mukund

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by mukund 20y ago
well what did microsoft do way back, they bought hotmail for millions from sabeer bhatia. Now what happened? hotmail is still way behind Gmail and yahoo mail. Did they improve that? NO. That shows 0 creativity or understanding of things. On
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by mukund 20y ago
Well the truth cannot be shut down, it will come out eventually. Just like this author says there are more talks of PG, i ahve lately noticed a rise in anti-PG stuff, its rather sad to see people trying to obscure the truth by false stateme
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by mukund 20y ago
I remember reading an article that alleged microsoft had "gifted" few bloggers with some laptops. Is this author also trying for that ;-) MS word or operating system, if people are given something better and they adapt to it, then MSFT will
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by mukund 20y ago
Yes thats the right approach, keep in touch with people who have same frequency in thinking and have the urge to go for startups. You will soon see that you will realise your goals sooner or later
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by mukund 20y ago
Looked at your --- How I Sold My Idea to my Co-Founders and looks impressive :)
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by mukund 20y ago
We applied only for YC, never bothered to apply to similar other ones as we arent interested.
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Would love to listen what inspired you to go for a startup
2 points by mukund 20y ago|8 comments
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by mukund 20y ago
oh thanks for the correct info. There was an article that talked about how they owned a carpet shop in silicon valley, during the boom time many new startups went there to get some carpets. AT that time many used to go to the shop to buy ca
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by mukund 20y ago
Need not be. No one cares about idea getting leaked as ideas are dime to a dozen. Its about seeding mis trust by quoting some stupid things by disgruntled elements that worries. One can just go ahead and say YC cheats and give some cock&bul
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by mukund 20y ago
Nope, here anyone who is a sneaky guy can get evesdrop on things. I would say people who have applied as contestants could only interact otherwise any disgruntled person who doesnt like YC or PG or who likes MSFT can do some mischief ;-) So
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by mukund 20y ago
Rather amusing! I would say that Geeks make better targets as they get rich fast (very fast) now a days ;-)
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by mukund 20y ago
Kyro dont worry, u r still young and have lots of time. Just keep the determination and dedication, you will make it asap. By the way ever read essay's on PG's page? http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html These are good enough to boot st
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by mukund 20y ago
Since YC is attracting lots of talent..can YC provide a sort of virtual meeting place where information exchange between people of same frequency happens? Just like Saeed Amidi's carpet shop became center of startup activities, YC can also
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Have a request for PG and YC
1 points by mukund 20y ago|6 comments
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by mukund 20y ago
Why think of the next? we would put our entire energy into running this current one. There is no question of NEXT one unless we get this one up and running successfully.May be we may need to modify or add more things but if that is called N
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by mukund 20y ago
hey dont take it seriously, i was just kidding on the programming part. I was giving what worst could happen. So if you have built and designed things then its better. We dont know what you are so we just assumed you to be like another mana
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by mukund 20y ago
haha good that you have nice outlook on hackers ;-)
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by mukund 20y ago
Well if you dont get good on tech side, you will see a dangerous thing creeping behind you bwahahahhaha (yeah u will hear that laugh this way) and this dreaded thing is losing your independence and become a puppet in the hands of your coder
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by mukund 20y ago
Leonidas is 100% right. Learn by poking around, google things or read books, thats one way you will be able to guide programmers. Sometimes it so happens that whatever you want may not be done with the tech u r using, so its better you also
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by mukund 20y ago
So YC becoming hot bed of talent search? Good for everyone :D
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by mukund 20y ago
Well what hurts me is the thing they have forced people like me to stick to MSFT. Atleast in our univ, they have exclusive tie up with MSFT and they install 99.99% windows only. Its rather 0.01% apple. But some who have admin access put on
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by mukund 20y ago
I had read somewhere that this guy's carpet shop was a hotspot for networking of high profile and wannabe tech leaders. So my query to YC and PG is Can a portion of website be kept for networking or matching of talents? A virtual space is s
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How a carpet merchant became a VC (never mind this title read my comment)(siliconbeat.com)
1 points by mukund 20y ago|3 comments
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by mukund 20y ago
Well online demo may be just a rain-check to show that you know the technology you are using, you know what you are doing and in short to show you are on right track. Sometimes describing how you would go about doing stuff will also go a lo
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by mukund 20y ago
sheeessshhh its rather bad to check on this one. We have done our best and given links to demo, we need to have patience to wait till the results are out. When u give u r exams you wait for results, not break into prof's room and check on t
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by mukund 20y ago
Go for open source tool, learn them..use them, develop a solid business model and use this as a starter to showcase your skills. If its rock solid, you will get the recognition. Use this fame to seek out "real funds" to kick start your drea
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by mukund 20y ago
I had a similar thought long time back about an online radio station that would allow people to set their own song lineup. An user could access the library and he or she could push that song to be aired. This way one could air a song and ma
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by mukund 20y ago
A very well written one and he is right in a way in pointng out things that big guns do and stem out enthusiastic entrepreneurs...but they cannot be stopped as they keep adapting..
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by mukund 20y ago
I dont know about this one but surely i would go for equal split among founders and later on as people add on, the share dilution would be in same percentage in sense that if 1% goes to CFO, then each founder will have to give away to make
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by mukund 20y ago
Google with lots of cash in its pocket seems to be an eye sore for everyone. Many knives out to get them. But from small companies perspective, google is trying to fill in the shoes of microsoft...using freebie as a bait to kill competition

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