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dpapathanasiou
20y ago
Isn't development on Findory suspended? (http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/14/findory-to-deadpool/)
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Getting Rich off Those Who Work for Free
(time.com)
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20y ago
Right, it's a strategy you could decide to use. The only downside is if you don't get acquired, you're forced to shut down. YC's application asks both "How will you make money?" and "Which companies would be mos
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dpapathanasiou
20y ago
True, but does that imply that companies should be formed with the sole purpose/goal of getting acquired?
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20y ago
Just another reminder that acquisition cannot be your only exit strategy.
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20y ago
What's up with all the empty comments? Bug?
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How to Start a Business without Money
(lazyway.blogs.com)
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20y ago
The trust factor is the difference: you can't fake cool, and you can't fake integrity. Whereas eBay (these days, anyway) lets scammers "blow-up" auctions in its pursuit of listing fees (http://www.nickchandler.com/blog/ebay/niger
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20y ago
Excellent point; YC might find that combining individuals and 2,3 member teams into new companies is where they get the most out of their portfolio. I'll probably apply for the next round as a 1-person entity myself, though unless YC ann
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20y ago
Well, people tend to dislike it if you submit your own blog posts (you're biased, too wordy, trumpeting your own horn, etc.). So this would be a place to hold virtual design reviews: ask people to look and provide objective feedback; the
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20y ago
I'd like to see an "announcements/feedback" section where people can tell this community about their projects and get comments back, i.e. similar to what happens (less formally) at Joel Spolsky's "Business of Software" forum
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20y ago
Disclosure: my company (a software firm in NYC) is behind SeekSift.
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SeekSift Tracks Syndicated Content
(rev2.org)
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