rguzman

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by rguzman 16y ago
1) I knew it was a bad idea to move away from Chicago! No way, man! I just moved from Chicago (and applied to excelerate, too). Where in the bay area are you? Let's have coffee.
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by rguzman 16y ago
I'd suscribe to the service if a few things were right. The price I'd pay depends on what the service is like. I think it'd be hard for you to compete (for my business) with burritos from the mission on price. For me to use this based on th
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by rguzman 16y ago
I have techcrunch, readwrite web, and a few other tech news sites in a folder on google reader. I glance through the headlines two or three times a day. I go to reddit occasionally, but besides HN and my subscriptions on google reader I don
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Xmarks Getting Acquired, Will Offer Free & Paid Service(readwriteweb.com)
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by rguzman 16y ago
I think techstars has turned Boulder, CO into a small software startup hub. Also, Innovation Works (though that's closer to a state-funded VC) has done the same (to a lesser degree) in Pittsburgh.
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by rguzman 16y ago
This is a symptom of the fact that an "app" is a leaky abstraction. It is nice to think about a webapp as being a collection of apps that have well-defined narrow functionality, but it is just not the case. As soon as you start writing code
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by rguzman 16y ago
More generally, this should be bundled into a js plugin like disqus or uservoice. I'd guess it would make sense on a lot of sites.
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by rguzman 16y ago
Yeah, I'd love to chat. I can't find your email on your HN profile, but mine is rodrigo@leasely.com.
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by rguzman 16y ago
Thanks! All are good points, and several of them things that we're planning on doing e.g. SSL, encrypted SSNs with a note reminding users, email notifications. Would you mind going further on why would it be a good idea to let communication
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Django-FUNserver(b-list.org)
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by rguzman 16y ago
I'm smalter's co-founder. We would love to have you beta test, I'll email you at the address on your HN profile. As for credit checks: yep, that's our next step.
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The marshmallow experiment(infoproc.blogspot.com)
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by rguzman 16y ago
If investors are contacting you, you surely have something worth pursuing. No matter what, tough it out as long as you can. To cope with the loneliness, get yourself out there. Are you alone in the "I need like-minded folks to talk to" way
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by rguzman 16y ago
caveat emptor: Eric and I are co-founders, so I'm obviously biased. I was the guy he emailed saying "want a free intern?" and I can safely say: listen to what he wrote above and execute on it. It is straight up good advice. For one, I've be
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by rguzman 16y ago
I upvoted you and agree. However, there is also that the shutdown may be driven by facebook for a variety of reasons. As a founder, it is probably really hard to walk away from an offer that is very attractive personally but bad for the ser
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by rguzman 16y ago
It is true that some amount of personal pressure will get you to be more productive. But, err too far on the side of too much and you burn out. So, while I can see why startup dad may be able to outperform a founder in a more relaxed positi
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Excerpt from Do More Faster: Avoid Co-Founder Conflict(readwriteweb.com)
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by rguzman 16y ago
Shameless plug: If you are interested in learning python+django intensively for a week with a few people, I'm co-teaching a class with Dave Beazley in Chicago next month. There is still a few seats left. http://www.dabeaz.com/chicago/index
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Shtetl-Optimized: Research projects in quantum complexity theory(scottaaronson.com)
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by rguzman 16y ago
Further, regardless of the writers' ability to relate to hackers they still need to write stuff that appeals to people. Most people don't enjoy just building things like hackers do.
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by rguzman 16y ago
I can't help but notice that blog is #2 on the list after product. This echoes and rhymes well with some of the things that patio11 has written/said about SEO. I find that a bit counter-intuitive, but it looks like it is very important. C
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by rguzman 16y ago
It'd be a bit more meaningful to discuss the fraction of startups they've invested in in each town. Of course, that is difficult to count, but an estimate can be made. I suspect that doing that would make them seem like an NY-centric inves
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A VC: Some Thoughts On Geography(avc.com)
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From Mount Sinai to Your Bedroom: A Brief History of Electronic Signatures(blog.leasely.com)
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Apple Awarded a Patent To Prevent Texting "Objectionable Content"(readwriteweb.com)
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Information Processing: BGI visit(infoproc.blogspot.com)
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Status Of CrunchPad Litigation(techcrunch.com)
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by rguzman 16y ago
In this space ads may actually be able to make money since the audience is very targeted. You even know what field everyone is in by looking at what papers they click on and such. It seems easy to have a free+ads plan and an $10/mo no ads p
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by rguzman 16y ago
It seems that HN is not the target audience for this. The folks here probably need much more sophisticated tools and likely build those tools themselves. Who is this intended for?
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by rguzman 16y ago
That's sort of the point: investors will need to know more than just how to evaluate pitches in order to make good investments. I'm not sure that there is a "strategy" to evaluate startups very early. What needs be done depends heavily on

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