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   by dshah 18y ago

   I don't think it's really impacted the market for great developers much at all. People that can develop working, maintainable software that makes users happy seem to always be in demand.
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   The Art and Science of the Small Exit(instigatorblog.com)

   4 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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   by dshah 18y ago

   Clever. They should make a quick video demonstrating the "transition" of pizza box to plates and storage container. Would help people visualize it better.
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   by dshah 18y ago

   Actually, I think the equation is more like: Venture Capital + Growth + Acquisition = "Success" I don't think profits enter into the equation at all. (Unless you're talking about the shareholders making a profit).
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   Twitter Could 'Go for Years' Without Earning a Dime, Investor Says(blog.wired.com)

   13 points by dshah 18y ago|4 comments
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   Websites To Sharpen Your Business Skills(finaldraftdesign.com)

   2 points by dshah 18y ago|2 comments
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   by dshah 18y ago

   That's a great idea. Will see if I can create a "Version 2.0" of the article (wrote it a while ago) with some concrete examples and screenshots.
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   by dshah 18y ago

   The shape of the graph for grader.com is pretty close to the real thing (and eerily the same as Stackoverflow.com). http://siteanalytics.compete.com/stackoverflow.com+grader.co... (Which is surprising. Grader.com is nowhere near as usefu
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   Quick Compare-and-Contrast of the Y Combinator and TechStars Series AA Documents(sachinagarwal.com)

   4 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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    by dshah 18y ago

    I might be missing something, but I think Google can easily modify their redirect script to store the data they want (for use by Google Analytics) and then strip that data out before it hits the target URL.
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    Paul Buchheit: Consider spending less time talking, and more time prototyping(venturehacks.com)

    3 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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    by dshah 18y ago

    I don't code at night for coding's sake. I code at night to make users happy (or at least happier). Does that still count?
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    Paul Graham and Y Combinator to Leave Cambridge, Stay in Silicon Valley Year Round(xconomy.com)

    5 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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    by dshah 18y ago

    Michael Arrington just wrote on TechCrunch about my latest project at http://grader.com and called it "beyond useless". Does that count? http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/19/facebook-grader-for-the...
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    by dshah 18y ago

    Wasn't quite ready for this attention, but so it goes. You win some, you lose some.
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    Facebook Grader For The Sad, Sad People Out There(techcrunch.com)

    4 points by dshah 18y ago|4 comments
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    by dshah 18y ago

    TipJoy folks: Congrats on the success. One quick "tip". From an SEO perspective, you should be using a domain you control for your blog. Example: http://blog.tipjoy.com (this way, all the link authority you build up accrues to you -- a
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    by dshah 18y ago

    As noted elsewhere, your revenue from advertising can vary considerably based on several factors including: 1. The market you're in 2. The profile of your visitors 3. The degree to which you're engaging them 4. The kinds of products/ser
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    On Moore's Law, Sharding and Device Driver Hell(yoavs.blogspot.com)

    2 points by dshah 18y ago|1 comments
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    Xobni raises cash from Cisco (news.cnet.com)

    2 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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    by dshah 18y ago

    Indeed, some of my OnStartups.com posts do show up on the HN front page. Hopefully, it's not completely random and some people do find the articles useful.
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    by dshah 18y ago

    We've been making revenues for a while at HubSpot ( http://www.HubSpot.com ). Business model is simple: monthly subscription for access to software that meets a need (internet marketing). We've never sold advertising before (though we do h
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    by dshah 18y ago

    Kudos to BackType. They've made a bunch of progress recently including the implementation of a nice, simple API.
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    by dshah 18y ago

    My evolution is like this: Pascal (object oriented) -> C++ -> C# - > PHP Despite a reasonably strong background in developoing software, I've found it way too easy to build crappy code in PHP. But, I think it's as much me as it
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    On Design, Learning and Self-Improvement(symphonious.net)

    1 points by dshah 18y ago|0 comments
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    by dshah 18y ago

    Any initial impressions of RapLeaf? I've come across them a couple of times.
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    by dshah 18y ago

    I'd guess that a large majority of twitter users have just a single account (it's hard enough maintaining that). Even then, the popular clients like Twhirl already support multiple accounts. Not sure what their goal is, but seems like it wi
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    by dshah 18y ago

    We've experimented with AdWords several times at HubSpot (a B2B SaaS business). Although they "worked" (in terms of generating some traffic), this particular channel for lead generation was one of our most effective. We do much better with
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    by dshah 18y ago

    I like the term "Wannabepreneur" better. It better captures the essence of the issue at hand.
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    by dshah 18y ago

    Traffic for many of these sites is much lower than I would have expected. Looks like HN might get more traffic than several of them.