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by axiom 16y ago
I think this list doesn't go far enough. Minimum salary should be $300k per year. Guaranteed zero overtime, and you get to spend 25 of your 30 work hours per week on side projects or learning new languages (from home, of course.) Anything e
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by axiom 16y ago
I know this probably won't happen in 2011, but I would kill for a phone/laptop that had wireless charging/sync that was practical (i.e. had a range of a few feet at least, and was decently fast.)
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by axiom 16y ago
This makes complete sense. However, something tells me this article will get about 1% the amount of press that the original "drinking makes you live longer!" story did.
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by axiom 16y ago
A 4.3% return on the 5 year funds is quite low indeed. I think the problem is that VCs aren't investing nearly enough in mobile social music local search review aggregators.
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by axiom 16y ago
You're so right. Carnegie et al. should have used the non-polluting cold fusion technology that was widely available at the time. He didn't of course because he was an evil bastard and loved poisoning people. Also, as is widely acknowledged
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by axiom 16y ago
The argument that there are no self made men is typically made in the context of arguing that guys like Andrew Carnegie (or Adam Wiggins) don't have a right to the wealth they've created (i.e. since they didn't create the wealth in a vacuu
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by axiom 16y ago
Great post, and I wish more entrepreneurs were this reflective. It would have been nice if he at least paid homage to Ayn Rand, who he has clearly read and was influenced by (along with millions of other people.) I know it's fashionable the
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Working at a startup vs. being a founder(tophatmonocle.com)
9 points by axiom 16y ago|0 comments
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Poll: do you work for a startup? what has your experience been like?
3 points by axiom 16y ago|5 comments
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by axiom 16y ago
work at a startup with low pay and long hours
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by axiom 16y ago
work at a startup with good pay and long hours
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by axiom 16y ago
work at a startup with good pay and normal hours
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by axiom 16y ago
work at a startup with low pay and normal hours
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by axiom 16y ago
don't work for a startup
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by axiom 16y ago
Considering that this is a startup community, it's really surprising to see the amount of negativity in the comments here and on other "work for a startup" posts. Is it just that a lot of people here have been burned by enough startups that
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by axiom 16y ago
That's a really repulsive, and disrespectful comment. It adds nothing to the discussion and just serves to make the environment on HN really unpleasant.
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by axiom 16y ago
For what it's worth, it's only ever this bad on your first time around raising funding. Even follow up rounds for your startup are 10x easier (assuming you did what you said you'd do.)
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by axiom 16y ago
I noticed under the first pic it says "Designed and Assembled in the U.S.A." My first thought in reading that line was "hmm... so they wasted a whole bunch of money by not outsourcing it to China where they could get their PCB assembly done
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by axiom 16y ago
Yeah I'm a bit harsh. However, what we've found is that: 1. At least 1 in 4 co-ops will just suck, and you're stuck with them for 4 months 2. The ones that are good are gone in 4 months so you're stuck having to replace + retrain constantly
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by axiom 16y ago
Yeah, it's just the Waterloo word for intern. The short answer is: co-ops are cheap, but usually you get what you pay for.
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So you're the CEO, what do you actually do?(tophatmonocle.com)
62 points by axiom 16y ago|22 comments
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by axiom 16y ago
This is the most anti-linkbait title I've ever seen. It's so prosaic for such an insanely powerful and sophisticated technology! It's kind of like if Google developed working cold fusion and wrote a blog post titled "Making it easier to hea
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by axiom 16y ago
Well, couldn't that same argument have been made about Friendster, or MySpace, or Digg etc.? I don't know what the odds are, but surely there's at least a 25% chance that twitter will fizzle out. So it's 25% chance of nothing, and 75% chanc
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by axiom 16y ago
I'm probably just ignorant, so I'd really be interested in hearing what those with expertise have to say. At a $3.7 billion valuation doesn't that mean that twitter has to IPO or be bought for at least $10 billion to make it worth it? and a
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by axiom 16y ago
This is the difference between business-to-business versus buying consumer goods. You can't waste time negotiating with every client who buys a $50 pair of shoes from you - it's just not cost effective. So you have a fixed price for everyon
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by axiom 16y ago
Google maps is a bit out of date, so it doesn't show that there is a RIM building literally across the street. Like, it's the main building in view out of the Kik offices windows.
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by axiom 16y ago
I think they still will be the next big thing. This will buy them more publicity than any kind of PR budget.
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by axiom 16y ago
As much trouble as we've had with Google App Engine I still have to say that I genuinely respect how open and accommodating they've been to people who want to avoid vendor lock in. I can't think of another company that would do something li
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by axiom 16y ago
Then why were they were so much cheaper in the past? Also, I imagine you didn't go to a state school.
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by axiom 16y ago
For what it's worth that's honestly not the intent of the article. The point was that teachers are doing the best they can, and they should be rewarded more for teaching.

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