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by prpon 17y ago
I've been a long time user at yodlee.com which powers the backend of Mint.com and other account aggregators. Yodlee gave up on the idea of trying to monetize the customer information they have. They instead reinvented themselves as the tech
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Tilting at Internet Barrier, a Stalwart Is Upended(nytimes.com)
2 points by prpon 17y ago|1 comments
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by prpon 17y ago
I started thinking how hard can it be to build a web resume? But your implementation bowled me over. Kudos guys. Great job. I would suggest to make it obvious that users have a URL that they can share. Give suggestions during signup for the
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by prpon 17y ago
Why do I not show up on the map? Is there something a HN user need to do to show up? I looked around all of Los Angeles area, I don't show up.
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Ask PG: When should founders start taking a salary?
46 points by prpon 17y ago|24 comments
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by prpon 17y ago
"By far the dominant reason for not releasing sooner was a reluctance to trade the dream of success for the reality of feedback." The above statement holds true for me. It's only after investing way too much energy on stuff that does not he
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by prpon 17y ago
I agree with what you are saying. You could download images in an hour or design a logo in 2. Unless you are planning on releasing websites by the dozen or have existing relationship with providers, you probably will spend more time, fret a
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by prpon 17y ago
I grew up in India and I half joke that I don't know how to swim because I grew up in a place where drinking water is hard to come by, forget the swim part. At least where I grew up, water was always hard to come by. If you ever jumped into
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by prpon 17y ago
One of the reasons often cited for the structure that existed was 'it would distract developers working on the product from meeting the deliverables'. There is a role for support on a complex product where user errors often are the reason
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by prpon 17y ago
I would second your thought. I worked for a enterprise software company that had developers building the product, a maintenance team that fixed bugs and 3 layers of support. The only people who knew what was going on with a huge product wer
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by prpon 17y ago
Kayak can cry foul all they want but there is nothing stopping MS or anyone else from copying the site design. It is a shame that MS could not come up with anything more usable, original and innovative. (I am avoiding blanket statements suc
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by prpon 17y ago
Thank you for your insight. "Much work needs to be done before we announce to the world that much work needs to be done"
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by prpon 17y ago
People do get used to it even though it is inconvenient. In India there's no rhyme or reason for home numbers. They are just the number available when you register your home. I have a hard time writing the address on fedex mail slips, to ma
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by prpon 17y ago
In every interesting profession, your professional life eats into your personal life. Imagine being an astronaut and telling your wife you need to be away for a few months and that you have to train extra hours. If your career is interestin
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by prpon 17y ago
From the blog post: "Video aspect? Let YouTube handle that part. E-Commerce aspect? Use Amazon’s system. Payments? PayPal. Social networking? Facebook. Don’t reinvent any of these wheels. Focus on what’s left – what hasn’t been done." If yo
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by prpon 17y ago
I interned for a health care company where the lady in charge of my work had a Microsoft Access database with a single table. That table had something like 500 columns. I spent a week or so understanding and created a decent normalized rela
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by prpon 17y ago
I'd be interested in knowing how twitter increased your productivity. For me twitter is a great tool for networking, increasing visibility for your product/project. I am yet to see any real networking benefits myself, I find having to put u
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by prpon 17y ago
I agree with you here. Is there any one here on HN who is not comfortable with SQL? However, the increasing usage of frameworks such as rails/grails/hibernate/JPA makes it easier to access data without having to worry about SQL until somet
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by prpon 17y ago
Nice site. Clear goals. One suggestion: Why limit at 50 responses? What if I want more than 50 people to participate in the survey/market research? Can I setup something? It wasn't obvious from the web site.
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by prpon 17y ago
Reminds me of Richard Feynman. "mathematicians designate any theorem as "trivial" once a proof has been obtained--no matter how difficult the theorem was to prove in the first place. There are therefore exactly two types of true mathematic
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by prpon 17y ago
The obvious: auto industry needs revamping. The not so obvious: How do we get there, in what time line and with how much pain? I don't care if you are 31 or 61. Hope these NYT profiles are not just resume builders for these people. I truly
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by prpon 17y ago
Most of us are trying to create something of value that will allow us to get away from the corporate job frustrations. In the end you might be working longer/harder than that frustrating job, but at least it will a) provide for you and you
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by prpon 17y ago
You've mentioned in your OP that you print in the destination country. I had to carefully look for it on your website to know that. I would highlight that aspect. A friend wanted to mail his movie script to Mumbai, India from Hollywood. He
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by prpon 18y ago
I've done this process of quitting a job while on EAD (pending GC) recently. You need a) a letter from a full time job which pays at least as much as your GC application. b) transfer the GC application to yourself/your lawyer. Yes, financia
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by prpon 18y ago
Congratulations. We got a No answer. Good luck to you and your team. I personally would be interested in learning more about your application...may be at a later date when you are done with the process and have some time :-)
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by prpon 18y ago
Fair question as to why I've been dreaming about a startup for long and not started yet. I was employee #3 at a decently funded startup in bay area from 2000 to 2002. That startup failed and I needed to take care of visa issues before I cou
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Ask YC! What can I do to prepare myself to start a company.
13 points by prpon 18y ago|20 comments