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by rwalker 19y ago
It would be called Hotmail?
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by rwalker 19y ago
One of the speakers at our YC session had a great quote: "It just doesn't matter." The site delivers interesting stories and commentary on a topic I care about - who cares what HTML it uses?
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by rwalker 19y ago
I agree this is another advantage startups have. I do also think great service to the customer often gets lost behind risk analysis, corporate politics, bizdev agreements, etc. Early stage startups don't have these situations to balance
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The User Is Priority #1(robbywalker.name)
3 points by rwalker 19y ago|2 comments
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by rwalker 19y ago
One of the YC dinner speakers was a Googler - that's how it got started. Later on we approached him, gave a demo, and that is how the ball got rolling. I also don't know for sure but I assume the YC partners helped talk us up to all the sp
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by rwalker 19y ago
I posted the following comment in defense of my co-founder Wayne: Jay, It is supremely unfair of you to characterize my co-founder as irresponsible, selfish, and ruining his family. I have never met a man who loves his wife more than Wayne.
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by rwalker 19y ago
Update: every single story on the Digg front page is now related to the HD-DVD key. This is certainly an interesting event in the history of community based sites.
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Digg fights user revolt over HD-DVD ban -- Digg founders took HD-DVD sponsorship(texyt.com)
6 points by rwalker 19y ago|5 comments
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by rwalker 19y ago
Is it my fault that I used the upgrade option or is it Microsoft's fault that the upgrade option doesn't work well? I think the latter.
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Hasta la Vista, Vista(drraw.blogspot.com)
20 points by rwalker 19y ago|5 comments
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by rwalker 19y ago
Sadly, no. I've seen the notice, and am currently housing a few people who got rejected based on their "association" with Justin.
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by rwalker 19y ago
he hired me for my first job
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by rwalker 20y ago
I discovered that a surprisingly large number of improv and sketch comedy performers are hackers. (something like 15%)
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by rwalker 20y ago
Good point. There's a fine line between being passionate and being stubborn - I've added a section to the original post to reflect this.
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Y Combinator interview tips(drraw.blogspot.com)
32 points by rwalker 20y ago|9 comments
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by rwalker 20y ago
Zenter is hiring - http://www.zenter.com. You can email us at jobs@zenter.com
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by rwalker 20y ago
Looks like a great product, and I will second the parent comment. One thing they teach at YC, and in one of pg's essays ( http://www.paulgraham.com/investors.html), is to present a story instead of a list of features. That way you answer
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by rwalker 20y ago
You're trying to do it in one step: 1. Move It's easier to do it in three steps: 1. "Do YC for a summer" 2. Secure more funding 3. Move
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by rwalker 20y ago
The YCombinator motto: "Make Something People Want".
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by rwalker 20y ago
Sorry about that. It should be fixed now.
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by rwalker 20y ago
If you want to see the slides, they're online at: http://www.zenter.com/ed/view.html?id=226 (FireFox only at the moment)
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Designing web forms: efficient label placement(wufoo.com)
2 points by rwalker 20y ago|0 comments