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by hxta98596 10y ago
I'm not defending whiteboard interviews, but I don't think it's a secret very very few candidates answer the questions from real experience. Rather, it's obvious the main approach to dealing with whiteboard questions is
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by hxta98596 10y ago
I agree this was very interesting especially if it really only included just the brand name and the company's customer list: > "Nasty Gal preparing to sell its brand name and other intellectual property for $20 million" Wa
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by hxta98596 10y ago
One of the KUM sharpeners from here. Using 2 stage blades helps: https://pencils.com/product-category/sharpeners/ Another option buy an X-acto knife (watch youtube videos how to sharpen a pencil with a knife if ne
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by hxta98596 10y ago
Great recommendation. For those folks balking at the $850 price, I agree it's very expensive. But a decent synthesizer is going to start around $500 anyways and it goes up very fast from there (synths can easily cost +$3000 with full s
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by hxta98596 10y ago
This person knows their pencils. I agree. Second the Palomino recommendation. It's all relative but I wouldn't call the Blackwing 602 "ludicrously expensive"...they cost about $1.50 per pencil. Though maybe you are think
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by hxta98596 10y ago
I get what you're saying. Though I'm not sure baseball is the best example here as baseball is kind of broken right now. Look at the strikes, bargaining issues and communist cartel of baseball team owners needing to cooperate to k
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by hxta98596 10y ago
For the most part I agree. Some version of this has been discussed for years: basically a non-profit, non-commercial, bipartisan, transparent, independent, professional journalism organization(s) using an endowment or donation-based fundin
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by hxta98596 10y ago
This is an odd editorial. The author stretches to explain how Zuck's Manifesto released this week could destroy journalism. But then she provides evidence that journalism is for all intents and purposes already dead. She cites a (possi
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by hxta98596 10y ago
I didn't read a complaint about premature acquisitions in between these lines. Though sama may feel that way about certain promising startups. I don't know. I think he says what he means here; these largest companies "have po
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by hxta98596 10y ago
All these companies have mission statements. Whether a potential hire, potential investor or anyone else chooses to believe or be cynical about that mission is something else. Seems like there's always a spectrum among employees from t
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by hxta98596 10y ago
It's hard not to be impressed by what the Gates Foundation is doing. I don't think they get the full recognition they deserve sometimes, maybe because much of their work is abroad in the poorest countries in the world. Hard to fat
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by hxta98596 10y ago
I understand this is very new. As more people visit the site hopefully a lot of feedback will stream in for you. I'm just one person so I can't really suggest what you should add, only where I found things wanting. If you aggregat
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by hxta98596 10y ago
There's a much longer answer to this that factors in your savings, what your resume looks like and minimizing the chances of this happening to you in the future. Two immediate pieces of advice: 1. Shore up relationships with your colle
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by hxta98596 10y ago
TL;DR No. Caring about your customer isn't killing your business. Actions Steps are: 1. Stay Focused 2. use online tools like live chat and a CRM 3. Create an internal and external FAQ thing. The "Actually" in the title shoul
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by hxta98596 10y ago
This looks really interesting. I think I get what you are trying to do. Just want to give a bit of feedback: Even after clicking through "Learn More" and your FAQ, I still wasn't sure what this is or how it works. I am fami
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by hxta98596 10y ago
No offense here. But what kind of startup consultant are you that needs to come on Hacker News to ask how to start such a relatively simple business? If you are having trouble with this question, I can tell you startups deal with similar cu
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by hxta98596 10y ago
My experience is similar that adding to these tools starts to diminish usefulness. I use a 4-point sheet that sort of resembles SWOT analysis and I think that is about as far as it can go for me. Also worth mentioning what and when these to
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by hxta98596 10y ago
I don't disagree. I enjoy reading business history as well. But there is definitely a large number of people who either believe in or are open giving a chance to a new "West Coast business" approach. I think "West Coast
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by hxta98596 10y ago
Not a bad heuristic tool and set of questions. I think the 3rd step Economic questions are the most difficult for new founders and where people get tripped up: Are your costs viable?...What is the effort for a user to switch to the product