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Bitomat Loses Data and MyBitCoin Shuts down(launch.is)
2 points by kirinkalia 15y ago|0 comments
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by kirinkalia 15y ago
Hi T, What you're doing sounds similar to Skweal, which allows customers to reach management privately rather than complaining publicly, though not anonymously -- see http://skweal.com/ With complainator, I'd like to know how you inform t
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by kirinkalia 15y ago
We've just posted a story about this on the LAUNCH blog -- Google PR person said this was not in response to any incident (and yes, the notification is temporary).
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CodeLesson Challenges University Model(launch.is)
8 points by kirinkalia 15y ago|2 comments
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GitHub Changes How Developers Work and Market Themselves(launch.is)
5 points by kirinkalia 15y ago|0 comments
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by kirinkalia 15y ago
CellScope, based in Berkeley, came up with a way to attach a smartphone to a microscope a few years ago in order to test for TB in remote places and have doctors elsewhere analyze results [ BBC story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/
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by kirinkalia 15y ago
Good point about drain of intellectual capital -- legal issues could well be a turn-off for new talent, too. Do engineers still see Google as a cool place to work? Microsoft lost the cool factor ages ago.
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by kirinkalia 15y ago
I say steal the Priceline model-- you can get your deal but only if it's reasonable enough for the retailer. I could go back and change one element of my ask if it gets rejected.
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
Martin, you hit on a key point that doesn't get enough attention: "When we talk to YC, no matter whether we have good news or bad news, chances are that they’ve seen the situation before, and their pattern-matching will enable them to make
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
I completely get why people love Netflix. But if Hulu can't be a serious competitor, who will be? I don't want Netflix to be my only appealing streaming option, and I don't want to pay cable operators a ton of money for stuff I don't watch.
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
In the research process we also found an interesting program called FastTrac from the Kauffman Foundation ( http://fasttrac.org/ ), known for its dedication to entrepreneurship. The program has been around since the late 1980s/early 1990s.
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
Great piece that brings home just how important internal communication is for a startup. Bless those founders who know how to do it well and set up a culture from the get-go that encourages openness.
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
So how many bootstrappers have spouses and families? Seems to me like the kind of risk that's easier to take for those who are younger and/or have fewer responsibilities. Also, how many boostrappers make lifestyle changes months before they
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
Great point about value. A related point: if you know someone big/important is going to be at the event you're attending and you want to meet this person for whatever reason, it's well worth researching him/her beforehand so you can ask a
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
I was writing about 300 words nearly every morning starting in May but fell off the wagon this fall. Thanks for kicking my butt into action this morning. Why wait for the New Year to resolve to write every day? Things that clear your mind a
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
A million users in under three months is impressive. Now, how long before the critical 10M mark?
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
This gets to a critical question about incubators -- what is the value you actually get from the process? (the followup is, how does it compare to what was promised?) As you point out, "You go through it because it's good for your company,"
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
Interesting that the free calls are only for US-based users. They don't want to give too much away, and maybe Google figures the US-based folks will get their friends and family abroad hooked on the service and then they'll be willing to po
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
Should have known Groupon had an army of writers that it trains in its trademark voice. Only recently have I come to appreciate the creativity that those blurbs demand. But it must get to be a grind after awhile...
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
If this is true about the British press, then why is BBC News so successful? The answer is that the news market, like so many markets, has different products for different audiences. If you like your news tabloid-style, then you can consume
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
This piece succeeds because it spells the steps out clearly and tells you there are three very big counter-examples. So if you're trying to change the way people spend time and/or communicate, how do you get validation?
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
So true about journalists and agreed that not all droputs are the same. Andre Agassi was successful, yes, but he regrets never finishing his education --and he's all about kids from his charter school going to college. Frankly, the world ne
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
I'm wondering how many of those who drop out of college to start companies succeed -- and by success I don't mean Zuckerberg or Gates type of success but have a profitable company and make enough money to live a comfortable (not extravagant
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
Having recently worked in the nonprofit world (and for one that received Gates Foundation money), it's important to note that Gates shook up the philanthropy world when he started his foundation and again when Buffett committed to giving hi
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
I wouldn't store passwords in my wallet either and find this system far too cumbersome. I think if you're really concerned about security, you should never "remember" your password on any site -- see story about stupid criminal who stole a
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
I'm a social science person who used to work with hard-core data nerds (demographers), so this rings all too true. Nothing may be what it seems, including data: The New Yorker recently had a great piece about the "decline effect," which mea
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by kirinkalia 16y ago
Sounds like you've thought this through. Congrats to your fiancee for landing a great gig. You are a true partner for making this move. Since no one else has said it, find out which alums from your university are in Philly and set up inform