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by dopeboy 3y ago
Which to be clear, is a viable economic market. It's just that the uptake is painfully slow.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
They'll still take meetings - it's free information so they'll never turn that down. Even if they're a solid 'no' from the outset. VCs aren't always transparent with their reasoning. Some of them said they
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by dopeboy 3y ago
A very high proportion of them, but really, every founder is struggling right now.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Not many that are venture backed though. Jasper and few others will suffer here.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Web3/crypto is especially hard right now, because the market shrank overnight. A lot of 'solutions in search of a problem' going on in that world.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Sad to say my startup is part of this grim statistic. We raised capital in October of 2021 and were unable to raise follow on capital. I laid off all staff and we shut down two months ago. Founders today are conserving cash. Gone are the da
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by dopeboy 3y ago
I grew up in one of these households. My grandmother didn’t speak English so my dad mandated Hindi be spoken in the household. I think it was a net positive in my life. I pick up phrases and sounds from new languages pretty easily. I didn’t
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by dopeboy 3y ago
I think I'll wait for another cycle or two before moving to Wayland. Seems like there's a long tail of small issues that need polishing. The zoom screenshare one scared me off a long time ago.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Thanks for making it a welcome space for SF tech folks.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Used it for the past two years. Was a wonderful experience - everything I wanted out of a coworking space. I'll probably split my time between indie coworking spots and "unofficial" coworking spots (in SF, Celo space).
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by dopeboy 3y ago
My favorite of all time. He also released a book, Heat 2, if you want more. I am 30 pages in and it’s good so far.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
I noticed this too, reminded me a little bit of Bill Maher's "angry old guy" transformation. I think JS legitimately is more arrogant and self righteous. I think part of it is the DGAF everyone goes through as they get older,
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by dopeboy 3y ago
You raise money to hire talent, market your product, and secure optionality in case iteration #1 doesn’t work out. The more money you have, the better you can do each of those individual things. “Just a SaaS” is reductive.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Great point. No intermediary to filter which means this content gets mass dumped on TG, reddit, etc.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
There's another big factor at play: it's become increasingly easier to film yourself in combat and now encouraged by leadership for propaganda reasons. I've been going to r/combatfootage everyday for the past ~3 years; i
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by dopeboy 3y ago
If you're a founder or just someone who wants to be inspired, read his book 'Total Recall'. It's a fantastic story of his life and I came away really motivated reading it.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Same here. If you find some literature about it that you're willing to share, would love to read and swap notes.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
What engine is it built on?
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by dopeboy 3y ago
The decision to not use an engine is curious. Anyone know why?
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Interesting that Plex is taking on the risk here, rather than the service provider that hosts the content (or more accurately, the user who hosts content on said service provider). I suspect they'd prefer to pass the hot potato to Hetz
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by dopeboy 3y ago
He did so to confess. He has admitted he didn’t want to hide. There’s no strategy to critique here; he wanted to come clean.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
This was the game for me growing up. It introduced me to clans, ladders, and really online gaming culture. My map was The Edge and my weapon was either the rail gun or rocket launcher. I was on dial up back then so finding a server was go
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Took me a long time to figure this out. My SE is still pretty great, if a little slow. My Pixel would have been decapitated by this time.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Check out communities like finc, OnDeck, and South Park Commons. Each have in-person offices in SF.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
I mean real-world money, correct. It does, and like you said, it attracts a specific kind of user. Not for everyone.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
I'm the co-founder of a fantasy sports game, so I've come to know the real money side of gaming somewhat intimately. As much as people scoff at the money component in a game...it leads to hyper engaged users. Our folks are incredi
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by dopeboy 3y ago
When I was a kid in the mid 90s, I distinctly remember one of my friend’s parents not letting their kid drink soda. I remember thinking how uncool that was. Turns out those parents were ahead of the curve.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
Power Render user for 18 months now. We are a fan. Congrats Anurag and team.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
I think so, because the market is enormous. I can see these (mostly big) companies be patient while they establish market share.
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by dopeboy 3y ago
You will, once the lack of driver is priced in.

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