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by jf781 17y ago
I decided to post the entire interview based upon feedback here at Hacker News - THANKS for the feedback. What impressed me about Mike and FB's approach is that they are thinking holistically about system software ontop of open source. The
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by jf781 17y ago
thanks. The post was too long to post as one interview.
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by jf781 17y ago
This is part I in a multi-part series. Mike is a good guys. It was great conversation especially on some of the haystack work to how they are hiring. Other parts coming soon FB Engineering vision Haystack project Hiring integreted enginee
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by jf781 17y ago
Amazing post from a talented guy in Vik. Great stuff. When Vik and I were talking about this we were struck by the large amount of duplicates in the system. What does this mean? Here is my ANGLE: It's possible that Twitter is mostly echo
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by jf781 17y ago
how can i tell who knocked my comment down to -2
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by jf781 17y ago
Advisory boards are window dressing yes but I would say that scoring good advisors speaks to the influence of the entrepreneur and the merit of the idea. In general most investors understand advisory boards are more of show but to me they d
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by jf781 17y ago
this industry is embronic and more innovation will occur. I love the cloud market very compelling and important for entrepreneurs and big businesses. We will all be renting computing and storage in the short future.
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by jf781 17y ago
I like Matt so I'm not dissing him - I'm just saying that paid search was a new trend in 99-02 and if regulation was in place then I think that that offering would not have scaled to the success that it has provided to marketers today. Now
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by jf781 17y ago
This is a good post going in depth to provide value. Keep this series going please!!!
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by jf781 17y ago
Young guns from Google. I know Ethan from Google video days. I like how they bootstrapped it. No full time employees til the product launches in the market. Smart move. We are living in a new counter culture
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by jf781 17y ago
the promise of changes at the edge of the network are now happening. Validation: With microblogging (or other forms with video and audio) and > 3G mobile new data forms will create massive new opportunities that will disrupt - search,
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by jf781 17y ago
great post - you gotta love the enjoyment of Larry as they say in boston - he's a playa It was fun to watch the video on youtube that is in the comments - that was funny as s$it
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by jf781 17y ago
I really am enjoying the thread here on my post. Interesting to see some of the comments thinking that I'm anti-development with my quote about product mktg and validation is the scarce resource. Of course great architects and developer a
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by jf781 17y ago
For technical folks bootstrapping say a iphone or fb app is very little money and 25-150k could be used for market validation - another very important part of the startup cycle. If the entrepreneur is say a business person who can't code a
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by jf781 17y ago
I was just making the point that the possibility of creating a huge "home run" which is the desired VC outcome (eg like an Apple or HP) is difficult when VCs "pass" on what looks like a few guys making an iphone app or something. My other p
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Massive Twitter Security Hole(siliconangle.com)
2 points by jf781 17y ago|0 comments
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by jf781 17y ago
great angle on this story from SiliconANGLE.com lots buzzing on why this happened. Its an example of the misinformed blogosphere. Thanks for clarifying the story
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by jf781 17y ago
This has huge implications for european entrepreneurs. My Angle is that this great news for them. EU startups will be the dark horse in this new market reality. Right now EU startups need more zero and early stage financing. Skype will
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EBay Spinning Skype Out Public(siliconangle.com)
19 points by jf781 17y ago|7 comments
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Original Skype Founders Trying to buy back Skype(siliconangle.com)
2 points by jf781 18y ago|0 comments
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by jf781 18y ago
My Angle: I am curious to see how Google structures their fund. How entrepreneur friendly will they be? Will they be a strategic investor (translation: driven by internal priorities) verses financial profit motive? http://www.siliconangle.
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Google Announces Venture Group(siliconangle.com)
5 points by jf781 18y ago|1 comments
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by jf781 18y ago
Great stuff Paul. Welcome to Silicon Valley.