ryanjmo

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   by ryanjmo 16y ago

   So, you have some obscure reason for being in stealth mode, but can't tell us more than that, other than that the original poster is completely wrong in your case. You show this by giving completely generic arguments to one line sentences
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   by ryanjmo 16y ago

   This summer, we joined the first class at i/o ventures out the of Mission in San Francisco ( http://ventures.io ), after being rejected from YC many times. We had three things we where hoping to get out of joining an incubator and i/o seeme
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   AppRats Hacks Facebook to Give YouTube Celebrities a Presence(voices.allthingsd.com)

   15 points by ryanjmo 16y ago|0 comments
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   by ryanjmo 16y ago

   Maybe they just really want people to have pop-ups allowed on their site and have AB tested the landing page to this... Maybe not...
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   by ryanjmo 16y ago

   I found this funny: "Still, 55 percent of the posted comments were positive about the real Zuckerberg, according to Alterian. A negative turn However, the vibe turned 51 percent negative this week as Alterian, at The Chronicle's request, an
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   by ryanjmo 16y ago

   Autocomplete!
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   Ask HN: How to build a chat room?

   1 points by ryanjmo 16y ago|0 comments
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   by ryanjmo 16y ago

   This post reminds me of the David Platt post on why the iPhone will fail: http://suckbusters2.blogspot.com/2007/06/apple-iphone-debut-... Both articles essentially state that the company (Apple/Facebook) should not try to innovate, becaus
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   by ryanjmo 16y ago

   I would pay $20 to have this set up for two weeks for me. That would give you $6 you could keep for yourself. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Business here possibly?
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    First i/o Ventures Demo Day Ever: 6 Companies Launched(techcrunch.com)

    15 points by ryanjmo 16y ago|0 comments
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    No don't do it. PhD's suck. -Dr. Moriarty
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    >>Why the hype?>> So my goal for the last year while I have been doing startups my goal has been to get ramen profitable and we did that just a couple of months ago. The reason this was so important to me is because now, I f
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    Our company is exactly at this point right now where we are looking to raise an angle round and this is a super useful pod-cast. Fundraising info starts around 25:00.
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    I had this exact problem. This is one of the reason I have found the Android app market horrible when compare with the iPhone market. This rule is so arbitrary and non-intuitive. I actually made my app free for testing purposes and had to
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    We used our paid iPhone Apps to get to ramen profitability. Then raised money and made them free. They saved us for sure. So yes it has happened and we are one such company.
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    Put a LAMP stack together for him and have him create basic website stuff that he sees everyday.
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    Definitely not the article you want to read because it is 4 in the morning and you can't sleep... shit.
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    I think what I find annoying/confusing is that on HN articles that have to do with PhDs are voted up and people are generally pretty positive about PhDs, rather than emphasizing that they are a waste of time to people interested in start-up
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    Maybe I am just bitter because I feel like my PhD was a waste of time (and I did finish), but I feel like doing a PhD is a failure in itself. On HN a lot of people seem interested in Doctoral study and seem to praise it as a good thing, but
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    Maybe someone can help me out here, with something I don't understand. What happens to the convertible note if you never go on to raise another round, but you still have a successful business that generates a lot of cash for yourself?
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    There is a difference between vocational school where you learn how to get a job and YC where you learn to create an expandable company.
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    >>>The airline industry is also clearly trending in this direction, as is higher education. Once an industry is at the bottom of an ethical slope, it is ripe for disruption by young companies that can sell through an honest, str
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    1) The very first thing you need to do is keep working like the aquisition is not going to happen because these things more often fall apart than go through and it can really screw up your start-up if you start planning for it going through
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    Interview With A 'Professional' YouTuber (Find out how much they make)(youtube.com)

    3 points by ryanjmo 16y ago|0 comments
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    So, we work with these guys and I can tell you that right now this is definitely low in terms of an estimate of the money they are making. In addition to what they make from ads, a lot of YouTubers will get paid to make videos that involve
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    People On YouTube Make A Lot Of Money (finance.yahoo.com)

    35 points by ryanjmo 16y ago|14 comments
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    How is your traction? It wasn't mentioned in the article.
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    What do you mean by 'wholesale DNS-based blacklisting'?
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    We don't use git-flow because we don't have any problems managing our code.
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    by ryanjmo 16y ago

    I had this same issue (can't believe someone beat me to posting about it), just move the button you click to the top or something so it doesn't move anywhere.