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by fapi1974 16y ago
A really good point. Much risk has been taken out, but I feel pretty strongly that a really strong core team is created when there is real equity in play. I've put in plenty of time and money, but they're not worth anything until we win.
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by fapi1974 16y ago
Would love feedback on this post - no mercy expected!
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Movie Studio As a Service (MSAAS) - Tech Co-Founder Wanted(careers.stackoverflow.com)
64 points by fapi1974 16y ago|39 comments
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by fapi1974 16y ago
The problem with the corporate tax rate argument lies in the difference between nominal tax rate and effective tax rate - US corporations pay far less in actual taxes than they are supposed to - which doesn't contradict your point about cor
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This is the real deficit debate(news.yahoo.com)
1 points by fapi1974 16y ago|3 comments
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by fapi1974 16y ago
Wow - the video shows a very inspiring guy - not because he is particularly charismatic, but rather because he seems humbled by his role. Clearly feels that he is playing a small part in a larger movement, and deeply patriotic.
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by fapi1974 16y ago
I was making that argument, somewhat unsuccessfully, with a VC friend last night. His counter was "I have to see that THIS idea is the one, among all the others you could be pursuing..."
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by fapi1974 16y ago
I wonder if the difference is when you look at "one and done" guys vs. serial entrepreneurs. But even then - many seem to change domains in subsequent startups.
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by fapi1974 16y ago
Yes. Funny how people tiptoe around that one. Almost as if among entrepreneurs it isn't legitimate.
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by fapi1974 16y ago
I get that - the "flow" idea. But I can get "flow" in a pretty mundane task - filing in the office, grinding in a game, etc. And I wouldn't describe myself as passionate about any of those things...
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by fapi1974 16y ago
The context in which I find the ambiguity most apparent is when it's related to someone's motivation for being involved in a project. While it's clear that some people are motivated by the subject of their work - I think they are few and
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Ask HN: How many entrepreneurs out there are really passionate?
25 points by fapi1974 16y ago|34 comments
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by fapi1974 16y ago
I've actually often thought there is a business idea here - there is no easy way to give kids investment gifts without a bunch of painful dealing with banks.
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by fapi1974 16y ago
Scam, scam, scam. The e-book website could be selling anything from stock newsletters to - well - internet get rich quick schemes!
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Now here is a business model - drug alternatives.(alchemylabz.eu)
2 points by fapi1974 16y ago|0 comments
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by fapi1974 16y ago
Partly! We see it as extracting some of the mechanics of 4square, some of the mechanics of WOW, etc, and then letting people build their own games.
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by fapi1974 16y ago
We wrestled with the structure issue - giving people the freedom to build takes away the ease of conveying what it is. As far as gaming the system, we envision 3 levels of proof: honor system if it's a game between you and your friends, p
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by fapi1974 16y ago
Totally agree that this needs re-doing. One way we were thinking of doing this is by putting the active games closer to the top, and letting people look at some of the tasks being accomplished.
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by fapi1974 16y ago
This is our beta release of Lifegamed, a platform that lets you make games out of everyday activities. Our initial web-based release lets any user create a game, define the points, define the characters, define virtual items, and much more
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Rate our startup: Lifegamed(lifegamed.com)
8 points by fapi1974 16y ago|10 comments
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by fapi1974 16y ago
This reminds me of an idea I had for a product: place value on your and your colleagues time by creating a market for it. The market runs in the calendaring application - you are allocated a certain amount of everyone's time to take for m
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Outrage is an American passtime(sfgate.com)
1 points by fapi1974 16y ago|0 comments
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Confessions of an Agent(sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
1 points by fapi1974 16y ago|0 comments
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Business Co-Founder(thestartupdigest.com)
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Extraordinary Rendition(newyorker.com)
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by fapi1974 16y ago
We are a garage-stage company with a product that provides premium booking services to demanding taxi users. We are pre-funding, have a demo-ready prototype, and our product will be ready to ship in a couple of months. We are looking for a
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Business Co-Founder needed
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by fapi1974 16y ago
Point taken!
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by fapi1974 16y ago
I'll take the exact opposite view - treat college as your very last vacation. Have a fantastic time, don't sweat the details, focus more than anything on your friends. Let's see how that goes over in this group. :-)
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OCR Technology for Mobile?
1 points by fapi1974 16y ago|0 comments

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