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541.
by pg 13y ago
If you're a programmer, the best route to investors is probably through other programmers you know. If you know any who are founders or early employees at a startup, they can introduce you to their investors. They can also introduce
542.
by pg 13y ago
Fixed, thanks.
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by pg 13y ago
In practice few to zero investors make money that way. All the money in startup investing is in the big hits. Which means the way to make money as a investor is to try to invest in the companies you think will be big hits, and pay whateve
544.
by pg 13y ago
Thanks, fixed.
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by pg 13y ago
It's a real person. We actually had a Professor Moriarty in the last batch: http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/05/y-combinator-startup-7-cups...
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by pg 13y ago
Incidentally, this is the actual advice we give startups about fundraising at YC. This batch I finally wrote it all down, and the s2013 startups used it when raising money.
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Ear Wax From Whales Keeps Record Of Ocean Contaminants(npr.org)
3 points by pg 13y ago|0 comments
548.
by pg 13y ago
That's probably a big part of it. But I believe people also sometimes enjoy the feeling of being indignant.
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by pg 13y ago
Michael.
550.
by pg 13y ago
Which Jason? (We've funded 11.)
551.
by pg 13y ago
I've noticed this on HN too. When otherwise lightweight stories get a lot of upvotes, the most common cause (probably more than 90% of the time) is that they're something users are indignant about. The more clickbaitish news sit
552.
by pg 13y ago
Your comment would be better without the first two sentences.
553.
by pg 13y ago
This may be somewhat misleading, because I believe the number had fallen a lot before 2004. I.e. it may have gone up less in 15 years than in 10.
554.
by pg 13y ago
The fundamental flaw here is underestimating the value of in-person conversation.
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by pg 13y ago
If you're going to be this nasty, you'd better be right, and in this case you're not. If I went in person to Nepal to find people who need help, I still wouldn't do as good a job as Watsi. The one useful thing about you
556.
by pg 13y ago
Wow, you put that better than I did. I didn't know the term "namecheck" but that is the perfect name for it.
557.
by pg 13y ago
Yeah, I agree that the end result is beneficial for Watsi, and I regret hijacking this thread with meta discussion about journalism when it could have been about Watsi instead.
558.
by pg 13y ago
Subtitle: reporter tries and tries to remain mean in the face of the Watsis, but finds he just can't do it. Reading this article was like watching someone try to break into a really secure system. The reporter tried every trick in the
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Click here, save a life, for real(salon.com)
157 points by pg 13y ago|116 comments
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The Nefarious Ways Sprawl Begets Sprawl(theatlanticcities.com)
2 points by pg 13y ago|0 comments
561.
by pg 13y ago
This article embodies a sleight of hand: it assumes that the jobs the companies want to hire immigrants to fill are the same ones they've laid people off from. Is there any evidence that is the case?
562.
by pg 13y ago
Chasing partnerships is usually a mistake for startups.
563.
by pg 13y ago
Though this may sound odd, I don't know. I haven't read any of it for a long time.
564.
by pg 13y ago
No.
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by pg 13y ago
Thanks!
566.
by pg 13y ago
sillysaurus3 wasn't banned. We autokill comments from newly created accounts using Tor, but we don't do anything to the accounts themselves.
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Is technological progress a thing of the past?(voxeu.org)
7 points by pg 13y ago|1 comments
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by pg 13y ago
Incidentally, nothing at all changed during this whole saga.
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by pg 13y ago
Minimale.
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by pg 13y ago
No, but we may eventually manage to organize an equivalent thing for nonprofits.

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