ekanes

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811.
by ekanes 18y ago
I wouldn't buy it (right now in my life) but think you should go for it. It sounds like a great product idea.
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by ekanes 18y ago
When someone dies, people usually add a little warmth to any description of them. And that's the way it should be. Respect.
813.
by ekanes 19y ago
Accounting aside, just wanted to mention that most of these barriers are whether you have a US-residence credit card, or bank account, not so much about where you or the company actually live. Not sure it's worth incorporating a company (
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by ekanes 19y ago
I posted your question at http://www.ask500people.com/questions/which-logo-do-you-pref... It will get a few votes over the next while, but if it gathers enough up-votes (sort of like digg, but for polls) from the community within 24 hours
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by ekanes 19y ago
I think the issue is you're mixing the fact that the company/software was commercially successful with whether or not it was great software.
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by ekanes 19y ago
Hey pepeto, Taking a long term perspective, it can only go uphill from here. If you do take a job, try to get one that's either brain-work and pays well (build up reserves) OR physical and not brain-work (work on your startup ideas at nigh
817.
by ekanes 19y ago
Very tired. Very happy.
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by ekanes 19y ago
What split do you think is fair here? Assuming both are working hard on the idea?
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by ekanes 19y ago
TipJoy is very cool. It's one of those "far out" ideas that might not work, but it's New Thinking and we don't have enough of that. I wish them success.
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by ekanes 19y ago
How about: Sunday, 12:45 (previous session ends 12:30, next session starts at 2PM) Where: Rio Grande (good Mexican food, close to the convention centre) http://tinyurl.com/2cfd7a
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by ekanes 19y ago
The real value in most conferences is in the hallways, talking to the other attendees.
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Any news.YCers going to SXSW?
6 points by ekanes 19y ago|11 comments
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by ekanes 19y ago
"copying the Y Combinator site without making silly mistakes." Copying is great. Cost: cheap Copying and visually cloning something successful while insulting the original site while quoting friends of the original site? Priceless.
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by ekanes 19y ago
Direct link to the aricle: http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/06/auction-wireless-spectrum-t...
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by ekanes 19y ago
We're distributed and for the most part it works fine. We get together once a year at SXSW to work/learn/party. Right now we're at most 5 hours apart in time, which isn't bad, but when we tried going fully "global" by trying to hire someon
826.
by ekanes 19y ago
Mark Cuban is a heck of a bright guy, but he's wrong on this one. Just do a gut check after reading his opening paragraph: "One thing about Jerry Yang that I always have admired is that he cares. He cares about his employees. He cares abou
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by ekanes 19y ago
Given that most folks think that the merger would be a failure, it's strange that Google would put out something that sounds positively scared. Google's reaction should be a confident, "Bring it on"
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by ekanes 19y ago
Looking at the comments under the post, evidently the content is stolen from another site. :/
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by ekanes 19y ago
There's an upside and a downside to this possible merger that isn't mentioned much in the press, which would affect us little guys. It seems that many people inside these companies on both sides would bail if this happened, and the best
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by ekanes 19y ago
You can't judge a big company's soul based on small granular events unless they form a pattern. Blackballing CNet was a bad move, as was agreeing to work with the Chinese government to censor search results, but if you're in a judging mood
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by ekanes 19y ago
The article isn't bad, but his counter-experiments aren't very persuasive. I would still argue that influencers are more influential than the average Joe, but I'd agree that hanging your marketing results on reaching them is so important.
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by ekanes 19y ago
Point #4 on this article is solid gold.
833.
by ekanes 19y ago
Me too. holds out dollar
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by ekanes 19y ago
Very cool idea. To play devil's advocate though, it might require a heck of a lot of explanation, which might prove distracting when you might be better off helping people use the application. A couple places it might work nicely though -
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by ekanes 19y ago
A more general "how do you make money?" might be more interesting and relevant to startups since we're not all focussed on blogging (the actual survey you're linking to survey "can you really make money from blogging?" and lists external a
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by ekanes 19y ago
Fun & Enjoyment: CBC's The Vinyl Cafe (8/10) The Merlin Show (on extended hiatus) (8/10) PopTech conference (8/10) TED conference (10/10) This American Life (9/10) Tiki Bar TV (video podcast) (8/10) Tech: Diggnation (8/10) The GigaOm Sh
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by ekanes 19y ago
Wishing y'all every personal and startup success in the new year. Kick some butt!
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by ekanes 19y ago
For technical startups the paperwork for funding & setup can be a daunting part of the process. Open Sourcing it would generate significant goodwill, buzz and links. This process is probably an important part of YC's package; another b
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by ekanes 19y ago
This article on Guy Kawasaki's blog talks about how word of mouth from normal everyday folks is worth more than trying to get high-profile people to talk about you. http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/12/word-of-mouth-v.html Thinking that
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by ekanes 19y ago
I don't know that I'd spend 4 years chasing grades that don't matter on the chance that maybe I'd want to go to grad school.

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