brianlash

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by brianlash 17y ago
It's ready for iPhone chat out of the box? K, this is exactly what I've been waiting for. I understand there are other developer-friendly chat services out there, but for a 'content guy' like me this is a dream. Not the first time a Y Combi
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by brianlash 17y ago
I reblogged Alaska's tumblr update telling him same, and basically guaranteeing that you and Ed would be in for grabbing beers. Glad to be validated by your response here.
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by brianlash 17y ago
The approach is patently 'business school.'
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by brianlash 17y ago
Love finding other Pittsburgh YC'ers. Drop me an email sometime - I'd love to get together and shoot the bull.
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by brianlash 17y ago
Sure. I'd sell or negotiate a fair trade. Shoot me an email: brianklash at gmail dot com
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by brianlash 17y ago
pixaruniversity.com pittsburghfounders.com snappyresume.com careersauce.com colonytech.com allthebigstuff.com findoozle.com getfounding.com fleetheshame.com newmediamonthly.com webkeynote.com thetippingblog.com
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by brianlash 17y ago
I know you say that tongue-in-cheek, but it's a good point. I'd love to see a few samples of sales letters and business proposals that have worked for YC'rs. 'Softer' than term sheets, but it would still be instructional.
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by brianlash 17y ago
You can disagree -- fine -- but we've been using entreprneurship, entrepreneurism, and entrepreneurialism to say the same thing (i.e., the act of being an entrepreneur). At least two of the previous three cases are fine. The third misses th
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by brianlash 17y ago
Love the video! But a small nitpick about the headline: While entrepreneurialism is a word, entrepreneurship or entrepreneurism is almost always more effective for its brevity.
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by brianlash 17y ago
There's a lot of truth here. I had to begin my schooling at a branch campus because I wasn't accepted at my first choice. But it lit a fire under my butt. I worked hard, took summer courses at a community college, and ultimately transferred
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by brianlash 17y ago
Right. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575815
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by brianlash 18y ago
This is a really timely product given the recent discontinuation of Google Print Ads system. Nice effort. My only recommendation: I'd like to see what the My Inko control panel will look like before I decide to sign up for an account.
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by brianlash 18y ago
No problem guys... this should work out well for each of us. I'll send an email with my info. EDIT: Scratch that. Looks like I'll need your email addresses to refer you. You'll each get a $25 credit and I'll net $20 total. Not bad. My addre
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by brianlash 18y ago
GotVMail is a good value.
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by brianlash 18y ago
Your maxim seems overly simplistic. I don't see the connection between how well you execute something and how it jibes with your ethical convictions. I can think of a few things that were done well, but for which the perpetrators ought not
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by brianlash 18y ago
I'm pretty sure this came up before and PG's short answer was that while he isn't opposed to a search bar, it's a feature and features take time. And that time's a resource he didn't have between managing a new YC funding cycle and getting
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by brianlash 18y ago
Try http://getharvest.com for time-tracking + invoicing. Plans are cheap (the $12/mo starter plan should suit you) and you can easily interface with services such as Basecamp and QuickBooks should your business grow into the need for it.
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by brianlash 18y ago
This topic comes up here every now and again. Here's the most recent instance: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=317131 The quick and dirty list via ryanfelton: http://liteaccounting.com/ http://gobootstrap.com/ http://www.netbooks
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by brianlash 18y ago
Throw the launch mindset to the wind. I think our preoccupation with a huge launch owes more to its sexiness than to its practical importance for a startup. You may catch lightning in a bottle with a launch that's met with a ton of fanfare.
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by brianlash 18y ago
I'm running an AdWords campaign for http://firstblogmedia.com right now. It's been my experience that image ads on the content network are a favorable way to raise awareness about services that people may not actively search for on Google
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by brianlash 18y ago
I think everyone's susceptible to this sort of frenetic behavior when it comes to knowledge work. We all have our own coping mechanisms, but mine may help you: Start each day's work the night before by considering the big-level picture of w
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by brianlash 18y ago
Taken at face value business majors are surprisingly conservative. They're there because mom and dad told them it would be safe/smart, and in other cases because they couldn't think of anything else to study. So it's in those impractical ma
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by brianlash 18y ago
I don't think there's a single idea -- no matter how unorthodox -- that would go down in flames here if it were well defended.
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by brianlash 18y ago
What are you implying? That a biologist would be a chemist if s/he were smarter? That a chemist would be a physicist, and a physicist a mathematician? Doesn't sound like a particularly useful (or accurate) way of looking at the world.
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by brianlash 18y ago
I see what you're saying. As a different way of looking at it, I've always considered that Desire for Meat (bread/poultry) = Biological, Desire for Hostess Cupcakes = Psychological. And while you shouldn't fudge with the former, the latter
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by brianlash 18y ago
I've heard the same principle as it relates to physical wellbeing I think it's 100% true. Diets fail because they're all about food. Better to lose unhealthy weight by exploring other passions... even things that aren't physical such as pla
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by brianlash 18y ago
Correction: you are a little crazy if you're a startup founder. Good luck ;-)
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by brianlash 18y ago
I get where you're coming from, but in terms of trust I think people check a few things: 1) Is my connection secure and encrypted, 2) Is either of Authorize.net, PayPal, or Google acting as a payment gateway 3) Is the site established, and
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by brianlash 18y ago
"customers who don't want to do any business with a company outside United States" Wait. When have you ever not done business with a web services company on the grounds that it was located outside the US? Do you think that kind of thing act
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by brianlash 18y ago
It would be more interesting if the results converged even a little bit to the results of credible polls. I know Obama's leading by a margin... but 95/2/3 (Dem,Rep,Ind)? It's a neat idea with a nice implementation, but the selection bias

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