this as either a minor or major track. Astrophysics/Cosmology has a large and important computational simulation component, and kn
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by atroyn 12y ago
From the post: "Responding to an RFS will never be the deciding factor in who we fund. "
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by atroyn 12y ago
I personally know two foreign founders in the U.S on the O-1. From their experiences, the most important thing has been national press coverage, especially through traditional media institutions, though not necessarily in print or on TV (th
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by atroyn 12y ago
To be clear, these were co-founders and our company was also incorporated outside the U.S, which allowed for more room for manoeuvre. Many things that are 'forbidden' on paper turn out to not be so when it comes to the visa proces
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Please don't assume I'm unsure of it, I am speaking from my own experience as a foreign founder who travelled to the U.S last year, including 3 separate entries at 3 different airports under the Visa waiver program after a B1&#x2F
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by atroyn 12y ago
This is not true.
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You're right, not all of them will succeed. Most will fail, in a proportion greater than 80% of all funded projects. In the consumer space, this is an even higher number. The thing is, it's impossible to know in advance with certa
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by atroyn 12y ago
What country are you from? Is the visa waiver program available to you?
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The most jarring thing about visiting the United States for me was the car-centric design of the cities. We lived in an apartment in Palo Alto, and doing the most basic things was impossible without a car - grocery shopping, going to the of
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by atroyn 12y ago
You've just designed most European cities, except for the standalone blocks.
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The idea has some merit - founders work very closely together so it's a good idea to share interests. However, almost all of your interests are to do with watching television (or consuming media of one kind or other). That would be a &
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by atroyn 12y ago
I'd like to see some stats on the companies that failed after YC. How far did they get? Why did they fail? (e.g. failed to raise VS team exploded VS killed by competitor). This sort of info would be valuable to first-time founders, as
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by atroyn 12y ago
Unfortunately I live in an apartment in an urban center, and can't make big changes to my living space. Ideally what I'd like to do is also make a return on the money I invest. Great idea though!
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Great points. The income isn't the main goal - my day job keeps me comfortable, and to be rational I'd at least like to make a return above what I could get on a term deposit, but with interest rates being as low as they are that&
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Ask HN: I have $1000 per month and 12 hours a week free. Looking for ideas.
5 points by atroyn 12y ago|15 comments
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Edtech is a growing space, but a very difficult one to work in (my own experience as founder of letsgeddit.com taught me that). The best solutions seem to target teachers with better tools than they're used to, and expand on them as ch
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by atroyn 12y ago
Built an app called "Hipstar". We find new restaurants and bars on yelp that have few reviews, and gamify being the first to review them. You know, for hipsters, so they have proof they were there first. We built it at a 48 hour h

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