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A response to Dave McClure on the Food Tech Revolution(blog.nickler.biz)
1 points by nickler 14y ago|0 comments
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by nickler 14y ago
pshah88 I've been looking into this, and we found a group out of Calgary called eThor that are working on developing a universal API for restaurant POS. They have a really interesting solution they're working on that they'll use it with, bu
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by nickler 14y ago
Awesome Dave, I've reread your blog post a few times to make sure I've got a real sense of the pains you're talking about. You've got one of our early favorites in there too, I'll tell you how alpha testing went with it. Pinged you with @f
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Self-Charging Lithium Ion Battery – The ace up the electric cars sleeve?(gas2.org)
3 points by nickler 14y ago|2 comments
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by nickler 14y ago
hehe the secret is delegation, and a kick ass to do list. Just like building an mvp, I don't let feature creep seep into the world i'm building.
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by nickler 14y ago
Most weeks I try to get about 60, sometimes more, but there have been others. We have a fantastic daycare, and the wife and I team up to manage the routine. I don't expect that I'm the norm, but I chose to put party nights, poker nights, i
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by nickler 14y ago
I'm a restaurateur, and a big fan of dmc, I enjoyed his take, but... I've sketched out probably every idea Dave has illustrated here, and most of them don't make it far enough to even bust out an MVP. I have the advantage of a massive netw
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by nickler 14y ago
Everyone has excuses for not getting around to the stuff they want to do. When you have a kid, it's the most convenient excuse, but in my experience I've gotten no less done since my daughter's birth. I was a no kid adult until 37. I had
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by nickler 14y ago
There's a great startup doing this type of thing called Jump2Spot. They've mapped some pretty cool things, including Steve Jobs' life, most of NYC, and i think every DeNiro movie ever made.
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by nickler 14y ago
You forgot to add 'constantly checking HN' for new info to the list :p
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by nickler 14y ago
Excellent explainer that i'll be passing along to aspiring founders in the future. Thank you.
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by nickler 14y ago
I have almost 10 years on you. I started my first business at 23, and sold my 5th 4 years ago before starting this one. In my 20's, I was smart enough to know everything, and it cost me a lot of learning. Those entrepreneurs have advantag
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by nickler 14y ago
Looks simple and clean, however is this not a feature that boardgamegeek already does? They've created quite a strong community, it could be a challenge to overcome, but I understand they're quite willing to work with people who create cool
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by nickler 14y ago
Seems obvious, I wonder why we haven't had this before? Great looking app, I'll be signing up soon. FYI, I would seriously look at formatting a reservation system for restaurants, salons, etc. When I had my restaurants we still booked 80% o
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by nickler 14y ago
I like it. Now obviously there are tons of other applications playing with the social graph, and it's about filtering the noise, but visually it's nicely presented, and makes a nice digital calling card. Are there plans to develop this furt
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by nickler 14y ago
Small Biz is screaming for this type of thing. A lot of diy'ers that will learn how to use a tool, but not how to code. nice one, signed up for the beta, can't wait to try it.
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by nickler 14y ago
Get in touch with the accelerators in the hubs. growlab.com - Vancouver extremestartups.com - Toronto founderfuel.com - Montreal There are many others, but those are ones I can rattle off quick. They'll know the people with the need for yo
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by nickler 14y ago
Smart. Target your audience, and reduce the CaC by defraying the high value opt in cost to partners. Signed up, as we're in the window, and it couldn't come at a better time for us. Just about to launch out of alpha so we'll be getting o
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by nickler 14y ago
That part was obvious, but the point is that if you're exploring, do it for the purpose of learning and growth, not for tracking metrics. Thus, hit both sides of a problem and engineer the solution 2 different ways. As an interation exerci
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by nickler 14y ago
Love it. Here are some thoughts. I think you should A/B test the entire project. How you do that is up to you, but I'm sure the community could have some fun with it. If you create an app for the consumer side, create another one for the v
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Infographic: Who buys the most tech?(slideshare.net)
1 points by nickler 14y ago|0 comments
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by nickler 14y ago
There is some real validity to the points, especially with regards to the investor culture, but mostly because there are just far fewer of them. The good ones are out there, just not in the numbers. Staying out of the fishbowl is definitel
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by nickler 14y ago
He's right, sadly, but I don't see it changing anytime soon. Props to branding himself as the anti-VC, it endears him to entrepreneurs, and ensures a ton of quality dealflow.
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by nickler 14y ago
Dave is spot on. Nothing is more frustrating than a mediocre meeting with no feedback, or polite feedback. When you're funding you need to learn quickly about what's resonating, and where your falling flat. Tis far kinder to be cruel at t
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by nickler 14y ago
Great to see another Vancouver company kicking ass.
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Hypersonic drone fails over pacific(security.blogs.cnn.com)
1 points by nickler 14y ago|0 comments
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by nickler 14y ago
I'm chartering a boat to plant the Nickler flag. Always wanted my own country.
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10k square miles of rock floating in Pacific(cnn.com)
6 points by nickler 14y ago|3 comments
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by nickler 14y ago
Get in touch by email, I can help more by sending over some excel files of example restaurant inventories that are currently being used by the industry. Restaurant inventory has clear needs that i can go into further, if you're interested i
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by nickler 14y ago
Ok, I have to agree on the front end, and I can enthusiastically endorse bootstrap as a great start. The UX is rough, and I would recommend a lot of 'mom testing'. Explore visual representation of the inventory, lists can be overwhelming,

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