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by electric 19y ago
An excellent piece. The Mercury News article is also worth reading.
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by electric 19y ago
http://www.foundread.com
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by electric 19y ago
I actually like the simplicity and usefulness of this website. Congratulations Aaron -- well done!!
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by electric 19y ago
It surprises me that the co-founders of reddit did not have a vesting arrangement in place in case one of them decided to drop out halfway for whatever reason well beyond their control. It's good that things worked out well for them. Did
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by electric 19y ago
Yes I think the professor realised this -- he was one of the founders of lavalife IIRC. I have seen the show and my observation was: The dragons are really mostly into funding sauce-makers, innovative clothing accessories, etc. and they app
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by electric 19y ago
That really was the deal of a lifetime. No vesting needed -- here's a third of the equity upfront. w00t!
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by electric 19y ago
Funny -- I am migrating away from gmail and back to yahoo's web-mail service. Unlimited storage, great UI. w00t!
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by electric 19y ago
This is odd. I thought most people did not use Outlook. Even Paul G. says that everyone uses Macs these days?
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by electric 19y ago
I have two kids, my wife works, I used to work at a high tech company and we had to save up for a couple of years before going the startup route. Now it is all startup -- so that is good. We gave up a lot financially to be here. If you
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by electric 19y ago
"What's in Ottawa?" A lot of non-Web2.0 stuff. Like wireless, telecom, computing, etc.
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by electric 19y ago
Good ideas and products are born everywhere in the world. At some point in the life of a product however you do need money to grow, compete, etc. At this time if your idea is significant enough you might need investment and Si Valley is a
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by electric 19y ago
Club Penguin. It was a Web 2.0/virtual community play. Acquired by Disney for $350+ mil. I don't know if Plentyoffish qualifies as a Web 2.0 startup, but it is making a lot of cash. I could name a few more. Cheers. PS. I agree with th
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by electric 19y ago
Because none of the leading-edge engineering design tools will work on the mac.
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by electric 19y ago
how does one edit the original?
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by electric 19y ago
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/business/story.html...
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Disrupters are agents for change -- what makes technology disruptive?(canada.com)
2 points by electric 19y ago|3 comments
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by electric 19y ago
This is rather interesting: $10 million on revenue of $550.
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by electric 19y ago
This is correct. I work on core technical stuff for about the same number of hours and spend the rest of my time taking care of business -- managing, outsourcing, etc. And I also manage a 1.5 hour bicycle ride in there and some time with
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by electric 19y ago
Yes.
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by electric 19y ago
Are you an early-stage, pre-VC startup? If so then the only people crazy enough to join you are the people who trust you. Friends might end up working with you and friends will vouch for you.
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by electric 19y ago
Ottawa reprazent. ;)