smirksirlot

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by smirksirlot 13y ago
Best line - "a different mind but same drive". It brings you on the same page in terms of contributions and you can work on all the different aspects.
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
There's something that needs to be said about political beliefs that stomp on the very fiber of my being. Sure. I would work with these people and execute what I need to do. But knowing what they believe in and the extent of which they woul
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
There are also male devs who agree with Adria.
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
Great post. Love the point about switching personas to deal with crisis situations. How do you know when to switch though? Sounds like it'll be exhausting to sustain a switch over a long period of time.
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
I think an example would be this: http://tweepi.com/blog/2011/10/top-10-twitter-utilities/ Tweepi's Top 10 list of Twitter utilities includes Tweepi itself. Lot's of other companies are doing this too, that was just the quickest example I
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
I agree that this is a super hard conversation to have. BUT, if you're working with the right people, I think they'll understand that a lot of these questions are "must-have" conversations. Might not get to all of them, but even some will b
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
Availability heuristic? Successful startups survive, do well and people hear about them more (news coverage, PR, using their products etc.) It is hard to discuss a company when you've never even heard of them.
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
I think some people might call this "biting the hand that feeds you". Or at least the hand that got you started.
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
Something along these lines - one piece of life advice I often hear is that everyone should work in retail/sales for a bit, just to get a taste of rejection and learn to deal with it.
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A Founder's Constant State of Rejection(founderdating.com)
77 points by smirksirlot 14y ago|12 comments
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
This is so offensive. I get piracy is an issue, but how did they ever think this would be a legitimate solution? Honestly, just let the quality of your app speak for itself.
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
I grew up in Singapore and went through the education system there before moving to North America at 16. Singapore isn't really the "education heaven" that it is made out to be. The biggest different I would say is that Singapore education
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
Curious - are you following the Hacker, Hustler, Designer model?
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by smirksirlot 14y ago
I see what he's saying. In terms of long term consideration though, would that early burst of ability and speed be worth some of the issues that might crop up later?
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Is Three Founders One Too Many?(founderdating.com)
35 points by smirksirlot 14y ago|32 comments