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by maxklein 16y ago
I'll not apply for this one, but for the next one, I'll apply, and (big) maybe I get accepted. I think it would be a pretty interesting experience.
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by maxklein 16y ago
Your title is "More Money Than Our Apps" but the paragraph does not explain this. Has the licensing deal made you more money than your apps in total?
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by maxklein 16y ago
The odds of this company succeeding are very, very low. It's a typical SF startup - in love with technology and the startup scene, and not the customer. Your main programming guy is a lisper? You have a "Creative Director"? You are staffing
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by maxklein 16y ago
The latest YC companies seem to be features and add-ons for other products : things that can easily be bought by a big company!
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by maxklein 16y ago
Drama comes from the choice of words - every narrative can be told in an exciting way. Everybody has had similarly dramatic experiences, but they are not writing about them. My dramatic experiences, which are less than 10 articles, are spre
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by maxklein 16y ago
I dislike reading until I have tried it once, because I'm chronically afraid that if I read about a technique to do things fast and efficiently, I'll never try anything else. So first I try, then read about it, and see if my intuition came
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by maxklein 16y ago
You can drop the quotes around my name, just like you don't put quotes around Andrew Warner's name. It's now my real name and has been for several years. What I am focusing on is not the actual people who successfully attach themselves to a
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How angel investors are destroying young gullible programming talent(maxkle.in)
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by maxklein 16y ago
Don't be hasty to criticize people - it may feel good in the short term, but over the long term it always turns out bad. And upvotes and downvotes really don't matter, you know.
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by maxklein 16y ago
I have no wish to do either ebooks, conferences or video interviews, all of which I have already been invited to, and have declined. I'm writing because I've been writing on the internet since 1999, and on this website for more than 3 years
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by maxklein 16y ago
You'd be rather disappointed, I think. I'm not secretly Michael Arrington. And any aspiring journalist should feel free to come question me - the details of how long it takes me to walk to work or how my back-ache is doing would make for an
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by maxklein 16y ago
Why do you describe my blog as '419'?
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by maxklein 16y ago
All real.
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by maxklein 16y ago
It's easier to make money than to love and be loved for some.
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by maxklein 16y ago
What a weak argument! Yes, let's wait 10-20 years to come back to this comment to say "I told you so."
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by maxklein 16y ago
That's an advantage of the Chinese system - you can run the system as a collaboration between a committee of Bureaucrats, and leave all the baby-kissing or earthquake-rubble-trapped-person-cheering-up to the premier. Such complexity is too
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by maxklein 16y ago
Usually, it has to do with someones ego.
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by maxklein 16y ago
Find something that is working, and then ask people you know, trust and admire to join you. Use the success of what you made as your argument.
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by maxklein 16y ago
The amount they invest is more: They invest their time, their attention, their connections to investors and their reputation. The money is not what they invest, and it's not what people go to them looking for.
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by maxklein 16y ago
I agree with him. Names are old ways of referring to people - in my opinion, a name is just a brand, and you should use several names to represent different things, and avoid the confusing overlap.
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by maxklein 16y ago
It was always a strange company, driving more by marketing than by product. I dislike these type of companies that fall into the vulture grasps of people looking for a massive exit. It's just another form of speculation - with the value bei
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by maxklein 16y ago
Peak as you define it. Like comedians would speak of when they peaked, some don't think they have peaked yet.
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by maxklein 16y ago
At what age was your peak, or do you feel it is still to come?
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by maxklein 16y ago
What I'd like to do is learn to fly in South Africa. Think about it - travel somewhere exotic, explore the place not only on the ground, but also from the air, and go back home a pilot. Also, I heard South Africa is cheaper and have pretty
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by maxklein 16y ago
Frankly, I groan too. It was really badly written and I will change it.
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by maxklein 16y ago
I'm in Shenzhen at the moment. Look in my flickr (little icon on blog), I've got recent photos there.
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by maxklein 16y ago
I exist! Come visit me!
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by maxklein 16y ago
Well, statistically, there has to be someone who will just not succeed. I believe that there are many paths to success - working in a big company and rising up in the ranks would be as satisfing to me as any other thing I wanted. It's just
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by maxklein 16y ago
One issue that comes up with people who speak multiple languages is the way you speak them and the way you are perceived, which in turn lead to a personality shift. Say for example, you are a native english speaker from South Africa. You sp
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by maxklein 16y ago
I really don't get these Yahoo is dead stories. It's still the biggest site in the world if all it's properties are put together.

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