johnl

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by johnl 17y ago
That's a good list of suggestions to deal with difficult people. Getting flustered sure isn't the answer. When I am having difficulties with someone and they say: I have no idea what you’re talking about, it's red flag time, and I'll tell m
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by johnl 17y ago
If your business continues to grow I would say the article applies but if I hit a bump I would certainly look carefully at the competition to make sure nothing over there has changed the rules.
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by johnl 17y ago
The other side of "putting in the time" is finding something you like doing in the first place. It makes the journey all the more interesting.
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by johnl 17y ago
By comparing their stats to other successful companies you sure would think so. I would still be looking for that killer income app that can be connected to: per person, per hour, per link, etc, before I jump all the way in first and decla
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by johnl 17y ago
I would delegate but with feedback. After a while the guy is going to get in everyone's way. And by feedback I would mean more than numbers crossing his desk.
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by johnl 17y ago
Quote: "But for all the buzz around virtual goods, you might still wonder why people are willing to pay for things that don't really exist." I would think they are paying for expectations of a level of entertainment. It's an excellent metho
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by johnl 17y ago
If there were a lot of single founders with good ideas YC might consider creating a new program called 2and20. If your single founder application is accepted you have 20 days to get 2 additional founders and resubmit for a second approval?
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by johnl 17y ago
I would think "bring a sample of your coding" might be better. Non-programming might include: Query language "programming". Maintaining an existing "out of box application" Maintenance programming. End user support. Little real
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by johnl 17y ago
It might be as easy as modularizing your projects after the initial conceptualizing the project before beginning the programming, That second step makes starting, stopping and debugging the programming a lot easier. Break the project in sma
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by johnl 17y ago
Reliable female birth control started in the 60s so the green graph should be normalize for that fact and you might get a better correlation.
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by johnl 17y ago
I am not sure the strategy in the article will work or not but it sure does highlight the trade off problems between internet and personal security/identity. Seems like no one likes the preferences opt in/opt out that everyone is currently
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by johnl 17y ago
molecular reactions at absolute zero.... cool.
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by johnl 17y ago
I think the genius of Google isn't the stuff they build (which is really cool) but the fact that the entire company is built from information essentially available to everyone.
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by johnl 17y ago
Why don't you create an app that solves that particular problem and give it away free on the condition that you can dish up and split Google ads on the app. Create a site where they can automatically update their hours. Some simple loan cal
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by johnl 17y ago
Sounds like a need for more transparency on swaps and swap accounting, not more Bank bashing..
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by johnl 17y ago
I would say that's a good idea. If your are not involved in the "problem" you probable won't be able to be part of the solution and surly won't be able to direct or have a say in the solution.
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by johnl 17y ago
That's a market that hasn't seen any consolidation but quite a lot of competition. It will be interesting to see what they can do and how they are going to approach it..
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by johnl 17y ago
Sure does. Boys could do that to but are too busy demonstrating that Force = Mass * Acceleration.
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by johnl 17y ago
Agreed, I wouldn't last a week. Sounds like the concept of: Management knows everything and the employees know nothing attitude.
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by johnl 17y ago
Every growth industry has it's ups and downs. You find out what works and what doesn't, fix what doesn't, and keep on going. Shouldn't be a big deal.
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by johnl 17y ago
You could also title the article the "Art of Listening".
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by johnl 17y ago
Sure doesn't seem to make sense. Could be one of the additives. I would want another study separating all the stuff they put in sodas. But staying away from all that sugar is still a good idea.
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by johnl 17y ago
Sounds like there is a new gaming market needing attention. Or maybe handicapping players.
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by johnl 17y ago
Could he just mentor a replacement for a portion reduction in his equity instead of him taking a major role in the company? a new partner would get the ball rolling. He would still be available for consultation but out of the business loop
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by johnl 17y ago
glad to see the economics of supply,demand,and price working somewhere.
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by johnl 17y ago
I liked the interview. Interesting to see how he used other peoples resources instead of creating then from scratch.
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by johnl 17y ago
Amazon real issue may not be the price issue but that Amazon isn't dictating what the price shall be, someone else is. Amazon may think that if they loose control over price, they loose control over their site.
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by johnl 17y ago
I guess there is no chance that it is a very well designed marketing ploy, that is putting Jobs in front of everything?
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by johnl 17y ago
I would agree. I never saw so many bad things happen when my friends upgraded to IE6. It wasn't that IE6 was bad it's just a lot of things security wise came to a head at the same time and IE6 was sitting in it's path.
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by johnl 17y ago
I like the read but..... I would have liked the author to be more specific about the qualities as a cofounder. A well rounded person compared to a so-so person is still too vague for me. And as a VC and the reason to not invest in my start-

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