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by skowmunk 16y ago
You don't have to limit your leanring to just your undergraduate coursework. If you are passionate about something and want to get in depth exposure, there is nothing stopping you from 1) reading up all the books you can get hands on on tha
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Came to know quite a while ago that yellow pages is offering a microsite building and maintaining service for small businesses. You may want to check it out to see if you are competing against them and if so, then you may have to come up wi
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by skowmunk 16y ago
>>the names generally also give startup ideas! ;) That was a good one! The newsletter can work well as a brainstorming tool in coming up with names for ideas one may have. It sure was tough to come up with names for some ideas that
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by skowmunk 16y ago
First, I would have to thank you for your first comment: "I think you're going down a rat-hole by trying to frame things in terms of "points of information". There's a lot more to "experience" than the simple collection of data points." Aft
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by skowmunk 16y ago
That phrase "points of information" is a common term I apply to all pieces of knowledge, whether it is gained through practical hands on experience, reading, observations and analysis or talking with others to know what they gained from the
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by skowmunk 16y ago
hmm, its not necessarily Utopian. I have seen some successful companies actually have similar strategies in their people development policies. They have strategies to develop people with breadth of experience that would make them good for c
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Quite a nice question (goes against the popular expectations, which I like). My answer would be this: From the perspective of those already who have already done college: YES and NO More people going to college increases supply, decreases
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Two people with same years of experience may not be the same.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I don't think there is any correlation between smartness and a particular aspiration like, wanting to be an entrepreneurship. All of the most successful entrepreneurs, I am sure they are among the smartest people. Its just being a scientist
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Generally, the longer your co-founder remains a stakeholder, the longer he/she is going to be an 'asset' to your company, even if they are not actively involved in the company. At the same time, not allowing them to cash in for a very long
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I agree with this: "Many barriers are in our heads and only in our heads. Don’t let your constraints stop you. Embrace them. You don’t need to be a genius, or own lots of money, or be networked with key people, or be skillful, funny, or goo
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by skowmunk 16y ago
In fact, all were rhetorical questions. There is nothing wrong with having a high paid job, you will be supporting more economic activtiy that provides more job opportunities than somebody with a lesser pay. In fact the best thing you can d
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Don't shortchange the US. US is still the world's largest generator of patents. A123, Tesla, SpaceX, Amgen, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Medtronic all these are in the US, not to mention most of the biggest companies in the world. The problem
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by skowmunk 16y ago
So I guess you woudldn't agree with any of these: 1) Increase in stock prices by getting good growth and profits (irrespective of where those come from) is generally a better wealth creator than distribution of those profits 2) companies de
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by skowmunk 16y ago
With no disrespect, I would be curious to know which side you would go with. What exactly would you do to throw your lot with whichever side you would go with? What would you be ready to sacrifice personally to make that side win? would you
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I would agree with Grove's anslysis of the problem and that loss of manufacturing technology leadership will give lead to eventual loss of technology leadership itself, because manufacturing technology is a critical component of high end te
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A silly analogy: Human nature and programs are the same
1 points by skowmunk 16y ago|0 comments
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by skowmunk 16y ago
If you really want to badly do it, then Be patient with yourself, don't let frustration get the better of yourself, keep trying, get immersed and give yourself some time. For me, it took quite some time of interspersed half-hearted attempts
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I have been using hostmonster.com For a small PHP app, they did be great. They have awesome customer support, very friendly, helpful and have been able to take care of my requirements and questions everytime. Their main(and the only one in
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I agree with what russell says, systemic discipline or the lack of it could be a problem here. Try this: Have 1)long term deadlines, (Quarterly?) 2)mid term deadlines (Monthly?) 3)short term deadlines (Weekly?) At least on a weekly basis,
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Somehow I see some red flags. If they are getting well paid, happy with business and are honest about their own negative performance evaluation, I doubt if the problem is on their side, unless they were technically not upto the mark to begi
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by skowmunk 16y ago
It is inevitable, It's a surprise that they didn't do it till now. But that $5 rental fee per movie, thats impossible pricing.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Very nice advice. I do think its good to test out a person before you offer any thing considerable big, especially when you don't have a lot of history with him. Moreover, you also have to consider his ability to keep contributing to the co
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Thanks for posting the interview. The last time I read an old interview of Gates - more than 5 years ago, it was a huge belief changer for me. This was just in time, was wondering how to structure my small company. Has got lots go good poin
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I agree with the point that Adam makes about practice being so important. Yet, I would also have to disagree, because that may not be the complete picture, but just part of it. This is how I would put my reason for disagreement: Where the i
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by skowmunk 16y ago
makes sense, otherwise skype or whoever buys skype can give tough competition to Cisco's Webex.
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Thanks a bunch for posting it. Very good advice, absolutely relevant and true, and he says it so well. Personally for me, it was very reinforcing to my current beliefs. Now the challenge is to keep living those beliefs! now, that's intimida
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Its the same story during/after every downturn in an economic cycle -- the strong buy up the weak. Do the weak become weak because they don't anticipate the inevitable cycles?
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by skowmunk 16y ago
I don't mean to gang up on you, but if it helps in breaking your self-imposed constraints on yourself - to become an expert in something, or even understand something, one doesn't HAVE to go to a university. There are lots of university gra
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by skowmunk 16y ago
Very well said, in a succinct way. Depends on the person (subject), Goal, Motivation.

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