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by baberuth 16y ago
Fix it. A lot of people are thinking it, so even if the only responses you get here are "shut up newb" and "welcome to the party" there's an audience for more focused stuff. People talk about it all the time, so they're just tired of what s
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by baberuth 16y ago
Fix it. A few years ago somebody decided they wanted more startup news. Train a classifier to decide what you like and run with that. source: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=689204
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by baberuth 16y ago
Find a mentor. Get an internship. @naithemilkman posted about how he's just getting into it and he cold called startups to offer to do internships, discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2280070 when you're just starting, th
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Startup idea: Donate money to make money(baberuth.posterous.com)
3 points by baberuth 16y ago|0 comments
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by baberuth 16y ago
The good: Great job building something. Producing something is always a win. The bad: I don't want to rain on your parade, but I don't get the value proposition. Now I just type "chicago weather" in my chrome toolbar and google tells me
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django-dbforms vs django-dataforms(baberuth.posterous.com)
3 points by baberuth 16y ago|0 comments
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by baberuth 16y ago
Nai: Congrats for taking the plunge. Getting a faux internship will be immensely helpful. 18 months ago I did the exact same thing, begged a startup to let me work for them for free. Having someone who is invested in your success, intereste
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by baberuth 16y ago
edw519, that post was a bit self centered. To be honest, failing hard made me learn mostly about me, especially my own personal shortcomings. I didn't have users Round 1. I understand that it won't ever be a startup without users, but the
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by baberuth 16y ago
Derek Sivers said the same in a post called 'keep your goals to yourself' at I read here before. There's certainly some truth to it. I failed in secrecy before though, so Im giving transparency a shot. I am also hoping that it will help me
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by baberuth 16y ago
And I'd support your bet as the rational move. I currently have zero web income, but a few half baked projects. I'd bet against me from scratch too, but I'm hoping I can turn partial projects into profit quickly. I'm going to be very transp
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by baberuth 16y ago
Yes it sounds ridiculous, but I'm going to work as hell and make it happen. You should be skeptical, and if you were saying it, I would be too. Naysayers, I'll see you in 3 months.
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The called shot: I'm retiring in 3 months(baberuth.posterous.com)
15 points by baberuth 16y ago|15 comments