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by dlu 12y ago
I'm not twice as old as you, but I've been feeling old for a while now, so I'll give this a shot. I'm going to start by pretty much channeling Paul Graham. If you're close to a major beta release, make sure that hap
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by dlu 12y ago
> The OP conveniently ignores all the other mobile OSs out there such as Windows, Firefox, Ubuntu and also people like Fairphone. It's pretty lazy to just claim we need more, when what he really wants is one more (open) winner. Yeah
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by dlu 12y ago
That sounds like a commune
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by dlu 12y ago
I suspect that stuff like this, that tends to be more behind the scenes, is what starts separating Apple from all of its competitors operationally. Healthy margins come from low costs
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by dlu 12y ago
At a startup, often duct taping is exactly what you need. It can't be worthless code, but good enough is often what's needed. You need to build something that will get shipped and work for the next little bit. Then, when you have
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by dlu 12y ago
That's the dream
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by dlu 12y ago
1. I feel like social and productivity are at two ends of a spectrum. Searc, at least in my mind, is closer to productivity. Still seems unlikely to me that they'd build it from scratch rather than buy someone. 2. Interesting that you
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by dlu 12y ago
I'm surprised Dropbox or someone similar hasn't tried this already
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by dlu 12y ago
Can it be saved?
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by dlu 12y ago
Totally agree. Setting aside some specific time periods for a big push, having a regular and sustainable cadence is invaluable. Especially if you have big audacious goals that require you to be clever. It is terribly hard for people to have
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by dlu 12y ago
Taking $100,000 can't have that much risk involved... plus you could always go back to college if you really wanted to.
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by dlu 12y ago
Data Visualist Or I'd go with a designer role. Designer within the Data group? Something like that
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by dlu 12y ago
I'm not even sure why he thinks they're heading in that direction. Until they do something like make a big productivity acquisition, I can't see them shifting over over from social
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by dlu 12y ago
They do this everywhere with a major office. Silicon Valley is this plus a handful of other equally huge companies
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by dlu 12y ago
Always liked the single player vs multiplayer framework of breaking out products. John Gruber's podcast, touches upon this in the recent episode with Ben Thompson as a guest https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2
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by dlu 12y ago
This seems to happen a lot. Sheryl Sandberg talks about this too especially with mentoring which requires a lot of a one on one meeting
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by dlu 12y ago
Yep, this exactly. Your estimates will get better as you have more information, so keep everyone updated as you get into the thick of it. This is why Agile has daily standups. If you don't have a daily status call, do try to get into s
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by dlu 12y ago
Weird that they say Verizon is notably missing. Since Verizon is on CDMA, they don't have SIM cards anyways. Is it really a surprise that Apple SIM doesn't work with them?
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by dlu 13y ago
I like your idea that the first marketing hire at a startup should have "growth as their true north." Part of the reason I wince when someone says, "growth hacker" is that too often I've seen someone with that title
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by dlu 13y ago
I read this as I was eating lunch at my desk... nothing spices up a meal like a guilt trip. Yeah ok, maybe I should go take a real break. I usually try to take a real lunch, but it is tempting to get a bit of extra time back during midday.
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by dlu 13y ago
Hello! Evernote employee here, I first wanted to say thanks for posting. Its always good to hear from our users directly. I've been at Evernote for a while and it is still weird to see us show up on HN. Anyways, I enjoyed your comments
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by dlu 13y ago
Sorry to hear that, it sounds super frustrating. "Not qualified" is a less than eloquent phrase, but companies can sometimes be terrible at explaining their reasoning. It could easily be a scenario where they would rather see much
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by dlu 13y ago
I get the frustration with the litany of crazy startup ideas that no normal person would consider a business. But somewhere in that crowd, there are startups that do great work. Everpix just shut down, but they had a gorgeous product and a
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by dlu 13y ago
It may be great that Amazon's investing activities are heavy in CAPEX, but that doesn't mean that is how all tech companies should operate. Especially since the companies mentioned have rather different lines of business and busin