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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
Memphian here. Bootstrapping (mostly) a startup here in town and working through the funding struggles. I think pg alluded to a lot of this in a recent post: Here, if you're trying to start a company--and especially a tech company--the ge
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I think we can do a better job of telling folks what makes up their score. The exact algorithm does change, but general guidelines about what percentage comes from code, what from Stack Overflow, etc., and maybe wh
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
Hey thanks! Would love your feedback on http://www.workforpie.com/ . It's a resume of sorts, built specifically for software developers, and based primarily on open source contributions to Github and Bitbucket. I'll leave it wide open, but
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Seed Hatchery accelerator getting soup to nuts coverage on TNW(thenextweb.com)
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
Less a matter of math and more of culture, IMO. Large organizations are, for the most part, slow to change, and they tend to treat all "talent" in a similar way. They've been able to get away with this for technical talent for some time be
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
I have to respectfully disagree with your point re: Mailchimp. They are a company that makes it easier to make email newsletters. Nothing knock your socks off amazing there. But that chimp and the subsequent marketing around it has playe
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
You might consider hitting up Angel List if you haven't done so already. If you're trying to raise for that first store - "proof of concept" before you go after more funds - it seems that might be a good avenue to raise those funds. Good
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
I think--potentially--it matters a lot more if you're not funded and/or if it helps you to get "discovered" by both users and folks who might fund you. We got covered in Mashable very early in our product evolution. It helped us a ton. W
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
Completely agree. My story is almost exactly the same. Learning enough to speak the language is hugely important and it's one of the reasons, I believe anyway, that my cofounder and I have such a great relationship. I'm mostly hustle--worry
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
We're doing something with Githib called Work for Pie. It aggregates info from Githib, Stack Overflow, HN, Bitbucket and gives you a score based on activity and participation. Then you get a profile where you can highlight code, languages,
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
So let's say that the hit rate for follow-on investments for a TechStars company is somewhere close to 70% (that's fairly accurate). That doesn't necessarily represent success, but it's a start. Y Combinator is probably better than that. No
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
Most job sites do this, including LinkedIn, Dice, Monster, etc., and they charge a lot for it. $1,000/month to start in the case of Dice and about half that for a limited search on LinkedIn. Makes sense from a recruiting standpoint in one
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by cliftonmckinney 16y ago
I wrote the post above. I appreciate you thinking highly enough of it to re-post on HN. Whether or not the job is getting done really remains to be seen. We're a little more than a month deep now and demo day is looming. What happens the
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by cliftonmckinney 16y ago
Seconded. The economics probably make sense even if 90% are "Cs." One or two winners per batch is enough given the relatively small investment for the relatively large stake. Keep in mind that these investments typically result in an initi
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by cliftonmckinney 16y ago
I was hoping to see webvan in the mix. Guess their logo belongs to amazon?