jayzee

30 ms·

271.
Poll: Did you get into YC for S11?
15 points by jayzee 16y ago|12 comments
272.
by jayzee 16y ago
Yes
273.
by jayzee 16y ago
No
274.
by jayzee 16y ago
by the way I think your comment abt meetings is related to general meetings. If you actually have vc partners troop into your office to invest in you then you are way too cool!!
275.
by jayzee 16y ago
I have not bought the ticket yet. But I am not talking abt my specific case. What is standard/typical? I thought that they should pay and the fact that they have not brought it up would imply to me that they are not that interested and they
276.
Ask HN: A VC firm wants to meet. should they pay for the flight?
12 points by jayzee 16y ago|11 comments
277.
by jayzee 16y ago
you should be able to get your friends/network to rate your company profile 5 stars very easily. What makes my friends competent to judge my business? This is complicated and silly. If you want to drive traffic to your site and want publi
278.
by jayzee 16y ago
That does not fly for several reasons. Some ideas can be highly technical. Or have a niche market like control systems for nuclear reactors. Or can buck conventional thinking Copernicus would have a tough time getting those votes for exampl
279.
by jayzee 16y ago
I have a few questions and their website is spare on details: 1. What is the typical size of the check? I paused the video ( http://www.masschallenge.org/ ) at the end to note that most checks were $50k and one was $100k. Are there smaller
280.
by jayzee 16y ago
Oh. Sorry for not getting that. I read the website and saw the video and it talked about job creation in Boston so I thought that there were those conditions. My bad.
281.
by jayzee 16y ago
We don’t think it’s fair to take equity from early-stage startups. Our goal is to help the world’s most promising entrepreneurs win, not to profit off their hard work. Period. What? Phrasing is very naive. Everybody wants something. They
282.
by jayzee 16y ago
People seem to forget that running out of money is the #1 reasons startups fail. -I keep hearing this and it makes zero sense. That is like saying the #1 reason why people die is because they stop breathing.
283.
by jayzee 16y ago
Not bad actually and a funny deck: http://www.hcp.com/content88010
284.
by jayzee 16y ago
It is a nice idea with a large potential. A challenge that comes to mind is that right now the older folks cut coupons etc. And the younger ones surf for deals on the internet. There is an overlap in the two sets but it is small. One sugges
285.
Amazon.com: Appstore for Android(amazon.com)
1 points by jayzee 16y ago|0 comments
286.
by jayzee 16y ago
TL;DR: Sequioa is awesome and invests after due deliberation. Color's next release is going to fix UI issues.
287.
by jayzee 16y ago
Saying that they can do is not stunning. Doing it is.
288.
by jayzee 16y ago
http://ycombinator.com/howtoapply.html One test of whether you're explaining your idea effectively is to ask how close the reader is to reproducing it. After reading that sentence I'm no closer than I was before, so its content is effect
289.
by jayzee 16y ago
I know that a lot of folks come to the comments section before deciding if they want to read the article and I just want to say please do read it, especially if you are based in NYC. Very informative and a lot of details so that you get a g
290.
Poll: Did you apply to YC for S11?
46 points by jayzee 16y ago|39 comments
291.
by jayzee 16y ago
Yes
292.
by jayzee 16y ago
No
293.
by jayzee 16y ago
I still have a few hours
294.
by jayzee 16y ago
Next cycle
295.
by jayzee 16y ago
Another firefox wish: And have the tabs pointing upwards above the address bar instead of under the bar so that you save screen estate.
296.
by jayzee 16y ago
"you need a new version of keynote to view this presentation" notice. I think what I have is new enough... how about a pdf?
297.
by jayzee 16y ago
You cannot compare it to Amazon/Netflix. They are not creating any of the content. NY Times is. The price includes the cost of content creation and delivery.
298.
by jayzee 16y ago
All you need to do to read those articles is to paste the title of the article into Google and click on the first result from wsj. it will take you straight to the full article.
299.
by jayzee 16y ago
Great write-up. Small edits: So, the point is, sometimes it’s going to suck and sometimes it’s going to be awesome edited: So, the point is, this second it’s going to suck and the next second it’s going to be awesome They want to know w
300.
by jayzee 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2131563

More ›