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Lies that Losers Tell(bhorowitz.com)
7 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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by jayliew 15y ago
I started sharing some "meta ideas" I've collected over time, to spur some ideas on how to find opportunities: http://times.jayliew.com/tag/meta-idea/
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The Future of Networking(bhorowitz.com)
4 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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Simple pomodoro timer in a shell — Gist(gist.github.com)
2 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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by jayliew 15y ago
Nice write up, Kul. A no brainer to go through YC again. Talk soon!
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by jayliew 15y ago
If you give me a credit card and a problem statement, chances are that I can come up with a working webapp that solves the problem Just so I interpret correctly, are you basically saying that if someone cut you a blank check, you can solv
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Management Debt(bhorowitz.com)
13 points by jayliew 15y ago|3 comments
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by jayliew 15y ago
A good idea to help prioritize which leads to pursue!
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Gathering Competitive Intelligence: Cust-Dev Someone Else's Business(times.jayliew.com)
1 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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by jayliew 15y ago
It's possible that you could have a company that has 1% paying users that's MORE profitable than a company with 50% paying users. The size of the profit is more important than ratio of paying to non-paying, generally speaking. (And of cours
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by jayliew 15y ago
Just to mention another option for prospective authors to publish an e-book sans the sucky parts: HyperInk.com (YC startup)
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by jayliew 15y ago
May your CAC be low, your LTV be large, and your viral coefficient > 1.0 ! - from Silicon Valley
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by jayliew 15y ago
Hi there, thanks for the feedback. The focus of the article was most certainly more of "how to extract value in creative was other than the most obvious: straight up paying for it with cold hard cash" (less so encouraging people to race to
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Ways to "monetize" (other than directly charging your users cold hard cash)(times.jayliew.com)
11 points by jayliew 15y ago|3 comments
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Meta-idea: Fast follower(times.jayliew.com)
1 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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Meta-idea: Indispensable Piece In Someone's Whole Product(times.jayliew.com)
1 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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by jayliew 15y ago
They called me up too and told me they reversed their SOPA stance and I told them if they have to wait for customer backlash to do their right thing, it's already too late. On a separate note, I think they're a lightning rod for the anti-SO
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by jayliew 15y ago
Good programming exercise :)
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by jayliew 15y ago
I think you should test: * value creation hypothesis * growth hypothesis * value capture hypothesis Value creation: what is it about this app that the users value? E.g. is it because the users don't have to deal with pen and paper, and that
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Ask HN: Finding informal mentors/advisors for your startup?
2 points by jayliew 15y ago|2 comments
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Fire bullets, once you hit, then fire the cannon -Jim Collins on Charlie Rose(charlierose.com)
1 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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by jayliew 15y ago
another reason for startups to be ramen profitable!
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What Now? Founder Re-org // Peter Levine(peter.a16z.com)
12 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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by jayliew 15y ago
Lessons learned: 1. Build MVP 2. Get in front of a bunch of users & iterate (build whatever else supporting features) 3. :)
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Looking Bigger // Scott Weiss(scott.a16z.com)
3 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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by jayliew 15y ago
"Having people around you care about what you're doing is an extraordinarily powerful force." Hit the nail on the head, explains exactly why I'm hungry for a mentor, even more so than an investor, enough though my savings is running out.
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Merging Glam and Ning : pmarca(blog.pmarca.com)
6 points by jayliew 15y ago|0 comments
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by jayliew 15y ago
Yup. It's kind of like being a web developer and building a startup. You have to be clear that you're trying to build a business, not a web site. In business, you don't get points for being creative/sexy and win by getting the most points.
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by jayliew 15y ago
In my haste, forgot to mention other key resources in my "toolkit": * Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development http://custdev.com (cheat sheet to Steve Blank's book) * Highly recommend Lean Startup Machine to get hands on practice wit
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by jayliew 15y ago
Thanks Ms. Hacker Dojo Director :)

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