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by isalmon 14y ago
What about http://vooza.com/ ?
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Yammer CEO argues with Marc Andreessen on Facebook(facebook.com)
3 points by isalmon 14y ago|0 comments
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by isalmon 14y ago
Does not work with girls. When they say "No" - that usually means "Yes, but later" or "Yes, but you'll have to work on it". So I would not take "No" for an answer here too ;)
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by isalmon 14y ago
I had EXACTLY this situation with GoDaddy earlier this year. I was looking for a good domain name, found it (intelface.com), but decided to sleep on it. Next morning it was gone. I know you can't prove anything, but it looked very suspiciou
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by isalmon 14y ago
To be honest in most cases people just laugh. I guess that means they don't really have a good answer ;)
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by isalmon 14y ago
I am a 'technical co-founder' and I can't say how many times I'm approached by people who want me to build some application for them in exchange for 10-20% of equity. What do they bring to the table? In most cases it's just their 'idea'. So
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The Next Version Of HTTP Is Starting To Look Very SPDY(techcrunch.com)
2 points by isalmon 14y ago|0 comments
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by isalmon 14y ago
Well, keep in mind that this is a pretty innovative idea, so it takes time to figure everything out... I think what they do is actually pretty awesome. Especially when it comes to paying the bill - it save a huge amount of time.
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by isalmon 14y ago
You can criticize this guy, but what he does with his money is actually moving us forward. I have a huge respect for him and his innovative ideas.
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by isalmon 14y ago
Well, "smart" way to discriminate against immigrants :(
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by isalmon 14y ago
"At CloudFlare TTFB is not a significant metric." People might think that this article is written to educate masses. The thing is - if you take webpagetest.org and run speed tests with and without Cloudflare, in MANY cases 'Load time' will
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by isalmon 14y ago
In my previous company we had a solution that cost $1000/mo. When we advertised it on the website - we had virtually no signups at all. When we removed it - some people start contacting us and some of them were converted into customers. Whe
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by isalmon 14y ago
I can say from my personal experience that this book inspired me to come to the US first and move to Silicon Valley later. Everyone's perception is different. I read it 10 years ago when Coelho was not that popular and while reading it I wa
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by isalmon 14y ago
Strongly disagree with Rule #5: Have a “no-touch sales process”. That's actually one of the biggest reasons why companies fail. Founders are afraid to talk to people, they just build something and wait until somebody comes and buys it. What
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by isalmon 14y ago
In my opinion CEO title should almost never be applied in a startup environment. It just shows how small you really are when you talk to people. I remember was working for one startup where we had CEO, CTO and me. How ridiculous it was befo
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by isalmon 14y ago
I think they are allowed to make their choices just once, so they will both see rock and make their change to paper. After that the loop will stop.
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by isalmon 14y ago
It's frightening to see how the levels of suicide and Cancer went up comparing to 1990. Suicide can be related to the level of stress in our modern world, but what about cancer?
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by isalmon 14y ago
I stopped reading after I saw that he's putting sugar in his tea.
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by isalmon 14y ago
I was under impression that laptop without Windows/MacOS on it should cost less. Apparently it's not the case here. I don't really see any competitive advantage vs. Dell, HP, Toshiba, etc.
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by isalmon 14y ago
He forgot to mention that 90% of all startups produce waste (leveraging VC's money), while 99% of small businesses produce real value simply because they don't have a choice.
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by isalmon 14y ago
100% agree, it should also be normalized against the value of dollar.
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by isalmon 14y ago
The article is very outdated (02/29/12)
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by isalmon 15y ago
Very nice idea guys, going to use that.
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by isalmon 16y ago
Thanks for the advice. Did you have all 5 companies at the same time or one after another?
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by isalmon 16y ago
I'm planning to bootstrap everything, but exit strategy will involve some VC's for sure.
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by isalmon 16y ago
The market I'm going to is e-commerce. The application would create some certain benefits for e-commerce owners. So it's B2B. I guess I could try doing everything on my own, but due to some circumstances I really need a partner. I'd rather
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by isalmon 16y ago
Thanks for the comment, good point actually. Market experience is exactly what I'm looking for. Plus some sales skills I guess. I cannot call potential customers and ask to try my product - it's not my best suit. Also I think that no one sh
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by isalmon 16y ago
I agree, but I think good co-founder will balance me in a good way. I hate public speaking and all this networking stuff (that's might be the reason why I'm in this position right now). On the other hand I like to work in a team. Plus I'm n
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by isalmon 16y ago
Thanks for the link. I think they are located somewhere in Silicon Valley area, while I'm in Boston - I'll try to find something similar here. As for your question - I think it's better to find somebody who you can really work with rather t
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Tech guy looking for business person co-founder
10 points by isalmon 16y ago|16 comments

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