hoodoof

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811.
by hoodoof 11y ago
What are you talking about?
812.
by hoodoof 11y ago
I hereby name you my co-founder. 50/50. I shall now go find a buyer.
813.
by hoodoof 11y ago
Apply HN: due diligence as a service
814.
by hoodoof 11y ago
With the final irony probably being that the acquiring company may lose its taste for the acquisition given the dispute, meaning they are just fighting over who gets half of the ashes of a bonfire of money.
815.
by hoodoof 11y ago
The ideal time to get a legal dispute resolved is immediately prior to an IPO or acquisition event because these events tend to require that the company has no outstanding legal disputes. I find it funny that people seem uncomfortable with
816.
by hoodoof 11y ago
Tell that to Eduardo Saverin and the Winklevoss twins.
817.
by hoodoof 11y ago
Why? Im merely pointing out how the law works, and that if you want to win a legal dispute, do it when the opposing party has incentive (or better, a requirement) to quickly resolve the issue. Not sure why pointing this out makes me not a
818.
by hoodoof 11y ago
It seems that the people who now own the company acknowledge that he was the cofounder but feel that "well he didn't do much, so he doesn't deserve his full shares". The law doesn't work like that. It's exceedi
819.
by hoodoof 11y ago
It might have been wise for Sam just to sit and wait for other people to play this situation out. He's a young guy and whilst I am sure very clever, probably has wisdom to gain. One of the hardest things to learn is "how to do not
820.
by hoodoof 11y ago
It's a normal employment clause, don't freak out. Just fix it. Tell them that you would like your own projects excluded and your agreement should exclude your own personal projects as long as you inform them in writing of what th
821.
by hoodoof 11y ago
Isn't Silicon Valley a black hole with unrelenting monetary gravity that would pull all skilled software engineers down towards it? Any young developer who is any good will go from the minor leagues to the big league attracted by the
822.
by hoodoof 11y ago
If you can make this work then it is one of the best ideas so far.
823.
Ask HN: What's it like working at a cannabis tech startup company?
9 points by hoodoof 11y ago|2 comments
824.
Ask HN: Startups, are you choosing to apply via “Apply HN”?
4 points by hoodoof 11y ago|1 comments
825.
by hoodoof 11y ago
Seems conferences are quite a controversial thing these days.
826.
by hoodoof 11y ago
Women like funny men. That's been my experience. Funny is attractive. Self confidence plays a big role too, which goes with funny. Not "jerk self confidence", but "talk to you comfortably self confidence". Also, I
827.
by hoodoof 11y ago
Who are professionals in this field? What do they bring?
828.
Ask HN: Have you sat in on acquisition discussions? How to ask for a billion $?
7 points by hoodoof 11y ago|4 comments
829.
by hoodoof 11y ago
So many viruses.....
830.
by hoodoof 11y ago
OK so can you back that up with numbers that say how much you are making? Even some approximation of how many units you are selling? I am currently planning on selling a desktop product and I would be fascinated to know how many you sell.
831.
Ask HN: What are examples of great product intro videos?
9 points by hoodoof 11y ago|0 comments
832.
Ask HN: What is the most money a bootstrapped, one-person company has sold for?
2 points by hoodoof 11y ago|2 comments
833.
Such a pity that “Show HN” got bumped
2 points by hoodoof 11y ago|1 comments
834.
Ask HN: Why is it still not possible to search an S3 bucket?
4 points by hoodoof 11y ago|1 comments
835.
by hoodoof 11y ago
I like redux but I did not need it. I wish I had seen this before learning redux: http://andrewhfarmer.com/component-communication/
836.
by hoodoof 11y ago
Seems the classy thing to do would have been for Blizzard to ask politely instead of sending in the dogs.
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The only living boy in New York(theverge.com)
1 points by hoodoof 11y ago|0 comments
838.
by hoodoof 11y ago
As I said, if I was totally blown away by something then I'd act on it. It would of course have to justify dropping my other projects but I am willing to do that if the idea is good enough.
839.
by hoodoof 11y ago
>>what's stopping you As I say, there's not many ideas that seem inspiring, and as you rightly point out, I'm committed to my own foolish ideas.
840.
by hoodoof 11y ago
Truth is, I'd start writing code to copy any idea that I was totally blown away by, and I don't need any funding to start doing that. Putting your idea right there in front of some pretty fast moving programmers has to be somethin

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