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by coolswan 11y ago
This is changing. The problem was so much low-hanging fruit still to be done there. That's what got solved first. In terms of mobile, VR, drones, to name a few - the Chinese are in front now.
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by coolswan 11y ago
basically how US academia works. professors don't do the programming themselves. that's what graduate students are for.
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by coolswan 11y ago
good design skills, not so good people skills. sounds like a few successful ceos we all know and adore. a ceo with less than ideal people skills needs a good operator to help balance him/her.
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by coolswan 11y ago
I hate going after people who might just have used wrong words to mean something else. But sadly, he has a history of saying anti-entrepreneur things. Perhaps foot in mouth disease is an addiction.
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Don't Outsource Your Thinking(medium.com)
2 points by coolswan 11y ago|0 comments
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by coolswan 11y ago
This is one of the major reasons why Google acqui-hires so many startups. It's the only way for VPs/SVPs to get people they actually want.
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Ask HN: As an employee, would you be ok with your CEO being the head of 2 firms?
2 points by coolswan 11y ago|0 comments
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by coolswan 12y ago
Impressive that over 80% of sales was online
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by coolswan 13y ago
is there a link to the recording?
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by coolswan 13y ago
yes, YC doesn't do pro rata. so basically they're down to probably at least 2-3%, but probably more.
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Study Suggests Link Between Dread Pirate Roberts and Satoshi Nakamoto(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
172 points by coolswan 13y ago|120 comments
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by coolswan 13y ago
awesome! one suggestion: anyway to make this a RSS feed as well?
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by coolswan 13y ago
I think more so than this is that founders know that if they fail, they can land any great job they want.
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Who is PG referring to as the fastest growing YC startup?(twitter.com)
9 points by coolswan 13y ago|4 comments
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by coolswan 13y ago
Definitely don't quit right away unless you have the bank account to do so. I'd first find someone that is doing what you think you want to do and get their advice. Beyond that, spend any free time you have trying to "meet pe
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by coolswan 13y ago
The better partnership: Uber + Elon Musk.
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Do Females Among First Hires Have An Effect On The Success Of A Startup?(forbes.com)
2 points by coolswan 14y ago|0 comments
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by coolswan 14y ago
for the smaller startups, just find contact emails and reach out to them individually. pretty sure a few will bite, if anything, to see if you're interested in a job at least.
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by coolswan 14y ago
Pretty related: http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2012/10/10/do-females-amon... "Startups who have female first hires typically are those with less discriminatory hiring practices. So the effect is not female hires => higher profits,
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by coolswan 14y ago
are you implying they should be on vacation instead? :)
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by coolswan 14y ago
I would love to see a demo day of YC companies that are still around who either quietly launched / didn't have much on demo day or who pivoted to something entirely different. Sort of like a "where are they now" demo day.
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Login To Websites Without A Username Or Password(techcrunch.com)
4 points by coolswan 14y ago|1 comments
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The Royal Nokia Screw-Up That Shouldn’t Have Been(pandodaily.com)
29 points by coolswan 14y ago|19 comments
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by coolswan 15y ago
Meh, he probably needs to de-generalize this thought and take it case-by-case. I didn't work on side projects for two years because I was obsessed with the project at the startup I worked at. He would've heard an earful from me if he said I
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Sparrow Founder Tells How He Made $350K, And Praises Apple's Walled Garden(businessinsider.com)
2 points by coolswan 15y ago|1 comments
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by coolswan 15y ago
Re: negative comments. You're assuming that the human capital, aka all the engineers, they acquired are going out the door too. Far from it.
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by coolswan 15y ago
I asked someone who is actually a gang member and he thinks this guy is fake. Wonder what his affiliation was. Problem is these days you could go to up to anyone and say you're from a gang too and now you're an entrepreneur. Everyone would
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Why Gang Members Make Wicked Entrepreneurs(techcrunch.com)
2 points by coolswan 15y ago|1 comments
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by coolswan 15y ago
This doesn't make any sense, what's the backstory here? Edit: never mind, looked it up. http://sam.odio.com/2011/08/12/i-took-625-jonathans-card/
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Startup Advice Paradox(areallybadidea.com)
25 points by coolswan 16y ago|4 comments

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