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by electric 19y ago
Awesome! Thanks for posting this.
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by electric 19y ago
"Successful single-founder startups are so rare that they're famous on that account." Doesn't the same argument apply to successful_ startups founded by 20-somethings? I.e. they are famous because they are so rare. _My definition of succe
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by electric 19y ago
On a related note, have you seen 'Startup.com'?
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by electric 19y ago
Have you got a product idea? If so then start building something right-away and talking to people about it -- promote it, attend barcamps, democamps, etc.. Eventually you will find someone who believes in it and will want to work with you
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by electric 19y ago
They should've bought the URL: http://www.opensocial.com/ !!!
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by electric 19y ago
Yeah like move into telecom.
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by electric 19y ago
Please go see a lawyer. I highly recommend it to avoid a lot of pain later.
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by electric 19y ago
Interesting buy. Does this mean Cisco is getting into the telecom game now?
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Interesting history of Wang Laboratories(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by electric 19y ago|0 comments
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by electric 19y ago
"make up more than 100%" How is that possible?
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by electric 19y ago
>Markus Frind is a moron Not a very nice thing to say... really. >who was in the right place at the right time. You can say that about everyone who is successful.
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by electric 19y ago
What if there is a cultural mismatch between the two companies?
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by electric 19y ago
Alexis is writing the Hollywood version. Aaron's is the indie flick equivalent.
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by electric 19y ago
Wrote my theses in LaTex. It's excellent for large documents.
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by electric 19y ago
That's a little too binary for my liking. I wear the analog variety.
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by electric 19y ago
"I can't imagine a person who would possibly need more than 10GB for email" Careful with that one... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_predictions#Computers ;)
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by electric 19y ago
I agree that the tie is back. I wear a tie to my lab everyday. Sometimes it gets in the way as I fiddle with the calibration knobs on my oscilloscope, but people take my research findings a lot more seriously these days as a result of it
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by electric 19y ago
I think hackers are a critical component of technical teams and therefore should be rewarded with equity/options.
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by electric 19y ago
"It's an online rolodex! " LinkedIn is.
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by electric 19y ago
No, he's smart.
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by electric 19y ago
"Now I wanna go back full time and get a PhD." why?
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by electric 19y ago
87 + High school
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by electric 19y ago
What I was saying is that paying for the education that gives you the tools to start a startup is one of the biggest impediments to starting one.
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by electric 19y ago
"So you're saying that college, while expensive, is still worth it? " Yes that's exactly what I'm saying. You meet like-minded people there who are excited about technology - potential co-founders. You learn about technology. I've been
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by electric 19y ago
Regarding the businessweek comment, I can only say that if the desire and willingness to start companies was a meaningful trend, it _might_ have been noted as an option. I would disagree with this: "1) that doesn't appeal to BW's audience
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by electric 19y ago
"So wouldn't those people drop out earlier?" No those people would not drop out earlier, because they likely did not know they wanted to be startup founders until they had enough technical knowledge and/or more importantly built those rela
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by electric 19y ago
What Paul ignores is the fact that most people out of college are faced with seemingly insurmountable debt as a result of having to pay for an education - esp. in America (and to a lesser extent in Canada). This is one problem that will p
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LinkedIn is down!(linkedin.com)
3 points by electric 19y ago|3 comments
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by electric 19y ago
Are you assuming that every would-be 40-something founder makes 300k? That is rare. Also, a company may be formed by tech people who get laid off and motivated out of necessity. What is the risk for them in this case?
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by electric 19y ago
Time to "monetize them eyeballs!"

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