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by law 16y ago
As a general (and quite accurate) rule, if you have to ask the question, then the answer is 'no'. If your goals are to become the next Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Larry Page, Steve Jobs, etc., the answer is 'no'. If you're sick of your cur
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Hiring students for temp work using Symplicity
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I think it's important to be able to separate business from friendship. The worst is when you're romantically involved with one of your start-up partners. Never do that. It also helps to start companies with people who are exceptionally lai
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Thanks for the response. I'm actually looking to move to Palo Alto for the summer to attempt to get a few of my ideas off the ground a little faster. I'd love to use the bay area as a test bed for this type of concept, so feel free to get i
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On breaking past the "army of one" mentality
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I've gotten into a habit of summarizing my work after a programming binge, and lately I've been modifying the way that I write comments (using different symbols to indicate different things) to facilitate automated documentation generation
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I think "passion" is a better single-word summary of this essay. Having a fervid passion for your start-up is what enables you to make what most consider a difficult decision (quitting school, quitting your job, taking out a home equity loa
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Perhaps the hardest problem is addressing the issue of trust. As a culture, we're inherently wary of people we "meet" online. While the problem is indeed technologically feasible, it's overcoming the cultural differences that would make or
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This is an outstanding article. The idea of a core group containing people genuinely interested in all members' success is absolutely compulsory to launch a great product. The whole thing is true honesty and openness; you have to be able to
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I just ordered a copy for my Kindle, and will likely finish it before the end of the week. I'm an electrical engineer with experience in signal processing, so this should be a pretty fun read. I'll try to post a review on here sometime over
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by law 16y ago
We should really worry about Facebook entering the retail market, taking from Amazon a considerable number of consumers. I fear that one day, Facebook will have its own version of Amazon, where products are suggested based on the buying hab
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by law 16y ago
Facebook's relationship with the public has always been quite interesting. It presents a quandary: Facebook's main (only?) source of revenue comes from advertising, but if they make too much too public too soon, they'll lose their entire us