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by iamelgringo 15y ago
How many founders are able to boot strap a search engine to 8M monthly unique searches? Gabe, Jordan, and recent hires... Respect.
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The 50 Best Websites of 2011(time.com)
202 points by iamelgringo 15y ago|99 comments
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
I've been interacting quite a bit with with Microsoft people in the last couple of years. I was shocked to meet a bunch of people within Microsoft that have recently migrated there from Sun. Joel Franusic, the BizSpark evangelist for Silic
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
A couple of years ago, I decided I'd karma whore to see if I could get into the top list. I did that by pretty aggressively submitting new articles. And, it worked. Part of the reason that I initially karma whored was because I was trying
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
My bad. It was a 60 GB SSD. And, truth be told, it was a crap SSD when I bought it, and it doesn't support TRIM commands. I'm shocked it's been so stable. I did do the suggested SSD tweaks to the registry when I installed the OS. I rece
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
I've been using a Dual core Atom Netbook as my portable computer for 3 years. 120GB SSD, 9 Cell Battery, 2GB RAM. Total Price: $450. Granted, not sexy looking at all. Not particularly thin. Runs Windows 7 Ultimate like a champ. The only
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Dude, Laura love it tonight when you showed it to her at http://www.hackersandfounders.com/ tonight. Kudos. :)
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Welcome to Silicon Valley! You should come hang out: http://www.hackersandfounders.com/ Introduce yourself, remind me of this post, and I'll buy you a beer. We should be having an event in Berkeley in mid September.
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Weren't we just talking about this yesterday?.... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2855764 Okay, not about this issue exactly, but the amount of data that Google collects on individuals is Law Enforcement's dream.
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Modkit: Drag and Drop Micro controller programming(modk.it)
1 points by iamelgringo 15y ago|0 comments
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
My opinions are my own. <full disclosure> BizSpark sponsors Hackers & Founders, and they've been great to work with, but their sponsorships just cover costs of events for Hackers & Founders. </full disclosure> I am a
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
because its illegal Not trying to be difficult, or troll. What laws would this be breaking? The data they are gathering is proprietary and people have opted in to that data by using their services. Why shouldn't they use it to their fin
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Many, if not most, tech companies are much more secretive than Google (Apple?). From the few times I've read Google's blogs, I thought they were quite transparent and open. Ummm.... I'm talking from the perspective of hosting the largest
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
People aren't pissed at Google because of they are trying to get into other people's markets. Startups and developers are creeped out by of Google. Follow me: What is Google's product? Really, If you were to sell Google, what would you say
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
And, after interacting with his publishers over the last 6 weeks I can completely agree. Eric was phenomenal to work with... his publishers... less so. That being said, Eric stepped in. Waived his speaking fee (which is substantial) and w
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I just forwarded your feature request to VidCaster. They're one of our Co-op companies that we introduced to 500 Startups. Their Demo day is tomorrow, so they may not be able to get on that right away. But, thank
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Eric Ries -- The Lean Startup [video](hackersandfounders.tv)
45 points by iamelgringo 15y ago|13 comments
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Peteris! Dude. Come back. Lativia is too far away. We can haz beerz soon? The Co-op isn't the same without you. :)
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Google is going to need to hire a lot more lawyers these days... anti-trust inquiries against themselves, weak patent portfolio... Gonna be really interesting to watch.
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
"How many hours do you work a week?" Weird question. "How many non-sleeping hours a week do you not work?" would be more like it. After all, if you're having a blast, does it really count as work?
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Hey, guys. You should coordinate with http://www.meetup.com/hackersandfoundersseattle/
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Seven of the eleven TechStars Winter Program startups have also gone on to raise funding, with a few more soon to close, Tisch and Cohen said. This really surprises me. Hackers & Founders boot strapped an incubator, with BizSpark pay
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Disagree: I've found a number of VC's to be quite helpful and informative. Not only that, but their contact lists are usually really, really impressive. And, a lot of times, VC's are able to point you to interesting people that might be a
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Seed Fundraising Climate Spring 2011(thomaskorte.com)
3 points by iamelgringo 15y ago|0 comments
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Contact StartupDigest VIP: http://startupdigest.com/vip/ tell them you met Jonathan from Hackers & Founders online on Hacker News. The concierge job placement service they started two months ago is already the best in town... low
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
it turns out Airbnb has been offering to fix it, from the very beginning No one really cares what Arrington wrote. Everyone knows Arrington's rep. What people are upset about is how the blog post that Chesky wrote sounded like. His post
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
If they pay for this incident, they are possibly opening the door for the kinds of schemes people pull on insurance. You know, the whole "rob my place and I'll collect the insurance" schemes. If Airbnb pays for this incident, they effectiv
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
Some friends of mine started http://Tripping.com , which isn't about room rentals, it's about meeting strangers while traveling globally. But, even since the beginning, their focus has been on security. I suspect that this is the advantag
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
$40k grant. Free as in beer. No equity. They want you to move to Chile for 6 months, and go to some events and meet some people while you're down there.
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by iamelgringo 15y ago
In all my years working in health care as an ER and trauma nurse, I learned one thing: Do the right thing for the patient. If the doctor is doing it wrong... do the right thing for the patient. If the hospital is doing it wrong... do the r

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