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by jordigg 11y ago
YC is doing the VC job by curating and selecting good bets. LPs can go straight to these deals and avoid the middlemen. How is that going to affect the traditional LP > VC > startup model? Will LPs go straight to "top" accel
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Having Won Over VCs, Y Combinator Turns to LPs(techcrunch.com)
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Sam Altman and Jessica Livingston Explain Y Combinators Success(venturebeat.com)
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Amazon Flex to offer Package pickup service with prime now(geekwire.com)
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by jordigg 11y ago
There's an application process to access the data. The application can be found here: http://www.bigdatabcn.com/en/ > Big Data CoE Barcelona is a new centre driven by Barcelona Digital Technology Centre, the Go
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Instawork (YC S15) wants to change the way that small businesses hire(businessinsider.com)
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Barcelona: The most wired city in the world(fortune.com)
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Barcelona: The most wired city in the world(fortune.com)
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by jordigg 11y ago
Really happy seeing these initiatives and the way the White House is thinking about bringing technology to the government. I just can't understand why other government bodies and countries still give all their work to big corporations
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by jordigg 11y ago
I think is the natural choice. Their social network "Google+" failed, they are now implementing live streaming for games (after laughing about Twitch[1]) and already offer live hangouts. I'm sure the next step is to use Youtu
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by jordigg 11y ago
Periscope had a great start, support very early on from investors, influencers and was bought by Twitter before going live, that helped explode the app from day 0. Something that did hurt Meerkat a lot was being cut off from the Twitter API
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by jordigg 11y ago
Yesterday I had PG's Startup School 08 video[1] on the background and he spoke about them just after being a cockroach and how companies succeed not just by not being evil but by being good. Really happy for them. Great team. [1] https
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Startup School Radio Ep. 13: Jesse Volmar, Nick Carson and Phillip Akhzar(soundcloud.com)
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by jordigg 11y ago
I've been my entire life working on projects, where I'm from no one knows anything about startups. I didn't know anything either. I thought Google and Microsoft had been there for years and were created like any other traditi
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by jordigg 11y ago
So all google divisions are now individual companies inside a conglomerated called Alphabet where Larry is the CEO and Sergei the President. Sundar Pichai is now the new CEO of Google. Is that right? Why do you think they are moving this wa
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Ask HN: If you could define a new CV “standard” how it would be?
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by jordigg 11y ago
It may take you longer to get there, but you can do it without rich families, good connections and "pedigree". I've proven it myself many times. Just want something and work your ass off.
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by jordigg 11y ago
Haven't downvoted, I'm too young! Luck (probability) exists, but I'm of those ones who believe that what you get is a result of what you have done before. Do you really think iPad is selling more than Microsoft because a lack
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by jordigg 11y ago
It's just my personal opinion, difficult to prove or measure, but I believe Jessica's point after meeting and working with over 900 startups and getting to know so many founders. We should learn the other side of the equation and
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by jordigg 11y ago
> Having these traits alone won't make you succeed but if all other conditions are met your will have bigger chances of succeeding. I said that I agreed with your comment. Those traits may increase chances of succeeding when startin
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by jordigg 11y ago
I think we all agree here, but Jessica's point is about some traits that many successful founders shared among themselves. Having these traits alone won't make you succeed but if all other conditions are met your will have bigger
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by jordigg 11y ago
Would love to see a new book about successful and not so successful founders and lessons learned along the way. Comparing them with the first book to find interesting facts about how things and people's perspective have changed over ti
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by jordigg 11y ago
Well, I get what bsammers said because is what heap have been offering since day one and what made it special. You are even using gradients with that orange that reminded me about them. I'm happy you took the non-coding approach, it wi
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by jordigg 11y ago
It's great that every time is getting easier and easier to track analytics. No need to change the code or ask your engineering team to push changes. Seems they are trying to do what Heap analytics (another YC company) is already doing.
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by jordigg 11y ago
Don't underestimate that 12k + YC network and help. Most unicorns that came from the YC program started with 20k not long ago. Too much money can kill a small and inexperienced team, be lean, scrappy and bootstrap to prove then raise t
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by jordigg 11y ago
Been using it for some months already and love it. I'm missing some features like being able to dump or upload an entire DB backup from a file (have to use another app for that). Hope I can get all functionality in one place soon. UI i
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by jordigg 11y ago
I really think technical, or any other kind of hiring is broken. As you showed best indicators are questions (like your quizzes) or by showing "live" you can rather than a pretty CV, certificate or a fancy university name (I'
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by jordigg 11y ago
I'm sure we'll see more pitches trying to get attention than real questions to specific problems. Let's try to keep it useful for everyone! It's a great idea and I want to thank you in advance for taking the time to help
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Which companies kicked their first CEO/Founder and did really well?(quora.com)
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by jordigg 11y ago
Thanks for your answer unfortunately I'm not from SF, not even from the US but hope I can move soon. I'll be happy to give Eden a try once it's available close to me. Continue the good work this summer :)

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