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by robfitz 5y ago
> pros and cons of interviewing people using the MOM framework I gave a fuller answer elsewhere in the thread ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28669204 ), but it's highly reliant on the specifics of your idea&#x
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by robfitz 5y ago
The short version is basically: 1. You can still do full "discovery" (i.e., understanding what they're already doing and why, decision-making, current workarounds, etc.), which gives you a better foundation of understanding f
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by robfitz 5y ago
Funny you should mention it, that's (part of) the topic of my latest, about designing nonfiction like a problem-solving product (won't plug it here since it's off-topic, but easy enough to find). Too many authors seem to forg
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by robfitz 5y ago
You're totally right — it's one of those things that's always on the list but never feels like the day's top priority, and then one day you wake up and it's on HN and you feel like a dummy ;). Probably some sort of
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by robfitz 5y ago
Heya, author here. Fun to see this. I wrote the book after becoming hugely frustrated as an introverted technical founder trying to "talk to customers" but finding zero books about sales/interviews/etc that spoke to my c
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by robfitz 5y ago
First round price was disclosed by Kyle Samani in this video[1] as $0.04 per SOL. They're currently up about 4000x. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68RqaSL3Ruk
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by robfitz 5y ago
You definitely can edit the code, but it's hidden within their plugin system. If you're willing to spend 4-8 hours going through tutorials to understand their metaphors & setup, then you can find plenty of interesting ways to
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by robfitz 6y ago
Sure, writing helps with thinking, but the final written output is an educational product that ought to be built and tested around the needs of the reader, not the ego or indulgence of the writer. (It's also worth noting that the artic
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by robfitz 6y ago
Also: * 70% of global trade is currently denominated in USD (oil markets, commodities, etc) * US has a lot of debt to other nations * USD is the global reserve currency, giving the US fairly unique economic power and security If the USD g
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by robfitz 6y ago
There's one for sale in Florida for 295 grand. I can't imagine it's supposed to cost that much, so I'm assuming that either it's someone scalping one of the first 12 due to scarcity, or they'll be dropping pric
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by robfitz 6y ago
For kindle, at least, authors can do an "optional" update or a "forced" update. The forced one is pushed to every device automatically, and Amazon strongly warns against this when you attempt to do it, becaues it delet
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by robfitz 6y ago
My guess would be that leanpub is more "full stack" (formatting, layout, website, etc) whereas gumroad is just a storefront. I use gumroad and like it, but you need a bunch of other tools in your pipeline. > That depends on whe
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by robfitz 6y ago
KDP phone support is shockingly helpful. I call them frequently and they're often able to accomplish stuff for me which doesn't have any sort of DIY interface. I call them at least once a month for something or other and am alwa
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by robfitz 7y ago
They do, yeah. As an author I'm desperate to get into a continuous deployment/iteration cycle for books, but the fact that kindle works this way really discourages it.
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by robfitz 7y ago
Hope it's helpful somewhat. Give me a shout if you have any further questions or issues with it.
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by robfitz 7y ago
Hah, me too, but couldn't write it till I had taken my knocks first ;)
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by robfitz 8y ago
The depth of the readings (1400 pages) and exam question is inspiring.
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by robfitz 8y ago
I think you're focused on making good learners great (which I assume is the journey you experienced in school), but there's also a fairly large opportunity in helping every student get up to a certain baseline of "pretty good
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by robfitz 8y ago
Sailing is great if you don't mind (extremely) slow travel. I bought an 8m from 1972 for about 2 months' worth of rent and have since moved with it from the UK to (nearly) Spain. I did it for different reasons than you, but it sou
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by robfitz 8y ago
I think the "career" you're talking about is entrepreneur, built upon the "skill" of programmer. On the other hand, if your "career" is programmer, you're limited by salary, and competing (largely) on
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by robfitz 8y ago
(I recently sailed through heavy shipping areas like the channel and Seine on a small sailboat.) Assuming they can see you, the captain of a large boat will try to give way rather than squash you (they'd be _super_ angry about having t
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by robfitz 8y ago
Very off topic, but I couldn't find another easy way to get in touch with you. If you're up for it, I'd be super keen to swap notes on self-publishing. (Or to be more precise, I'm super keen to learn about your experienc
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by robfitz 8y ago
Upvotes & downvotes are used in a specific way here. They aren't meant to show agreement or support, but rather to recognise that your comment holds some interesting value (or lack thereof) for other readers. A quick comment of exc
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by robfitz 8y ago
Exciting news, much needed and you're certainly the team to do it. One suggestion/request: you'll be privy to an exclusive data set -- not about how to run bootstrapped businesses, but about how to support them. And also,
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by robfitz 8y ago
I must have poorly explained. The strategic decision happens earlier, when you decide which idea to commit to. Certain ideas are both a) incapable of generating early profits and b) dependent on reaching uncertain milestones to unlock the n
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by robfitz 8y ago
Regarding the other commenters baring their teeth to attack the UI, how in the world is that in any way useful or productive? Just yesterday we were upvoting Collison's top questions, one of which was that the book needs to be reinvent
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by robfitz 8y ago
I agree with your first 2 paragraphs, but the third is being overly simplistic (or potentially just not understanding the trade-off at play). The scenario is that (roughly) 90% of the hypergrowth-style startups which raise a first round wil
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by robfitz 8y ago
In that case, Tesla would have lived and died happier if he'd had a Musk around to help him find a way to scalably and sustainably bring what he invented to the world.
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by robfitz 8y ago
Memorable though ;)

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