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by sanj 18y ago
I was talking to my wife this morning about this discussion, and the notion that having one of each sex as parents being important. She's got (among other degrees and years of relevant experience) a Masters in this from Harvard. It turns o
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by sanj 18y ago
My kid has three parents. At least two and a half. His stepmom is a loving, nurturing and influential piece of his life. And he kicks ass: he's smart (probably smarter than me), well-liked, well-adjusted, confident and happy. Seriously, a
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by sanj 18y ago
Wait. So does this mean that post-menopausal women shouldn't be allowed to get married? Men with vasectomies? People not interested in having children? If procreation is its only use, then lets be consistent.
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by sanj 18y ago
Not according to Richard Florida. He hypothesized that a thriving gay population is a necessary (but not sufficient) characteristic of a locale that embraces the "Creative Class". If you believe his premise -- which a lot of folks seem to
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by sanj 18y ago
Yes, it is. Can you make it fit?
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by sanj 18y ago
The best idea I've heard (can't find source right now) is for the gov't to BUY $100B worth of cars over the next 4 years, replacing their own fleet. A big chunk of that (the $25B floated) could be handed over now in order to design a fuel e
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by sanj 18y ago
Consider the fbFund. I'm happy to chat about it. I've written a little about it too: http://blog.luckycal.com/?p=11
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by sanj 18y ago
I think this is the conversational fragment you're referring to: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=257260
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by sanj 18y ago
Without too many details: existing debts on my credit card for hosting, computers and such, conversion to a c-corp, several trips BOS-SFO, accountants, etc. No salaries yet.
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by sanj 18y ago
Does anyone else read the URL as Get Real, Ordie I kept thinking Ordie was a pretty neat name.
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by sanj 18y ago
The Facebook index page? Or the main one? Probably both.
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by sanj 18y ago
Actually, no. They're interested in funneling their funds to the applications that their user use.
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by sanj 18y ago
The idea there was to show that we're mixing in the calendars of your friends, family and associates. Clearly that wasn't obvious!
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by sanj 18y ago
We do, but it tends to be limited by the number of people at Facebook that can work with us. They're spread pretty thin. And since we're in Boston rather than the Valley, we're tend to be a little removed.
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by sanj 18y ago
I'm probably the one to blame for the complicated sentences. It's a "gift". It is definitely NOT the case that your friends need to be using the app. As long as you tell it who your friends are and where they are (via your facebook friend
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by sanj 18y ago
This is good advice. There are at least two things at play here: a. Do we want some amount of branding to our app independent of Facebook? b. Does it make sense to build an equivalent, more native, set of views for Facebook users? ie, i
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by sanj 18y ago
Sure. We won the fbFund in July. That round had about ten winners. Each team was given a grant to get started (~$25k) and has access to more funds as users are gained. Naturally, the money is to be used to do Facebook development. I'm ha
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Ask HN: Review my startup -- LuckyCal
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by sanj 18y ago
I simultaneously feel proud and shamed for making that happen! No hard feelings, I hope.
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by sanj 18y ago
S-Corps cannot have non-US residents. That forced us into an LLC (and since, into a C-corp). I'd suggest you talk to a lawyer. 90% of them will be able to cut you a deal on a simple C-corp.
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by sanj 18y ago
You say "charity" like it is something bad. From http://www.paulgraham.com/good.html Another thing we tell founders is not to worry too much about the business model, at least at first. Not because making money is unimportant, but becaus
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by sanj 18y ago
I did much better on this checklist than the many checklists for startups: I only broke one, though pretty badly.
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Ask HN: What other business's revenue model do you resemble
4 points by sanj 18y ago|2 comments
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by sanj 18y ago
I call the the "imagination gap". When I was giving advice about the fbFund I had a number of queries about whether the applicants should build prototypes or film screencasts or just spend time writing their proposal. My advice was always t
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Enterprise 2.0: Progress is mixed, but experimentation is cheap(blogs.zdnet.com)
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TweetUp at OpenCoffee this Wednesday in Cambridge(bijansabet.com)
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by sanj 18y ago
Correction appreciated! I've grown very, very tired over the last 8 years at hearing people who didn't vote complain about the state of the country. Each of them had an opportunity to register their opinion and they chose not to. Listen
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by sanj 18y ago
If you don't vote, I could care less about your political opinion.
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Security vs. Convenience in Anyvite
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Twitter, Services and LuckyCal at OpenCoffee Cambridge this Wed.(blog.luckycal.com)
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