dkuchar

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by dkuchar 16y ago
and if you're VC funded your model is capital intensive, otherwise what's the point.
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by dkuchar 16y ago
VCs expect a 10x return and put an incredible amount of pressure on a startup. getting VC money is not the right path for every startup in every market, which is why the numbers are so dire.
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by dkuchar 16y ago
all the data on this is fuzzy, and may always be fuzzy. what type of startup it is is important, as well as the quality of the founders, none of which is easily quantifiable. I think the reality is that you make your own odds. a brillian
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by dkuchar 16y ago
sell it to em
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by dkuchar 16y ago
done
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by dkuchar 16y ago
ugh, acronyms. does it really take that long to type out "you are not a lawyer"? sorry, pet peeve.
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by dkuchar 16y ago
isn't this a repeat of history though? his controlling nature cost the apple II, to the anything goes Windows/Microsoft, and it will likely do the same to ChromeOS/Android and Google. if and when apple again loses it's grip, will he be ou
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by dkuchar 17y ago
there's nothing cynical about it. Everyone who goes to the conference is going to learn the startup lesson: "don't pay $700 to attend conferences about (essentially) how to bootstrap a company". personally i could only justify that cost
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by dkuchar 17y ago
I've been running "lean" startups for years and never needed a day job to support it. you don't need to go to conferences to do it, you just need common sense and balls. the $700 admission price is ironic. go to conferences to network, no
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by dkuchar 17y ago
there just seems to be a lot of posts on this lately. I think as far as it being a "last resort", it all depends on how well you know yourself, and, in the case where you're the kind of person who needs a cofounder, how lucky you've been i
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by dkuchar 17y ago
why does everyone on hacker news think they need to defend solo founders? if you can do it alone, do it. I haven't done that in either of the two companies I've started, but I like the camaraderie. Not everyone needs a partner.
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by dkuchar 17y ago
A few thoughts on this. 1. Ideas are never unique. If you've had it, it isn't because you're brilliant (although you may be) it's because the current business ecosystem has made it obvious. If you've had it, I'd guess thousands of others
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by dkuchar 17y ago
http://www.lendfriend.net - friends and family lending site built in ASP.NET MVC & jquery. I wasn't the first one to come up with this, but I got the idea after I funded my first startup on credit cards, had some friends with money,
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by dkuchar 17y ago
I second that...I am completely addicted to it.