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by bobf 16y ago
I used a similar idea for my YC application answer to the non-computer hack question. Basically, I hacked the traditional education experience and graduated in 2.5 years, with ~$8500 of loans (without any scholarships/reduced tuition), and
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by bobf 16y ago
This was also very similar to my biggest takeaway from Startup School, actually. Any of the advice about how to gain customers, traffic, etc. when starting out was centered on real-world actions people took -- like evangelizing via meetups,
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by bobf 16y ago
If you pivot this into a language-learning tool, you'll probably be more successful because the market is much, much larger.
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Sounds like dotCloud - or at least their "end goal", as I heard it pitched at SUS2010.
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Startup generator, nice.
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Compare the specs on your dedicated servers to the VPSs you are looking at replacing them with. Keep in mind that you can always switch one portion of your infrastructure to a VPS to test performance, if needed -- for example, switch your d
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by bobf 16y ago
UrbanSpoon announced a competing restaurant reservation service earlier this year: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/urbanspoon_challenges_o... Their pricing model is described as $99/mo + $1/reservation, which seems more reasonable th
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by bobf 16y ago
While those three things are certainly true and Gabriel's post does a great job of showing them, don't forget: anyone can do it .
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This is especially true internationally from my understanding.
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Of course. Most people just don't think you can earn that kind of income in academia.
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As per the article, 13-17 year olds are using more than twice as many texts per month (~3300/mo) as 18-24 year olds (~1600/mo). After seeing the recent surge in email-based startups, where are all the startups focusing on SMS?
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Texting is the future(nytimes.com)
3 points by bobf 16y ago|3 comments
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Deported Russian Spies Honored in Moscow(nytimes.com)
2 points by bobf 16y ago|0 comments
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by bobf 16y ago
I don't think Tom equates happiness to lack of stress, or to freedom in the context you seem to describe. My understanding of Tom's advice to "optimize for happiness" is more along the lines of "optimize for self-determination". Historians
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by bobf 16y ago
As a brief anecdote, I was completely shocked by what some professors earned at the public university I attended. I had several standard professors in finance and accounting who made ~$150-200k/year plus freelance consulting at $500+/hr. If
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by bobf 16y ago
Any anecdotal guesses from your drinkup experiences? Perhaps reworded, do you feel people are more or less willing to pay for SaaS domestically/internationally?
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by bobf 16y ago
I attended Startup School, and felt Andy's recap did justice to the talks he chose to cover; however, as he said, there's lots more to learn by watching the justin.tv video archives. Two things I absolutely loved that Andy didn't mention: 1
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by bobf 16y ago
If you weren't at SUS2010 and are going to only watch a few of the talks, I would highly recommend Tom's talk (as well as Brian Chesky's). He was extremely engaging, and the content (bootstrapping - "Optimizing for happiness instead of mone
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by bobf 16y ago
Interestingly, this is probably the first major mainstream news event I can say I've only followed online. I recall watching lots of other events strictly by staying glued to CNN: the beginning of the Gulf War, the death of Princess Diana,
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For me, it seems to be fairly accurate, but mostly based on recent tweets (vs. my entire history of tweets). Is there a limit to the number of tweets it will actually use to evaluate?
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Groupon has become a 1+ billion company in less than 17 months. See Forbes article: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0830/entrepreneurs-groupon...
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Yep, for me it looked like what thamer posted. Good deal.
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As an aside, I was looking at the pricing page you linked to, and noticed that highlighting text (in Chrome, at least) on notifo.com results in blurry text. Just FYI.
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That's a pretty useful tip, thanks!
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I'm not sure if its worth reading too much into the acquisition, from a "this is going to change Southwest's business model" standpoint. Personally, I suspect that just getting access to ATL is worth the price for Southwest.
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From the company's perspective, the main problem seems to be that it becomes harder to get investment as you accrue debt. The only incentive I see for an employee to accept such a scheme might be if a convertible note would have tax advanta
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Don't forget that a penny saved is not truly equivalent to a penny earned, because saving a penny actually requires earning enough to cover taxes and the extra costs (travel time, gas, etc) you incur to earn it. Saving $20 on a purchase is
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Diversification doesn't take a genius; successfully diversifying and building a brand is a different story. Lots of people who are successful in one area (professional athletes, for example) try to "diversify" and lose their fortune doing
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Jay-Z's entrepreneurial skills and success seem to be pretty frequently mentioned, but when Warren Buffet says "For a young person growing up he’s the guy to learn from," it is definitely worth listening. Full interview at http://www.forb
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Warren Buffet on Jay-Z: Learn from him(marquee.blogs.cnn.com)
5 points by bobf 16y ago|3 comments

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