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by johnrob 17y ago
Not being dreadfully slow will also make it unlike an iphone.
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by johnrob 17y ago
It's just a spectrum. At one end, where all we do is write, we use log files. At the other end, where all we do is read, we cache static content at network hubs. There's a lot in between. An RDBMS is one tradeoff, 'NoSQL' represents ano
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by johnrob 17y ago
I stopped here: 5) Already a successful entrepreneur? Self-fund from cash via your last exit. VCs will be beating down your door to co-invest. Your choice... This is garbage.
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by johnrob 17y ago
37 signals and Fog Creek target very sophisticated users, so in their case a well respected blog goes a long way. You could probably make the same argument for Mint, although I think their main target is a rung lower than the other two.
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by johnrob 17y ago
Hopefully Notifo is building something that will replace SMS for this use case.
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by johnrob 17y ago
I've really wanted notifications for a while now; I figured email was the obvious and standard way to do something of that sort (hopefully you can add that soon). On a related note, your comment is over a day old now - normally I wouldn't r
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by johnrob 17y ago
The irony is that while YC is extremely useful for founders, those who get in probably need that help the least.
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by johnrob 17y ago
I couldn't help having the same reaction myself. I hope they offered equity that was more indicative of a pre-funding-no-salary employee, even though he's technically a post-funding-salaried employee.
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by johnrob 17y ago
I get the impression that there are quite a few YCers that didn't make it on the first application. PG has said in the past that the most compelling argument you can make to investors is that you're going to keep forging ahead, with or with
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by johnrob 17y ago
It's kind of like sales, but instead of directly selling to customers you are pursuing partnerships with other companies.
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by johnrob 17y ago
I'm not sure I buy the argument of '1.5 billion spent developing iPhone apps' vs '500 million in developer revenue'. Even if every hour of iPhone development only gets 30% payment in the macro sense, then I'd wager it's still wildly more l
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by johnrob 17y ago
The argument is only relevant to startups that have funding options; there are plenty out there that would need to work hard to get funding. However, if funding is a realistic option, and the investor isn't detrimental in some way, it's a m
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by johnrob 17y ago
Fascinating comment thread on the first TC write up of Zoho: http://techcrunch.com/2005/10/02/zoho-writers-ajax-word-proc... The first comment (from Jason Fried): That’s a total rip of Backpack. I’d think twice about covering such blatant
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by johnrob 17y ago
For me, the most amazing thing is the "time to hockey stick": Friday night he starts hacking, and by Monday it's getting blogged about and going viral. That is an amazingly short amount of time to build something people want. Most of us h
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by johnrob 17y ago
"respecting institutions, having manners, demonstrating a level of humility" These are the easy things of which Steve Jobs is the polar opposite. My point wasn't about attending class.
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by johnrob 17y ago
Don't ignore some of the good traits this student is showing, namely the interest to try 3 different lectures and the guts to email the prof. This person could easily turn out to be a star. We can't only focus on one part of the data.
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by johnrob 17y ago
Imagine how much potential Steve Jobs would have if he got any of that "easy stuff" right.
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by johnrob 17y ago
"If they decide to sue, they get to look through your email records (it's called "discovery"). Then they have 100 emails you sent during work hours. You lose." The simple solution that PG has recommended in the past is to rewrite all the co
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by johnrob 17y ago
The alternative is just to be good. Then you have nothing to hide, and nothing to worry about. In the case of Zynga, hocking malware to your users is not good. They indeed had something to worry about.
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by johnrob 17y ago
It just seems incredibly irrational to accept not knowing very important details. In reality, I'm sure many smart people ignore these details. It amazes me that they accept "you can have a piece of the pie" without asking "how much of the
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by johnrob 17y ago
Equally important is the reverse question: if a prospective employee doesn't demand this information, should I hire him?
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by johnrob 17y ago
I have to agree here. Rewriting links in the browser probably violates the spirit of affiliation. A related question: does it re-write links that already have an affiliate id in them? That would be really gauche. [EDIT] Here's another way
863.
by johnrob 17y ago
I wouldn't say never, but I think there are times when ignorance can make you stay the course while rationality would have you quit.
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by johnrob 17y ago
I think what you've really done here is change the deadline from March 3rd to "right before the program starts". Sure, applying earlier is better than later, but that was already the case.
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by johnrob 17y ago
Eating slowly and eating greens are not mutually exclusive.
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by johnrob 17y ago
Why limit the search to journalists? If my understanding is correct, Arrington didn't have any prior experience in the news industry before Techcrunch.
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by johnrob 17y ago
Why not interview someone that wasn't already on Mixergy? Andrew did a pretty good job with AirBnB, but if you think there's more stuff to expose we're all ears!
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by johnrob 17y ago
In the early stage, it's more important to get the product right than find the biggest market. I'm guessing the developers use Safari, and they want to 'eat their own dog food'.
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by johnrob 17y ago
Why do you think they bought you guys then? I'm assuming the product has been shut down, and the team has since moved on - what did they get out of the acquisition?
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by johnrob 17y ago
I used to wonder why it's so hard to buy gifts for people. Then I realized the answer is that most people already have way more crap than they need.

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