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by dquail 13y ago
Am I the only dad out there that constantly takes my daughter to the park / science center / library alone ... and doesn't feel the least bit weird about it? In 3 years I've received nothing but smiles and conversation
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Finish your pitch deck ... way before you're looking to raise money.(blog.zenlike.me)
5 points by dquail 13y ago|0 comments
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Startup conferences are a waste(techvibes.com)
1 points by dquail 13y ago|0 comments
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Stop stressing about startup competitors(startupnorth.ca)
5 points by dquail 13y ago|0 comments
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by dquail 13y ago
Good points, thanks for this!
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by dquail 13y ago
Good points. I should rephrase the question and probably re-post later. I'm most interested in knowing what percent of the working day a technical cofounder spends coding. The problem with raw hours is that it's less meaningful w
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by dquail 13y ago
70-80%
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Ask HN: Technical founders: What percentage of your day is coding?
8 points by dquail 13y ago|8 comments
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by dquail 13y ago
From what I understand, google is even going further. They're ranking based on the usage of installed apps. ie. an app installed and never used is ranked much lower than one that's installed and used daily.
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We want our users to know more about us than NSA. So here's our budget(blog.zenlike.me)
2 points by dquail 13y ago|0 comments
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by dquail 13y ago
Hahah. classic. Let the comments slamming the guy that comments on negative HN comments begin. I've had a few posts on the front page and have been lambasted each time.
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by dquail 13y ago
Under that definition ... there's hardly anyone working on "real" problems. Even Nasa.
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by dquail 13y ago
Hootsuite, A thinking ape, indochino, unbounce, just to name a few doing well. There's only ONE bay area ... but Vancouver ain't doing bad. I've run an internship program placing top 1% Canadian University students for 4~8 months in the ba
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Why startups need to be more about "why" than "what"(techvibes.com)
7 points by dquail 13y ago|0 comments
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How these highly successful founders structure their day(blog.zenlike.me)
4 points by dquail 13y ago|0 comments
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by dquail 13y ago
Ya. I've had a glance at the inbox of a few VC's I know. It's not pretty. Not to correlate inbox size with "busy-ness" ... but it's a proxy.
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How "busy" are these successful VC's? We asked a few(blog.zenlike.me)
6 points by dquail 13y ago|2 comments
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Get a job if you're an entrepreneur complaining about local investors(techvibes.com)
8 points by dquail 14y ago|1 comments
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by dquail 14y ago
Age is largely irrelevant. I'd argue that no one is truly ready to found a startup.
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by dquail 14y ago
I'm not sure anyone is completely ready to found a startup. If you are, you're probably not all that hungry. Obviously a line, but these guys demonstrated plenty of competence.
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by dquail 14y ago
Absolutely agree (I wrote the post). It's amazed me (but not shocked me) to see so much of the commentary focus on the state (or lack thereof) of VC in Canada. VC can be a means to an end. But it certainly isn't the end ...
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by dquail 14y ago
Absolutely, that's fantastic solution, and what great entrepreneurs in the valley do. Unfortunately that's easier said than done ... especially given how pervasive the "buzz" can get.
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by dquail 14y ago
Thx Doug. For context, Doug runs TandemEntrepreneurs.com - The valleys leading mobile incubator/investors - which was extremely successful in it's first fund. So this is high praise.
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by dquail 14y ago
The state of local VC is only one of many elements to measure startup prospects in a market. Given "the market" is becoming more global, I'd argue "local VC" is becoming moot
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by dquail 14y ago
I don't buy that MIT and Stanford are undisputed "best" either. But they're damn good. And definitely top tier ... my point is that Waterloo and UBC are in the same ball park as the top ones.
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by dquail 14y ago
To those complaining about raising money as a Canadian startup. Overly simplified steps: 1. Stop whining. 2. Build something awesome. 3. Spend time on angelist angel.co 4. Spend time on hipmunk.com booking your trip 5. Be thankful yo
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by dquail 14y ago
There's a lot to be said 20~something entrepreneurs that don't know life before there was internet. Yes ... they're romanticized in tech blogs, and the majority of successful entrepreneurs are > 30 ... but when a young smart entrepreneu
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by dquail 14y ago
I think he was using techcrunch write ups as an example. In Canada, there seems to be less time spent focusing on the tech elite echo chamber ... keeping up with the startup benjamins.
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by dquail 14y ago
Ya, I've been meaning to reach out and connect with you personally for some time now :) <3 Extreme Startups!
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by dquail 14y ago
In Vancouver you can easily score awesome developers for 80K/year (160K in the valley) Through SR&ED you can get up to 40% of this back (so you're down to 50K / engineer (*note that I've not personally used SR&ED but I know others w

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