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by mrtron 18y ago
Haha - if they say it isn't the founders' experience you won't work on improving it?
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by mrtron 18y ago
Would the feedback really matter much? What really matters is your determination and team. A few hundred words hardly puts them in a position to provide you valuable feedback on those factors.
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by mrtron 18y ago
Really? I would say one of the most useless mashups I have seen. It is about as exciting as watching paint dry.
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by mrtron 18y ago
Correct, and the median EV[options] is 0.
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by mrtron 18y ago
I don't know why we hadn't done this yet - but I am now sending svn commit notices, website errors, and all of our other msgs to a Chatterous group. It took 5 minutes, and is super handy.
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by mrtron 18y ago
I don't follow your reasoning here. I would say software is far more of an individual activity than building widgets. On an assembly line one amazing worker can't boost the overall performance by much, but in software you can. Boosting the
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by mrtron 18y ago
Do you think the Prozac just distorted your perceptions of reality? Interesting experiences though - thanks for sharing.
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by mrtron 18y ago
Absolutely. My projects tend to be pretty dumb and over the top...but this rates right up there. I actually worked building pools during one summer[1], so I would have went a more traditional poured concrete route. I probably would have a
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by mrtron 18y ago
There is a huge difference between saying someone isn't a good cofounder for yourself, and saying they aren't a suitable founder in general. Same goes for the original argument. (it was also primarily in response to other comments like 'Th
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by mrtron 18y ago
Try to stop drawing an imaginary line between women and women you could marry. Your concept of a woman needing to be 'pure' and fitting some set of standards you impose on them is a recipe for disaster. People make some bad choices, everyo
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by mrtron 18y ago
I think the downside is easily outweighed by being able to inspire people.
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by mrtron 18y ago
I would say the scale at which he pulled it off made him a mastermind.
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by mrtron 18y ago
Citation? I thought the '5 trillion' silent run was fluff?
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by mrtron 18y ago
What I took from his post was that he was pointing out that DIY is an option for most potential customers of this service. Explaining why this service is a win in the terms you mention such as time/maintenance/ROI for DIY is necessary to c
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by mrtron 18y ago
I just went to a conference where the CEO of SVASE explained this in great details. He said 'Make them fall in love', not give them a hard-on, but the message is IDENTICAL. Te slide deck is almost exactly the structure they recommended. W
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by mrtron 18y ago
I was referring to the founder split in the company. Providing an employee option pool or raising funds would equally dilute the founders.
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by mrtron 18y ago
If I am giving someone equity from an equity pool - I wouldn't consider them a founder. But that may just be semantics. Bringing in another founder down the road could work - it would just be a non-trivial decision to make regarding the s
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by mrtron 18y ago
That would be a tough situation, with no great solution. Am I wrong in thinking you either bring in people from then on as employees? I can't picture bringing on a 3rd and giving them a full founder stake down the road, and the middle groun
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by mrtron 18y ago
It does sound like a bees nest of problems. I much prefer just splitting 50/50 and having both founders kick as much ass as possible. This does force you to be able to rely on your cofounder, but that is probably is a good idea (and unavoi
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by mrtron 18y ago
What? You think the average individual has heard of a 'netbook' or wants one?
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by mrtron 18y ago
Perhaps I should stop calling my cofounder my 'wife', and call him my 'raft-mate'?
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by mrtron 18y ago
Nobody is going to hold your hand when you are starting up. It would be unwise to have a feature that gives you that false impression.
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by mrtron 18y ago
Very cool, basically a visualization of the standard multiplication technique. For ##x## it really helps for the 2nd step. A number like 18x31 is really quick to do building backwards with this, 8, 25 ,3; so 558. With more rounding, I thi
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by mrtron 18y ago
I don't see much arrogance in this thread, or hackers > business folks. What I do see, and agree with, is good business would have a ridiculously hard time finding a great programmer. I don't even think good programmers could consisten
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by mrtron 18y ago
It is just an OS update - but a 3rd party app I have does a better job at reducing blur. But don't expect too much more from the camera, the hardware is pretty weak.
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by mrtron 18y ago
Perhaps not the response you are looking for, but if you get into YC you are only required to be in the Valley for 3 months. Is that an issue for many people, especially married individuals? Every incubator I have heard of requires your phy
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by mrtron 18y ago
Interesting, I assumed it was legal for them to force you (unintentional Canadian ignorance on the issue). Thanks for the clarification!
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by mrtron 18y ago
I have always been firmly against company drug testing. How is that legal? Also, you could be a severe alcoholic or on huge amounts of prescribed medications and that is just fine?
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by mrtron 18y ago
Your job posts on the main page look like google ads for some reason.
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by mrtron 18y ago
How many ice cream glove submissions are there to VCs from people with no ability to follow through whatsoever? 100% of startups that don't start fail. That is a huge impact on the numbers. Personally, I have 100% chance of succeeding with

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