madanella

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by madanella 19y ago
my proposal at http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=15163 provides an alternative path to "big enough".
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by madanella 19y ago
So many of the new services being created and offered online are accused of being features only. Wouldn't there be an opportunity in combining a set of these feature-startup companies into a very interesting acquisition target or a company
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Idea: Self-acquiring feature startups
3 points by madanella 19y ago|7 comments
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by madanella 19y ago
After developing the idea, researching the market and such: 1. What's my business model? 2. How do I get to prototype/alpha/demo? 3. What investors are interested in this stage, industry and business model?
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by madanella 19y ago
Have you searched Google for "Online Memorial"? Plenty of people think this is a good idea. There are 3 paid placements at the top of the search results so I assume there's some money in it as well. If you still want to go forward, make sur
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by madanella 19y ago
Some people have vision and others don't. Especially in small companies it's easy to find those who would rather own the proverbial 100% of nothing. Or 51% of something small instead of 10% of something great. In capital-intensive startups,
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by madanella 19y ago
I'm curious, what do you think of stock options for common employees?
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by madanella 19y ago
From my experience, share grants, vesting and equity sharing are some of the hardest parts of the incorporation process and decision making. It's good to get as much thinking around them as possible because they are CRITICAL.
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by madanella 19y ago
I agree that it takes more work, it also takes more work for entrepreneurs to be transparent, honest and open. It's always easier to hide. At least it will always feel easier and safer. VC's almost unanimously claim that they like what the
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by madanella 19y ago
It makes sense that hope would drive the desire to start a project and that fear would drive the desire to complete it. I think hope is harder to rely on, but it's better in the end. Fear tends to become negative in many ways. I think all
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by madanella 19y ago
Here is a funny post that disagrees a bit. http://lrk.livejournal.com/24906.html
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by madanella 19y ago
I think there's a way to be like Simon but without being rude. Just give direct and honest feedback. What's wrong with transparency?
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by madanella 19y ago
Competition proves (at least at some level) the validity of your idea. Do it in a different city. Join their team. Build something that complements what they do. Or just do it better.
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by madanella 19y ago
http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ is one of the most entertaining writings I have read, not just out of technical books, overall. Highly recommended. Rolling On Rails from OnLamp is a very quick and useful tutorial found here: http://www.o
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by madanella 19y ago
One important issue that seems to be missing from these discussions is that a lot of hiring is about internal team dynamics. The big fear I have is of people who don't want to hire employees that are smarter(broadest sense) than they are. O
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by madanella 19y ago
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