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by bmac27 14y ago
So the genesis of this comes out of probably the most prominent pain point I've experienced since my first business failed and something that I think resonates with a lot of people: how to maximize time spent working on your start-up while
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Show HN: BrokeFounder - Helping Bootstrapped Founders Pay Bills(brokefounder.com)
3 points by bmac27 14y ago|5 comments
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Something Unique To Say(stevenpressfield.com)
1 points by bmac27 14y ago|0 comments
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by bmac27 14y ago
Just incredible to watch something like that live. Held my breath the whole time, particular through free fall. When you see him sitting up there from 120,000 feet like he's on a rocking chair, it sort of puts into perspective any time you
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by bmac27 14y ago
I've started blogging about the mobile startup space with the idea of hopefully developing a legitimate news resource. Feature stories of my own volition are one thing but "What to write about on a daily basis that hasn't already been cover
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by bmac27 14y ago
Stop by General Assembly; ( http://generalassemb.ly/ ) you can most likely get a tour of the place or sign up for one of the classes they have that day. Just let them know beforehand that you'd like to check out the space. Great vibe &
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by bmac27 14y ago
This time crunch is exacerbated even further when you're trying to bootstrap. 8 hour day job (at least) + at least 3 or 4 hours nightly trying to hustle your way through a product doesn't leave much time for sleep/breathing etc. let alone r
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by bmac27 14y ago
This is a great piece from SB and one I can totally relate to. Since I've started working for other people, I've never found myself in a serious ethical quandry with interviewers regarding my dropping out of school. Maybe because in most ca
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by bmac27 14y ago
People gravitate towards these hot button, black or white issues. And when a major figure (be it a company, celebrity, athlete etc.) comes out for or against one of these issues, it generates a lot of unnecessary buzz. It's easy to rant abo
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by bmac27 14y ago
"Of course they’re sad; they’ve probably gone their entire day getting berated relentlessly, by the single person in the world whose opinion they hold most dear — themselves." This is the most important part of the article. All of us to som
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by bmac27 14y ago
Sorry, I don't agree with the premise of this piece. I'm finding it easier to make connections and friends since I've left school and the place I grew up. Are these BFF-type connections? Not yet since they haven't had the time to really flo
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by bmac27 14y ago
I've also been in the equally unenviable position of having to pay for someone who completed work according to a scope that was too vaguely defined. The guy I contracted to do the work did the work according to the broad outline I originall
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by bmac27 15y ago
It was a very elegantly designed product; cleaner, crisper design than Foursquare's was in my opinion. But I always had difficulty checking in. I literally had to be inside a venue to register a check-in; and even then it was finicky. 30 fe
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by bmac27 15y ago
"Countries where prostitution is legal still see organized abuses in the industry, like brothel owners not following regulations, etc." There are organized abuses in every industry, legal or not. We're not scrapping the insurance market bec
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by bmac27 15y ago
It's not simply about what's "boring" and "not boring", which is subjective anyway. It's about tangible vs. intangible. Most school coursework is intangible & lacking context; grades have little to no bearing on real-world performance a
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by bmac27 15y ago
Just for the authors' edification, Scriptlance is very "meh." I found the providers to usually be at least a tier below Elance, oDesk etc in terms of quality. $5 dollar-esque bids are the norm, which usually translates into that level of qu
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Google CEO Page To Avoid Potential Criminal Prosecution In Pharma Settlement(searchengineland.com)
2 points by bmac27 15y ago|0 comments
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by bmac27 15y ago
Ultimately I think there ought to be a fundamental debate about what "changing the world" even means in the context of the tech space. In other words, how big does a company have to get to "change the world"? How much reach? Can it be drawn
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by bmac27 15y ago
Sorry. I find this kind of self-importance nauseating to say the least. Curing cancer or connecting the entire planet is the only way one can change the world? Really? If that's the case, then I guess 99.99% of our resources as a global com
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by bmac27 15y ago
As these kinds of issues continue to bring into question the reputation of (mostly) anonymous review sites, the reliance on reviews from your social graph (I.E. folks you presumably know & trust) could continue to rise, particularly if
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by bmac27 15y ago
Spot on about Twitter being underutilized. RT'ing those same journalists' stories (within reason and with your readers' interests in mind, of course) can also get you in their good graces. I was able to secure a guest posting spot with Wall
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by bmac27 15y ago
Curious if there are any Jersey folks amongst us and whether or not they might eschew potential NYC opportunities in favor of being closer to home if something like this comes to fruition.
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New Jersey looks to nurture tech startups(northjersey.com)
5 points by bmac27 15y ago|4 comments
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by bmac27 15y ago
antagonistic, insincere, subtly hypocritical, and appeared simply brainwashed. You could say the same for plenty of folks in the tech scene. I'd say it's a pretty sweeping generalization, no? The concepts of capitalism & free markets
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by bmac27 15y ago
“We prefer knowing to thinking because knowing has more immediate value. It keeps us in the loop, keeps us connected to our friends and our cohort. Ideas are too airy, too impractical, too much work for too little reward. Few talk ideas. E
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by bmac27 15y ago
I think Dorsey & Twitter is a good example. He had the underlying concepts in his head from the time he was 12 years old and long before Web 2.0. When he was brought onto Odeo, the idea was to be manifested in the form of SMS alerts. I
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by bmac27 15y ago
The irony of "changing the world" is that the ones who've pretentiously bastardized the phrase as a way of hobnobbing with the Web 2.0 elite never do. The few that actually do change the world don't usually set out with that goal in mind. E
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by bmac27 15y ago
"In other words, these technological wunderkinds were supposed to be better than the robber barons of old - a new breed of entrepreneur... getting rich and making the world better while they're at it." Well I never bought into that narrativ
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by bmac27 15y ago
I don't understand the singling out of Web 2.0 as some kind of outlier in the history of capitalist enterprise. As if the Rothchilds & Morgans of the world were saintly characters who didn't see their customers the same way while they w
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You Are Not a Visionary(quora.com)
5 points by bmac27 15y ago|0 comments

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