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by cmer 16y ago
I actually have, not perfectly of course, but pretty close to it. I have since bootstrapped another startup all the way through a successful exit, without going completely nuts like in the past!
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by cmer 16y ago
I was in your situation about 8 years ago. I probably made all the mistakes one can make and hopefully this will help you. Here's a few tips: - Eat well and exercise 5 days a week. You'll probably think you're too busy for this, but IT HAS
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by cmer 16y ago
Not trying to be pessimistic, but they're so far off what has been promised when I placed my order that I completely lost faith and trust in this company. I could understand a delay of a couple of months, but what has it been now... over
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by cmer 16y ago
What are the benefits of BSD vs Linux? I could never quite understand why people would chose BSD, but that's likely just ignorance.
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by cmer 16y ago
Or just pay your bill when it comes so you don't pay them interests
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by cmer 16y ago
I realized that shit usually hits the fans when you say you literally need to sleep with the computer instead of her. :) True story.
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by cmer 16y ago
Totally broken for me. Says I didn't watch pr0n. oops!
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by cmer 16y ago
I completely agree with this. 6 months is definitely not enough runway to iterate a few times and find a winning combination. I've seen too many people fail because of the lack of runway. I suggest that you do a few consulting gigs on the s
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by cmer 16y ago
Holy cow. It's a small world! One of the main guys behind this is actually a great friend of mine. I've known him since kindergarten and he's now amongst the top researchers in the world. I wish I had something to do with it! He recently mo
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by cmer 16y ago
We monitor many public pages (not necessarily pages of people using Defensio) and I can confirm that their numbers are in the ballpark of what we're seeing as well.
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by cmer 16y ago
I founded Defensio a few years ago and we fight exactly that problem. The amount of malware and spam we're seeing on high profile business and celebrity pages is astonishing.
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by cmer 16y ago
I'd love to buy this thing, but at that price, I can't justify the expense. $49 seems like the sweet spot for me.
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by cmer 16y ago
It's just business. They'll do what it takes to get new users and to keep them. The reason they will be giving away @facebook.com email addresses is the same reason why my mother in law won't get off AOL. She doesn't want to lose her email
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by cmer 16y ago
It feels very awkward to me.
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by cmer 16y ago
Nice! It breaks the back button however...
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by cmer 16y ago
I think my story fits in that category. I started Defensio a few years ago, bootstrapped along the way and sold it to a publicly traded company for a fair chunk of money. It is still thriving today. I think our story, although not Facebook-
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by cmer 16y ago
US LLCs are usually a pain in the ass for non US residents. At least, it is for Canadians and I was strongly adviced not to do that by my tax specialist. C Corp is the way to go for non residents afaik.
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by cmer 16y ago
It doesnt matter if your bank account is not in Delaware. About taxes, I think it'll be different from state to state so I can't tell you. FYI, I bought 100,000 shares of my own company for $200 when I started. Forgot to mention this in my
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by cmer 16y ago
This has been very tricky for me. I know a few banks will do it but a) I forgot whom, b) the ones who did were all very inconvenient for me (ie: far). If I remember correctly, Wachovia was one of them. I decided to try a few banks in upstat
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by cmer 16y ago
Delaware C Corp. Hands down. I'm a Canadian and I have done it through DelawareIntercorp.com. They were great. I later sold that company to a publicly-traded company also incorporated in Delaware and everything went very smoothly. Make sure
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by cmer 16y ago
So many favorites today.... Brian, Ron, Andrew, Dalton and Tom were awesome. I can't decide which one was my favorite because they all were in different ways.
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by cmer 16y ago
At this point I can't see Apple keep using the OSn (ie: OS11) convention because "OS X" has become such a powerful brand in itself. I doubt they'll want to give that up. My guess is that they'll stick with 10.x for some time and might event
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by cmer 16y ago
"Chargify, as we know, is a startup in search of a long term business model" I don't think this argument is valid. They already have a business model and currently implement it: they charge for their product. They might not become profitabl
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by cmer 16y ago
I've been to every SS to date and it is by far the best startup conference one can attend. I attend (too) many conferences each year and nothing comes close to the quality of SS. The first one in Boston definitely kicked my ass and made me
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by cmer 16y ago
Is it just me, or these are so not funny? Never were, never will...
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by cmer 16y ago
64 as in 64 bit I guess? ;-)
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by cmer 16y ago
Once the iPhone is available on more networks, I can see these numbers changing DRASTICALLY. Here in Canada, the iPhone is available on all carriers and you rarely see an Android phone. The iPhone totally dominates the market. Most smart ph
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by cmer 16y ago
You should take a look at Bubbleshare and how they failed doing something very similar to what you are trying to accomplish. I'm sure you can learn a thing or two. The founder Albert might even be able to give you a few pointers.
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by cmer 16y ago
2 words: too complicated. Beanstalkd FTW!
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by cmer 16y ago
Do not just send them the source code. Agree to show it to them for as long as they want, on your laptop, and in person.

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