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   Iridium now has a killer app(twitter.com)

   4 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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   by jot 15y ago

   Any thoughts on this service: http://golimited.co/ It was recently launched as a side project of startup I know in Brighton, UK. Seems super cheap.
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   X-37B spaceplane 'spying on China'(bbc.co.uk)

   33 points by jot 15y ago|4 comments
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   Profitable: To Be Or Not To Be?(avc.com)

   2 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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   by jot 15y ago

   What would you say to someone that refuses to email users at all and even rejects the idea of collecting email addresses at signup? They think asking for email addresses and using them for anything is only for spammers. Sadly they also have
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   by jot 15y ago

   I'm specifically thinking of participants in accelerator programes like YC, TechStars, Start-Up Chile and SeedCamp.
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   by jot 15y ago

   I'm not sure this part works: "to grow by a large factor (10x or more)". Most businesses I come across that describe themselves as startups and fit the rest of the definition, haven't yet got themselves to a point where a 10x improvement ov
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   What is a startup?(swombat.com)

   51 points by jot 15y ago|23 comments
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   Retreat of Arctic Sea ice releases methane(independent.co.uk)

   6 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jot 15y ago

    I'm thinking the first version of Justin.tv makes YC and TechStars even on the reality TV show front. Have a feeling it turned out better too.
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    The stress of a start-up(gothamgal.com)

    1 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    Starting up in Chile, not Silicon Valley(bbc.co.uk)

    8 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed(bbc.co.uk)

    13 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jot 15y ago

    Have needed a service like this a few times. Current favorite solution is: http://url2png.com/ How do you differentiate LinkPeek?
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    What newbie developers could really do with - a simpler stack(peternixey.com)

    2 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jot 15y ago

    This post is written by one of the participants in the initial "round 0" of Start-Up Chile ( http://startupchile.org ) that started about a year ago.
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    Lessons from Chile: How To Solve The European Economic Crisis(eu.techcrunch.com)

    3 points by jot 15y ago|2 comments
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    by jot 15y ago

    Very well said. I'm a fellow participant in the program, having been here in Chile for four months. These insights are spot on.
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    Technology Scams(shkspr.mobi)

    1 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jot 15y ago

    There's a good discussion about these, including responses from the makers here: "Valkee Scam" http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2011/09/valkee-scam/
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    Acting on your Feedback | Twitter Developers(dev.twitter.com)

    2 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    Apple Special Event October 2011(events.apple.com.edgesuite.net)

    4 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jot 15y ago

    http://droppages.com lets you do this with very little set up. I've been very happy using it on a simple static site that I have less technical people collaborating with me on.
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    Newton.js: box2d + Raphael(whatdoyouknow.webdirections.org)

    5 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jot 15y ago

    Other recent HN posts and discussions about Start-Up Chile: 154 Startups Selected in Start-Up Chile's 2nd Round of 2011 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3031349 Start-Up Chile is a Great Experience But Be Careful Too http://news.ycomb
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    by jot 15y ago

    I'm also on the current program. It's true, you need at least $10K cash in the bank to be able to gain full access to the grant. We thought it would be around $5K that we would need but it's turned out to be much more. I very much hope that
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    by jot 15y ago

    We use Chargify with Payment Express hooked up to Barclaycard and American Express merchant services. It works great. We lost $750 of sales (50%) in our first month because we didn't think Amex was important. It turns out that Amex is the c
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    In the open Internet very few people see you click(blog.jaggeree.com)

    1 points by jot 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jot 15y ago

    I think we're up to around 7 teams. More are considering the move and there is a community of about 30 that attend regular meetups.
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    by jot 15y ago

    I'm living in Viña del Mar with a collection of other Start-Up Chile teams. You need to return to Santiago for reimbursements but you'll earn points for moving out to a region. Almost any project you can justify as being beneficial to the c