billboebel

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by billboebel 8y ago
We built something similar in 2014 for our coworking space, Capital Factory. Slightly different use case though -- to make sure all the founders at the startups working at Capital Factory know who each other are, what they're building
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by billboebel 13y ago
Yes. From austin.
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by billboebel 14y ago
Why don't they require plaintiffs in a patent suits to be actively using the patent in some sort of meaningful way in order to be allowed to file a suit? If they are just holding a patent and do nothing with it they shouldn't be allowed to
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by billboebel 14y ago
I gave up main stream news 4 years ago and I pretty much only read tech news. However, I find that important news still bubble up to me quickly through other channels such as word of mouth and through the tech news feeds. And I find that no
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To make a change, start changing(bb.co)
1 points by billboebel 14y ago|0 comments
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by billboebel 14y ago
There is no startup investing strategy that can ever be considered the "right one". The best VCs and angels intimately understand their personal strengths and develop a strategy they can execute leveraging those strengths. And even more i
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by billboebel 14y ago
Vegetables and fruit are only as good as the soil. Big commercial organic farms aren't able to have the quality of soil as smaller organic farms... so if big ag is just cranking out organic vegetables at the same rate as conventional vegeta
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by billboebel 15y ago
what is a "registered internet website"? Is that just their long winded term for website or do crowdfunding sites need to register with some government agency?
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by billboebel 15y ago
I did one better 3 yrs ago and replaced my mom's virus ridden Windows w/ Ubuntu. Best move ever, because it drastically reduced the amount of tech support I do for her. Shit just works. Today I upgraded her to Oneiric Ocelot (Ubuntu 11.10),
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by billboebel 15y ago
Even as a 100K flyer this shit is extremely confusing to me. No wonder the airlines are so screwed up.
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United Airlines' 26 different ticket fare classes(cwsi.net)
1 points by billboebel 15y ago|1 comments
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by billboebel 15y ago
When I hear a good indie band, I try to buy something from them. I don't care what it is... a tshirt, a cd (even though I never play it), a beer cuzy, whatever. Today I can only do that at a live show. I wish someone would make it easier f
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by billboebel 15y ago
I can't find it either. I would have actually used it today since I found it right as I was about to search for a flight on Kayak... but w/o one-way I can't use it.
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My wife's horrible experience with Groupon(thefreshpalate.blogspot.com)
1 points by billboebel 15y ago|2 comments
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I'll test yours if you test mine(startup-ideas.posterous.com)
1 points by billboebel 15y ago|0 comments
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by billboebel 16y ago
I hear that artists only receive like 15-20% of the itunes price. That a market inefficiency that I want to fix.
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Startup Idea: Legally sell copies of your mp3s to your friends(startup-ideas.posterous.com)
2 points by billboebel 16y ago|2 comments
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by billboebel 16y ago
Glad you got so much out of the trip. Great write up.
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by billboebel 16y ago
Thanks. Ohloh looks like what I'm looking for. Will check it out.
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Ask HN: Tool for tracking open-source contributions?
2 points by billboebel 16y ago|4 comments
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by billboebel 16y ago
No idea. But I will ask because now I'm curious.
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by billboebel 16y ago
Yes, you need to be accredited (I am an investor in one of these funds)
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by billboebel 16y ago
I am an investor in the Felix fund mentioned in the business week article. All they did is buy up several million dollars of Facebook stock from original shareholders, put it into a simple LLC, and then sell shares of that LLC. Investors
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by billboebel 16y ago
Something about the availability of money for entrepreneurs feels like a bubble, but I suspect that it is not. I've been on both the receiving side and investing side since 1999 and the pace of change in terms of increased availability of
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by billboebel 16y ago
Now that they have an official app, maybe they'll iterate fast to catch up to GV Mobile's features.
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Superbowl ads for everyone(startup-ideas.posterous.com)
1 points by billboebel 16y ago|0 comments
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by billboebel 16y ago
Doesn't work for me.
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Startup idea: Failed startup tshirts(startup-ideas.posterous.com)
2 points by billboebel 16y ago|1 comments
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by billboebel 16y ago
Nice. I will check it out.
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Multi version control hosting(startup-ideas.posterous.com)
2 points by billboebel 16y ago|2 comments

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