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Investopedia Acquired by Forbes(mashable.com)
3 points by danielha 20y ago|1 comments
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by danielha 20y ago
Thanks for the notes. I was caught up in traffic and missed the first couple. The best part was Paul imitating a giant cockroach riding atop an imaginary muzzled VC like a horse, furiously cracking a whip. Definitely one of those "had to be
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by danielha 20y ago
30 was just the number they invited for the Winter batch. It's not their standard cutoff number.
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by danielha 20y ago
Saying $300k is a bit excessive is like saying gas prices are only a bit excessive -- huge understatement. I don't know how plausible a $150k salary is after a Series A, but I can't imagine any good founder paying himself close to that amou
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by danielha 20y ago
No, you're not rich personally. The money belongs to the company and any sane founder will put more money back into the company rather than taking substantial salaries. You can upgrade from ramen to TV dinners though.
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Viacom and Yahoo! Prod Google(profy.com)
3 points by danielha 20y ago|0 comments
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by danielha 20y ago
Was this what you were referring to in your talk earlier? Heh heh heh...
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by danielha 20y ago
This has led to a technical "cat and mouse" game, with Rogers now one of the only ISPs in the world to simply degrade encrypted traffic. Wow; that is so stupid. Reading something like this always sparks some net neutrality support insid
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A Call for Manners in the World of Nasty Blogs(nytimes.com)
1 points by danielha 20y ago|0 comments
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by danielha 20y ago
I use Photoshop to mock up the wireframes. I found it to be an excellent way to get your thoughts down visually and quickly adjust on the fly. With a PS document's layers and commenting tools, it works well for ongoing, collaborative change
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by danielha 20y ago
Hang on, it hasn't happened yet. :)
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by danielha 20y ago
Watching Dexter jump for the first time in person was surreal. I liked this part from the article: Anybots aren't designed to be witty sidekicks, like the robot in Lost in Space. Instead, Blackwell envisions that they will perform dirty or
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by danielha 20y ago
Thanks sharing, Wayne. Every YC founder I've spoken to shared the same sentiments about the entire experience. You're right on about the startup path being a rollercoaster of emotions. There are days when I feel calm, collected, and focused
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by danielha 20y ago
Is "Understanding Investors" going to be a based off a brand new essay, Paul? Sounds interesting -- I think I might go check this one out. Max Levchin is also going to be presenting in the morning; see the schedule: http://ases.stanford.ed
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by danielha 20y ago
Python.
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by danielha 20y ago
Oh man, that commercial is pure cheese. If you guys ever somehow drunkenly decide to blow $2.5M on a commercial, make sure to include gratuitous explosions and an extended car chase sequence. Then, of course, relate it back to email somehow
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by danielha 20y ago
I was a bit surprised at so many people jumping up in arms over the declaration of Microsoft's death. The article was quite clear in what it was getting at -- I could only guess that people are inferring the wrong things because they didn't
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by danielha 20y ago
This part is actually quite nontrivial, I found. I have a text file full of headlines, or copywriting, even though we're not quite at the point to use them just yet. It's mostly for us; I add to the list constantly, attempting to sell the p
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by danielha 20y ago
They had the ability to throw their weight around -- and they did. One popular example: competing browsers such as Netscape or Opera hardly stood a chance against an integrated IE in Windows. What changed this landscape? A few things, one o
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by danielha 20y ago
They are so enormous that they stifle themselves. Sometimes Microsoft seems to put out something, from some division , that makes one think: "Hey, this is a good move -- maybe they're starting to get it." But before one can utter those wor
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Cleaning Messy Message Boards(businessweek.com)
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by danielha 20y ago
What I said may have come off more stringent than I had intended. Of course there are optimal places; that's a given. I mentioned an extreme case: absolutely requiring very particular conditions to work, an office for example. I'm saying th
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by danielha 20y ago
Good points. I agree that there are important lessons to learn, but I wouldn't say that there is a big disincentive just yet. A powerful (open) platform is attractive because it brings to light new opportunities. The lesson would be not to
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by danielha 20y ago
Wow, comprehensive. Good post -- commenting so I can easily find this later. I've been making personal notes on design principles I observe while viewing or using sites. I made note of what works, how good things could be improved, and mos
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by danielha 20y ago
Um, are you saying that these companies never raised money from investors? You know that they're both public companies, right?
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by danielha 20y ago
At such an early stage, I think an apartment works quite well. My cofounder and I share an apartment (with a couple other friends) and things get done. Integrate your startup with your life because the startup is your life if you're serio
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by danielha 20y ago
There are so many failed assumptions made that this doesn't even stand as a valid opinion piece. A valid point to make would have been: Accepted into the program or not, a good startup will learn from the experience and continue on. Then s
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by danielha 20y ago
PG is behind the site. I believe Likebetter's Bryan Kennedy added some style modifications a few weeks back. Some of the YC companies have design backgrounds, and you can really tell. I'm a big fan of the Wufoo guys' design sense, especiall
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by danielha 20y ago
Check out Jessica Livingston's book. The interview with pg reveals a lot about their early days in forming the company.
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by danielha 20y ago
I always thought ArsDigita and Six Apart sounded pretty good.

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