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Ask HN: Should Apple buy Dropbox for seamless doc sharing on iPad?
4 points by jfi 16y ago|6 comments
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Nice Analogy (Rock Band and Tech Startup)(avc.com)
3 points by jfi 16y ago|0 comments
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by jfi 16y ago
This has the potential to cripple the economy and society (see Mad Max). There is a great book that discusses Peak Oil and the potential crash we are facing called "The Long Emergency" for anyone interested. I really hope we attempt to hedg
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by jfi 16y ago
Azeem, I think you highlight an important topic. I joined Wall Street after graduating as well, because 1. It paid well and was "a good job", and 2. Was one of the opportunities that came up to campus and was easy to interview for. Outside
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Dear Facebook: What about 'dislike' and 'go away?'(scitech.blogs.cnn.com)
5 points by jfi 16y ago|0 comments
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Product Launches In Affiliate Marketing(dailyconversions.com)
1 points by jfi 17y ago|0 comments
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by jfi 17y ago
Joran, taking breaks and letting work go is extremely necessary. Your marginal production and happiness begin to severely decline and you end up just burning yourself out. You can put in 2 days of straight, solid work and get half as much d
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by jfi 17y ago
the project we are pitching can be found at http://collegejobconnect.com - should have included that in the posting
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Ask HN: Focus Points For Incubator Final Round Presentation?
7 points by jfi 17y ago|1 comments
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by jfi 17y ago
I think one of the biggest hinderances to "augmented reality" is the currently available viewers. Holding up an iPhone or some other smart device to look through its small screen doesn't cut it. The concept is powerful, the usability is awf
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by jfi 17y ago
papachito, sorry if my curt response came off as anything other than positive. I was just adding a link to a past Atwood article pointing out that the technology is not the emphasis here, but it is rather the building of a community lead by
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by jfi 17y ago
Atwood pointed this out in his post "Code: It's Trivial" ( http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/07/code-its-trivial.ht... ).
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What will be Facebook's AdWords?(gooddinosaur.com)
7 points by jfi 17y ago|1 comments
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by jfi 17y ago
Ah, I see your point and I agree. "Rainmaker" is the wrong term for sure. A better categorization would be exactly what you said, a "doer" ... so to restate my comment: make sure you push some of those rank 1 ideas forward, if even marginal
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Is Facebook going to create THE web currency?(techcrunch.com)
3 points by jfi 17y ago|0 comments
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by jfi 17y ago
Jordan, great advice. I find myself doing the same thing (although my rank goes to 5, very Spinal Tapesque). I'd challenge anyone that follows a similar system to make sure that all those 1s are actually pursued in some meaningful way, even
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by jfi 17y ago
I suppose they are trying to appeal to a younger audience, but I couldn't agree with you more. I find the new skins distracting and far away from the core value that I've come to expect and enjoy from the talented folks at FF.
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Data Market Place(flowingdata.com)
1 points by jfi 17y ago|0 comments
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by jfi 17y ago
sounds reasonable, MSFT is already doing it with the Surface. Be very interesting if they could be further integrated these smart tables with you via your phone (which could pair your cloud data, bank account, etc.) - if you were at a resta
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by jfi 17y ago
Very much appreciate your feedback. I've seen a few job placement services that employ such tactics. I feel like that borders on spam and would very much like to avoid it. One of the biggest challenges is we want to do it "right", but there
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by jfi 17y ago
yeah, that is the issue - send me your email address to jeff@collegejobconnect.com and I'll get you set up
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by jfi 17y ago
We're a small team, and early on we are focusing marketing efforts on a short list of schools in order to keep things manageable. We're certainly accepting resumes from other schools but we can't promise any results just yet :)
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Ask HN: How Best To Reach Hiring Employers?
5 points by jfi 17y ago|7 comments
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by jfi 17y ago
Agreed - likely not any one thing, but a combination of several trends. Quants are smart, but not necessarily in a startup way - they could definitely be on the startup team (build the product, crunch the data, etc.), but might not be the b
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by jfi 17y ago
I think a big factor of "why now in NYC?" was the recession: with firms collapsing, job security at an all time low, and dismal salary and bonu$ prospects, all the talented individuals that had flocked to Wall Street and hedge funds were no
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by jfi 17y ago
I wonder the same thing - personally, I think AAPL and Jobs are just that talented that they can "get it right" (extremely hard to do) ... I'm sure they do get out of the lab and get some real world feedback to some degree. But also remembe
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by jfi 17y ago
I think testing / getting feedback on your vision is vitally important. You aren't going to get buy in from all (or any), but it will give you more of a sense about your venture's risk profile. You can then better evaluate if you want / can
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by jfi 17y ago
a Vanity test would be better than my speculation though :)
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by jfi 17y ago
prosa, great question - 100% think you must have a graphically appealing product out of the gate, but like you said, it is a fine line that you must walk. I try to test my thesis early and often, but my tests will only be taken serious if I
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by jfi 17y ago
SamAtt, you have a great point. When building a new product and service you must be dedicated and put something out that is tight and usable. When you are using a service, this is just as important to see in the founders / company. When I

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