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by rmorrison 15y ago
We've been working on that ever since we picked up comprehend.com = )
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Comprehend Systems (YC W11) Closes $1.2mm Seed Round(comprehend.com)
52 points by rmorrison 15y ago|13 comments
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Since it's only ten minutes, it's pretty hectic as the YC partners try to understand the company/team. Because of the time constraint, they interrupt you, and they even interrupt each other. It's on the interviewee to get his or her key poi
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Palo Alto, CA - Comprehend Systems (YC W11) Hiring frontend and backend developers with solid CS skills to help us make cross-datasource visualization and analytics software. email me {my username}@comprehend.com or visit http://www.compre
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by rmorrison 15y ago
I've lived in both NY and Silicon Valley. I think the best description of the difference in mentality is: In NYC, if you can make a million dollars cool, but it's even better if you screw somebody out of a million at the same time. In Silic
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Comprehend Systems (YC W11) is hiring frontend and backend developers(comprehend.com)
1 points by rmorrison 15y ago
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Comprehend Systems (YC W11) - Come help us create next-gen databases
1 points by rmorrison 15y ago
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Comprehend (YC W11) is hiring to help bring new cures and treatments to market
1 points by rmorrison 15y ago
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Palo Alto - Comprehend Systems (YC W11) Hiring Java developers (both frontend and backend). Help us make next-generation, cross-datasource reporting and visualization software. You'll also be writing software to improve people's lives, sinc
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Comprehend Systems (YC W11) hiring frontend and backend engineers
1 points by rmorrison 15y ago
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Yes, it takes time to build a successful company. A company doesn't exit for $200 million the year it is incorporated. Come back in 3 or 4 years, and I think you'll see the hit rate has gone up!
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Our startup uses several of the products on the list, but there is a one big name missing: Hellofax We use Hellofax several times a week and it's great ! It makes signing and faxing documents extremely easy, instead of the mess it used to
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by rmorrison 15y ago
1) You need a cofounder, for all practical purposes. So that costs more. 2) It'll probably take you longer than 1 year to make $50k/year/cofounder, so in your scenario you run the risk of running out of money after the second year. 3) In y
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by rmorrison 15y ago
If you can start one then great, but it's difficult to get your own startup to the point where it is paying you and your cofounder's living expenses. Most likely, starting your own company consists of working a full time job and half-assing
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by rmorrison 15y ago
This post is missing the most valuable part of working at a startup: the experience. Sure, you can go work at ________ (big company paying fresh developers $120k+), but you're going to be pigeonholed into working on a small aspect of the pr
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Our whole company has been using AeroFS exclusively for our network drives, and it's worked extremely well! It's great because we can share files of any size, and it seamlessly updates between all machines.
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Yes, if it's a good fit.
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Palo Alto, CA - Comprehend Systems (YC W11) We're hiring both frontend and backend engineers to help create next-generation reporting and visualization tools for clinical trials. We're striving to improve the clinical trial process, directl
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by rmorrison 15y ago
There is nothing wrong with a little swagger, or confidence. However, adopting "no assholes" isn't quite enough: a non-asshole can still let their ego get in the way of their work and their team. For example, by refusing to admit fault.
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Our Startup's One Guiding Principle(blog.comprehend.com)
46 points by rmorrison 15y ago|16 comments
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Comprehend Systems (YC W11), Palo Alto CA We're revolutionizing health care and databases! You can read more about the position here: http://www.comprehend.com/about_careers.html
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Enterprise tech startup (YC W11) hiring in Palo Alto - (Front|Back)end engineers(comprehend.com)
1 points by rmorrison 15y ago
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by rmorrison 15y ago
My YC W11 company is hiring! Join Comprehend Systems to see first hand what it's like inside a YC company, while helping us create next-generation database and visualization software! If you're familiar with either Enterprise Java or custo
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Comprehend Systems (YC W11) is hiring engineers. Help us change lives.(comprehend.com)
1 points by rmorrison 15y ago
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Palo Alto, CA - Comprehend Systems (YC W11) - Senior Software Engineer http://www.comprehend.com/senior_software_engineer.html
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Congrats guys!
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by rmorrison 15y ago
Wow, the most impressive thing here is the exponential growth: 2 million users in late 2009, 4 million mid 2010, 25 million now.
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by rmorrison 15y ago
This seems like a dangerous precedent for Oracle to set for itself, especially when it's sitting on many other popular open source projects. Not that this comparison is 100% accurate, but they could learn from why the police don't give in t
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by rmorrison 15y ago
This is awesome! I'd love to learn more about each of the datapoints involved. Here are just a few ideas of other dimensions that it'd be interesting to see: * Type of investor/institution/etc * How many investments each point makes per ye
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Senior Software Engineer - Comprehend Systems (YC W11)(comprehendsystems.com)
46 points by rmorrison 16y ago

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