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by avk 16y ago
If only there were schools that encouraged entrepreneurship while broadening your horizons with more smart, interesting people than you might ever meet again...
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by avk 16y ago
I'm glad to see Steve Blank mentioned. Having recently heard Blank talk about the Transition from Scalable Startup to Large Company (slide 34 of http://www.slideshare.net/sblank/why-accountants-dont-run-st... ), I've wondered whether I car
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by avk 16y ago
I'm not disputing his judgment or the fact that your chances of succeeding have increased. I just don't see that as the end goal whereas that's exactly how the article ends and where it leaves the reader ("And Ashton's in, too!").
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by avk 16y ago
I feel articles like these make (angel) investment seem like the end-all and be-all of startups. If you just get Ron Conway to invest, you're set... Does anyone else find that extremely silly? You're a business, not a popularity contest.
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by avk 16y ago
How come you found that fascinating? I found it lame. Why put your money down for something you've never even touched before? I couldn't do it.
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by avk 16y ago
I completely agree. I actually make a point not to put things on my to do list that I'm excited about because if I do, then each of those becomes a menial "must do" instead of a fun "can't wait to do!"
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by avk 16y ago
You choose how much you want to consume from the community. I think that in a startup, there's a learner's schedule in addition to a maker's and manager's schedule. It would encompass going to meetups, reading blogs, attending conferences,
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I Want to Make Twitter More Relevant for You(artvankilmer.wordpress.com)
1 points by avk 17y ago|0 comments
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How to Have a Better Startup Networking Event(artvankilmer.wordpress.com)
1 points by avk 17y ago|0 comments
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Drew Houston Berkeley eTalk Highlights(artvankilmer.wordpress.com)
1 points by avk 17y ago|0 comments
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Monitor local venues for foursquare specials(pipes.yahoo.com)
1 points by avk 17y ago|0 comments
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by avk 17y ago
From my reply on my blog ( http://bit.ly/4RCZYi ): Things startups do need that are missing from the original list: * Revenue Because you’re a business first and everything else second. And once you have that, profit. * Technical talent If
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by avk 17y ago
They did give us a specific reason: our idea still seemed too much cool tech and not enough of a business to them. Thus Jerry's "Assume Nothing" advice: "Even if something about your product or plan is completely obvious to you and everyone
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by avk 17y ago
Thanks for the support guys! My co-founder Jerry wrote this but I didn't catch this HN post until today. Glad you all found it useful.
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by avk 17y ago
Thanks! Looking forward to the next one and speaking again soon (esp. on JavaScript testing). Did we talk afterward? Are you a freelancer?
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Amaze (& Keep) your Clients(blog.outspokes.com)
3 points by avk 17y ago|2 comments
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by avk 17y ago
Who else has done something similar? What have your experiences been like?
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by avk 17y ago
I added it to our compilation: http://delicious.com/outspokes/yc_interview
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by avk 17y ago
I like the positive vibe I got from reading this. Nothing shockingly new but a good way to say be prepared for anything ("...will last 10 minutes. Or is it 15 minutes? Or 17 minutes?")
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by avk 17y ago
Neat question. I don't think it'd be the need for labor as much as the need for ear plugs. Imagine if everyone around you was an entrepreneur trying to constantly solve every last problem in your work and personal life. How many pitches wou
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Summary of YC Interview Advice(blog.outspokes.com)
17 points by avk 17y ago|0 comments
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by avk 17y ago
I enjoyed the bit about differentiation: "Another way of approaching this challenge is to think: what's different about what you're doing? If the only thing that's different about what you're doing is that the product is easier to use, then
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by avk 17y ago
I recently had a similar experience doing a 3-minute pitch for a startup competition. We didn't get it and assumed it was for all the wrong reasons. We later met with one of the judges and he said we had everything right, we just really did
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by avk 17y ago
Thanks for being so supportive! I shot you an email from arthur@outspokes.com :)
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by avk 17y ago
Sean was great to work with and we're definitely planning to add all kinds of goodness for how we got here :)
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by avk 17y ago
We'll definitely look into that. We just moved from Paypal to Braintree and are still working out the kinks. Thanks for letting us know!
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Outspokes: Startup Chapter One of Many(blog.outspokes.com)
11 points by avk 17y ago|5 comments
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by avk 17y ago
Mildly interesting overview but I'm not sure it achieves it's purpose of making "mainstream business audience—laypeople ... understand the phenomenon of the Ruby language" I thought this was cute: "In its required annual filings in 2009 wit
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by avk 17y ago
As a recently graduated senior, this was great to see but we've still got a long way to go. What else can we do on this side of the bay?
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by avk 17y ago
Did anyone else think the beginning was much stronger than the end? Paul Graham, Jason Fried, and Chris Anderson were great but I didn't care for the Q&A sessions at all. What happened to actually preparing a talk for a big event you've

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