myoung8

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by myoung8 19y ago
It's still interesting. Reminds me of The Black Swan.
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by myoung8 19y ago
There's also the potential that they'll just get in the way and make things harder for a small team, though, especially if they're only around for 2-3 months.
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by myoung8 19y ago
Even if they're not posting ads for interns doesn't mean they won't take one. I was in the exact same position last summer, so I emailed this one startup asking if I could intern there. It was a completely out of the blue request, but the f
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by myoung8 19y ago
I was curious what his background was too. Turns out he's a 31 year old Wall Street analyst. Take from that what you will. I wouldn't call the Mac interface retardedly simple, I'd call it intelligently simple--ever heard of Fitts' Law? or d
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by myoung8 19y ago
I think having that degree of modularity is a great thing (granted you have a good text editor). It makes it much easier to understand what's happening in the code and much easier to maintain it (and get someone new up to speed). I was help
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by myoung8 19y ago
I think YC gives us tunnel vision too... Maybe it's not such a bad thing, though.
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by myoung8 19y ago
Nothing special. Eventually, it will be a relatively high transaction volume--in the hundreds of thousands of transactions per year, hopefully breaking 1M at some point. Nicely designed site, btw.
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by myoung8 19y ago
Starting another company. It's about the thrill of the chase.
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What payment gateway do you use?
14 points by myoung8 19y ago|6 comments
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How do you guys protect your repositories?
2 points by myoung8 19y ago|5 comments
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by myoung8 19y ago
Frickin' awesome.
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How would you define a niche market?
1 points by myoung8 19y ago|1 comments
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by myoung8 19y ago
this wasn't started by just one person, though. granted evan finished it by himself, proving the point below about co-founders leaving.
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by myoung8 19y ago
Just because there's an example of a single co-founder company succeeding doesn't make your hypothesis true. Statistically, it seems that multiple founders correlates more highly with success than single founders. Perhaps there's an underly
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by myoung8 19y ago
Nevermind, I can answer my own question (via the TechCrunch article): "Now all this may sound fine playing fantasy sports for fantasy dollars, but doesn't bringing real money into play amount to internet gambling? No, says co-founder Matt M
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by myoung8 19y ago
By lifestyle I guess I meant a business that brings in pretty good money (more than you'd earn at a cushy job), but won't make you filthy rich.
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Ask YC: Is $100M too small a market?
1 points by myoung8 19y ago|4 comments
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by myoung8 19y ago
Quick question for you guys: what's are the legal rules regarding paying to enter a game and winning money from it? Did you have to jump through any hoops to make that work?
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by myoung8 19y ago
he's comparing apples and oranges, though.
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by myoung8 19y ago
Seeing it work the first time. Maybe this is just because I haven't built all that many things, but it's always been an incredible feeling so far.
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by myoung8 19y ago
You would be surprised how few people at Stanford have any idea what's going on in the tech world. Most people are so caught up in studying for the next exam or finishing the next problem set that they let all these opportunities pass them
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by myoung8 19y ago
nicely designed. i agree with others about the copy. it's well written, but i don't think the tone is appropriate for this type of product. then again, i'm not even a potential user... I would take what everyone on here says with a grain of
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by myoung8 19y ago
The cost difference is incurred by the race director (or event management firm), though, not the consumer. A $1 difference over 20,000 registrants is a big difference IMHO.
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by myoung8 19y ago
Usability, cost advantages to reduce price, value-added services, etc.
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by myoung8 19y ago
I'd love to hear what you think the problems with Active are. My email's in my profile.
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What do you guys think of this idea? Does anyone want to implement it with me?
16 points by myoung8 19y ago|20 comments
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by myoung8 19y ago
Yay, another useless web app.
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by myoung8 19y ago
Do you mind telling us how much equity you were offered?
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by myoung8 19y ago
Is that even legal? Lol.
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Ask YC: What's a reasonable share of equity to get as the first developer?
32 points by myoung8 19y ago|70 comments

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