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by porter 13y ago
RapidSSL because they were cheap and 37signals used them too.
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by porter 13y ago
Learning to code is the best way to understand coders. Plus you'll be able to build your own stuff to boot! Seems like a no-brainer to me.
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by porter 13y ago
Here's some feedback on the last questions about something surprising you've found. Instead of putting something any middle schooler could find on google, you should but a unique insight instead. For example, what features (out of
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by porter 13y ago
Kinda sounds like a jab at all the entrepreneurs that have appeared on the show already in exchange for an automatic stake.
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by porter 13y ago
kinda like micropreneur.com?
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by porter 13y ago
I watched season 1 of house of cards on netflix. I noticed kevin spacey's character plated halo late at night to unwind. Realized it would probably work for me too, so I bought the new metal gear game on xbox the other day. So far it&#
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Bi-cord hardware project: charge iphone and ipad with one cord.(kickstarter.com)
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by porter 13y ago
I studied finance in college. A few years later I asked a similar question, ended up enrolling as a post-bac student, and taught myself web development. First, you need to figure out exactly what you want to learn. By theoretical, what do
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by porter 13y ago
I bet that's what he said before the last crises too.
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by porter 13y ago
The answer to a complex system like the economy is never so simple. Technology, the shift from a productive to a finance, insurance and real estate economy, artificial interest rates, stock bubble, housing bubble, credit crises.... There ar
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by porter 13y ago
Hard to be a decent software engineer without learning discrete math, proofs, algorithms & data structures. These boot camps unfortunately don't teach these topics with any depth. They might be a good fit depending on your goals,
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by porter 13y ago
10 figures in revenue? Seriously?
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by porter 13y ago
micropreneur.com itulip.com
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by porter 13y ago
Does it hook up to the IDX?
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by porter 13y ago
Congrats on having the guts to quit your job. Now get ready to climb the biggest learning curve of your life, where doubt and fear will try to get the best of you. Strap in, the adventure is about to begin.
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by porter 13y ago
This is a great post. I sure hope patio11 chimes in here.
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by porter 13y ago
If the language was modernized, a strong and confident list of benefits like this would make for a very compelling cover letter.
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by porter 13y ago
Can you give us some good, non-awkward-to-say, benefit statement examples?
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by porter 13y ago
'Run a small business' is a great phrase to test.
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by porter 13y ago
What kind of messages get mass-texted by realtors to their clients?
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by porter 13y ago
Warren Buffet also said: "I’d be a bum on the street with a tin cup if the markets were always efficient”
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by porter 13y ago
I have an econ/finance degree and also worked for several years in finance. Then I quit my job and learned how to code. Now I have a web app with a paying and growing customer base. Knowing how to program will give you special powers w
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by porter 13y ago
The network effect is just one barrier that helps make your company more defensible from competitors. It's not a magic bullet though. Just ask MySpace or AOL. You should follow PG's advice to make something people want, but also t
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by porter 13y ago
Hard to short a guy with a massive following. He can sell pretty much anything to his loyal fans. And there are a lot of them. You'd be better off shorting Tesla and Elon musk. Take away all their government subsidies and all you&#x27
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by porter 13y ago
It's because he can't add much value to enterprise software companies. He has broad reach to consumers, not businesses.
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by porter 13y ago
I don't think these kinds of startups would work with Tim for the money. They'd work with Tim because he'd turbocharge their growth. Tim is a better partner than the vast majority (maybe all) of the other VCs chasing these f
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by porter 13y ago
Patio11, can you explain more about what you mean by SEO? Do you mean writing blog posts targeting long tail keywords that are low volume but easy to rank for? Or, do you mean creating SEO landing pages for specific market segments you&#x2
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by porter 13y ago
The truth is in most college courses that grades reflect how well you did relative to the rest of the class. Not how well you know the material.
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by porter 13y ago
Why not take the price from $7 to $70?
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by porter 13y ago
Here are hard problems all businesses face: making something people want, finding customers, keeping customers, growing customers. If you can solve these problems for me, I'll pay you a lot of money for your book.

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