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by chendy 18y ago
MBA's are great for 2 things: 1) If you are not a business undergrad, or have not picked up these skills on the job, then an MBA is a great way to get a solid business understanding that will prepare you for another type of work. 2) High ra
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by chendy 18y ago
"tanorexic." nice. Actually, I'm pretty sure that I said this: "The point of all this is that there are people with creative ideas in all walks of life." and this "It’s simply a case of mental economics- we all have our strengths, and part
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by chendy 18y ago
This is an excellent point. As I said in the article, I'm a business guy myself. I was in the business school of my college in fact- and the undergrad program was basically the MBA program in twice as much time. So basically, I've done a
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Startups and the “Validity of the Idea”(tminusminus.com)
9 points by chendy 18y ago|13 comments
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by chendy 19y ago
Is there any interest in creating a group of people who would be willing to help test one another's apps? My group might be ready in a few weeks, and I'd trust users from this board more than other random individuals to help flush out the
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Any interest in creating a YC news based app testing group?
2 points by chendy 19y ago|3 comments
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by chendy 19y ago
I'm not sure the process is that simple- Since there are presumably interviews and the Mountain View meetup, YC is probably only looking to send out emails of groups that are absolutely no longer being considered. Also, I'm sure that cert
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by chendy 19y ago
Is your business an online version of "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?"
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by chendy 19y ago
Thanks for linking to that thread. i must have missed it before. There are definitely some interesting looking books in that list.
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by chendy 19y ago
I'm trying to get some recommendations for books that might be helpful for a web startup. Personally, I have really found "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell and "Getting Real" by the 37signals folks to be really helpful. I've read lo
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What books have you found to be helpful in starting your business?
2 points by chendy 19y ago|8 comments
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by chendy 19y ago
How many of you have a primarily advertising based model? Or the "freemium" model? Our model is actually transactional, but is supplemented with advertising.
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Kleiner Perkins ponders Web 3.0, dismisses Web 2.0(vcratings.thedealblogs.com)
2 points by chendy 19y ago|2 comments
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10 Lessons Frank Miller's 300 can teach you about Successful Online Business(fuzzyfuture.com)
3 points by chendy 20y ago|0 comments
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by chendy 20y ago
How is this different from Blue Dot? http://bluedot.us/front
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by chendy 20y ago
You may have seen this post before: http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html But the reason I submitted this is because of item #6. As an entrepreneur, I'm technically savvy, but I'm by no means a hardcore programmer. I have other
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What entrepreneurial role are you playing?
4 points by chendy 20y ago|9 comments
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The Problem with Being First(inc.com)
2 points by chendy 20y ago|0 comments
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Have any VCs told you "No" already?(venturefiles.com)
5 points by chendy 20y ago|1 comments
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by chendy 20y ago
These types of stories are starting to be pretty common, but this post does interest me from a business standpoint. How often does "no business plan" work out in the long run?
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Changing the Web- Age and attitude (from digg)(natewhitehill.com)
2 points by chendy 20y ago|1 comments
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PBWiki rasies $2M- plus a sidenote on VCs(iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
4 points by chendy 20y ago|0 comments
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by chendy 20y ago
Spotplex seems to be down currently, so I haven't been able to fully explore the site. However, based on the Techcrunch coverage, it seems like this will ultimately be just another content suggestion site. I like the innovative way of sou