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by jimhi 5y ago
I think there is some measurable improvement when not overthinking a skill when you are still a beginner. I have also had and seen improvement in foreign language speaking when people are tired or drunk.
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by jimhi 5y ago
The best response to an investor who absolutely dislikes your company idea is to talk about your real users and why they use you. It sounds like you were saying a bunch of hypotheticals (not convincing) until you finally gave your family as
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by jimhi 5y ago
Every couple of a years Y Combinator CTOs do a survey of their MVP. Every single time Django on Heroku wins. If it's on the decline, I doubt it has fallen out of first place yet
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by jimhi 5y ago
A long time ago I tried to categorize wealth mechanisms like this. There are tons of concepts, depending on how high or low you are generalizing. For instance, providing something only the wealthy have to the masses (private drivers, smartp
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by jimhi 5y ago
I hope they figure out how to offer equity to their top users (and content providers). Always thought that was a game changing idea. Video platforms figured this out, why can't reddit? https://www.theverge.com/2014&#x2F
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by jimhi 5y ago
Interesting attempt to change the culture. For context, only 2% of the population pays income tax even though ~14% legally should.
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by jimhi 5y ago
I was in Hong Kong on and off from 2016 up until this year. I think people may not know the country is guaranteed to become China by 2034, and probably a bit sooner now that they contribute such a small % of the GDP to China. Since the peop
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by jimhi 5y ago
You both are right that you won't get into many of the "hot" deals, but I don't believe there's enough data to show those turns into the best returns. I have also gotten into a hot deal or two as a nobody. I write t
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by jimhi 5y ago
Hey George, this is all good for the broader startup market but the stats are pretty consistent for investing in YC companies on their demo day. 70% die 6% are worth over 100 million ~1% are worth over 1 billion With that in mind, why not j
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The secret entrepreneurs of North Korea(mrsteinberg.com)
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Some quick googling told me a lot of things Apple hides how much it makes in the app store by combining it into their iPhone product segment. "Apple doesn’t disclose how much revenue its App Store makes per year. Instead, since 2013, i
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by jimhi 5y ago
We are. Most threads have at least one. I find the longer they have been out of yc the less they are here though
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by jimhi 5y ago
For me and others who got in before that existed no. For those after, yes. After this discussion, I think going to the inperson events gives you a bit of an unfair advantage to really explain what you have made.
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Nobody was connected when they started, not myself either. They got their partner contact publicly or from public events they hold
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Paul Graham didn’t even start Y combinator until he was 41!
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That’s a shame. I know several founders who email specific partners who have in experience in their industry and they seem to get more personalized rejections
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by jimhi 5y ago
They generally give feedback on your application. There is likely something with your traction or potential market more than your age. I do agree with you there are some elements that make it harder as you get older. That said: https:&#x2F
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by jimhi 5y ago
What else is there to the story? Any proof at all?
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by jimhi 5y ago
The government asked random people to remote view Mars in the year 1 million B.C. and then wrote it down. That's the whole story. Enough proof to believe though, right?
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Nothing that isn't obvious. Maybe they aren't pleasant to be around. Maybe they actually drove customers and an employee away. Maybe they are condescending. Maybe they talk a lot and don't actually get work done. In short, th
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by jimhi 5y ago
I’ve been through YC twice now and have had this happen to me before in different ways and heard many stories firsthand. Some people just seem to drop whatever mask they had as soon as they see one ounce of success. There is even one case o
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by jimhi 5y ago
It constantly surprises me how some % of people I know will change completely if they suddenly land a lot of money or a hot girl
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by jimhi 5y ago
He has a different essay explaining the Stripe founders were not experts at all when they started. I think there's multiple paths to success and change
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by jimhi 5y ago
In the realm of entrepreneurship, I think domain experts who also risk tons of their cash on crazy ideas should be looked at even closer. Y Combinator and Tesla were seen as stupid and crazy for a long time. Meanwhile I’ve seen a lot of dom
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by jimhi 5y ago
Do you realize you are comparing a CEO taking an illegal drug at work to a CEO taking a legal drug outside of work?
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by jimhi 6y ago
I think they are referring to Instagram, twitter, etc for showing off art.
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by jimhi 6y ago
They don't remove pages for inactive companies. Check the parent's archive link for what that looks like.
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Most favourable assumption: They have a policy to remove companies from their network and site that violate certain rules - like fraud. Least favourable assumption: They are doing damage control with their association. This article does not
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by jimhi 6y ago
Critical thinking says NFTs could work for say reselling tickets or something where you need to transfer the proof of ownership. The NFT Art market as it is seems to be about equivalent to the real world autograph market. It is likely vastl
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by jimhi 6y ago
Your vagueness makes this society sound really ominous. What society are you talking about? Scientology? China?

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