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James Dyson doesn't admire lastminute.com (telegraph.co.uk)
3 points by niccolop 16y ago|0 comments
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by niccolop 16y ago
Yes, history is something that often is better communicated in person. Audience specific answers are often preferable.
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by niccolop 16y ago
Do you enjoy the work? Or are you eager to progress your career? Hopefully, the answer to both is yes, even if it's only 'yes' to one, it still sounds like it may be a good opportunity. Do you have an idea you'd like to start up? This may b
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by niccolop 16y ago
I prefer gandi.net
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by niccolop 16y ago
email one of the founders, they'll normally be keen for a coffee, if you've got a legitimate reason to visit. A little product praise never hurts either :-)
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by niccolop 16y ago
Isn't Huddle on .NET? It's a pretty successful project management company.
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by niccolop 16y ago
To some extent though, that's what Bartz has been getting wrong. Even managing to anger some of their best partners.
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by niccolop 16y ago
I agree with your sentiment, I suppose the real question is how can they not only hold their position, but grow, and encourage great hackers to get excited about their platforms, and be more innovative with them.
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Ask HN: If you were in charge of yahoo, what would you do?
15 points by niccolop 16y ago|28 comments
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by niccolop 16y ago
Have you considered using elance? Or other freelancing sites?
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by niccolop 16y ago
I would say 1/3 times I will just close, instead of clicking through. I would say in video it's different though, I will often sit through many ads, even ones that are clickable (e.g. hulu), because the content is more passive.
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by niccolop 16y ago
Fair point. I suppose I was thinking about it from the perspective of a non-dev worker. I can see the benefit of an internal blog.
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by niccolop 16y ago
Take a look at waste energy. That doesn't require anything like the startup costs that solar/wind/water requires.
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by niccolop 16y ago
Personally, and I've learnt this the hard way, micromanagement is often a bad idea. Perhaps rather than status reports once a day, because work becomes piecemeal if this is done and not interesting. Instituting status reports once a week is
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by niccolop 16y ago
I had started looking around, and realize there are APIs, but I was wondering if someone had looked into this previously, and perhaps could give me some pointers.
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Ask HN: How much does access to consumer credit reports cost in the US?
1 points by niccolop 16y ago|2 comments
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by niccolop 16y ago
Yes, I know someone who is working on an energy (renewables) idea. I think that may be one of the most interesting areas to look at.
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by niccolop 16y ago
Tell us a little about the project and perhaps we can recommend someone/something.
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How to write like Groupon...(docs.google.com)
4 points by niccolop 16y ago|0 comments
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by niccolop 16y ago
David Ogilvy's book, Confessions of an Ad Man; makes this point even more clearly: Good copy can lead to successful businesses.
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by niccolop 16y ago
@robfitz built a really cool startup tool kit: http://thestartuptoolkit.com/ I'm pretty sure that if you can complete most of these boxes you'll have found a startup.
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by niccolop 16y ago
To add to the idea of enterprise, perhaps you could offer some paid moderation service.
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by niccolop 16y ago
How often do people write this article? I would be really interested to see how many articles in a similar spirit were written during the 1930s or 1980s. For one, based on the 'smart money' investments from China and Russia they still seem
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by niccolop 16y ago
I think it should generally be inline with what other funded startup founders pay themselves. I've been led to believe in the past this was between: $50-70k.
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by niccolop 16y ago
Thank you for writing this - I'm facing a similar situation and I think you are absolutely right. Understand users needs, but also try and develop as quickly as possible.
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by niccolop 16y ago
It seems Fred is having something of an existential investment crisis! Would it make sense to double down in existing positions? (seeing as they were contrarian in the past...)
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by niccolop 16y ago
What's your startup?
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by niccolop 16y ago
can't disagree with the idea that Americans work more than Europeans, but surely this whole concept of 'work life' balance is exclusive to western cultures. Does it exist in the same way in China or India?
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by niccolop 16y ago
I think spotify is also pretty close to Ping.
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by niccolop 16y ago
Thanks. I'll get on that.

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