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by corry 5y ago
Quarantine != "barred". Perhaps inconvenient to the point of rethinking the trip, yes, but that's different than a citizen being denied the right of return by their government. And even that inconvenience can be removed with
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by corry 5y ago
Much better said than in my parent comment, cheers!
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by corry 5y ago
I can see a weird sort of logic to Apple. Why would they share their judgement about the level of an ex-employee with a potential rival company (rival in case of talent perhaps also product)? Let the employee say "I was Level 5 @ Apple
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by corry 5y ago
One of the things I struggle with in the perennial conversations about technical debt at startups is how to account for the fact that the future in not known with certainty: i.e. circumstances can change that render very good and 'wort
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by corry 5y ago
Re: "not plain English" - YC is BY FAR the most transparent and founder-friendly VC seed investor and goes to great lengths to educate founders. This is as clear language as financings get in startup land. If you're unwilling
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by corry 5y ago
There are many reasons - (1) the halo effect for future rounds of funding, not to mention Demo Day itself; (2) access to absolute god-tier advisors in areas that even though you're not a first-timer, you may not have experience with (e
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by corry 5y ago
Spot on, nothing to add to this. "Make something people want" is the #1 fundraising hack. If you do it well enough, fundraising isn't an issue.
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by corry 5y ago
Jim - I'm not vegan, but I wanted to be the voice of the universe telling you that you CAN do it. Start by moving to pescatarian or vegetarian for a month, then maybe a year. Then phase out the other stuff. Bask in the glow of doing so
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by corry 5y ago
One note of caution. As someone who gets a lot of these kinds of update emails, it's also very apparent when or when not a company is hitting an inflection point. Why does that matter? If things are going well, great - you'll have
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by corry 5y ago
Really like this, congrats on the launch! To the people moaning about Electron apps... you're not the market. To the people moaning about $100 price... you're not the market. To the people moaning about Mac-only... you're not
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by corry 5y ago
I’m “into coffee” but not very knowledgeable about the history, so take this with a grain of salt. But I wonder if “the fourth wave” is actually already here and it’s primarily differentiated by brewing cafe quality coffee at home. It seems
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by corry 5y ago
As trite as it sounds, "Success = Hard Work + Opportunity" is still the default equation that makes the most sense to me. And while people from all strata of life work very hard, opportunities are obviously and incredibly unequall
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by corry 5y ago
"this is horseshit for everybody except maybe founders" Well, who do you think PG's audience is? A 45-yo welder? A school teacher who loves their job? Or even someone happy at their FAANG job? This advice isn't meant for
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by corry 5y ago
Thought-provoking article and interesting story in of itself. I can't help but think that this is just a VC-funded version of traditional media, where the # of "sufficiently talented" people (i.e the supply) vastly outstrips
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by corry 5y ago
Disagree. The reason that logic works with thieves is that the thieves have limited time and resources, and both high risk and high opportunity cost. In this metaphor, if Thief #1 can't do it, he hands it over to a "bank" of
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by corry 5y ago
While I don't doubt that Canadian debt levels are unsustainable, note this finding is from an insolvency firm and IMO should be taken with a huge grain of salt. http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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by corry 6y ago
I'm not close enough to the data to know -- so am asking HN -- but why are schools being kept open? Is it because truly there is low risk on transmission that way (and this holds true for new variants too)? Or is this just to avoid the
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by corry 6y ago
Makes sense! Chalk it up to ignorance on the sector in general, when I think "ships and startups" I think Flexport. I bet a lot of VCs will too (which is great - they are absolutely stellar). Best of luck!
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by corry 6y ago
Congrats on the launch! Wondering how much overlap you have with Flexport, which I've followed with great admiration through the years. Definitely seems like a sector in major need of continued modernization.
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by corry 6y ago
I’d say it really depends on WHY you want feedback. And perhaps who you are / what the code is doing for you (fun side project to build your skills vs MVP of your new funded startup). If it’s just to improve your craft, I’d say there a
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by corry 6y ago
Required reading on SPACs - https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2020/11/19/a-sober-look-at-s... - explains the mechanisms and risks. Not flattering.
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by corry 6y ago
Agreed 100%. Occasionally my wife and I will be watching something that features some violence or threat to children and we just look at each other like "why are we voluntarily watching this and vicariously feeling these things?"
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by corry 6y ago
Thanks Bryce! Small world for sure. :) Appreciate the pricing comment. We subscribe a bit to the Amazon philosophy around value-generating: i.e. we want it to be no-brainer great value, and for every client that would be fine paying more, w
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by corry 6y ago
The bad stuff is just a consequence of loving someone in a very deep way. I don't think I can define the "value of love" beyond saying that the upside is fairly basic stuff - fulfillment, joy, affection, pride, self-discovery
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by corry 6y ago
Well, first let me say that being a parent is the best thing in my life (and there is a lot of very good stuff in my life), so don't over-index on what I'm about to say next. You'll be fine and better for it! You might have h
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by corry 6y ago
Kudos to people who go FIRE without state-provided healthcare - from a "typical brainwashed Canadian" POV you're one health mishap / one ambulance-ride's worth of unexpected medical costs to kill the entire dream. A
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by corry 6y ago
Hi there - Bonfire founder here - this is firmly SMB which is a distinct category. Bonfire is gov focused, Scout was mid-market focused (trying to get into enterprise, and now owned by Workday), and obviously Coupa and Jaggaer are F500 focu
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by corry 6y ago
Shoutout to the Remarkable2 (a new eInk tablet) - it's not for everyone, but as a replacement for a paper notebook it's been great for me. Relevant to OP, it's actually rekindled my drawing. Each week I complete one drawing t
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by corry 6y ago
Love this idea. For the folks in the comments so far who are uncomfortable with the combination of "index" and "picking stocks", I think that's unfair. This is obviously a service for relatively sophisticated folks
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by corry 6y ago
Great point. YC's model allowed them to do seed investing at scale, but the classic way is likely difficult to do well even if you're great at picking companies.

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