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by immad 17y ago
> correlating success with people is a better metric than correlating with money Sure, I agree. I did that > The article blurbed something about exercise and a strong body You mis-understood or I did not communicate properly my sent
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by immad 17y ago
If that is your definition of success than aren't you already successful? What about the degree of success? Are you more successful if the most people possible are crying with the greatest passion? Shouldn't success give you a more enjoyabl
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Definition of Success(immadsnewworld.com)
24 points by immad 17y ago|18 comments
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by immad 17y ago
Site is down. No Google cache yet either...
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Heyzap (YC W09) hiring a Startup Software Engineer(heyzap.com)
35 points by immad 17y ago
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by immad 17y ago
If you instead looked at every VC funding above $1m in the US I wonder how many of them would be in Califronia. I think it would be more than 90%.
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by immad 17y ago
I agree. Sales tax kills newegg for me though I prefer shopping their because there search is way better.
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by immad 17y ago
Will p2p lending work for mortgages? Do they have p2p loans configured towards mortgages? It would have to be pretty different to the normal unsecured loans
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by immad 17y ago
Why does it have to be a "massive worldwide famine" rather than a general slow starvation that forces an overall balance? I get why some human issues lead to catastrophe like, global warming, but I never get why all issues will lead to cata
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by immad 17y ago
I don't think he was being sarcastic.
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by immad 17y ago
I think you are getting to caught up in the logistics of how the Visa administration will work. The actual delivery of it is going to obviously be more thought out than Brad Feld's blog post. Any effort to address the problem is better than
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by immad 17y ago
If Twitter did that it would be some sort of weird hedge fund doing hype-based leveraged Buy Out.
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by immad 17y ago
Google is a more innovative home for tech companies than Inuit
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by immad 17y ago
If you know what your earning power is and know that you could comfortably pay of the debt in 6 months I don't see the problem. A good hackers 6 month savings applied to him living a scrappy bootstrapped lifestyle could give a year of livin
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by immad 17y ago
900m revenue or profit? The article only mentioned Skype "is on track to take in more than $600 million in revenue this year." If Skype is a low margin business than the profits might be very low. Given that they have such competitive prici
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by immad 17y ago
YC startups grow up and get funding and then can pay salaries. Pg gets to observe that too. But I think PG was mainly referring to non-US YC applicants that want to continue staying in the valley after the 3 months. In general a YC round is
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by immad 17y ago
I second that. Looking forward to seeing what you do next.
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by immad 17y ago
Nope, not even close :).
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by immad 17y ago
Surprisingly high. It is much easier than the rest of the methods. Also the conversion between dollars -> Heyzap coins probably removes the mental coupling of the difference in margins.
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Heyzap’s (YC W09) Flash Payment Platform Now Gives Publishers A Cut(techcrunch.com)
33 points by immad 17y ago|11 comments
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by immad 17y ago
Demo day was never about first look or press. It has always been about investors. It is unlike TC50 and DEMO in that respect. Though it does give some marginal press. Edit: I half think press should be banned from the event. I always found
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by immad 17y ago
That is fairly standard in an auction site to not see the underlying highest bid. But I can see how it is annoying that you have to pay first before you know whether you win an item. They should change that some how. Maybe auctioning is not
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by immad 17y ago
Rails, heyzap.com
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by immad 17y ago
It should detect loops faster: http://translationparty.com/tp/#563411
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by immad 17y ago
Corrected. I didn't have Internet at the time and forgot to check :)
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Heyzap founder story: Q1-Q2 2009(immadsnewworld.com)
18 points by immad 17y ago|2 comments
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Heyzap (YC09/USV) Looking For Summer Intern!
26 points by immad 17y ago
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Heyzap (YC09/USV) looking for a flash contractor.
36 points by immad 17y ago
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by immad 17y ago
Oh come on, it was funny. You need to lighten up a bit. He gives points on both sides. I do only Ruby and I get what he means.
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by immad 17y ago
It is also technically far trickier to do all the payment processing and take cuts and make sure everyone is paid and happy. This way they can let Paypal/GC do all that work and focus on making a great product.

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