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by lowglow 10y ago
Correct. I had decided what I wanted to do with the time I have.
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by lowglow 10y ago
I agree re: community
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by lowglow 10y ago
For me I've noticed a huge difference in creativity and authenticity in my products when I've devoted 100% of myself to it. There is a major problem in the industry. There is no one path to a successful business. I find my time is
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by lowglow 10y ago
I'm not sure, I think about that a lot. I've noticed a lot of homeless do carry cell phones, so maybe more free chargers, free and ubiquitous wifi? But that's dumb tech me talking. I think a lot of barriers just come from the
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by lowglow 10y ago
Yeah, even sleeping through the winter down in Palo Alto was a little tough with a sleeping bag + comforter.
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by lowglow 10y ago
Hm. I guess because everything I've built is out here. I know I have a TechShop membership that if my car breaks down, I have tools, I can prototype hardware there, etc. I have a good solid 6 years here in the city for friends and comm
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by lowglow 10y ago
I recently sold everything I owned and started living out of my converted dodge caravan while I was prototyping what I wanted to build next. With an eye on my burn rate, I lived as cheaply as possible. I can tell you without a doubt that th
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by lowglow 10y ago
This is completely propaganda. "Zeitgeist", "Crystal Ball" -- These are all lagging indicators and gives no authority to YC as having some predictive capacity to the world of technology.
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by lowglow 10y ago
Can we use the classic metric of aeron chair sales?
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by lowglow 10y ago
If the funding bubble for startups has burst, fine, look to crowdfund startups and projects that people actually want to use. I wanted to validate ideas early and tighten the feedback loop for products I was building, so we built Baqqer in
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by lowglow 10y ago
Personally the bigger message for me is that as time changes, all things change with time. As long as you're working to achieve your vision, you'll adapt with time, fashioning events in favor of your vision, and with a little luck
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by lowglow 10y ago
Yeah, I see what you're saying. I wonder what would help? An entirely new name? It's been on my mind quite a bit, thinking about what can simultaneously convey community, prototyping, making, and growing. It's difficult.
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by lowglow 10y ago
We're building a similar type of experience over at baqqer for organic communities to exist for people to talk about the things they love. We could use some feedback from the community if you have some time. https://baqqer.c
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by lowglow 10y ago
If you've gone to a development school you should rate your experience here: https://schools.techendo.com/
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by lowglow 10y ago
I also have this same photo. It means a lot, especially when I find myself living out of a van, trying to keep building things people might one day love.
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by lowglow 10y ago
Also the room with the letter that he should be ashamed of himself and his work, and the idea of going from mortimer mouse to mickey, also the part where he confesses to thinking he felt like he got into the animated movie game too late, bu
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by lowglow 10y ago
He's also a prolific animator. He was truly the workhorse getting Disney off the ground at one point. I often go to the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco for inspiration when I'm feeling like I need a boost, you should ch
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by lowglow 10y ago
I was specifically thinking of X.ai and FB's M when I wrote that. I've met plenty of dumb bots.
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by lowglow 10y ago
It's completely disingenuous and is riding on the AI hype train. I've never once ran into a chat "bot" that wasn't human. It's ridiculous, completely misleading, and frankly waters down any real startups workin
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by lowglow 10y ago
Ah, I did not know that, thanks!
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by lowglow 10y ago
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by lowglow 11y ago
I think people are conflating bots with something intelligent, some people go so far as to say AI bots, which is very misleading. There's a lot of hype around autonomous agents, with not a lot of understanding.
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by lowglow 11y ago
Yes. This. Facebook has been known to bait and switch on developers time and time again, even outright stealing what devs have worked on if it becomes competitive. If you build on platforms like this, you're going to have a bad time.
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by lowglow 11y ago
If they really wanted to affect change within the company, they'd make bolder decisions with upper management to change the core of the company from within and up top.
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by lowglow 11y ago
Awesome, thanks you two for the tips! :)
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by lowglow 11y ago
Cool.
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by lowglow 11y ago
I'm living out of a van right now in Palo Alto, after having sold everything I own to build projects that work. My worldly possessions can fit inside a single backpack. My co-founder and I are generating revenue and grinding on making
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by lowglow 11y ago
Why not just invest in someone inside the community trying to do just that? This entire experiment is exactly what we're trying to do at Baqqer. Crowdfunding (+equity) / social proof from the community to help build products peopl

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