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by lowfat 18y ago
I guess ad-revenue does not make sense as a business model anymore. So where does that leave us? - Subscription revenue - Donation - Sell your company
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by lowfat 18y ago
I didn't know what Tumbler is and I created an account just to confirm the hack (the security hole is still there). But this got me thinking about another post at HN on how to market your site - I guess a blatant (fake?) security hole is on
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by lowfat 18y ago
Natural traits like being a magnet for money, talent and attention certainly makes one more likely to succeed as an entrepreneur. I don't have such traits. But desire, work ethic and discipline can be great substitutes - and these are trait
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by lowfat 19y ago
I am quitting my job in 6 weeks to freelance. All this news about the recession is kinda freaky. The wheels are in motion and I am not turning back - recession or not (gulp!).
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by lowfat 19y ago
Buffet's investing record puts him on a league of his own. But his humility and compassion, in spite of all the wealth, now that's exceptional.
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by lowfat 19y ago
Hi, I asked a similar question a month ago and got some great advice. Check it out: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=90782 .
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by lowfat 19y ago
I think 1 business geek + 1 hacker has better chance of success than 2 business hacker. Paypal was founded on a similar model. However, what often happens is one partner tends to underestimate the hacker - either the business geek finds th
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by lowfat 19y ago
Love the design!
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by lowfat 19y ago
Yes that instant feedback thing is slick! But I thought it said facebook - and I got a little jaded. It must be me.
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by lowfat 19y ago
This makes sense! Think I will take the 3 days off between the Christmas and NYE holidays and do this! Thanks.
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by lowfat 19y ago
The reason I picked PHP, is that so many open source web stuff seems to be written in PHP and I want to be able to customize these apps (ex: joomla, wordpress, etc). But ultimately I just want to code without thinking and if python or ruby
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How to become a programmer
23 points by lowfat 19y ago|36 comments
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by lowfat 19y ago
Yeah - if he is such a great coder - why does his software suck?
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by lowfat 19y ago
Just make sure you have enough savings to let you focus your efforts on your startup - maybe 6 months worth of expenses - so that recession or not, you will be okay.
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by lowfat 19y ago
Tap while you are bored and keep count of how long each daydream lasts using your tapping!?! That sounds even more boring than the boring meeting! Doodling is waaay better!