royrod

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by royrod 4y ago
I can’t pick one thing… world upheaval, economic upheaval, health and family challenges. Hoping for a bit more chill in ‘23
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by royrod 16y ago
Great addition. Pretty seamless how you can comment right from the Rapportive sidebar on people's FB postings.
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by royrod 16y ago
Very interesting set of takes, thanks Jason. I think "LP without the fees" is the most provocative...
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by royrod 16y ago
Yeah, these are great!
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by royrod 16y ago
Very good illustration of needing an experienced startup lawyer. It's true. And really interesting story in its own right :)
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by royrod 16y ago
Very useful to see top angels all in one place and be able to follow them.
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by royrod 16y ago
I think there are some good parallels. The analogy of Dharmesh as Jordan is funny :) although he is a great sensei of course. I especially agree with disregarding the press and short-term events/wins. Working hard every day builds up over t
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by royrod 16y ago
Great site, fun summary of popular links.
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by royrod 16y ago
Useful! I am following the 100 twitter account :)
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by royrod 16y ago
Awesome bundle. Almost triggers the Paradox of Choice...
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by royrod 16y ago
Very nice. Would be cool to see how people moved up/down since July :)
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by royrod 16y ago
Great progress, congrats! Your site design is really fantastic. Not just the look but the demo video, Get Started call to action, etc.
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by royrod 16y ago
Agreed, it's a tough problem. I think Boston investors want to support Boston startups, but because of their structure/individual limitations (mentioned in the article) they can't necessarily "take one for the team" if it's investing 20% of
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by royrod 16y ago
I think those are very fair questions. On the one hand I agree a lot of startups can be derivative and may not pass the "how is this making the world better" question. But at the same time, that's a much higher bar than most companies are h
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by royrod 16y ago
Noah, excellent breakdown as usual. And I totally agree with your take (vs. Wesabe's post-mortem post). I'm going to send your article to like a dozen people right now, that I preach this stuff to and don't believe me :)
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by royrod 16y ago
Good post, and I think it's great that Peter Thiel is providing an alternate viewpoint re: "stopping out"
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by royrod 16y ago
Good post and good tips. I'm aware of most of them but the reminder is definitely helpful to keep me blogging.
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by royrod 16y ago
Good real-world stories and inspiration, Jason!
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by royrod 16y ago
Being a mile wide and an inch deep in too many functional areas.
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by royrod 16y ago
Great ideas, many detailed that I have not seen laid out openly before. Being very selective about "who really wants in on the closed beta" is a great point.
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by royrod 16y ago
Likewise, proud investor! And totally addicted user. Rahul, Sam and Martin are really capable and some of the best at listening to users and to the market.
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by royrod 16y ago
Very interesting. The top 10 are pretty expected, but the rest are more meaty. Great to see @dcurtis at #11 and @yegg at #32. Wouldn't have expected @garyvee to be big with the HN crowd. Definitely some people in the bottom half of the top
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by royrod 16y ago
Nicely done, Jeff, useful!
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by royrod 16y ago
Finding out about them was mostly my cofounder Rebecca, who's a social maven in her own right. But, once you attend a few you start to find out and get invited to a lot more, so it's not hard to sustain. What we did when we got there was de
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by royrod 16y ago
I do, and it's already used all the time (e.g. DailyCandy charges thousands of dollars for a Dedicated Email for a given city's email list). What we did was sort of roll our own campaign, trading the positive association with our unique eve
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by royrod 16y ago
No comments, hate mail, questions? :)
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by royrod 16y ago
Great lessons on how Lean Startup works in the real world. - no silver bullet, it's about a million adjustments - human touch matters: calling prospects had a dramatic profitability effect for Constant Contact - and also very true on fundra
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by royrod 16y ago
This is a slightly tricky one because I do think there is potential for the tax change to negatively impact funding available for startups. However, the impact should be minimal and I agree with Fred Wilson that carried interest fees are no
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by royrod 16y ago
Ok, so (like many/most angels) you like priced deals :) Any other terms, or trends, you care to share? (Roy, "truly junior" beginning angel in Boston)
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What Really Motivates People to Start a Company?(how2startup.com)
23 points by royrod 17y ago|6 comments

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