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by chegra 16y ago
Of course you can bootstrap yourself from poverty. But what is the probability of you doing that 1%. Count yourself lucky. Here is a different perspective on poverty: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/03/30/... "Pover
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Shoot the moon(investopedia.com)
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by chegra 16y ago
"He[Dan Zanger] holds the unofficial record in trading stocks by turning $11,000 into more than $18 million in 18 months in 1999-2000. He grew that to an incredible $42 million in less than two years and has the tax receipts to prove it."
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by chegra 16y ago
From her drawings, I would gather that the author of the original post is ENTP and/or has ADD. If she is ENTP more than likely she is very creative and could possibly find a work around. I see her indifference to doing common household ch
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by chegra 16y ago
Bill went to oxford for awhile before going to yale. While at oxford he started playing rugby. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton#Early_life_and_car... I think he would have also picked up playing soccer. I'm not from the UK but
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TechCrunch Europe Summer Pitch Slam(eu.techcrunch.com)
1 points by chegra 16y ago|0 comments
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Designing the user experience(mprove.de)
1 points by chegra 16y ago|0 comments
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by chegra 16y ago
Tesla didn't like fat people and once fired a woman for being overweight. He believed in eugenics. Tesla was critical of Einstein work, calling it Mathematical garb. Everybody have their faults. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesl
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Profiles of early adopters to buy iphone for 499$: US online survey(trendsspotting.com)
1 points by chegra 16y ago|0 comments
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by chegra 16y ago
Doesn't pg recommends all technical co-founders?
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by chegra 16y ago
I started learning when I was 12, and the reason was to create Mortal Kombat 4[12yr olds don't have any concept of copyright]. I think just trying to implement it led me to learn the language[pascal at the time]. If I was to start over now
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by chegra 16y ago
But still there is a need by some VC to optimize this. In Ben Horowitz blog he says: "When my partner Marc wrote his post describing our firm, the most controversial component of our investment strategy was our preference for founding CEOs.
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Founding vs. Professional CEO Performance Analysis(opim.wharton.upenn.edu)
1 points by chegra 16y ago|0 comments
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by chegra 16y ago
I can't find the exact paper that cites it(Anyone who have heard of this plz chime in). But, I can cite you apollo syndrome which basically is putting the best and the brightest on a team with the assumption they will do well. http://www
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by chegra 16y ago
i wish i could upvote this a million times. People need a quick way of judging things and your degree is generally the first barrier. This is not optimal but it's how the world works.
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by chegra 16y ago
I think the phrase comes in handy when the way to improve something is not so linear. For example selecction of team members on a startup. Your startup is doing well but one guy aint pulling his weight. Do you sack him? There is actually
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by chegra 16y ago
I remember, I used to be penalized in A'levels if I didn't give examples and analogies when I was explaining a concept. Actually the lecturer never gave any points for technical explanation. But this sort of learning came in handy years la
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by chegra 16y ago
I thought this would be interesting since it provides a different perspective on what is important in a startup. Currently, the dogma is the team is the most important, but this post present an argument for the market.
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The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 4: The only thing that matters(web.archive.org)
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by chegra 16y ago
I think he meant his father's cheerful calmness. He probably made the world seem easy. His father probably never complained, so his sons just didn't know what problems he might have had.
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How I built my minimum viable product(ashmaurya.com)
1 points by chegra 16y ago|0 comments
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Landing pages that convert(chancebarnett.com)
89 points by chegra 16y ago|15 comments
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Copy and Paste Programming the Definitive Framework(chegra.posterous.com)
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International Number ones(informationisbeautiful.net)
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by chegra 16y ago
They think the community is great but HNers aren't just saying it's great, they are saying why. I see this as inductive form of learning, we are trying to ascertain what goes into making an excellent community.
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by chegra 16y ago
Clearly it does. 30,000 people went there to check to see what this product can do for them, some even stayed. Think back on Yahoo(Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle). Put it this way, there is always more space for products that
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Motivating Newcomer Contribution in Social Network Sites(thoughtcrumbs.com)
1 points by chegra 16y ago|0 comments
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Practical Guide to Controlled Experiments on the Web(videolectures.net)
6 points by chegra 16y ago|0 comments
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by chegra 16y ago
Oh, sorry didnt see that there.
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by chegra 16y ago
idk, what would be interesting would be actual figures and not percentages. Maybe you could have 7 clicks before but now you have 12. Or maybe 14 clicks and now you have 24. The actual figures will help us to judge the significance of the r

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