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by fearless 14y ago
Well, for one, if you knew as much as you say you do about SF you would know nobody calls it "San Fran".
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YC Backed Photo Sharing Service Picplum Loses Cofounder to Twitter(techcrunch.com)
1 points by fearless 14y ago|1 comments
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by fearless 14y ago
I would set the minimum bid on Flippa far lower than the $125,000 asking price if you want to get any interest on there. People on Flippa are not startup guys and are a lot more realistic about valuation. I for one would be interested in ex
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by fearless 14y ago
Your stats don't mention how much revenue Cheddar is generating. That's the most important metric for determining the price! Nobody cares how many hours you put into something when determining price. Based on your traction so far, this ac
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by fearless 14y ago
Can you show a demo or give a hint as to what it is? You might be able to sell the assets to another startup in this space. However your post begs the question...if it's so awesome, why are you winding it down instead of supporting the mill
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by fearless 14y ago
What problem does this solve?
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by fearless 14y ago
Assuming this is referring to founders. If you're an employee, you're the engineer making $100K in OP's comment.
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by fearless 14y ago
Source? I've seen data pegging startup failure rates anywhere between 50-90%, but I've never seen a credible source claim that over 99% fail. Mathematically, no investor would be able to stay in business if 99% of their investments fail. I
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by fearless 14y ago
Everyone knows startups are not the optimal economically rational way to make money. But to an entrepreneur, living off 6% muni bond interest is profoundly uninteresting, and dare I say soul crushing. Repeat after me: If you think it's only
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by fearless 14y ago
Can you explain simply and concisely what your elevator pitch/product is? I don't know what Style Influence is and I can't tell at all from your landing page.
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by fearless 14y ago
Isn't being homeless generally accepted as being more detrimental to health than pretty much any office job? My only point is that you should start at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy and take care of the basics for yourself before trying t
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by fearless 14y ago
Aren't you homeless? Your first priority should be a getting a job so you can get out of debt and put a roof over your head. Then worry about big ideas like changing healthcare. To be perfectly candid, the reason people dismiss you is that
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by fearless 14y ago
That domain is worth about $50, not $5,000.
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by fearless 14y ago
A bit of advice: your post is missing the one word that matters: sales. Don't say what you're not(ie not technical) or that you have "people skills". Just talk about your sales ability. If I were looking for a tech cofounder, this is what m
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by fearless 14y ago
Building a successful business-any successful business, bootstrapped or VC, is really, really hard. Do you really want to be working 12 hour days and losing sleep about deals falling apart or how you'll make payroll, and blowing off every s
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by fearless 14y ago
All applications are reviewed. In your case, YC was able to decide your company/team isn't a good fit for them just by reading your app, without needing to see a video or demo. Why should they be forced to spend an hour on every app when t
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by fearless 14y ago
There's no way for you to know the quality of the applicants who got an interview. Why do you think you're so entitled to an interview? YC doesn't owe you anything. Your suggestions are largely self-serving. There's no way to force alumni o
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by fearless 14y ago
Link to said tweet?
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by fearless 14y ago
I'm not attacking you personally, I just can't grasp your argument. I would think we could take as a given that most Facebook users would say Facebook makes their life better by allowing them to keep in touch with friends, etc. Again, you c
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by fearless 14y ago
If my college days are anything to go by, the presence of drunk college kids has never deterred women before.
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by fearless 14y ago
If you're actually arguing that FB doesn't have a positive impact on people, you are so far off the mark that you can't be reasoned with. You might be able to argue about Zuckerberg's methods, but the end result is that he created something
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by fearless 14y ago
Why are you hiring a CFO/executive manager if you don't have any employees? Who is your CFO going to manage? Shouldn't you be hiring engineers first? Sounds like this person should be a cofounder, not an employee.
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by fearless 14y ago
Something doesn't make sense here. If they're profitable and making millions, why are they raising more bridge funding at the last round's valuation and taking on more dilution?
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Warning of trouble ahead for seed funded startups(kernelmag.com)
3 points by fearless 14y ago|0 comments
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by fearless 14y ago
Previous post from a year ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3115872 Kudos on the transparency, it's refreshing.
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by fearless 14y ago
It seems like this investment thesis(low valuation, not in the bay area, willing to give up a board seat) is aimed at investing in second-tier startups. It would be interesting to contrast this strategy with that of most other investors, wh
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by fearless 14y ago
The problem with your statement is that it's incorrect. The founder's comment below implies investors made money in this acquisition.
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by fearless 14y ago
It's more about context. GP could be saying "I wish I hadn't worked as much on this startup because it failed and the time was wasted" or "I wish I hadn't worked as much on this startup because it was a huge success and would have been succ
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by fearless 14y ago
This article is specifically for startup founders. Startups are very different from lifestyle businesses.
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by fearless 14y ago
Was your startup successful? Knowing that would help readers decide whether your advice is credible.

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