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by paul 13y ago
This was a very interesting read and I hope that she continues blogging about her startup journey. Having interviewed the team, I have my own expectations for how it will play out, so I would love to see how that matches with reality. Howev
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by paul 13y ago
I was explaining both the power law distribution and expected value, and somehow that all got mushed together into one quote, incorrectly unfortunately.
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by paul 14y ago
How much was Steve Jobs worth to Apple?
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by paul 14y ago
The shape of the graph proves it's a bubble? I don't own any bitcoins, but this kind of silly fud makes me think I should buy some...
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by paul 14y ago
You are unable to comprehend how someone could have an experience and opinion which differs from the HN groupthink?
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by paul 14y ago
Wherever you go, there you are.
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by paul 14y ago
This reminds me of the time that Facebook rounded up all of the Japanese-Americans and put them in internment camps.
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by paul 14y ago
Exactly. Perhaps I needed to manage the transition between the parts a little more smoothly to avoid losing people who have an allergic reaction to the g-word. When things are difficult, talk of God inevitably arises from many good and well
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by paul 14y ago
Thank you. I'll check it out.
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by paul 14y ago
That is kind of weird. It's my FriendFeed pic from a few years ago. I just changed it to my current fb profile pic :) thanks
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by paul 14y ago
An axe-wielding rapist is mentally sick. I would still love my children, even if they had a horrible sickness. Love is not a reward.
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by paul 14y ago
I care about the world that my daughter will grow up in, and I think it's important for people to understand that love isn't something that can ever be given or taken by force. It must be a gift.
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by paul 14y ago
Then you don't understand. One needn't believe in anything metaphysical to appreciate the power of a concept.
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The Gift(paulbuchheit.blogspot.com)
669 points by paul 14y ago|173 comments
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by paul 14y ago
It's generally not possible to do anything "revolutionary" without encountering some very severe obstacles. The status-quo guards itself.
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by paul 14y ago
This seems perfect for my recipe site. I hope my application gets accepted.
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by paul 14y ago
This is a great attitude because it moves the locus of control from outside of yourself ("I'm a helpless victim of everyone else") to inside ("this is my fault"), which is generally a more productive mindset since it puts you in control of
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by paul 14y ago
I have an M5 and would definitely consider getting a Model S instead if I needed to replace my car.
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by paul 14y ago
Certainly the name has value, and smart founders will use that, but if that's all they are after, then they're missing the most valuable bits (and are therefore probably not very effective founders, and a bad investment).
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by paul 14y ago
You probably heard about it post-yc. It was initially a thing for renting out airbeds (airbedandbreakfast.com)
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by paul 14y ago
I think that there's an element of that. People who are just joining yc for the name are there for the wrong reason.
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by paul 14y ago
Glad to hear. I have a Nexus 7 on the way, so hopefully it will be awesome.
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by paul 14y ago
It's always the little details. My limited experiences with Android (I try it every year or so) always end when I get annoyed by basic things not working. The tablet I got at Google I/O 1.5 years ago would power off every time it was fully
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by paul 14y ago
I think Meraki was the 4th startup that I ever invested in (first was Wufoo). When we visited their office in Mountain View, it was full of "Meraki Minis" (their first batch of hardware). I asked how much money they had raised so far, and t
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by paul 14y ago
Some people just don't understand the meaning of freedom. This post reminds me of religious types who demand that YouTube take down videos that they deem offensive.
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by paul 14y ago
It's still a rather remarkable milestone. In a relatively short amount of time, the #1 "unstoppable" company in tech was passed by both it's smaller competitor (Apple) and an entirely new company (Google).
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by paul 14y ago
That explains why all the huge tech companies like google started in places like Kansas, not sv.
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by paul 14y ago
By definition, every huge success has a strong growth strategy :) That said, it often isn't obvious from the beginning. When I met Dropbox at YC, I don't recall them having any great plans for how to grow. I think that was discovered later
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by paul 14y ago
As best I can tell, success = luck * skill. The big successes that I've seen all have exceptional founders, but that's clearly not enough. Timing is a huge component as well. Often a good idea will fail simply because the market or technolo
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by paul 14y ago
The counter-intuitive nature of startup investing is a big part of what makes it so interesting to me. In most aspects of life, we are trained to avoid risk and only pursue "good ideas" (e.g. try to be a lawyer, not a rock star). With start

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