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by smarterchild 16y ago
Good points. Something I noticed after I read your comment: The funny thing about both Starbucks and McDonalds is that, in both cases, it took an outsider who became an employee, _not a founder_, to grow the company. Two companies don't a p
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by smarterchild 16y ago
McDonalds spent 17 years being a diner before Ray Kroc got involved: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_McDonald%27s Also Starbucks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks#History I don't claim to know whether that model extends to
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The Perils of Not Having Twins: A Paradox(blog.strafenet.com)
4 points by smarterchild 16y ago|0 comments
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by smarterchild 16y ago
Is there anyone else looking for a programming apprenticeship? I'd like to offer one.
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Ask HN: Review my micro product, Truck Report (NYC only!)(nyctruckreport.weebly.com)
1 points by smarterchild 16y ago|1 comments
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When Google Doesn't Have the Answer(lifehacker.com)
1 points by smarterchild 16y ago|0 comments
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by smarterchild 16y ago
So this will get me testers who are into testing alpha websites? Pretty cool. But it doesn't really strike me as being useful for domain specific websites. - Appointment Reminder is probably far more interested in Joe the Plumber/Hair Styli
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by smarterchild 16y ago
This doesn't really seem like an abridged version of a month's worth of reading... If you get enough information, of course you can make a good business. The challenging part is condensing that so you can learn the right lessons in a non-ge
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by smarterchild 16y ago
There are a couple of wikis already up. At the risk of showing people a project I'm not ready to launch yet, here's a list of general libraries of information (a meta-wiki of wikis): http://christopherliu.net/startup-wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Ency
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by smarterchild 16y ago
It's too bad this doesn't work on a cell phone contract.
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by smarterchild 16y ago
Another way of looking at it: The data is completely overwhelmed by the super wealthy. This is the very tail end of Fortune's richest people list. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_The-Wo... Any one of those people is
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by smarterchild 16y ago
Migrator.NET uses a similar setup for .NET programmers.
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by smarterchild 16y ago
To create an app as a facebook user, you need to give them either a college email address, a mobile number, or a credit card. Otherwise facebook connect, and enabling people to login to your site through facebook, is not possible.
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Ask HN: Who's using Facebook login on their site? (Is it necessary now?)
1 points by smarterchild 16y ago|3 comments
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by smarterchild 16y ago
And, thanks to United Airlines, I now have an additional 4 hours in the airport (the Virgin America terminal, to be exact) – the perfect setting for an enraged blogger. I wonder if airlines have ever put seriously delayed passengers up in
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by smarterchild 16y ago
How do you block noise? Data looks pretty good, but IAC is not a startup!
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by smarterchild 16y ago
What if we could tag posts? Identify which ones were political, programming, etc.
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by smarterchild 16y ago
There are many, I think. I know of one offhand: http://lite.launchlist.net/ I'm making a wiki with some of them but that's the only one I have on hand, aside from the SO post.
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Who wants to play Frontierville with me?
1 points by smarterchild 16y ago|0 comments
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by smarterchild 16y ago
> And two, it's far more important to choose a good password for the sites that matter -- don't worry about sites you don't care about that nonetheless demand that you register and choose a password... I actively use terrible and crappy
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by smarterchild 16y ago
You have an impressive amount of self awareness - I think that's by far the most valuable thing one can possess. Some suggestions: a) Push the baby out by this week. If you're anything like me, the improvement in your actual project will be
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by smarterchild 16y ago
You hit the nail on the head - I've been thinking about it for a while and I still can't decide if it's for adults or children.
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by smarterchild 16y ago
Adventure Cow | http://adventurecow.com ( 11/1/2010 ) Just launched today. Read Choose Your Own Adventure-like books over email, or write your own. (Looking for advice and signups!)
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by smarterchild 16y ago
Just launched: http://adventurecow.com Make stories just like Choose Your Own Adventures! HN thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1857156
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by smarterchild 16y ago
Also, here are some screenshots of designs I tested for the frontpage: http://drop.io/frkcsbx
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by smarterchild 16y ago
Writers/readers - sales (that's not yet) Educational institutions - writing software
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Review my startup - Adventure Cow(adventurecow.com)
5 points by smarterchild 16y ago|6 comments
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Ask HN: Would love to see post-mortem analysis of Drop.io
3 points by smarterchild 16y ago|1 comments
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by smarterchild 16y ago
Amazingly, I've met another company working on this - Gracious Eloise. You might find it worth looking into as you're doing your homework for this.
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by smarterchild 16y ago
I always wondered how Drop.io made money. I use it all the time for one time file sharing drops, but they never had anything to sell me.

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