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by startupper 19y ago
This is OK but I'd be more interested in seeing where these companies started out -- in a dorm room, around a kitchen table... any place else?
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"The best advice on partnership is: Don't. But if you must, here's what you need to know."(inc.com)
1 points by startupper 19y ago|0 comments
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by startupper 19y ago
Excellent point. On a related note how does one legally manage vesting in the case of a merger between two startups? I'm considering a merger with another founder. My startup has been around for a little longer. Any thoughts?
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Founders At Work?(belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
1 points by startupper 19y ago|0 comments
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by startupper 19y ago
"and can stand up to a million users isn't worth anything until somebody finds it useful." Often times it takes a team and not an individual to build something somebody wants. The complexity lies in its functionality and it does not have t
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by startupper 19y ago
Extrapolating these little nuggets of wisdom to every situation is meaningless. For instance it simply does not apply to a startup that is looking to build something complex. And in that case you absolutely need to scale before someone el
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UK police do livecasting (thisislondon.co.uk)
1 points by startupper 19y ago|0 comments
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by startupper 19y ago
So FB makes: 15.8x10^9(pageviews/month)x0.01x0.04/100 + 0.25x15.8x10^6 = $4x10^6 per month on ads? So their annual revenue is just under $50x10^6 or $50 million. Note: this assumes one ad per page.
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by startupper 19y ago
"If I were LinkedIn, I'd sell. Facebook is going to crush them." Where's the intersection? I like linkedin. I've had a few recruiters and business folks contact me through there. I'd be very reluctant to put my career stuff on fb. Perhap
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by startupper 19y ago
Welcome to the world of helicopter parents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parents http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/employment/2007-04-23-...
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by startupper 19y ago
Good comment. A recent article from businessweek talked about the 10 top employers favoured by new grads. Three of them were fed. agencies, one established accounting firm, google, etc. New grads crave job security, comfortable lifestyle
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by startupper 19y ago
Congrats YC and Zenters!
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by startupper 19y ago
"You don't just do things - You work together." this is correct.
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by startupper 19y ago
How long have you been married? Is your wife employed and does she have a stable career? Do you have kids? Do you have a modest lifestyle that can sustain long periods of no income? Does your family have health insurance? Has your
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by startupper 19y ago
There was a discussion on this earlier. We are working on a wireless hw/sw/fw startup. Of late I've had at least one Web2.0 person express an interest in working for us. I expect we'll find many others who find the web startup scene bor
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by startupper 19y ago
Aruba, Starent, Infinera are hot 2007 IPO's of note that were recently in the news. None of them were started by 20-somethings. I think this site and the referenced bloggers have a software-centric focus. There may well be a significant n
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by startupper 19y ago
A large fraction, e.g. 1/5 can still be a minority.
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by startupper 19y ago
You missed his point. What he is saying is that age should not be a matter of significance.
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by startupper 19y ago
Yes there are a few inaccurate generalizations here. Another gem is: "Only a disproportionately minute number of discoveries traditionally came from directed academic research. " Having said that the essence of the article is quite intere
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You can't predict who will change the world (or why we need more tinkerers)(forbes.com)
10 points by startupper 19y ago|4 comments
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by startupper 19y ago
Please include some people from the infrastructure world. Founders of companies like Cisco, Juniper, Qualcomm, etc. Even smaller chip companies. How did these people get started? Here's an example of someone interesting: http://en.wik
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by startupper 19y ago
This writer uses Tivo as an example of something that could not have been founded by older people. Well actually Tivo was founded by Silicon valley veterans Barton and Ramsay. Not exactly young. More like 40+ somethings. Bad example.
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by startupper 19y ago
Why not start one when you are 10? Seriously though, I started my first one when I was 11 -- and no, it was not a lemonade stand ;). Profitable too.
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by startupper 19y ago
nice url: http://www.where.com/ I wonder how much they paid for that...
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by startupper 19y ago
An observation based on what and/or who? The counter-examples in this case are numerous: Tesla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla Feynman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman
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by startupper 19y ago
" Arguably, the same thing happens in science. Great fundamental discoveries are most often made by brilliant scientists in their 20s." Have you heard of Perelman? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman
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by startupper 19y ago
This assertion has little to no scientific or mathematical basis. Here's how you too can make up a sensational headline: 1) Start with an assumption 2) collect data points that prove your assertion -- leave those that don't out of the calc
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by startupper 19y ago
What is old is new again. From the article: "The Valley's new wisdom: don't fund anyone over 30." Eerily reminiscent of Bubble 1.0.
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by startupper 19y ago
What happened here? "Schmidt and founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin together hold 66.2 percent of Google's total shareholder voting power, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. All three are members of the bo
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by startupper 19y ago
Yes, we are working on a wireless startup -- not an application but infrastructure. This includes hw, sw and fw. soldering irons, oscilloscopes, etc. ;)

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