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by jriley 14y ago
On related note, I let fear of plagiarism be an excuse not to publish content to blogs. I've since found free tools (i.e. Copyscape) that help protect content creators.
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by jriley 14y ago
My feedback: 1) You could narrow down needs. Imagine how hiring a "tech person" to build a cloud service is too broad. 2) Read about marketing people with technical skills to understand what they do. Decent but dated example: http://okdor
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by jriley 14y ago
Good insight. Made me wonder what would happen to volume if markets were open 24/7...but I'll leave that thought for another day.
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by jriley 14y ago
Thanks for link. Given your experience, do you have any thoughts about a small circuit-breaker on every security that trips for, say any 3-standard deviation event? In a quick Google search, it seems circuit breakers do not kick in for firs
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by jriley 14y ago
They are implementing the SNL skit where Mayor Giuliani fights graffiti by adding "sucks" right under it. http://www.hulu.com/watch/277719
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by jriley 14y ago
This struck me: "Even if you didn’t click on the Like button, Facebook probably has a pretty good idea of what your next purchase will be." I imagine the people best able to predict my next purchase issued my debit card, no?
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by jriley 15y ago
I would add: 1) Pay can be high with win/lose stakes 2) Different pay models (contingency)
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by jriley 15y ago
Great initiative; hope you get the internship. I showed it to a friend who hires ~5 interns per summer in Austin (more communication / consulting, less technology) and she loved it. Good luck!
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by jriley 15y ago
I tend to agree but offer this quote from CNBC / Becky Quick: "Buffett generally reads five newspapers a day -- the Journal, the Financial Times, the New York Times, USA Today and the Omaha World-Herald. Make that six -- he reads the Ameri
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by jriley 15y ago
I've seen it work for him in person in Austin about 7 years ago. I think (some) local entrepreneurs value his gusto. His reasons seem different than party crashers from DC, he just does extraordinary things to be able to talk to successful
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by jriley 15y ago
The most effective sales quota scheme in my corporate experience: 10% higher sales than your last quarter. There are many more complicated systems, but this one was very difficult to game.
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by jriley 15y ago
Me too; good advice. My two cents: Remember contracting is a decent bridge / fallback; maintain corporate relationships. Get a revenue problem - multiple friends failed by obsessing over business structure. Change attitude on risk/analysis
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by jriley 15y ago
Congrats. My answers below; just celebrated year one of self employment. Often doesn't feel like I imagined. Why started: 1) Age: Start now or never 2) Independence: Prove I could scratch out my own living 3) HN: Seemed possible Happiest:
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by jriley 15y ago
Gifted kids need to see gifted adults using "story problems" in real life. If kids see how math is needed to trade in Chicago, to gamble in Vegas, to optimize at Google or to solve the German tank problem kids will want to know more. I reme
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by jriley 15y ago
Also consider managing a portfolio on www.covestor.com to both profit from your work and build a public track record.
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Tip: Check Your Writing Level in MS Word(thoughtsfromthedeepend.com)
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Government RFP: Conduct Research on Income Dynamics (~$40k, bids due 8/29/11)(fbo.gov)
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by jriley 15y ago
Stay productive. Use resources at your university recruiting office now; you are paying for it. Higher pay will come later with reputation and quality work. I don't know about being a foreign student but you are likely better off than most:
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by jriley 15y ago
The best course is likely an executive education program with your peers. Most helpful book to me has been the Gallup research detailed in "12" or "First Break All The Rules". Important piece is the twelve principles of job satisfaction/per
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by jriley 16y ago
Sorry, going to cancel dinner tonight for lack of response. Hope everyone enjoys SXSW.
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by jriley 16y ago
Excellent - we might also have a house across from the Hilton downtown to use. Will keep this thread updated.
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Invite HN: SXSW, Small Dinner My House 3/16 7pm
3 points by jriley 16y ago|4 comments
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by jriley 16y ago
Don't want to give away the farm yet.. I'll say broadly it's professional services. It's an obscure niche full of NDAs, a culmination of my past jobs in different industries. Will share more as I can. Sorry for lack of specifics.
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by jriley 16y ago
Based in Austin, TX... if anyone's around for SXSW I'd be happy to meet up.
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by jriley 16y ago
Yes (thus the delay in my response). I hired in two groups between weeks 5 and 7, and have since had 1 person leave. One of the employees is a manager. FWIW, in Corporate America the most people I managed was 4 contractors. I'm aware of
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Thanks HN: Goodbye, Golden Handcuffs (updated)
11 points by jriley 16y ago|9 comments
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by jriley 16y ago
Thanks, no blog yet. Plan to start and post as I learn (Austin places to work/meet, local grants and SBA loans, best library for tech books, etc).
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by jriley 16y ago
Living Fat = 3 months, Living Lean = 12+ months. I'll use my 401k but not Roth IRA. Also have some equity/cashflow from a duplex that helps. FWIW, I woke up this morning feeling great on 4 hrs sleep and not worried about money at all - th
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by jriley 16y ago
The original project exists in working order and my partners agreed to let me buy their share. I'll be building out v2 as we designed. We all took 2 weeks off in 2007 to build it, launched it, and hardly ever touched it again. v2 carries
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by jriley 16y ago
Appreciate it. I'm actually in Austin though, and eager to meet some like-minded folks. I'll be checking out the local bootstrap chapter to start.

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