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by faramarz 17y ago
This is already on the homepage http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1227279
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by faramarz 17y ago
If I press Like this Reel , will it actually like the vimeo video? I ask this, because then it would be syndicated on my action stream both at vimeo and elsewhere (fb, friendfeed etc) If that's not currently possible, I suggest looking i
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by faramarz 17y ago
Why would someone do that? The meat of the discussion is usually in the comments.
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by faramarz 17y ago
The cost and the labor used to produce units isn't always the same. You're right, on paper.
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by faramarz 17y ago
Don't forget, this time last year Sequoia injected $2 million into YC's new fund. Ron Conway, Paul Buchheit and Aydin Senkut all included. That means the startups in Summer '09, Winter '09 and this summers are probably being seeded using th
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by faramarz 17y ago
I think the take away lesson is to keep your your variable costs low If subscriptions start pouring in, don't go and hire 10 more engineers.
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by faramarz 17y ago
as long as you're willing to do it the Steve Jobs way.
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by faramarz 17y ago
box.net seems like a good fit for your friend, except it's cloud based. Do test drive the service with a free account. I'm pretty happy with the service
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Email verification – is your call-to-action strong enough?(90percentofeverything.com)
3 points by faramarz 17y ago|0 comments
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by faramarz 17y ago
because reading this line is somehow not surprising at all.. "The problem is no one knew how much these people were being paid, because their salaries don’t appear in normal city records." I've dealt with city contracts and it's a culture
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by faramarz 17y ago
Perhaps the most important reason to not launch in Silicon Valley is that your city needs your entrepreneurship. Here, I’m assuming you actually like where you live. Although I agree with that sentiment, so often the policymaker is the o
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by faramarz 17y ago
How are these contracts being awarded? Are we talking public RFP's? If so, that should have produced competitive rates per project, no? Unless these 'consultants' were already promised the job and the RFP was just a formality, as is in most
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Health Reform Expected to Untether Job-Locked Entrepreneurs(businessweek.com)
2 points by faramarz 17y ago|1 comments
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by faramarz 17y ago
Surely this will help Gowalla in their future fundraising effort too.
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Iranian developers defy huge odds to create acclaimed computer game(washingtonpost.com)
42 points by faramarz 17y ago|7 comments
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by faramarz 17y ago
Wow, thanks! Didn't know about that
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by faramarz 17y ago
I find these individual blogs more valuable than a company blog. I want to hear the success story from the designers perspective, another from the technical lead, and another from an engineering point-of-view and so on.
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OmniGraffle Wireframe Stencils(konigi.com)
17 points by faramarz 17y ago|3 comments
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by faramarz 17y ago
Doing Consulting on the side is a given, no? Anybody who is an expert or authority in a domain should have no problem handling 1-2 contracts a month. Above all, it's a solid method for building reputation and network. mobility is a plus as
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How Mint.com Acquired 1.5M+ Users(jasonputorti.com)
100 points by faramarz 17y ago|17 comments
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by faramarz 17y ago
- Make an educational app for kids. Make ABC fun to learn. numbers. math. geography etc etc, and send reports to parents. - A website where locals/individuals can rent out their tools. Like craigslist, but for rentals only. I.E. Snowblower,
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Bootstrapping a Lean Startup(ashmaurya.com)
3 points by faramarz 17y ago|0 comments
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by faramarz 17y ago
At the risk of making judgment out of context, I think it's pretty obvious which of the two wants to Invest in the founders as much as the idea.
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by faramarz 17y ago
gotcha. thanks
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by faramarz 17y ago
In contrast, here's a 2004 interview with Charlie Rose at the height of the companies growth explaining what Friendster is. http://bit.ly/9EAhU9
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How to Kill a Great Idea(inc.com)
99 points by faramarz 17y ago|45 comments
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What's Next In Marketing & Advertising(slideshare.net)
1 points by faramarz 17y ago|0 comments
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Must-See Movies for Entrepreneurs(blogs.hbr.org)
15 points by faramarz 17y ago|22 comments
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by faramarz 17y ago
If you don't feel like reading, listen to the podcast mp3 http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/audio/100127_StartUpsFail...
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by faramarz 17y ago
Can you describe the nature of the app. or any general description? crowdspring.com tends to have a more 'creative' bunch than all the other outsourcing shops. post up a project! they just changed their policy that the buyer is not required

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