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by galenward 14y ago
Open source it and we will help maintain it.
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by galenward 14y ago
That's hugely broad. Basically they won't sue startups unless the startups sue them first. I love this approach, but it should also be pointed out that this is a very easy approach for a patent-poor company to take. If you don't have many p
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by galenward 15y ago
Double acceleration is fine - don't be worried about future may-or-may-not-exist acquirers when you're getting started. don't negotiate for them before you meet: they can negotiate some of it away if they want at the time of sale.
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by galenward 15y ago
Spot on. You stated this much better than I could.
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by galenward 15y ago
Most of the design elements that are different we changed between October and December or between December and now. You can't copy code and tweak some stuff and call it your own.
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by galenward 15y ago
That was (and may still be) the next step. Why isn't this a good idea also?
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How I Learned to Love the DMCA(blog.estately.com)
61 points by galenward 15y ago|36 comments
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by galenward 15y ago
Whether you want it to be or not, Github is part of your online resume and smart employers look at it. I would recommend having an empty account rather than an account with 3 year old code that you don't care about. Your account doesn't h
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by galenward 15y ago
A corollary: Github is the first thing we look at when someone applies for a job and we do a cursory review of it before reaching out to an engineer. The door swings both ways though: forking lots of projects / not understanding Git are red
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by galenward 15y ago
I wouldn't consider it unless it compiled to coffee script first.
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by galenward 15y ago
At Estately we are building the Gmail of real estate to empower consumers to find and buy homes online. We're small and scrappy, but with a huge vision. We're profitable and we serve hundreds of thousands of users a month. Estately is in a
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by galenward 15y ago
Toyota has clearly never considered the parable where one is required to run over 1 pedestrian in order to stop another car that is about to take the lives of 5 other pedestrians.
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by galenward 15y ago
Maybe a better title would be "Github is Your new Resume... At Progressive Companies With Strong Engineering Organizations." I think Daniel nailed it.
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by galenward 16y ago
I tried to be really clear on this that I am talking about online startups. But I think you missed the point: It takes a lot of money (VC or otherwise) to create companies that go public, but it doesn't take much to create a great product.