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by skowmunk 16y ago
Am in a similar boat, most of my trusted friends who have given me good advice over time and could be good co-founders are not in the IT/CS area. ( What to do, I am from Mechanical/Industrial Engineering background) The two friends who are
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Yep, thats good to know there are people who have the wisdom to know when to bend or break their own rules. Somehow the word 'rules' is more constraining, 'guidelines' seem more apt.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I am big fan of consistency (not saying I am), makes for great team members, employees and advisors. But consistency with no regards to the outcome or circumstances, thats plain crock!
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Thanks for posting it. It was morale boosting for me as I am currently a single founder. Does give me hope in spite of the heavy odds I know that are against me :) ( at least with respect to YC funding, not for the long term prospects thoug
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by skowmunk 16y ago
And it takes planning to ensure that you have all the different types of warm clothing that may be required to face as many of the possible conditions on that mountain as possible. Of course, there are limits on how much you can take, and p
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I agree. It is never black and white, and the applicability of any rule or principal also depends on the context. A small company cannot afford to do planning like that of a billion dollar company. A billion dollar company cannot afford to
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by skowmunk 16y ago
awesome idea, may be I can hose in the air with an air compressor and that should help overcome air flow issues too. nah, I will just reverse the vacuum cleaner, air compressor's too expensive and that's better utilization rate for the vacu
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by skowmunk 16y ago
The work so far has been mainly testing, about to get programmers and its going to be quite busy. One of the issues is this office is in India in part of a city with high noise pollution, high enough that it comes into the office. The other
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Very nice article, thanks for posting it. It helps that it comes from first hand experience. It gives a good picture of some of the challenges I may be facing in the future. I guess I should get cracking on some planning for these issues. C
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Hey mgkimsal, thanks for the opinion. Is there any particular sort of whitenoise that you found better? Where do you get your whitenoise, CD, download, etc?
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Ask HN: Can noise cancelling headphones decrease costs and improve productivity?
2 points by skowmunk 16y ago|11 comments
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I have been an extroverted kid, then became big time shy and timid as a teen and now getting out of it. From experience and observation, I would say, you being shy and timid so far doesn't mean you have to be like that forever or you will b
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Ask HN: How much equity is reasonable for early employees?
3 points by skowmunk 16y ago|2 comments
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Thanks for informing. May have some useful suggestions, will leave it on gantto.com.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Thanks
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Ask HN: Which is the best PHP & MySQL CMS out there?
2 points by skowmunk 16y ago|4 comments
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by skowmunk 16y ago
pretty similar case here.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Bad news for you buddy: There is no escaping the system. :) A relative escape may be possible, but definitely not an absolute and complete escape from 'all' systems. You go live in a jungle, you have to adapt yourself to the 'system' there.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
have you tried xoom.com or paypal? I know some people in India who successfully use these to get regular payments from customers in the US. But whichever way you choose, its likely going to be complex in the start. If you keep at it, it wil
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Ask HN: Are there are any good alternatives for MS Project?
7 points by skowmunk 16y ago|4 comments
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I having been working with a contractor for a while who does website development for me. He is based in India. On one of our discussions he said he makes around Rs. 18 - 20 lakhs per year. That would equate to about $40,000 per year. It to
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by skowmunk 16y ago
toast76, rdrimmie, jon_dahl and ketanb, thanks for the advice.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I appreciate you saying whats on your mind. You have very valid points. Ideally I would want somebody who could bring strong readily usable skillsets. Two other long time friends-advisors (one in software marketing, one a software whiz) bot
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by skowmunk 16y ago
That was the first question he raised when I first proposed about him becoming a partner - "What would I be able to bring to the company?", its because of such questions that I value his opinion. Thats true, I would not be able to afford to
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Thanks for the numbers, I was planning to ask rdrimmie if he could suggest some numbers.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
yes, so far, with my previous company and this one, he has been more of an advisor than a co-founder. Though I have lot of faith in his inherrent capabilities, I do not know to what extent he can or is ready to push himself to apply them in
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Ask HN: How much equity should I give to a non techie founder?
3 points by skowmunk 16y ago|9 comments
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Cud for thought: "Contented cows give better milk"
1 points by skowmunk 16y ago|0 comments
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by skowmunk 16y ago
It wasn't the source of my inspiration to start, but sure has been a good source of motivation to keep at it. Coming across different people tackling their problems one way or the other, and sometimes sharing their experience, it has been a
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by skowmunk 16y ago
HN has been a very good source of information and opinions on certain topics of interest to me. Have come across some really awesome articles that were immediately applicable to my situation, some are absolute crap though. The moderating me

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