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by orky56 16y ago
It's like a freemium model but there's a single price point that starts off as a premium and slowly shifts toward free over time. :D
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by orky56 16y ago
If you potentially host the files/keep track of static/unique URLs on your site, you could keep track of who is the first owner to ensure that no future users also claim to be the owner and resend the file/link as their own. This doesn't ta
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by orky56 16y ago
Whenever companies try to innovate and expand the music listening experience, record companies are all over them. The record companies never take the first steps to improve things but are always the first to threaten legal action and get th
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by orky56 16y ago
I think it's funny that the article mentions that there needs to be more hardware with Honeycomb to have more apps. Sorry but if hw like the iPad is built well enough and with enough hw options, then that's enough of a reason to build apps
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by orky56 16y ago
I think there could be a solution. When a article is first submitted, the focus and the criteria for voting is based on the quality of the article (well actually, just the article name). If the article is viewed and looked upon favorably, i
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by orky56 16y ago
I'm not pg but I would love to have more _regular_ (but not artificially supported) posts by the YC class. Perfect place for insights and just general things about their first hand account of the YC process.
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Disregard ideas, acquire assets(quora.com)
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Which feature would Paul Graham most like to change on Hacker News?(quora.com)
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Why Experts Get the Future Wrong (nytimes.com)
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The Secret to Fighting Infections (online.wsj.com)
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Designing 10ft User Interfaces(quora.com)
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by orky56 16y ago
Back to the days of which venture has the highest burn-through rate!
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by orky56 16y ago
Those needs are dismissed as lifestyle businesses that can be bootstrapped and/or cater to enterprises and SMB. It's more glamorous and HN-friendly to be working with the latest technologies and recreational uses of them for consumers.
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by orky56 16y ago
Just goes to show you can still be successful without an MBA, a bachelor's, or a diploma. So many successful people missed some part of standard education so I guess we all should since those are the ones we keep on celebrating. I can't tel
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by orky56 16y ago
Very cool. Seems more like extracting value from the right customers rather than the way you currently have it which seems kind of negative: Focus on a few and forget about the rest. Some other feedback: 1. I clicked "Tour" and got stuck si
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by orky56 16y ago
Thank you! Seriously, this type of article really invigorates me. This may go against hacker mentality, which is eliminate every single step until all you are left is with an awesome product. Get that out the door as quickly as possible and
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by orky56 16y ago
Successors? People have been prescribing for years now that Jobs is Apple. Only recently have people understood it is Jobs plus two. The successor to Jobs is Cook (pretty likely). So they have thought about succession on that end. Obviously
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by orky56 16y ago
Jobs and now Ive? I seriously hope Cook is not alone in maintaining Apple at the forefront. Jobs understands the customer the best, Ive knows how to design the best, and Cook can deliver that solution most efficiently in such a complex ecos
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by orky56 16y ago
I admit this does accomplish the motivation to routinely complete certain tasks. The problem I have with productivity tools is that they can't take into account all the constraints that are important: type of tasks (routine tasks + 1-time t
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by orky56 16y ago
Feels like a paper newspaper. Filled with amazing information that you take the time to read. However, when you want to recall any of it, it's too late since it's already in some landfill somewhere. I think it is up to the community to crea
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by orky56 16y ago
Google is making its presence felt more and more on the desktop, right at Microsoft's doorstop. Unlike Chrome which is an alternative to IE, this Google Docs integration is just making things way too complicated. It's a parasitic relationsh
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by orky56 16y ago
I would be most interested in getting introductions at these target companies. Even if it's an informational interview with the person who has my dream job, that's a big step from not having that relationship. If we imagine this as an Angel
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by orky56 16y ago
New Biz Idea? Forget Mockingbird, Use a Napkin Instead! But seriously there's no end to this. If you have a great idea, you need to put the pieces in place to not only develop & build the product but also to ship and monetize it. I will
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by orky56 16y ago
I guess the opposite principle is the when people don't submit their rebates for big ticket items. On a per hour basis, they would be making a killing. By failing to do the rebate, that opportunity cost is painful.
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by orky56 16y ago
When seeking funding, having a co-founder or team looks much better to an investor than a sole founder. If you take a look at YC, I believe Dropbox is the only (or one of the few) with just one founder. Having more than one demonstrates tha
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by orky56 16y ago
Sad to say but they are better than most when it comes to acquisitions. I think that's more due to the fact that their acquisitions are usually strategically related to what they want to do. The big exception has been Flip. Although they ar
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by orky56 16y ago
I used to work for Cisco at Linksys and this is far from truth. Although Linksys operated pretty much as their own division, Cisco EOLed a lot of successful Linksys products in the SMB market since they might compete with Cisco's. Also, Lin
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by orky56 16y ago
Amazing storytelling! Love the abstract part at the end especially. Felt like something out of No Country for Old Men. However, I wouldn't recommend astrologers as a path to get out of a rut. I do admire his ability to reflect on his life.
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by orky56 16y ago
For everything that goes on here, it is surprisingly very...quiet. The people in Silicon Valley are about execution and then self-promotion rather than the other way around. So when you have a bunch of dedicated people who are trying to pro
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by orky56 16y ago
So is Amazon hoping to topple Netflix with this? I'm curious to find out if devices that support Amazon Instant Video will also have this service automatically. That would be a game changer for sure. Amazon clearly has the user and advertis

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