nikhilkalegregg

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by nikhilkalegregg 8y ago
also id add--regarding picking partners--one thing to be aware of is how your partner treats others--as nice as he/she treats you initially (whilst trying to recruit you) keep an eye on how he/she treats others he is not trying to
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by nikhilkalegregg 8y ago
join a startup if you are a founding partner, believe in the product, have or believe in some vision or value that you can add to a product, and if you get along with the people (and are ideally around the same age as the main founders). Ot
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by nikhilkalegregg 9y ago
seems to me that it is a product that derives its value purely on speculation -- luckily for them--all those who have bitcoin are incentivized to be proponents of it--thereby creating a rise that is similar in scope and manner to virality o
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by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago
The free-market capitalism that you are espousing, requires a ‘cash grab’ —or distribution- to function or else it is completely incompatible with technological advancement. Looping structures allow programs to increase output and efficienc
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by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago
I think they have enough users that they don't have to worry too much about a replacement. Instagram is pretty close conceptually to Facebook, but most people don't use it as a direct substitute. One thing way in the future I co
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by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago
That's a very good point. Costs certainly are a hugely significant factor that I overlooked. I suppose it would come down to how much of the in house framework you could write up front (so you wouldn't necessarily need to hire as
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by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago
This is very helpful, thank you
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Are web frameworks actually useful?
8 points by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago|11 comments
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by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago
I'd say curiosity, creativity, energy, drive and intellectual flexibility. I think the most telling sign of a good non technical cofounder is one who isn't satisfied with being a non technical cofounder and is actively trying to
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by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago
I think the answer to that question depends on your perspective, when you ask, who you ask, and the specific context upon which you are asking. If you asked a horny bisexual caveman 7000 years ago, he might prefer spending time with you in
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by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago
im absolutely the cause, and fair enough. wasn't trying to get into the whole story and I probably did provide an overly favorable context for my overly-personalized question. I did not mention that I was begrudgingly the CEO despite
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Finding that perfect match
9 points by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago|2 comments
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by nikhilkalegregg 11y ago
You are young. Becoming a coder is very doable at that age. I started self-teaching myself how to code a little less than a year ago just before I was 24 with no prior experience besides believing myself to be raw at math just like yourse