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by shakes 15y ago
> most techies in this area aren't that entrepreneurial. I'm not sure where you get that idea? I've had the exact opposite experience in NYC. I think the tech scene is very entrepreneurial... IMO, it's why you see lots of people gravita
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by shakes 15y ago
This is why, as a developer, I married a designer. Ok, that's not the only reason why, but it's worked out really well.
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by shakes 15y ago
Would love to see some kind of infographic after all is said and done. How many people contacted, how many interviews, etc. Good luck!
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Full Circle: SecondMarket Raises $15 Million From Former Facebooker(betabeat.com)
23 points by shakes 15y ago|3 comments
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New Data Shows Why the WSJ is Wrong About the Startup Cash Crunch(betabeat.com)
27 points by shakes 15y ago|7 comments
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by shakes 15y ago
Even worse to me, they don't own @Qwikster and looking at the timeline of the person who has it now is just... scary. This seems like an all around PR nightmare. Regardless of whether or not the name is terrible, why wouldn't they shore up
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What I’ve Learned From Launching 8 Projects in 8 Months(blog.rickyrobinett.com)
3 points by shakes 15y ago|0 comments
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by shakes 15y ago
DonorsChoose, Skillshare, Tutorspree, General Assembly... are these not useful businesses? This list could go on. If anything this article should be more of a critique of the list Business Insider put together than the NYC startup scene. Ju
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by shakes 15y ago
Congrats! Seems like a really interesting concept! The one thing that I immediately noticed was that there's a countdown on your homepage but it's not immediately apparent what it's counting down to.
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by shakes 15y ago
There's a great book by Steven Johnson called "Where Good Ideas Come From" that talks about a lot about new ideas being the logical next step or a combination of ideas that have just been discovered/talked about. I'd highly recommend it.
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Clone Wars: Rise of the Fast Follower Startups(betabeat.com)
37 points by shakes 15y ago|17 comments
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by shakes 15y ago
Nice! It would definitely be great if that type of productive corridor opened up. Did Kogeto setup their own team there, or did they partner with a Rochester-based hardware supplier?
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by shakes 15y ago
My wife is from Rochester so I end up there a couple times a year. It's pretty incredible what the decline of Kodak has done to the city. It's something everyone talks about. I think the challenge is people worked at Kodak because it was in
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Soraya Darabi Steps Back at Foodspotting, Eyes Bigger Role at ABC(betabeat.com)
6 points by shakes 15y ago|0 comments
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by shakes 15y ago
When pitching a startup idea to investors I got some of the best advice I've received. One investor told me, "You told us you were going to help solve a problem, you asked a bunch of people 'would you like me to make your life easier?' and
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by shakes 15y ago
I'd be interested in what data there is to back this up? I'm admittedly biased (as a NYC resident), but I just don't see DC carrying the same kind of weight as NYC.
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Google's Smartphone Partners Are Kinda Screwed(betabeat.com)
18 points by shakes 15y ago|6 comments
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Rolling.fm: Yeah, We Copied Turntable.fm, But We’re Taking It to the Next Level(betabeat.com)
37 points by shakes 15y ago|37 comments
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by shakes 15y ago
I launched Twudge Report ( http://twudgereport.com/ ). It's a novelty site, but it was a lot of fun to build.
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by shakes 15y ago
Maybe I'm a bit too naive, but I think that if it was just about claiming credit for the compromise he could do that whether or not he takes his case to twitter.
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by shakes 15y ago
I personally find this a more effective use of his twitter account than general meaningless PR. He's trying to initiate social action, I get that it can be annoying if you don't care. But if you don't care, you probably shouldn't be followi
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by shakes 15y ago
I wonder who advised them against reimbursing her... their lawyers? It seems like a no-brainer. I've been fascinated with AirBnB. I'm taking a week-long vacation in August and have been considering listing my NYC apartment to help offset so
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by shakes 15y ago
I'm all about startups having a sense of humor and personality. I think that their mistake is not following their answer up with something like this: "But seriously, you rent at your own risk. Make sure to lockup or move all valuables to a
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by shakes 15y ago
Where are you located?
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by shakes 15y ago
The salaries I'm hearing are $80,000-$110,000 for that experience level. At venture backed startups.
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by shakes 15y ago
"Though recruiters report that start-up salaries for engineers rose 20 to 30 percent in the past year and a half, to upwards of $140,000 for a developer with three to five years experience, that still leaves start-ups priced out of top tale
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Most people have no idea what the word hacker means(betabeat.com)
69 points by shakes 15y ago|58 comments
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by shakes 15y ago
Is it bad that as a developer stories like this sometimes scare me?
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by shakes 15y ago
We're still tweaking game mechanics, but the general way it works right now is like this: - If you checkin and your borough already owns that neighborhood your checkin adds a defender to the neighborhood. - If you checkin and your borough d
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by shakes 15y ago
I'm one of the developers who worked on the project. We actually have been discussing open sourcing the project for this reason. The biggest challenge is setting up the neighborhood constraints and getting the checkins to map correctly to t

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