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by hooande 18y ago
So let me get this straight...yammer should have won TC50 because no one would use their crappy product if they didn't win? Fail.
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by hooande 18y ago
It's all fun and games to tell other people to make something targeted at "customers with their hair on fire", but in reality most people's basic needs are met. Are there any "needs" that you have that aren't being satisfied right now? In m
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by hooande 18y ago
Yammer: Coming soon to a corporate domain blacklist near you
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by hooande 18y ago
It seems like you're over analyzing the point he was trying to make. I've seen his point to be true in the corporate environment time and time again. The problem with the standard org chart is that there is one person who is identified as "
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by hooande 18y ago
This is one of the most disturbing things I've seen in a long time.
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by hooande 18y ago
Yammer? I barely know 'er!
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by hooande 18y ago
TechCrunch50 isn't really a competition, it's a series of product demos. This is kind of like presenting the philosophies of different religions and then voting on which one is the "best". The whole thing is subjective and there is absolute
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by hooande 18y ago
If I have to decide between doing algebra or jogging to burn calories...I'll take a lap
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by hooande 18y ago
Other than the faster javascript, I don't see a lot of "game changing" innovations in this browser. These seem like mostly incremental improvements and small features. If the java engine is significantly faster this could really push thin
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by hooande 18y ago
Bit of an incomplete list. I don't see any sites from the session that just finished. Not trying to be nitpicky or anything...you know the first thing we're all going to do is search for our company name.
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by hooande 18y ago
It's not fun. Don't do it.
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by hooande 18y ago
I just completed a YC session and my co-founder was married, but no children. I must say, an entire summer seems like it might put a bit of stress on your relationship. Let me be very clear! You can definitely do a startup if you have a fam
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by hooande 18y ago
The Backtype RSS feed for your company name is now required reading, fellas. You'd have to be crazy to pass up on a chance to get feedback and join conversations about your product. Just hope that your competition hasn't already started usi
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by hooande 18y ago
Does traffic play into this at all? Something tells me more people go to that page than to the long tail majority of wikipedia pages.
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by hooande 18y ago
I knew we could count on you, asif
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by hooande 18y ago
I intentionally didn't name any names, sorry. A lot of startups haven't launched yet and I don't want to out anyone who is in stealth mode.
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by hooande 18y ago
YC has a lot of founders from outside of the US. There were four teams from outside of the US in our YC class, two from Canada, one from the UK and one team from Austria. I can think of at least four other teams from abroad from previous cl
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by hooande 18y ago
Hacker News Related Idea #13: Set up a website to organize these things and just post that to hackernews instead of posting each one individually. Seems like it'll encourage more meetups and it'll give a few hackers something to work on bef
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by hooande 18y ago
juicycampus isn't doing great according to compete and boredat is down. Seems like there is definitely still room in the market.
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by hooande 18y ago
Why is everyone treating these things like flaws? I think this describes a very capable and creative person. So what if he can't organize his desk or manage his bills? Those are things that need to be done by the majority of people so soci
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by hooande 18y ago
The awesome highlighter will do it as well, though we don't have it as a part of the public site any more. http://awurl.com/d/google/tMrTgrpJS We had it up but no one used it, so my co-founder took it down to "remove clutter"
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by hooande 18y ago
If you haven't read Don Norman's book, you should do it. It's called "The Psychology of Everyday Things" and it's a wonderful exploration of how to make products easier to use (without sacrificing functionality). The examples are a bit date
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by hooande 18y ago
I have been saying we should do something like this on hackernews for a long time. This is a great idea, I hope people really start using it! And let me get my obligatory YC08 mention in...way to go slinkset on your 3rd consecutive week wit
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by hooande 18y ago
It seems like these guys add a new feature every few days. That's how you stay ahead of the competition. Keep it going posterous team!
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Ask Sama: Any advice for startups talking to big companies?
8 points by hooande 18y ago|3 comments
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by hooande 18y ago
There are generally problems between tech and business people and two or three person startups as well. The biggest cause of this in my experience is a business person expecting a technical founder to be a wizard who can defy the laws of ph
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by hooande 18y ago
I don't know...I think that people who are wildly successful have a right to have a bit of an ego. If you do something ridiculously difficult and succeed, you should feel proud and let people know that you're proud. Can you imagine the New
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by hooande 18y ago
My experiences on digg make me cringe at upvoting anything that says "Ron Paul", but this really isn't bad.
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by hooande 18y ago
When is Mother's Day again? One less holiday present I have to worry about.
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by hooande 18y ago
One thing I like about ticketstumbler? They are going to be very profitable very quickly. Nice investment by YC

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