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by dabent 16y ago
"an interesting facebook app would allow those wacky kids to easily assemble groups of clothes that they own or want. Wrap those collections in customizable page templates (photos, colors, that sort of thing) and allow them to be shared wit
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by dabent 16y ago
Sounds like the creator of 7books has a couple of features to add.
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It's true, we are just a small subset of people who need things built to solve problems. But we also do have problems to solve, which is why companies like GitHub exist. If building tools to solve software development problems is something
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Minimum Viable Product.
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by dabent 16y ago
I live in Atlanta. The number one thing for me is this: "Traffic can be horrendous, especially for those who live outside the city but work downtown." Other than that, it's not a bad place to live, if you're just working a job. For startu
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by dabent 16y ago
The article mentioned he used Python, which is a language I really enjoy working with, but not a framework. Does anyone know what framework D'Angelo is using? Edit: to note that I used Quora to answer my own question: http://www.quora.com
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by dabent 16y ago
If getting rejected by YC is going to stop you, consider that you might not have the determination needed to found a startup. I'm considering putting together a friends-and-family round for my startup now. The YC email was just one data po
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by dabent 16y ago
I actually sent my resume in to work on this when I was a young coder. It's interesting to see them as part of the present-day satphone network: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_phone#Satellite_phone...
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by dabent 16y ago
I honestly reminds me of two talks from Startup School. One from Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub. He talked about "luck" and how part is chance and part is you. He moved himself to Silicon Valley to improve his luck. He also talked about t
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by dabent 16y ago
Not sure of the exact date of the YC Winter 2011 interviews, but put it adjacent to that date and you might catch some people from out of town.
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by dabent 16y ago
I think that "Quit the hit show you created and get right to work creating another hit sitcom for another wack-job diva because you are just plain stupid." was Cybill, which seems to match descriptions of it's star. Also, it matches "Get fi
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by dabent 16y ago
This essay has the word "work" or "working" in it six times. It has the word "drink" or "drinking" in it seven times. Edit: Downvote the joke if you must, but I really did admire Lorre's hustle over the years. It makes my late-night (sober
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by dabent 16y ago
20 (working) days is four weeks - most places in the US only start someone at 10 days. I got lucky and landed at a place that starts with 15.
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I did not hire you because of your online reputation(blog.resumebear.com)
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by dabent 16y ago
I've been using this for a few weeks now. It's super easy to use, but I really wonder how they plan on monetizing this app.
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by dabent 16y ago
I really liked the flat-screen monitor up in the YC offices to track the site. I want one for my site. It seemed the site wasn't getting much traffic, but then I realized most of the users were in the room at the time.
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You can't Fake Real(codeascraft.etsy.com)
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by dabent 16y ago
I saw the "60 Minutes" segment. The people who are looking for jobs are the same kind of folks who are out of work across the country. Think mid-career middle managers who don't have technical skills: accounting managers, sales directors
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by dabent 16y ago
It seems to me that they're also trying to manufacture something that seems to occur naturally. From the founder's stories I've seen, many of them were friends before they got the idea to do a startup. That's why they seem to be able to w
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by dabent 16y ago
This is very interesting, and maybe goes against normal reasoning. I've heard the general idea is not to become business partners with friends, but the opposite seems to be true with startups. In the two startups I've been involved in prev
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by dabent 16y ago
"So instead of spending two years building a friendship to apply to yc, just go build the business. Inevitably, someone will want to join you when it is finished built." I just connected with an old friend who saw something I just built and
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by dabent 16y ago
There may be a "selection bias" here with so many of us likely wanting to start a company. This didn't used to describe me. I was quite happy being Mr. Fortune 500. The 5 years or so back, I went after one startup, then another, then I
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by dabent 16y ago
I think the poster means that getting the .com name without the "ly" tacked on the end is expensive. Sticking the ly on the name drops the .com price down to $10 in the US. This is exactly the situation I was in. I needed a domain name, s
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by dabent 16y ago
http://www.glancely.com/ Instant Etsy Search Also: http://www.bigcrumbs.com/ Cash Back Shopping Oh, and I work at a bank. I don't sleep much.
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by dabent 16y ago
I'm the same way. I didn't stay up late much in college, but I'm up far later than I should be now getting side projects done.
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by dabent 16y ago
Good ideas! I just grabbed the Twitter account and Facebook page for my latest project. I hadn't thought of those. Finding a domain that's available at any price seems harder to do these days. Squatters are just sitting now, waiting it o
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by dabent 16y ago
Thanks! Great catch. Silly typo - fixed now.
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by dabent 16y ago
Thanks. I may have to experiment with the price/hover, but the navigation features are definitely on my mind for the future releases.
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by dabent 16y ago
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words. The results: I'm working on that. This is more like the "MVSP" version as in Minimum Viable Side Project.
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by dabent 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I'll have to work on that. I thought about putting a little graphic below on startup that explains the site more.

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