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1. 571.▲
   by jedc 17y ago

   Honestly, I can't remember. But more than happy to change it with better (or for that matter... any) reasoning!
2. 572.▲
   by jedc 17y ago

   I'm the guy who keeps/maintains the spreadsheet. ALL of the exit values (except 1 or 2) are my personal estimates and educated guesses... nothing more. I'm always happy to revise them with better information!
3. 573.▲
   by jedc 17y ago

   Were they a part of W10 or will they be part of S10?
4. 574.▲
   by jedc 17y ago

   Almost like the recent Times (UK) article on the Catholic Church scandal... written by "Roger Boyes". There was a lengthy debate in my office if it was actually an early April Fools' joke.
5. 575.▲
   by jedc 17y ago

   I haven't removed any links that I remember... which ones are you talking about?
6. 576.▲
   by jedc 17y ago

   I generally was VERY conservative in my acquisition numbers. (I could easily make the case for bumping all the non-public prices by 50+%) The way I've generally looked at it is that YC has generally broken even or had a small profit so far
7. 577.▲
   by jedc 17y ago

   Hey, everyone. I'm the guy who originally put this spreadsheet together. Couple things: - I welcome corrections! - Acquisition prices are likely wildly wrong since they're just my guesses. (Again, I welcome guidance/corrections) - This li
8. 578.▲
   by jedc 17y ago

   Nice... :) Would be interesting to hear how your age affected (or didn't affect) your YC experience sometime.
9. 579.▲
   by jedc 17y ago

   Thanks... updated.
10. 580.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    If anyone's interested, all of these are now on my "Seed accelerators and their companies" spreadsheet on Google Docs. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF90b1l1... Corrections (particularly in early years of YC) welcome
11. 581.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    At a previous employer, we were supposed to be in at 8:30am. Our boss even spoke to myself and a friend if we regularly arrived at 8:45, even if we didn't have any specific appointments. (And we stayed plenty late at the end of the day.
12. 582.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    I suspect that YC data is similar to TechStars. TechStars is actively making it public, which is probably a smart move to encourage some budding startups to apply. As part of a project last year I tried to collate information on a bunch of
13. 583.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    Or even better, C.V., since that's what the OP used in his description. "Ed Hamilton - Copywriter This is my CV on Google Maps."
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    Stocx - Portfolio analysis & stockpicking site/tool(sto.cx)

    2 points by jedc 17y ago|0 comments
15. 585.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    Which boat was that? (I was based in Groton about 10 years ago...)
16. 586.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    I second this, and would include major follow-up launches, too.
17. 587.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    As I understand it, being "lucky" as an angel involves (in the first place) quality deal flow. With Paul's background I would bet he's got incredible deal flow. (There are a lot of other things too, I'm sure, but this is a big one.)
18. 588.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    I'm a big fan of Songkick, myself. I used to subscribe to a number of newsletters to try and find the gigs I wanted to go to. Now I get an e-mail from Songkick whenever an artist that I listen to is in town, and I certainly do use their
19. 589.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    You can see the (hour-long) video of his talk here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6buOrNLXIgg (I was in the audience that day...)
20. 590.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    I'm a US citizen but currently live in the UK. I'm more interrogated going back to the US than I am any other country. (And that list includes everything from Ireland to the Ukraine.) Personally I don't think citizens should be made to
21. 591.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    I saw the author speak; he's a smart guy and is tackling a tough subject. There are a lot of reasons most people (including myself) develop screwed-up attitudes toward risk. The media is most certainly one, but it also deals with natural
22. 592.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    Really? I was only automatically following my real friends. I keep my full address book in Google Contacts (1000+ ppl, including long-gone friends/workmates/classmates). Perhaps because I use Gmail as my main personal account it was able
23. 593.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    Python is great. O'Reilly is coming out with a book soon, "Head First Programming" that teaches programming, specifically using Python. It could be a great first start for you.
24. 594.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    Me, too, but I hope they get their price-point right. Paying $50 for TimesSelect to read the OpEd writers and a few other articles was way too much for me. I'm an American living in Europe, and the NYTimes is the best place for me to get my
25. 595.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    That's exactly as I understand it.
26. 596.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    Probably not... re-fueling is a very time-intensive process. (The reactors I worked on were designed to be re-fueled every 25-30 years.) 250 tons for a 1 gigawatt constant output seems more likely to me.
27. 597.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    What's cool is that it looked like he improved it by creating a manually-operated geared system instead! http://woodgears.ca/box_joint/jig.html
28. 598.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    I think you can post three links. Considering the full potential of the web (cheap storage and easy access) why is LinkedIn still limiting itself to just textual information? I'm not expecting them to do it, but it would be a natural exten
29. 599.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    LinkedIn should let users post an online "portfolio" of their work. This would be hugely useful for designers, but could be extrapolated to a general solution for everyone. Programmers could link to Github repos and/or production projects
30. 600.▲
    by jedc 17y ago

    Loopt is just in San Francisco, right?