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by jedc 17y ago
Thanks for the warning, but I figure by posting it broadly here (and having full record of every change I've made within Google Docs) I shouldn't have a problem with the University. Of course, it helps that I shared it first with my adviso
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by jedc 17y ago
Hi, Paul, and thank you for the clarifications. (They'll be reflected in the final version.) I would presume that Y Combinator wouldn't have been as successful without your body of writing, but that without Y Combinator your writing wouldn
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by jedc 17y ago
Doh... and very true. Typically when I have the content 90%+ set I turn it over to my wife who does free-lance copy-editing, where this stuff gets picked up. Obviously I haven't done that yet! The final version should be much more gramm
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My draft Masters dissertation on YC and other "startup accelerators"(docs.google.com)
32 points by jedc 17y ago|15 comments
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by jedc 17y ago
In addition to the bad music (something hamster-dance-related perhaps), you also need a variety of pop-unders.
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by jedc 17y ago
It was definitely up and running before he applied to YC. Since then he's also launched a music startup, but I'm guessing that's not part of YC. (Can't remember the URL, though.)
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by jedc 17y ago
It's an opinion piece in the opinion section. That means it's likely not hard facts (otherwise it'd be in the news sections). It's a fairly emotional piece in an outlet where this likely hasn't been seen before. Even though we have heard
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by jedc 17y ago
A friend of mine always dreamed of having a similar app, but where you could keep track of multiple girlfriends. More importantly, you could select in the app which one of them you were with at any given time, which would remove any trace
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by jedc 17y ago
I'm not sure why this is so important; it's a bit of a fluff/filler piece. Every major software company hoards cash. MSFT, GOOG, APPL, everybody. So Apple's got a lot of cash... so what? It's a lot of cash, but they've been doing well lat
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by jedc 17y ago
I was mainly trying to point out the strength (and resources) of the angels in Cambridge. I agree that Cambridge VCs tend not to be interested in the less hard-tech investments that are usually found in Seedcamp and similar programs.
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by jedc 17y ago
Cambridge is only 45 minutes from London by train, and London does already have Seedcamp. If you're early stage, Cambridge makes a lot of sense. Low living expenses, and a TON of angel money is around. A good number of the angels have the
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by jedc 17y ago
Don't necessarily need to. The founders run a very profitable and successful business. This is a way of getting smart people in the door with products adjacent to their existing one. Early access to interesting products and great teams is
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by jedc 17y ago
-- Early access to potential complementary products (and the teams that built them). -- Building an ecosystem (in a city with a lot of potential, both people talent and experienced angels/VCs) But I know the guys involved, so I'm a little b
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by jedc 17y ago
That's fair, but my goal is to develop a framework for thinking about new and different programs. (Partly so that people stop blindly copying YC.) The companies that are interested in these programs today are likely to be the same audience
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by jedc 17y ago
Good point; I just edited the form. I don't think I can change the title here on HN, though.
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by jedc 17y ago
Thanks to everyone in advance. I'll be publishing the paper online in early September, and this data will be really useful.
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Y Combinator / Seed Accelerator Dissertation Survey(spreadsheets.google.com)
31 points by jedc 17y ago|8 comments
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by jedc 17y ago
-> Putney
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by jedc 17y ago
Thanks in advance for any help!
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by jedc 17y ago
I think USAA got started because the military used to get ripped off on car insurance all the time. They then expanded into banking, etc. I'm all for a "USAA for the rest of us" and would love to be a customer.
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by jedc 17y ago
I've been a USAA member for 10 years now, and they have always been a fantastic and innovative bank. The fact they don't have branches has forced them to do business differently, and for the better!
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Ask HN: My Y combinator dissertation and startup survey
5 points by jedc 17y ago|2 comments
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by jedc 17y ago
There's a lot of value in being a central storehouse for a LOT of data, in my opinion. Combine that with tools to easily do the comparisons (correlations, regressions, etc.) between different sets of data then adds a huge amount of value t
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by jedc 17y ago
He's actually a tremendously talented musician and singer. It's a bit non-traditional, but one of my favorite classical CD's is where he sings the violin solos for various pieces. Link to album "Paper Music" is here: http://www.amazon.com
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by jedc 17y ago
I completely agree with IM; I avoid it if at all possible. There's too much of a time lag between responses so it seems slow, but because it's live it's very hard to turn my attention away. Email I can at least deal with on my own terms.
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Ask HN: Club Membership software - anyone here sell this?
2 points by jedc 17y ago|1 comments
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by jedc 17y ago
A lot of people have been tripped up by this, and it's a VERY important distinction. I hope Netflix posts more about the final (Test) results from each when they officially announce the winner.
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by jedc 17y ago
Thanks. Will look into it.
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by jedc 17y ago
For justin.tv, which cohort were you a part of? The summer 06 or winter 07? (I'm going by that, since the actual founding dates don't always correlate to YC cohort.) Thank you very much for the corrections.
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Ask HN: YC & other programs - is this data correct?
19 points by jedc 17y ago|8 comments

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