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by jppope 7y ago
If I were you I wouldn't look for a brand explicitly... I'd follow craigslist for bikes that are a good deal. I got my Trek commuter for $120 (originally $550). People have a tendency to buy things like bikes thinking that they&#x
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by jppope 7y ago
that is pretty awesome. Nicely done
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by jppope 7y ago
Fantastic observations. I appreciate you mentioning them. You are totally right I'm colloquially using "Open Source" to basically mean code that is under a permissive license... and not really covering all the basis with the
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by jppope 7y ago
love the "Fee and Open" Source. Gave me a chuckle... these concerns are totally valid... I appreciate the follow up and will think through it.
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Ask HN: Concept for Monetizing Open Source Projects
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by jppope 7y ago
You're missing the step where you try to sell a bad IPO to the public so the VCs get paid...
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by jppope 7y ago
So not to be decisive... but if you have a skill such as a talent for scraping why not look for a value-add for the world compared to primarily "rent-seeking" activities like the above. (Advertising is never a good way to make mon
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by jppope 7y ago
Agree completely... I'm thinking more how does one get passed employees leaving, revenue/ project swings, market changes, etc in orderly way. What are the tricks to getting passed being a small business without buying your way out
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by jppope 7y ago
This is 100% not about me... it's about trying to understand the phase in a startup/ company's lifecycle from an academic perspective... I'm trying to learn. To directly answer your question I wouldn't start a compa
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Ask HN: Scaling a company from founders to a small team?
7 points by jppope 7y ago|5 comments
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by jppope 7y ago
bump the compensation up $30K - $50K ... should fix your problem.
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by jppope 7y ago
Most of the IPOs are getting killed this year because they were overvalued during their investment rounds. Slack may still come out of it but I would expect it to take a little bit. Also do keep in mind that all the VC money / investor
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by jppope 7y ago
https://joelgrus.com/2016/05/23/fizz-buzz-in-tensorflow/
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by jppope 7y ago
https://joelgrus.com/2016/05/23/fizz-buzz-in-tensorflow/
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by jppope 7y ago
In the workplace we don't write katas, thats all there is to it... We have tools that we are able to offload most of the specificity required for real programming => Code examples, Documentation, Stack Overflow, IDEs, etc. ... This
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by jppope 7y ago
probably the best one that I've seen too... seems like ~50% of them got a fighting chance.
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by jppope 7y ago
cool article
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by jppope 7y ago
The largest failure of the early web was that the innovators didn't realize how interested people were in having a little spot to call their own. I would take advantage of that and build a simple app for the kids to create their own sp
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by jppope 7y ago
Historically people go to the movies during recessions... but I wouldn't count on that this next time around
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by jppope 7y ago
The book is still on my todo list... perhaps you could give examples from the book?
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by jppope 7y ago
As long as its actually designed for Developers that know how to code it's probably somewhat useful... I.E. don't build it for the general public or the marketing crowd ;)
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by jppope 7y ago
This is actually a beautiful commentary... kudos to Matt for writing this.
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by jppope 7y ago
You need management experience. Hire some contractors/people to help you build something outside of work... learn how to manage them (make sure it's more than one person). Even if its silly stuff like building web pages for local
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by jppope 7y ago
Ozymandias. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias Stay humble.
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by jppope 7y ago
The author also fails to notice that 2019 is a blockbuster year for the tech IPOs because the market is way up. The tech companies aren't dumb - they are trying to get a great position to create liquidity for their owners
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by jppope 7y ago
Organize people. Start with a small group, and focus on a small project. Grow that thing.
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by jppope 7y ago
Reproduce a lot. The sex is a bonus, the problem it solves: we don't have enough smart, talented people having kids. Everyone that is smart/talented seems to only want to have one or two kids, or none at all.
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by jppope 7y ago
google.com - the best search engine HackerNews - quality Content Reddit - something for everyone Github.com - fantastic for open source code jonpauluritis.com - its not much, but its mine :)
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by jppope 7y ago
I've worked for myself a couple of times, where I get to various degrees through the process... I've typically found a sweet spot with doing custom work that has proprietary code that I can apply towards new clients... the work te
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by jppope 7y ago
So you're skipping a few steps but I think you have a good chance of avoiding wantrepreneur land... your post is a good start. TLDR; Custom > Service > Customized Product > product Longer version with steps: 1) find a problem

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