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by paulsutter 15y ago
Great thinking all around! - aggregating listings from across other sources / syndicated auctions is a cool idea. You probably still want a category focus. In the 90s, at one point the other dozen auction sites shared/exchanged their listin
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by paulsutter 15y ago
When I get in a rut, the best thing is to get some small things done first. Have you looked at sites like elance, odesk, and guru? You can find small projects there that pay. It could be a good way to get some momentum back. You may have to
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by paulsutter 15y ago
Banks are broken today. They're more focused on reordering transactions to maximize fees than they are at "connecting customers that have capital deficits to customers with capital surpluses" (thanks wikipedia). There are dozens of opportun
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by paulsutter 15y ago
Go back to Atlanta, learn to code, and work hard on your ideas. Come back out here in the summer. You dont need to become a great developer. Learning to code will help you understand both developers and software development. Like for exampl
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by paulsutter 15y ago
Discuss the ideas with other smart guys. I've always found that when I think about an idea by myself, I can overcomplicate it and tend to underestimate how much work it will be. Sharing the ideas with other smart guys can counteract this. Y
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by paulsutter 15y ago
The solution is either to negotiate better, or appreciate the nontechnical work. If the cash-only founder is really just an angel, and your agreement with him should be that his cash gets rolled into the seed. Perhaps at better terms. This
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by paulsutter 15y ago
It's much more important for you to help your friend come up with a real world problem that he can solve (whether or not it uses his technology), and for him to start solving that real world problem for customers. Dont bother thinking about
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by paulsutter 15y ago
If you are a team, incorporating is important to clarify ownership. You dont want to have to figure that out later, after you are successful. You can also do that with a document among the team. But don't wait too long. It's amazing how eve
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by paulsutter 15y ago
The most important decision a startup makes is to choose your customer definition. It looks to me like you have chosen "anyone who sells anything on ebay" as your customer. The problem is, even if you could personally meet with each one of
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by paulsutter 15y ago
Sorry to make two posts, but I have another suggestion. If your goal is to make a difference and you are passionate about Deca, I'd suggest finding a very important problem that only Deca can solve. You probably envisioned some specific pro
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by paulsutter 15y ago
I really like the goals of your language. I'm an old c++/assembly programmer from way back, and today's heavily layered languages with non deterministic performance are disappointing to me. I like that Deca will never use GC or a virtual ma
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by paulsutter 15y ago
So we should be able to copy mobile apps for free too? What about piracy of luxury goods, that's ok too right because hey they're just copying?
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by paulsutter 15y ago
Hilarious and clever, but would any of us want to be paid for our mobile apps or online services with the same currency?
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by paulsutter 15y ago
So that other "equity holding position" started out as an intern, has been around for years, and the company is still merely on the verge of going big?
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by paulsutter 15y ago
Be a little wary of the offer to be taken care of if the company gets "apple big" (ie, becomes the most valuable company in history). 0.01% of "apple big" is $50 million. On the other hand, few startups have an exit of $500 million, and 0.0
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by paulsutter 15y ago
I believe the most common cause of cookie deletion is hitting the browser cookie limit, and old cookies rolling off. The sheer number of JavaScript tags on websites (I've seen a list of over 600 third party trackers), multiplied by the numb
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by paulsutter 15y ago
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me again and again and again...
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by paulsutter 15y ago
It's all about net present value and nothing to do with eyeballs. A startup with no revenue can only have a spectacular valuation if investors believe the time and risk adjusted future profitability of the company merits that valuation. The
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by paulsutter 15y ago
Profit sharing makes sense for a lifestyle business, but not for a startup. 3-5 years is a big chunk of the productive years of your life. Don't waste it on an attempt to build a company that is half lifestyle business and half startup. He
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How Does YC Rank as a Business School
2 points by paulsutter 15y ago|0 comments
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by paulsutter 15y ago
YC is probably the top business school in the country by market cap created. What is the right ranking metric for business schools, and what does the top 10 look like? The best way to drive the reinvention of higher education will be to ran