dhouston

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   by dhouston 18y ago

   cute, but almost certainly won't work through proxies.
2. 62.▲
   by dhouston 18y ago

   congrats scott & jeremy! great writeup.
3. 63.▲
   by dhouston 18y ago

   facebook, youtube
4. 64.▲
   by dhouston 18y ago

   the best way to get a good VC to take you seriously is through a trusted referral, and then to have something promising to show -- a great prototype or great traction. blasting emails is a waste of your time and theirs (hi, i'd like you to
5. 65.▲
   by dhouston 18y ago

   sure they do. esp when you take into account inventing and bringing to market all the sustaining innovations (making hard drives smaller, better screens, software, etc. -- plus the operational overhead of coordinating all these millions of
6. 66.▲
   by dhouston 18y ago

   does this guy really that the economy tanking is somehow any better for startups than it is for bankers?
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   Dropbox finally launches to the public (YC summer 07)(blog.getdropbox.com)

   144 points by dhouston 18y ago|80 comments
8. 68.▲
   by dhouston 18y ago

   thanks ian!
9. 69.▲
   by dhouston 18y ago

   thanks wayne!
10. 70.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    thanks adam :) bummed im missing the show tomorrow, but we'll catch another!
11. 71.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    make a (short -- 3-4 min) screencast. pg et al are probably not going to have time to play with your app to the extent that you'd like (or perhaps at all), plus you get to show your idea/prototype in the best possible light. if you're feeli
12. 72.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000056.html
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    TechCrunch gets a facelift(techcrunch.com)

    7 points by dhouston 18y ago|9 comments
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    Adam Smith (Xobni) in Technology Review's 35 under 35(technologyreview.com)

    31 points by dhouston 18y ago|5 comments
15. 75.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    as max levchin said (and probably someone before him), money's how you keep score. there are many examples of entrepreneurs hitting it rich, buying some stupidly large house and not even ending up moving in -- it's more about making the big
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    by dhouston 18y ago

    http://getdropbox.com (granted, we don't let people buy additional space yet, but ping beta@getdropbox.com and we can hook you up :P)
17. 77.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    any kind of cleanup -- especially releasing locks/other shared resources, and also closing sockets, files, memory, etc.
18. 78.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    http://venturehacks.com/term-sheet-hacks start reading :)
19. 79.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    he was only talking about the next 5 years or so. the internet wasnt terribly useful (at least to the masses) in 1986, nor for the next 9 or so years until mosaic/netscape came out. until the early-mid 90s you could only really access the i
20. 80.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    like anything else, it's a matter of balance. i used to be a hardcore bootstrapper and would pride myself on getting something to market on a $x,000 budget, or saving a few bucks on an SSL certificate, laptop, office space, tax deductions,
21. 81.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    nope, totally worth it (dropbox, summer 07)
22. 82.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    that's because no one's made it really easy/reliable. our users (esp business users) love the easy folder sharing and many have stopped windows file servers as a result
23. 83.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    we beg to differ that sync/sharing isn't a killer app ;)
24. 84.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    we beg to differ that sync/sharing isn't a killer app ;)
25. 85.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    this is just wrong; if you're talking about LGPL code (not GPL), this is correct
26. 86.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    matt -- add images from doingitwrong.com to each post and that uncov gig should be in the bag :)
27. 87.▲
    by dhouston 18y ago

    thanks, though my cofounder arash deserves equal mention here. (we sent them a pic of the two of us but apparently after the deadline, so it should be corrected soon)
28. 88.▲
    by dhouston 19y ago

    if you have a great idea, build a prototype. that's the great equalizer -- if you have working code, or better yet, traction, then most concerns about being a "proven" team evaporate. if your code isn't quite ready, build a screencast, then
29. 89.▲
    by dhouston 19y ago

    see also 'fire and motion' by joel spolsky: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000339.html
30. 90.▲
    by dhouston 19y ago

    at least in my experience @ mit, google has become the safe post-college default, like microsoft was before it. hell, facebook has even started to take that crown. the cycle will continue -- google may have perks and comfort, but not much u