smwhreyebelong

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   Ask HN: First startup / cold feet. Any advice ?

   26 points by smwhreyebelong 18y ago|49 comments
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   by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

   It's actually not Microsoft making a bid this time. According to this, Microsoft gets only the Search and Search Marketing (which is what they have been really after) and only a minimal control over the rest of the company, which is also sh
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   by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

   How about LinkedIn ? Anybody try that for finding potential candidates ? I have started receiving increasing mail from recruiters/startups there.
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   by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

   That was the only thing I was worried about. Even if I don't tell anybody and work on it in secret, after I leave the company and say release this product, could they come after me and say : hey, you signed a contract .. this product belong
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   by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

   Thanks pg. I guess it all depends on the fine print of the contract I signed.
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   by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

   Thanks for the advice. I did sign a contract but I am not sure if the scope is limited to my work related to what I do at the company. My current company is pretty vast and it's not unimaginable that they could come up with a similar produc
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   by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

   I signed a document about any "inventions" I do being the property of the current company. Would the new company / project count as an invention ?
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   Ask HN: If I bootstrap, does my current company own the IP for my work ?

   7 points by smwhreyebelong 18y ago|10 comments
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   by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

   Well, I would think it's safe to assume that most people who have Google Chrome are trailblazers in the online world and probably don't click on a lot of ads and make them money anyway. Also, looking at the browser statistics ( http://en.wi
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    by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

    Agreed. Momentum might have been a better concept to use here than gravity: Use something that a lot of people already believe in than trying to change their belief completely. In other words, push the ball that's already in motion than try
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    by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

    I wonder why one can't go to Amazon directly instead of going through Feedback Army ?
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    by smwhreyebelong 18y ago

    I thought they were hiring. Atleast 2 people I know got identical emails from them detailing a SET (software Engineer in Test) position. These guys had interviewed with GOOG in the past though.