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   by entangld 15y ago

   I think all three of those criteria are good. I'd rank them by: customer needs>feasibility>profitability Agreed on your other thoughts as well.
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   by entangld 15y ago

   An idea is a direction. If he wants to move forward with the instantiation he's moving forward in the same direction. That's like saying paraphrasing isn't plagiarism. It's not the same if it's different. You can tell this happens because
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   by entangld 15y ago

   This is a reaction to my current frustration. My ex-partner said ideas are only worth 2%, technology 5% and implementation 93%. But he wants to know if he take the idea and continue to work on it on his own. So I said "If ideas are so chea
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   Ask HN: If ideas are so cheap, why can't we think of better ones?

   10 points by entangld 15y ago|21 comments
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   by entangld 15y ago

   You had me up until you mentioned Zuckerberg.
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   Young Man's Business Model(paultyma.blogspot.com)

   2 points by entangld 15y ago|0 comments
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   by entangld 15y ago

   I'm just glad he believes in the existence of great ideas. This is a further extension of the evolution from idea + market fit > product > business. It's easy for a person with expertise in one area to feel his/her ability is the mo
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   by entangld 15y ago

   The dilemma of defining smart as "can figure out what to do" is that it puts no limitations on intelligence. Some of these skills are not mastered for multiple reasons: emotional ones like fear and apprehension or lack of familiarity with c
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   by entangld 15y ago

   Seeing What's Next (Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change) -- Clayton Christensen (Author)
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    by entangld 15y ago

    Programmers don't know how to build businesses either, but they do know how to build something that might turn into a business. You're equating all business people with MBA's. That's like saying anyone with a CS degree knows how to code.
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    by entangld 15y ago

    I'd like a recommended book reading list. It would also be good to separate advice from news . Lots of popular submissions are industry gossip, but others are useful tips.
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    by entangld 15y ago

    It definitely spoke to the writer in me and also the entrepreneur. Sometimes I get this ache inside and when I'm unable to express myself. Even now I can't say it right. Finally after a lot of hard work people finally understand what took m
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    Your taste is why your work disappoints you.(kottke.org)

    322 points by entangld 15y ago|57 comments
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    by entangld 15y ago

    Let's put everyone into boxes and not use our brains at all.
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    by entangld 15y ago

    I heard a quote that said "Businesses don't run out of money, they run out of ideas." We've solved a lot of the most difficult problems of the last centuries (mass production, improved quality, communication technology) and we're wondering
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    by entangld 15y ago

    uh I meant good ideas... <insert rimshot>
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    by entangld 15y ago

    Why wouldn't a hacker just sign up and take the best idea they could find? It would be cool to have good ideas sent to my inbox at all times. I don't know why someone would just give their ideas away though.
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    by entangld 15y ago

    http://status.heroku.com/ ---> yep
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    by entangld 16y ago

    One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Taste is the common sense of genius. -- Victor Hugo
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    by entangld 16y ago

    Well I have a friend who makes more in 1 day than I pay in rent. He talks about being broke all of the time, but doesn't mention the fact that he's always traveling, has bought 3 cars in a year and lives in a large house and he started and
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    by entangld 16y ago

    I think the people in the 250k range are having a philosophical argument about what it means to be wealthy. And the working class are arguing numbers. I get it. They can have a decent income and not live a "rich" lifestyle, but they probabl
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    by entangld 16y ago

    I hate to rain on your parade... As you can see, the action is in the top 1 percentile, and the real action is in the top 0.01 percentile. It doesn't so much matter how people feel. It matters what the reality is. If you make 250k there a
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    by entangld 16y ago

    I'm pretty sure a lot of them are waiting for the iPhone5
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    by entangld 16y ago

    You looked like a lot of fun. I wish we'd been on the same team.
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    by entangld 16y ago

    I thought he was being sarcastic.
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    by entangld 16y ago

    You read too much into that statement.
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    by entangld 16y ago

    Problems regarding close-mindedness of different disciplines are complaints shared among the educated. But some uninformed people believe many things that are factually unsupported (vaccine myths, economic myths, etc). These are not things
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    by entangld 16y ago

    What makes him qualified to opine on education? The fact that he's a real world success? What's with all of the deference to authority on HN? I may defer to experts on radiation in Fukushima, but education is a philosophical argument. Even
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    by entangld 16y ago

    I think there's something wrong with the logic if the opposite is false. If you have a product people want, but no one is willing to pay for it. I can't call that a business.
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    by entangld 16y ago

    So... if no one will buy it, does that mean it's worthless?