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by johnrob 16y ago
Not working for me... > echo '1 2 3 4' | awk '{print $1}' 1 > echo '1 2 3 4' | cut -f1 1 2 3 4
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by johnrob 16y ago
I really wish awk were less awkward to type (no pun intended). The single quotes plus the brackets is a brutal combo. Does anyone know how to achieve the following command in a more type friendly way?: awk '{print $1}'
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There's always some exclusive story that can be spun, at any stage of a company's life. It just takes creativity.
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This is an easy one - ask your lawyer. If you don't have one, now is the time to get one. Choose a firm that has a reputation for startups. Startup lawyers know everything about acquisitions. They see them first hand from a unique vantag
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by johnrob 16y ago
The tone of the site is a little too business-ish. I can't pinpoint how, but (colors aside) it has the form of a business product like basecamp. Take a good look at http://www.hotornot.com/ . I don't have the design chops to explain why
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There are very few examples of companies turning down large offers and subsequently regretting it. There has to be something pretty good going on to get an offer like that.
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I won't conclude that there wasn't more to offer than just internet fame, but I will say that brand is something that companies will pay a big premium for.
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by johnrob 16y ago
Angels need to stick to what they're good at: risk taking. In today's ecosystem, the reality is that the startups leaving YC are not as risky as the others. The new 150k plan is simply the market's way of reflecting this. If angels inste
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This is awesome. It's great to see big money split up into lots of small investments. I've always wondered what would happen if Microsoft took 1 billion dollars and make 10K $100K angel investments. Something amazing would surely come ou
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Google completely disregarded the way the entire advertising industry worked and came up with its own solution as if it existed in a vacuum Kind of hard to combine this advice with "get out of the building". Read enough startup advice, a
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by johnrob 16y ago
Wonderful idea. This could go way beyond grade school stuff. There are many topics I'd love to learn more about, if there were a good way to find an expert looking to give lessons. Piano, Surfing, Horseback Riding, etc etc.
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by johnrob 16y ago
Excellent point. I'm surprised that I've never heard this rational before. Compared to the other theories, this is definitely the Occam's Razor version. For many women there is a good chance that their future husband will be the "breadwi
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by johnrob 16y ago
Given the hype growing around Hipmunk, I'm surprised that none of the current players (i.e. kayak) have responded. Hipmunk's main innovation is the UI - if you were Kayak, and you already had a backend in place, wouldn't you assign at leas
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by johnrob 16y ago
If they are paying you a salary that changes the equation, to reveal the true equity amount you'd have to convert your salary (times the number of vesting years) into stock at the current valuation. The 'real' number in this case is probab
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by johnrob 16y ago
no matter how cheap Android handsets get, the monthly plans are still the biggest cost While technically true, are most people really aware of that at the time of purchase? The service is something you pay for down the road, but the phon
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by johnrob 16y ago
This post seems less about hiring and more about what a startup should be focusing on. Given his reasoning, would it not make sense to hire someone good at customer development and/or customer acquisition?
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He and his executive team had just somehow driven hundreds of people to work hard for months, giving 20 hour days, even 48 hour sleepless stints... If put in more work than what your cash salary is worth, then you are investing. And some
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by johnrob 16y ago
Most people's IRA money is a drop in the pan compared to the market rate salary people forgo to pursue a startup. If your value system has you protecting your IRA, it should also have you earning a full salary.
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by johnrob 16y ago
If any seed funded company is worth more than zero, then Apple is worth infinity.
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Why would a smart college grad want to join this program and not the real YC?
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by johnrob 16y ago
I find myself asking non-YC companies why they aren't yet in YC Are there any legitimate excuses for a startup not to be in YC, other than rejection? I can't think of any (especially when you read http://paulgraham.com/equity.html ).
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by johnrob 16y ago
If we can make food, medicine, and shelter almost free with the help of automation, then people would no longer need jobs to meet their survival needs.
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Games have a tradition of being paid for, so they don't really apply to this argument.
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This is the 2010 version of an IPO.
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Your risk reward equation doesn't account for preferences. There are a lot of folks out there that would be turned off by a 0% chance of a big exit, which is what 250-500K/year is. Every startup offers a tiny chance of fame and fortune th
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by johnrob 16y ago
Groupon = online advertising for people who don't understand 'cost per user'. The majority of small business owners fall into this category, and that's why Groupon prints money.
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"Add a row" is not a good call to action since "row" is a developer term. I'd go with something like "Add more users".
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Keep in mind, a founding team like that is probably worth 10s of millions to a company like AOL (assuming they retain them for several years).
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College might suit some people better than others. What are your life goals: are you trying to fit in, or trying to stand out? You could argue that college is doing a decent job of the former, but failing at the latter. If you want to st
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by johnrob 16y ago
I disagree. The product concept hasn't changed; it's still the same idea that all these boo-birds loved a year or two ago. Maybe they've burned bridges with some early adopters, but the other 99.99% of America will never know about that.

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