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Where the next big thing can get a lift off the ground(boston.com)
2 points by jl 19y ago|0 comments
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by jl 19y ago
Also, if you haven't heard from us with a yes/no by the end of the day on 3/27, please check your spam folder. Especially if you have a yahoo mail account.
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by jl 19y ago
New to Hacker News? http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by jl 19y ago
Congrats guys - traffic graph is fabulous!
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by jl 19y ago
The next book will be quite similar to the first, but with different founders. Founders at Work actually isn't affiliated with Coders at Work, other than having similar names and the same publisher.
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2008 Startup School April 19. Confirmed so far: Andreessen, Bezos, DHH(startupschool.org)
44 points by jl 19y ago|48 comments
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by jl 19y ago
I went to Andover (a frighteningly long time ago). They've recently announced a commitment to go to a "need-blind" admissions policy this year-- meaning that every qualified student will be admitted without consideration of his or her famil
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Applications now open for summer 2008 YC funding cycle(ycombinator.com)
46 points by jl 19y ago|39 comments
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by jl 19y ago
Thanks Sam! As usual, excellent advice. Though it seems like common sense, you'd be surprised how hard this advice might be to follow. Especially the last one.
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A Tour of Xerox PARC(blog.guykawasaki.com)
32 points by jl 19y ago|5 comments
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by jl 19y ago
Yes, my typo. It was the 6.370 contest.
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by jl 19y ago
Go danielha!
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by jl 19y ago
Congrats Sama and Nick!
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by jl 19y ago
If you have not received a response from us by midnight on Thursday, please check your spam filter before contacting us. (We've had issues with yahoo mail accounts in the past, for example.)
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by jl 19y ago
Congratulations PB! Nice photo in the Times!
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by jl 19y ago
There have been 5 female cofounders. Marie from Heysan, Divya from Jamglue, and Michelle (with a company from last summer that hasn't launched yet) are the women still involved with their startups. I hope more women will apply for funding
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by jl 19y ago
I was quoted in this article, but the point I really wanted to make (that ended up on the cutting room floor obviously) was that a startup should be more concerned about the 3-person startup working on the same thing than an investor or big
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How to keep the lid on a good idea(ft.com)
14 points by jl 19y ago|7 comments
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Demo Day at Y Combinator(innoeco.com)
18 points by jl 19y ago|0 comments
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by jl 19y ago
The paperwork that YC uses is for a Delaware C Corp.
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by jl 19y ago
Yes I am. Incidentally, Founders at Work is not affiliated in any way with Coders at Work other than having the same publisher.
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by jl 19y ago
Congrats Sam Altman!
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by jl 19y ago
I must have asked 3 out of 4 times - I didn't want you to miss getting your degree when you were so close!
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by jl 20y ago
No, YC didn't fund Fotoroll.
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From Oxford to Silicon Valley, part two(news.bbc.co.uk)
8 points by jl 20y ago|0 comments
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by jl 20y ago
It's no dealbreaker by any means, especially if you are a c corp in DE. It's just been more difficult to do some of the "legal cleanup" necessary for YC to make its invetsment than if you start from scratch.
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Official Startup School '07 wiki(wiki.startupschool.org)
12 points by jl 20y ago|2 comments
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by jl 20y ago
No. We respond to everyone at the same time.
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by jl 20y ago
Yes, a bunch of startups in the winter funding cycle were already up and running.