kappaknight

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   Finding a Co-founder(comefortheride.com)

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

   While I agree execution is important, so is the process of coming up with a good idea. This post is essentially asking PG to come up with an idea for them.
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   by kappaknight 15y ago

   "Help test our new signup process" I see what you're doing there... =)
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   by kappaknight 15y ago

   Namecheap.com seems like a good option. However, I have a few international TLDs that they don't manage, so I ended up going with Name.com ( http://name.com ). They too ran an anti GoDaddy campaign and the service seems straight forward e
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   by kappaknight 15y ago

   His efforts were all good until I noticed poor grammar in that paragraph.
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   by kappaknight 15y ago

   You sound like a mercenary, which is fine for those without viable options. However, the article is saying the chances of success is higher if you find someone who also believes in the vision.
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   by kappaknight 15y ago

   We submitted today too... Hoping for the best. =)
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   by kappaknight 15y ago

   Maybe he meant chocolate makes the weight you currently have, more loose. As in, if you are a fit 160lb person, chocolate would make you a fat 160lb person. =)
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   by kappaknight 15y ago

   Thanks! We definitely feel this could be a great complementary service to a lot of media players out there. Having properly organized home videos alongside your purchased content would certainly make the "stay at home for a movie" experien
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    Thanks!
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    Thanks! Yeah, we were wondering the same thing - maybe this piece of pie just isn't big enough for them. We created it to solve the issues we wanted to fix and we think there are many others out there like us. http://blog.thevideosdb.com/
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    Show HN: TheVideosDB, a personal IMDB/TheTVDB for your home videos. Thoughts?(thevideosdb.com)

    19 points by kappaknight 15y ago|7 comments
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    I'm not saying doing a software related startup in China is necessarily a bad idea - but China does censor certain websites and that stifles creativity to some degree. China is also known for other strengths so if you're there, you may as
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    We must eat really different pancakes cause I don't get it...
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    The honest truth is that it's not them, but it's you. Like you said, gauging a potential great technical co-founder is not hard if you have a chance to work with them on various projects. However, that is close to impossible if 1) You are
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    Wow. That was the longest "do ONLY what you love, here's why" article ever.
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    Just a thought... if all you are bringing to the party are the idea and design skills, maybe you are over estimating your contribution to these projects. It's always important to finish stuff as a smaller piece of a large pie is better tha
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    James Cameron just tweeted from the bottom of the ocean(twitter.com)

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

    While I'm in the boat of not needing to graduate college, I do feel that going to a good school is important. It's hard to make it on your own and meeting equally motivated, and inspired roommates would do well for someone with an entrepren
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    Is there a way I can post a link and have the headline say Show HN?
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    Show HN: This is why I built my startup

    5 points by kappaknight 15y ago|4 comments
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    Do tech reporters also come here to try and get the scoop on new projects before they become mainstream?
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    I'm not sure I'd want to use a search engine that was created in 3 months by 3 guys. Maybe a 6 month version of YC where more money is invested could work, but I don't think YC is setup to support those types of ideas. I'm sure someone out
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    You actually sound pretty normal. I find I go through the same, alternating pattern roughly every quarter. I'll have 3 months of all nighters and forgo food and sleep without issues. Once a certain level of success is obtained, my brain a
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    I'd be hesitant to let any other business grab up the emails I collect unless they are well known.
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    Not sure if you've tried this because you didn't mention it... How about letting them schedule and set future publish times for the items? As a small biz owner, if I'm in the groove of adding products, I would love to just spend 4 hours st
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    I get what you're trying to say, and in addition to the CEO's you have mentioned, there are actually numerous other examples. (e.g. Jerry Yang, Michael Dell, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerry's) However, there is a huge "BUT"
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    > Imagine trying to find a blog post explaining why your 4 year old version of an image upload gem doesn't work on JRuby. It's no fun :) This really depends if you are running a hobby on a server, or running a business. I update client
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    Am I reading this right? 10,000 users - 1,400 on free trial = 8,600 paying subscribers. If so, congratulations! =)
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    by kappaknight 15y ago

    It sounds like you're trying to build http://mixrank.com for SEO. SEO is tough cause the results aren't immediate. Also, as a business person, most would rather pay for results (black or white hat) than a bunch of information that they