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How to Survive Being Founder Broke(getfireplug.com)
6 points by btrautsc 13y ago|4 comments
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by btrautsc 13y ago
I love these, they're vastly interesting. While you're pivoting refer.ly I hope you can sustainably produce many more. Thanks dmor
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by btrautsc 14y ago
great points william.. I will do some breakdown with Fred & my posts soon. thanks
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by btrautsc 14y ago
definitely a big part of it, thanks for connecting some dots
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Add Some Grind to Your Lean Startup, Rocky Style(getfireplug.com)
14 points by btrautsc 14y ago|7 comments
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by btrautsc 14y ago
That is our goal. This is definitely a very early look, but we also hope to provide you great content about Node.js from other top readers, which hopefully can help you discover useful content. Or if you are new to a topic (like Node.js), y
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by btrautsc 14y ago
thanks - in due time!
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by btrautsc 14y ago
thanks for the support... it is still very early for us and didnt expect to be seen yet
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by btrautsc 14y ago
Definitely scary - but normal. You'll have to ask someone much smarter/ more experienced than I. We're still young/'agile'...
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Everything Is Always Broken(getfireplug.com)
5 points by btrautsc 14y ago|3 comments
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by btrautsc 14y ago
Dear Google, please buy EPB's fiber network in Chattanooga, TN. Love,
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You Suck. The Coffee Pot Told Me. (getfireplug.com)
5 points by btrautsc 14y ago|0 comments
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Foursquare & App Wisdom From Whole Foods Check Out Lady(getfireplug.com)
1 points by btrautsc 14y ago|0 comments
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by btrautsc 14y ago
This is a great article & I'm a firm believer. But as some have commented, understand that this puppy will not come with a routine - you'll have to program it. He/she will be predisposed to certain times & activities, and you'll h
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by btrautsc 14y ago
I am in the midst of this right now. I have a 4 y.o chocolate lab and my wife surprised me with a chocolate puppy for Christmas. The 4 year old is amazing, one of the most calm dogs I've ever had - and the puppy is picking it up fast. Sure,
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by btrautsc 14y ago
this is so ridiculous it is sad that it will receive a huge amount of comments and drive traffic to this utterly ridiculous post. First of all, I don't believe Mayer or Sandberg are asking/ demanding/ or hinting that employees need to give
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by btrautsc 14y ago
interesting post... reminds me of '9 women cannot make a baby in 1 month'
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Which State Has the Fastest Internet in the US [video]?(cbsnews.com)
1 points by btrautsc 14y ago|0 comments
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by btrautsc 14y ago
reach out to some of the companies on OP's page or feel free to shoot me an email with your background/passion & I'll def pass it along - btrautsc [at] gmail
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by btrautsc 14y ago
Can't agree enough with @twog here. we were funded in Chattanooga over a year ago and have had an incredible experience. We started as a completely green 3 man startup spread across the country, recruited a cofounder from UT Knoxville CS,
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by btrautsc 14y ago
i was part of the team running/ organizing this program last year... incredibly fun, very helpful for startups, businesses, and students who want to learn to build a startup... great example company from the 1st year, https://getbanyan.co/
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by btrautsc 14y ago
I definitely agree that Palo Alto is a completely different world than Chattanooga, but equivalently, Ringold GA is a different planet than Chattanooga. I think to get a feel for the culture, community, and people who are doing startups her
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by btrautsc 14y ago
i helped run the student program last year, so i have a unique perspective... - number one, just say yes and come - its worth it - be ready for new people/ challenges/ & tough problems - prepare to think big & beyond what is possibl
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by btrautsc 14y ago
my startup was funded in Chattanooga 18 months ago... I can confirm all of this..
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by btrautsc 14y ago
amazingly this has happened to me @ every career level minus startup... university constantly between multi-hundred person classes and departments, multi-thousand person logistics company, and all_the_freaking_time @ HP... there were probab
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by btrautsc 14y ago
Chattanooga, TN (which already has 1Gig fiber deployed throughout the city) is definitely heading in the same (right) direction. The cost of living is drastically cheaper, and the quality of life with easy access to mountains, rivers, lak
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by btrautsc 14y ago
+1 for immediately thinking the same thing
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by btrautsc 14y ago
point taken; albeit seemingly obvious, sometimes there are gaps between Reading_Understanding_Acting and of course there were many more lessons, those were the cliffsnotes, or tl;dr version
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by btrautsc 14y ago
we are no longer supporting the product
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by btrautsc 14y ago
Wow, that could be countless posts, but briefly: iterate quickly (as fast as possible). keep the burn rate low. hire the best possible. get advice from people who've been there. users want features, listen to them & deliver when you can

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