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by heelhook 14y ago
Too many people are throwing around the "people are just seeking a place to park their cash because the economy sucks" misguided idea. Startups offer investors exactly the opposite of what a capital preservation strategy seeks: high risk wi
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by heelhook 14y ago
Hmm, how many people are on the initial release of chrome? Apples and oranges.
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by heelhook 14y ago
tl;dr the site works with IE9 and IE10. I find the style of writing of this post extremely obnoxious, was it really necessary to say the exact same thing with slightly different order in the words over and over? If your post is to be short
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When is the best time to send emails?(kb.mailchimp.com)
3 points by heelhook 14y ago|1 comments
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by heelhook 14y ago
I wouldn't, I don't email myself URLs that I want to read, if anything, I would just save them Evernote, although I don't do that either. Also, Instapaper is doing that. iClooud takes care of uploading my iphone photos to all my devices, so
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by heelhook 14y ago
Stripe does a great job at this. You should look at how they do this, its a very well executed implementation.
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by heelhook 14y ago
And they didn't give up any equity in the process. Oh, and they validated their idea and their product. With this they can now raise an A-round at a very healthy valuation, but, why would they?
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by heelhook 15y ago
Now there's something I hesitate to believe Apple would do. I would much rather pay with my iPhone than use a credit card or cash, I don't need an extra incentive!
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by heelhook 15y ago
I'll take no statistics over doctored statistics any time.
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by heelhook 15y ago
I'd expect you to be, lol!
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Tell HN: Buenos Aires HN meetup
5 points by heelhook 15y ago|3 comments
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by heelhook 15y ago
Right, 10 would be the most complex software you can think of related to what you are working on. What in layman terms could be referred to as "rocket science".
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Ask HN: How complex is what you are working on?
12 points by heelhook 15y ago|10 comments
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by heelhook 15y ago
Even if that's the case, you would most likely get an employee of lower quality or with a lower commitment if they know they will be laid off in 3 years.
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How Jeff Bezos advertised for the first Amazon employees (1994)(geek.com)
51 points by heelhook 15y ago|27 comments
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Kindle It(fivefilters.org)
1 points by heelhook 15y ago|0 comments
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by heelhook 15y ago
Sounds like a great way to get distracted every few minutes!
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by heelhook 15y ago
It used to be $35 a year at Network Solutions.
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Google Love: from cos(x) to <3(google.com)
11 points by heelhook 15y ago|0 comments
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Incredible Things That Happen Every 60 Seconds On The Internet(businessinsider.com)
2 points by heelhook 15y ago|0 comments
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Google math love(google.com)
4 points by heelhook 15y ago|1 comments
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by heelhook 15y ago
Super sad :( Go Hokies!
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Live from Virginia Tech -- Report on shooting(fansonly.com)
2 points by heelhook 15y ago|1 comments
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How do community dependent web startups solve the chicken and egg problem(quora.com)
2 points by heelhook 15y ago|0 comments
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by heelhook 15y ago
37s' rework has a great chapter, "underdo your competition", I think its really applicable to your case.
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by heelhook 15y ago
If the products are identical as you said, then, even if the other developer is building at faster speed than you are I would say you still have the upper hand because of your greater visibility. That said, if I were you I would launch a be
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by heelhook 15y ago
Having no experience is definitely detrimental to the candidate, but I would say, if the undergrad is extremely excited about what you are building and the challenges they will be working on then the experience can be overlooked. You can ga
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Television is a drug(vimeo.com)
2 points by heelhook 15y ago|0 comments
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by heelhook 15y ago
I agree with what you said except for the last part. I think it was a great call NOT to include screenshots of their product, otherwise it would totally come across like they are trying to (directly) use the controversy to sell their produc
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World's Worst Website(angelfire.com)
5 points by heelhook 15y ago|4 comments

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