chandrab

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by chandrab 20y ago
I've done a lot of patent filings, A good provisional looks like a real patent and can be turned into a patent with little hassle and not much more expense. The downside is that there is a lot more work for the lawyer to create a good prov
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by chandrab 20y ago
I agree that this is being done for more good marketing than really building a "farm team" in which to invest in (like CRV is doing). Thing is be aware of this Higland Capital prefers business and infrastructure internet plays, I dont thi
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by chandrab 20y ago
I wanted to get some thoughts on what sort of hardware configuration I would need to get kicked off (1U colo). Do I need 1 web+1 db server day 1? firewall box?
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Recommendation on hardware configuration to get started? (1 or 2 boxes?)
1 points by chandrab 20y ago|4 comments
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by chandrab 20y ago
I think you need to be passionate about your idea at the interview...if your not, who is going to be?
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by chandrab 20y ago
Nice Application...the question I have is on the marketing side- how are you going to attract users? and how are you going to differentiate yourself from the hordes of other online storage vendors, esp. to the newbie users who can't tell th
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by chandrab 20y ago
A meetup at last week's WebInnovators conference would have been perfect. Unfortunately the next one is 2 months away.
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by chandrab 20y ago
Great site, a definite must read...I've been aware of some of these VC games by seeing them first hand, but this takes it to the next level of detail.
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by chandrab 20y ago
Patents are intellectual property, when you are acquired they the buying company looks for and pays for to justify the acquisition. Having strong IP is an asset like any other, even if it doesn't prevent a competitor from entering your spa
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Legal Docs/Resources for setting up new company(businesslawadvice.com)
1 points by chandrab 20y ago|0 comments
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Ruby Engines Performance Benchmarks (Yarv,Jruby & others)(antoniocangiano.com)
1 points by chandrab 20y ago|0 comments
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How To Set Up A Load-Balanced MySQL Cluster(howtoforge.com)
1 points by chandrab 20y ago|0 comments
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Performance Tuning MySQL Server Environments(mysqlperformanceblog.com)
1 points by chandrab 20y ago|0 comments
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The research paper that launched the Google empire(infolab.stanford.edu)
21 points by chandrab 20y ago|4 comments
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by chandrab 20y ago
Great, another test I have to study for! :-) Seriously, what impact does this have on getting funded by YC? (I'm sure everyone wants to know the answer to that)
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Woz's business card - very very cool..I want one!(jeffnolan.com)
14 points by chandrab 20y ago|5 comments
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by chandrab 20y ago
I got to say this was idea was very clever. kudos to Phil K!
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by chandrab 20y ago
I worked at company full of ex-Digital Equip Guys and they had similar procedures to Google except they had design "approach" reviews, where over lunch you presented your design for a feature/function etc. to your peers. It was quite effect
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Scaling PHP/MySQL...Presentation from Flickr (very good)(ludicorp.com)
13 points by chandrab 20y ago|6 comments
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by chandrab 20y ago
The problem scaling YC is definately time, it sometime sucks that we only have 24hrs/day!...I had a few friends that were VCs and they worked like dogs. A few VCs shuffle you off to a Jr. Associate, which has some negatives, the biggest be
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by chandrab 20y ago
Joshwa...thanks for putting this up.
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by chandrab 20y ago
Guys, when formulating your magic number in your head, not forget to include taxes...that's up to 50% gone right there. So your $1M is now $500K. I speak from experience on this. It's a good story over a beer. btw - Did you know the SEC i
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by chandrab 20y ago
If some advertisers shift from PPC to PPA, it sounds to me like there will be a drop in PPC prices. Which in turn may lead to revenue problems at many advertising supported sites. Also, not every site is suitable for PPA - since they won't
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by chandrab 20y ago
I agree with the others that you shouldn't focus on an API for rev 1.0 in order to get the product to market. But I would be careful and architect the code such that it can support an API...otherwise it's going to be a real pain in the rea
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by chandrab 20y ago
CPC (Cost per Click), CTC (Click To Call), CPL (Cost per lead) and now PPA...what's next? I wonder if this is in response to the clickfraud lawsuits.
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by chandrab 20y ago
Wasn't Omar Khudari a founder of ViaWeb or did he come later? I met Omar a couple of times when he was on the board of my friend's company and what a terrific guy.
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by chandrab 20y ago
This is one of the better posts I've seen on the topic..If you want to dive in deeper Brad Feld's blog series on term sheets. Another good read is: http://www.fenwick.com/VC_Terms.htm. It covers nice things like liquidation preferences,
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by chandrab 20y ago
A definate read for all startups is Jeremy Liew's blog: http://lsvp.wordpress.com/. This lastest article is pretty sobering stats for anyone considering an eyeballs based business.
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by chandrab 20y ago
Having been part of a few startups before, I it definately easier to do it with a partner(s). I'm currently doing my latest startup alone - but I dont' consider myself alone. I have two great programmers, even though they are working for