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by jakek 14y ago
Fantastic story. I would love to hear some first-hand accounts / comments from any Kenyans on HN. Is there anyone here currently in Kenya and involved in startups?
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Predictable Growth Decay in SaaS Companies(scalevp.com)
7 points by jakek 14y ago|0 comments
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by jakek 14y ago
Check out: UI Stencils http://www.uistencils.com Can't wait to try POP and UI Stencils together.
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How we can consumerize health care(radar.oreilly.com)
5 points by jakek 14y ago|0 comments
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Building For The Enterprise — The Zero Overhead Principle(techcrunch.com)
9 points by jakek 14y ago|0 comments
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by jakek 14y ago
Fantastic post - thanks for this! Any thoughts on how to potentially apply these ideas to writing actual code? For instance: imagine if there was an IDE for python that had the 'look & feel' of FreeMaps. Then, perhaps, you would effecti
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by jakek 14y ago
Agreed. I've been looking at ways of communicating complex science-based or data-driven insights in compelling ways, and I think easily digestible narratives, like this one, are a great way to get broad range of people interested. I would l
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Data Jujitsu: The Art of Turning Data into Product by DJ Patil(oreilly.com)
43 points by jakek 14y ago|1 comments
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Comprehend releases clinical analytics in the cloud(comprehend.com)
49 points by jakek 14y ago|13 comments
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The Young and the Relentless: Entrepreneurs Under 25(huffingtonpost.com)
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Game-Changing Health Start-ups(inc.com)
5 points by jakek 15y ago|0 comments
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Khan Academy on 60 Minutes(cbsnews.com)
71 points by jakek 15y ago|7 comments
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Steve Jobs & Farhad Manjoo are wrong: Dropbox can do what Apple can never do(garry.posterous.com)
12 points by jakek 15y ago|1 comments
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Spool Raises Funding to Help You Take the Web Offline(allthingsd.com)
7 points by jakek 15y ago|0 comments
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by jakek 15y ago
Here's a helpful mental hack that I've found has increased my grit as an entrepreneur: I am very optimistic that I will be successful in the long term, but very pessimistic about the odds that the immediate next step will come easily or go
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by jakek 15y ago
plessthanpoint5, I'm in the process of doing some research on techniques for learning software development online. Any chance I could email you with some questions? I'm at jake@noteleaf.com.
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VC-Funded Gobble Holds Recipe For Team Success(women2.org)
10 points by jakek 15y ago|0 comments
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Noteleaf Now Extracts Phone Numbers from Your Calendar Entries(noteleaf.posterous.com)
26 points by jakek 15y ago|3 comments
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Noteleaf Now Shows Full LinkedIn Info for 2nd & 3rd Degree Connections(noteleaf.posterous.com)
35 points by jakek 15y ago|12 comments
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See All Your Upcoming Meetings in Noteleaf (YC W11)(noteleaf.posterous.com)
15 points by jakek 15y ago|0 comments
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by jakek 16y ago
We've used WePay to split bills between three roommates for over a year now - it's saves us a huge amount of hassle each month
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Noteleaf (YC W11): Quick Info on Meeting Participants, Delivered by SMS(nytimes.com)
20 points by jakek 16y ago|2 comments
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I Move You (YC S10) Is An Evite For Healthy Activities(techcrunch.com)
80 points by jakek 16y ago|37 comments
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by jakek 16y ago
From http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1533796 : The Mountain View Hacker House has a room opening up August 15th, if you're interested (or know someone interested) please contact jake@noteleaf.com. Thanks!
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Think Benefit, Not Benefits(jakek.posterous.com)
16 points by jakek 16y ago|0 comments
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by jakek 16y ago
You're absolutely right, being in silicon valley does not, by itself, equal success. There are other factors that are far more important and there is no silver bullet. That's why there are tons of examples of great startups all over the wor
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Just Do It: Move to Silicon Valley(jakek.posterous.com)
132 points by jakek 16y ago|126 comments
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The Importance Of Enthusiasm In Any Product(techcrunch.com)
1 points by jakek 16y ago|0 comments
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by jakek 16y ago
On a related note: "Lunar Cycle Effects in Stock Returns" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=281665 Abstract: "We find strong lunar cycle effects in stock returns. Specifically, returns in the 15 days around new moon dates
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100% Click Through Rate(feld.com)
28 points by jakek 17y ago|9 comments

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