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by gvr 13y ago
I think you're dead on with the "boo-hoo god forbid I'd have to sort my trash, raise my own kid, pack my grocery bag, carry my luggage mentality." Whenever I'm offered these services I feel annoyed - what do I look
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by gvr 13y ago
Change leads to awareness. Whether this awareness leads to fondness depends on the context. In the case of the environment, this seems to sometimes be the case. I think young Swedish people have a much greater appreciation of and respect fo
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by gvr 13y ago
Regarding schools: the "Free Schools" are quite unusual, almost all universities and certainly the top ones are run by the state and free, and people are accepted based on academic merit. I went to arguably the best engineering ph
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by gvr 13y ago
Yes 10 cans for the complex, which consists of ballpark 50 units. Awareness is definitely a huge part of it - a lot of once "progressive" ideas like recycling and sexual equality was taught to us as kids, and the kids ended up edu
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by gvr 13y ago
My dad's condo [edit: condo complex] in Sweden has 10+ different trash cans. You divide your trash into individuals cans for batteries, bulbs, cardboard, paper, compostables, and so forth. I don't know but I assume that part of th
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by gvr 13y ago
I think it depends on a lot of different things, including how over/undervalued YOU think your startup is by other people than Google, and irrespective of financials how excited you are about the idea. The question might be easier to answer
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by gvr 13y ago
I'm originally Swedish and moved from France to Silicon Valley in 2001; I found it so depressing to see all the homeless people in SF that I ended up getting a place in Palo Alto rather than SF. As I gradually became desensitized I made my
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by gvr 13y ago
I think doing proper personal due diligence up front can often help you avoid a breakup; it can also help avoid starting a company together in the first place if the fit isn't there, and make breakups easier should they happen. I wrote a bl
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Making product decisions at the right time, with the right level of confidence(blog.otelic.com)
3 points by gvr 14y ago|0 comments
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The questions all founders must ask themselves(gigaom.com)
6 points by gvr 15y ago|2 comments
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by gvr 15y ago
Peter Drucker said something along the lines of "there's no greater form of waste than doing that which shouldn't be done at all with great efficiency." Google Circles is an elegant solution to the wrong problem.
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by gvr 15y ago
The truth tends to have interesting domino effects :)
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by gvr 15y ago
Here are some: Am I the only that... 1. is tired of the semi-mandatory Friday afternoon karaoke sessions? If I hear One More Time one more time it’s not going to end well. If you saw Falling Down you know what I mean… 2. thinks there’s no w
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Ask HN: What questions do you _wish_ you could ask your co-workers?
13 points by gvr 15y ago|13 comments
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by gvr 15y ago
You're right, our thinking has evolved a lot since we started and the sentence that is live is arguably stale. Will fix tomorrow. :)
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by gvr 15y ago
Most people think company culture is important in the same way they think life is fragile. Everybody agrees and people rarely act accordingly.
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by gvr 15y ago
Completely agree regarding comparing the two - if you want to meet up and discuss feel free to contact us at founders at otelic.com :)
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by gvr 15y ago
@FD3SA our goal is to help people qualitatively and quantitatively understand the culture in companies, so that they can address problems, cultivate their character, and attract the types of people that find it (the character) compelling. W
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The ultimate startup lesson: knowing what matters(gigaom.com)
67 points by gvr 15y ago|12 comments
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6 productivity tips from positive psychologist Kim Perkins(otelic.tv)
10 points by gvr 15y ago|1 comments