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by pshin45 11y ago
> no proof of customer base What are you basing this on? > is literally more work than walking down to the supermarket and picking up a pack of precooked chicken Have you used Munchery before? If so, how exactly is it more work?
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by pshin45 11y ago
Very impressive. I'm organizing an Immigration-themed "Startup Weekend" event[1] happening next week (in SF), and I think I'll be sharing this with participants there as an example of what can be done. [1] http:/&#
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by pshin45 11y ago
Thanks for sharing, this is both informative and reassuring as I'm currently organizing my own hackathon coming up in 2 weeks. It's a thematic hackathon ("Startup Weekend Immigration") happening on May 29-31 in SF.[1] We
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Hacking Immigration(up.co)
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The Forgotten Dream of Immigration(medium.com)
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Immigration Startup Ideas(medium.com)
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by pshin45 11y ago
Munchery was rejected by YC after the interview[1], and they have since become arguably the most successful and fastest-growing[2] "prepared food" startup in Silicon Valley and the US. (More than Sprig, despite Sprig receiving sig
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by pshin45 11y ago
If any of you are in the SF Bay Area, I'm organizing a hackathon[1] on May 29~31 in SF focused exclusively on immigration. Shoot me an email at my HN username at gmail dot com and I'd be happy to give you a generous discount code.
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by pshin45 12y ago
The state of the media industry (i.e. failure of Gigaom and the success of Buzzfeed) seems to be a pretty strong counterexample to the oft-given advice by YC and others that "It’s better to build something a small number of users love
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by pshin45 12y ago
For all those wondering why she was not deported when she "came out" publicly, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (aka "ICE") generally prioritizes immigrants involved in criminal activity (e.g. smuggling, drugs, e
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Ask HN: If YC were to be "disrupted", how would it happen and by whom?
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by pshin45 12y ago
> [1] https://groups.google.com/a/mysociety.org/forum/#!msg/mysoci... This should be its own HN thread.
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PG: “A recipe that might produce the next Facebook, if you're college students.”
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The Myth of the Tech Whiz Who Quits College to Start a Company(hbr.org)
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The most amazing and inspiring vision of the future I've ever seen(sploid.gizmodo.com)
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Milk doesn't prevent broken bones(vox.com)
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by pshin45 12y ago
You make a perfectly valid point, but I don't think it addresses the issue at hand. I think what concerns people about uBeam is that they might be the next Clinkle i.e. a case of VCs getting overly excited by a highly charismatic young
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Looking to move from Finance to Tech? Three tips for making the jump(linkedin.com)
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Massive Ocean Discovered Towards the Earths Core(earthweareone.com)
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Expanding diversity in tech: Helping underrepresented entrepreneurs(thisweekinstartups.com)
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by pshin45 12y ago
This is not based on any kind of deep analysis whatsoever, but I'm starting to get the same vibe from Uber as I got from Groupon several years ago. Groupon's promise to local business owners was that offering a Groupon deal was an
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Ask HN: How is Marc Andreessen able to tweet so much?
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Why do people love Startup School?(medium.com)
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Why do people love Startup School?(medium.com)
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by pshin45 12y ago
I was lucky enough to attend Saturday's Startup School Silicon Valley event (my first time), and I'm happy to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I've previously blogged about what I think makes a "great" startup event[1],
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by pshin45 12y ago
> ...is the unwritten motto... Exactly, it's unwritten because no dev shop would explicitly market themselves as being willing to break things in the name of speed. It's an unfortunate side effect that they don't want to
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by pshin45 12y ago
A good read for those interested in this topic i.e. the pros and cons of finding a co-worker through something like "founder dating" VS. with friends/relatives VS. with coworkers is "The Founder's Dilemmas"[1]
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by pshin45 12y ago
Shameless plug - If you're looking for other startup-related events to attend the week of Startup School, sign up for Startup Digest's weekly events digest[1]. It's a weekly email newsletter of startup events happening in San
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by pshin45 12y ago
Shameless plug - If you're looking for other startup-related events to attend the week of Startup School, sign up for Startup Digest's weekly events digest[1]. It's a weekly email newsletter of startup events happening in Sa
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Notes from “Weapons of Mass Distribution” conference by 500 Startups(evernote.com)
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