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by dshah 17y ago
Recently launched an implementation of StackExchange for startup questions: http://answers.onstartups.com
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by dshah 17y ago
Troubled minds think alike. :) Any chance I could convince you to join forces with me here: http://answers.onstartups.com
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by dshah 17y ago
You should attend just to come see Adam Smith (Xobni) and Drew Houston (DropBox). It's going to be an instructive day (and my time is limited to 20 minutes, so I won't be able to do much harm).
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by dshah 17y ago
You're right. That's not the sole reason. The primary reason is that originality is a relatively high bar -- particularly for the Internet. Just look at Twitter. So many tweets are retweets of what someone else said.
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by dshah 17y ago
This is now fixed (was not paying enough attention and it was too early on a Monday).
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Understanding business development(sethgodin.typepad.com)
10 points by dshah 17y ago|0 comments
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How Important Is Profitability For Tech IPOs?(blogs.wsj.com)
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by dshah 17y ago
I like http://mixx.com
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by dshah 17y ago
Sure, it's possible -- lots of things are possible. However, I'd argue that it's pretty improbable (at least in the early stages).
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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition(softwarebyrob.com)
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by dshah 17y ago
Interesting pricing model. No free option and a premium (per-server based) model for on premise. Very different from what you usually see for web-based services. I think it might work. Planning to try it out.
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by dshah 17y ago
I have a biased opinion (I wrote the article), but I'm not sure that advice necessarily needs to be "fresh" in order to be useful/good. I learn "new" things all the time that it seems others have known for a long time.
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Best Places To Begin A Career: San Jose, CA and Cambridge, MA(forbes.com)
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An Angel Investor Group Move That Makes Me Vomit(feld.com)
1 points by dshah 17y ago|2 comments
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by dshah 17y ago
The Founder's Institute is great. Heard Adeo speak at Startup Idol and he was fantastic. Insightful, practical advice. Really hope he brings this to Boston.
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by dshah 17y ago
I was an investor in Lookery. Some interesting lessons from that story. I'm glad Scott decided to share some of the details. Too many startups simply fade away and don't pass any of their insights with other entrepreneurs. We need more s
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by dshah 17y ago
I've got one, but instead of linking to it and self-promoting, will put in a vote for yours (because your topic is more important than mine for the YC audience). Cheers, and good luck.
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by dshah 17y ago
Actually, SEO is about just one thing: 1. Creating exceptional content that is "rank worthy" and that people will link to. After you've created great content, if you've got time, then do the basics to make it easy for search engines to fin
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by dshah 17y ago
I'll suggest The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas. Basic stuff, but lives up to the title of being "pragmatic". If you're going to write commercial software for a living, it's useful stuff to know (or be reminded of).
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by dshah 17y ago
I like Portland a lot, but I'll assert that: [X] is a great place for startups. Where [X] = wherever you happen to be.
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by dshah 17y ago
I'm curious: Where did the $50MM pre-money valuation number come from?
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by dshah 17y ago
Yes, I think this is a viable model. Essentially, what folks like JBoss are doing is reducing the cost of acquisition by leveraging lighter-weight distribution techniques.
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by dshah 17y ago
Yeah, sorry about that example. There were much betters ones out there that I could have used (but it was likely late, and I was too lazy to try and come up with them at the time).
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by dshah 17y ago
Thanks to who ever drudged this article up (it's 3+ years old!). I had just gotten rid of that nervous twitch induced by any mention of "enterprise sales". :) My best wishes to all of you that are dealing with these issues.
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by dshah 17y ago
Congrats on the launch! Love the app, and like how you just "jump right in". However, you might want to have some minimal information about the company/team (even if it's just a link from the bottom right corner). That way, if some fancy V
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by dshah 17y ago
Agreed that the Word formatting engine is horrendous. However, one thing you might want to do is just generate a "standard format" Word doc (without all the fancy layout/design/template). This way, those that really, really need a Word ver
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by dshah 17y ago
Curious: Can the ORM inside Kohana be used independently of Kohana itself (i.e. without using the MVC framework)?
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by dshah 17y ago
I like the following (may not as cool as some of those listed, but they're great startups and driving real revenue): 1. ZenDesk 2. Freshbooks 3. 99designs
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The 5 myths of software entrepreneurship(news.buzzgain.com)
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by dshah 17y ago
You could have said the same thing about search, but then, Summize did get acquired by Twitter. And, you're assuming that the only value in building out these features is the potential to get acquired. It's possible that the feature itself

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