rumpelstiltskin

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by rumpelstiltskin 14y ago
"It’s called due diligence." And this is called talking out of one's ass. It's easy to armchair quarterback from a cozy cubicle at Pando HQ. When you run an actual company, especially as a solo founder, you'll realize how thin your bandwidt
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
You're welcome. I did a little more digging and wwwDOTpatscowindshieldrepairDOTcom is a mirror site with the same info that's ranking for the same terms, and the backlink profile for this site also shows lots of paid backlinks.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Here's a search that tripped me up - I'm in Houston, TX. When I searched for 'windshield repair houston', the 1st result - wwwDOThoustonwindshieldrepairDOTnet - looked promising so I made an appointment with them to get my windshield repair
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
He's not saying Guy is wrong. He's saying you're gonna have to come up with a more cogent argument than "He was right back then, and he's still right today". Basically, the burden of proof is on you since you made the original claim.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
My only concern is that Stripe will be such a hit that they'll be bought out by someone like Paypal. Which would suck since the point was to move away from Paypal to Stripe.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Actually, the math is not simple. Why are you assuming all 100 employees will donate $10? What if only 5 out of the 100 donate $10? In which case, the company donating $10 for every employee it has, regardless of whether they donated or n
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Sites can definitely be blacklisted (Valleywag, for ex). There's nothing in the HN FAQ about how to go about submitting a site for blacklisting though. For the record, I'm all for blacklisting daringfireball.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Ahh I see. Well, either way, best of luck at Twilio for now, and a startup in the future :)
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Sorry to hear the news. Also, I had no idea Paul Stamatiou left to join Picplum. How often do YC alums jump from a still running startup to another? Is it common?
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Even if you think the author’s work sucks you can’t just dismiss everything that is said. Yes. We can. Some ppl may not like it, but we certainly can.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Never shortchange yourself - ever. Right. Shortchange the company instead. OP, considering your virtually nonexistent professional experience, I'd take the job regardless of the salary and focus on learning as much as I can. Ignore the mo
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
And RRE is an abbreviation of?
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Mr. Moore went to a start-up event to learn about 'quick exits' - valley talk for cashing out of your company while you still can - where executives from large tech companies coached young entrepreneurs on how to sell their nascent start-u
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
The VCs have the well-paid, cushy, powerful and easy jobs and are pretty much guaranteed by their path-of-low-resistance career track to be rich Then why doesn't everyone and their mom become a VC? Hint: Because it's nowhere near as easy
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Then it's more choices for the customer. Nothing's stopping the original 'innovator' from bring his product to market as well.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
How is Google’s argument here different than simply demanding that Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, et al should simply sit back and let Google do whatever it wants with Android, regardless of the patents they hold? And why should it be differen
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Prediction: She will sue Airbnb. And win.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
For the same reason facebook's "college students only" rule when it first launched wasn't ageism. It's a hook, catering to a very specific niche of ppl. If it catches on, you can bet that they'll expand with MBA2Startup and others, for more
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TC Cribs Bloopers(techcrunch.com)
3 points by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago|0 comments
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Congrats! How much?
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Do you have a reading disability of some sort? That comment was...you know what, you clearly lack the rudimentary reading comprehension skills required to grasp what's going on here. And my time is far too valuable to waste in giving you a
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
You should take your own advice and pay attention. We're not talking about some hypothetical person. We're talking about this specific person. It's ok for Tammy to refer to herself as a 'victim' since in her mind, it may very well be true.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
And how do you know the events happened? Besides her blog post I mean.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Shaming victims into silence You really need to calm down and think things through. Just because jsprinkles said that blogging about this accomplishes nothing (and he's absolutely right btw), doesn't mean he's saying that she should stay
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
If I actually read every article she wrote, just to glean the rare gems from the copious garbage, how will I ever get back all the time that was lost? I'll stick to my original assessment. Down vote away to your heart's content.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Interesting premise. Until I saw that it's a Sarah Lacy piece and promptly closed the tab.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Sorry for the late reply. I'm not a designer myself, just know when a final design is bad or good. You don't need something flashy. Something Neat, simple and attractive that gets the USP across will do. Check out the sites of some of your
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
To the ppl at Mailgun following this thread: I want to see you guys succeed. Please spend a portion of your funding on getting a better website design. The content of the site was enough to get me to sign up, but you'd be surprised just how
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Except it's exponentially easier to build a solid team in some places than others. You can slice it any way you like, but location matters.
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by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Thanks for the explanation, had no idea. You really shouldn't get so angry tho.

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