katherinehague

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What happens after you interview at Y Combinator — and get rejected.(katherinehague.com)
188 points by katherinehague 15y ago|45 comments
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How We Designed ShopLocket: A Step by Step Guide (blog.shoplocket.com)
20 points by katherinehague 15y ago|1 comments
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Katherine here (ShopLocket founder). I'm not sure if its the reduction in technology costs, something like ShopLocket has been possible for years. But what I do think has changed is that its no longer a leap for the average person to consid
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ShopLocket Launches Solution for Single-Item Merchants(betakit.com)
14 points by katherinehague 15y ago|5 comments
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by katherinehague 15y ago
We start rolling out Beta invites tomorrow!
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Startups (And Angel Investors) are a Girl's Best Friend(women2.org)
21 points by katherinehague 15y ago|2 comments
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Gmail Accidentally Leaks Upcoming Redesign (techcrunch.com)
2 points by katherinehague 15y ago|1 comments
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ThingTank Launches a Certificate on Designing Internet Enabled Devices(thingtanklab.com)
1 points by katherinehague 15y ago|0 comments
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Have you guys ever heard of Sprouter? They are basically in the exact same problem space. They were able to get a huge amount of traction in the entrepreneurial community. However they are currently facing financial difficulties after not b
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by katherinehague 15y ago
http://makezine.com/
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by katherinehague 15y ago
I don't necessarily think that you need to write the blog posts, but I don't think that they should be outsourced to someone that is not familiar with the inner workings of what your company does. The person writing the post needs to be p
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Agreed. You definitely answered your own question. Just tell them the truth. There is nothing to be ashamed of in that answer.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
As she said, she has a portfolio. I think her goal here was to try to get interest from people based off of more than just her portfolio, rather what she wants and needs in her next opportunity. Perhaps she feels that the wrong opportunitie
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by katherinehague 15y ago
I think that starting the conversation about what to do in your life with marks from school is a huge mistake. What will make you successful and happy is working on something you are passionate about, marks may show aptitude but they don'
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Flowers for Algernon. It made me realize that my greatest fear is to leave the world and have it be as though I had never existed at all. I don't necessarily think that was the moral, but it is certainly what lasted with me the longest.
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PumpTire: Self Inflating Bicycle Tire(kickstarter.com)
2 points by katherinehague 15y ago|0 comments
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by katherinehague 15y ago
This is a question I too have been asking myself over the years. I'm a marketing consultant, and I LOVE startups. But trying to find work with early stage startups is really difficult because they generally can't pay much, or prefer to hire
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by katherinehague 15y ago
I'm a fan of MailChimp.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
1 unread email right now, but 150 new conversations in the past 24 hours. I basically spend my days on email. I couldn't imagine how I'd cope without inbox zero.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Not sure, if I knew I wouldn't have such a problem with it :) However, I do find that when I let the emails build up over a few hours, rather than answering them as they come in it takes a lot less time to answer them all at once and I can
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by katherinehague 15y ago
I think that the most valuable advice in this is in the first line, simply learn by doing. I've been wanting to learn to code for well over a year. However, I think I've watched to many videos and done to many guided tutorials...never actua
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Too much email, its like playing Whack-A-Mole all day.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
To echo what others are saying, I don't think this will hurt your career, if anything it should help and should give you the opportunity to meet new people, start working on projects you are more passionate about, and gain new skills. All m
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by katherinehague 15y ago
I want to build something that I can be proud of. I want to prove to myself after years of watching other people succeed, that I too can create something meaningful. I want to be able to dictate my own schedule. I can't see myself being hap
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by katherinehague 15y ago
I'm sure there are startup/web events going on in your area. Literally just pick a few and sign-up. There will be a lot of hit and miss but the most important thing is to stop thinking about it and just do.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
I agree. No matter what you start, there is usually something similar out there, even if the other solution is simply the status quo. Its all in the execution. There are tonnes of examples where its not actually the first to market that w
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by katherinehague 15y ago
It doesn't seem particularly high, but generally people fall off over time. However, I wouldn't actually recommend this tactic as a way of gaining followers. 1) Following too many people erodes the value of your Twitter stream, its better t
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by katherinehague 15y ago
This is awesome. You could probably take the same type of concept to create some sort of recommendation app that brings up current news results, or links to items for sale, based on the closed captions.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
I think Graze adopted their idea from My Muesli: http://uk.mymuesli.com/ .
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by katherinehague 15y ago
It all depends on what you want to get out of your business. You can definitely structure your business in a way that minimizes the amount of time you have to be involved. This can be through outsourcing, delegation, or even just by picking

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