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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
I guess I did make this overblown using those terms. And yes, when is Patrick ever 'punishing'? Heh. Then again, there's something to be said for being willing to be scrutinized by your heroes. Therein lies my admiration for
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Sean Fioritto was the first person I met at BaconBizConf while waiting outside the doors on morning #1. Confident, smart, and altogether friendly guy. I was impressed the level of demonstrated grit he showed when he volunteered his site for
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Agreed, along with stacks of uninformed nouveau speculators that are simply chasing trends. Cheeks have untightened as of late and so much money is just begging to be put to work on good ideas, and bad ones. My thought is to avoid investing
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
HN (this thread's commenters in particular), I love you guys on the whole, but you need to learn that just because its easy for you to build doesn't mean it doesn't provide value to someone else. There are probably customers that exist to w
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
The only problem is that there is a small window to execute before everyone catches on. ;)
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
"you know exactly what to do" Indeed, I do, and I am doing it. Others, however, need the guidance of the sentiments we express here. It was for them, and for our industry, that I expressed this thought. If you follow michaelochurch, he's li
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Love this. I have felt at times that I am simply a mine from which some smart business guy with some capital leverage can delve and extract value. This kind of relationship is becoming more and more frustrating over time. I feel like we sol
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Don't misrepresent yourself - That's actually an incredibly good and concise guideline for avoiding trouble.
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
I've never engaged in any of those kinds of practices, but did find them both clever and fascinating when I read about them ~3 years ago. I never thought of them as being illegal until today. I guess I'm just concerned with the trend. Thing
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Heh. Nope, not _arguing_ that, because arguing what constitutes fraud and what does not belongs ONLY to the administrators of said governing laws. If I were presiding over this specific case, and had a breadth of understanding that confirme
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
I agree, but the line that defines fraud is scarily unclear, IMO. Should the Airbnb founders be sent to prison for spoofing interest in Craigslist ads and breaking their TOS? If the consensus shifts to yes, then our industry will become a v
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Wait, so they just rendered an iframe of a random product on ebay that contained their affiliate information on a bunch of widgets they hosted ... and this lands you in prison? Lets imagine I publish an eBay widget (I don't) to promote prod
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
"Imagine what high school would be like if the popular kids graded exams. That's what corporate work is like for most people." This is, sadly, very true. The track to reward and recognition in a corporation crosses the popularity track over
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Thanks Teng. Hmm... whenever I hear that a new company is taking money to stack the technical team, my first thought is immediately "Aha! A planned run-up to a fast acquisition!", which you have perhaps already pointed out to be a misguided
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
teng, I'm curious what direction you are immediately headed with this funding round. A deeper technical team, salespeople, bizdev, or other. HN is an open community used to sharing ideas, and I'm curious if you have anything interesting to
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
I would love to see an actual tear-down question list from the man himself, or Gary, or Paul, or Jessica. For now, I've printed this list of questions to hang in my office. :)
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
+1 Elad. I seem to specialize in making things that have been tried lots of times before. :) I think having even a tiny foothold in big markets (with no clear winner yet) puts me a great deal ahead of lots of folks who are starting out from
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Same here. Analytics say the only views came from our flyover state.
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Hi atrajan, I like the concept and I think there are a lot of large companies who would contract with you to provide those services. Still, the concept certainly doesn't seem easy to scale. You need ergo experts either jet-setting across th
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
"Sales Cures All." --Mark Cuban. http://blogmaverick.com/2008/03/09/my-rules-for-startups/ Edit: I shouldn't have pulled that card. Apologies. I'm not helping matters. There's already way too much vitrol going on in this thread.
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
Don't get complacent though, Chris :). Technology is leverage and those who wield it (i.e. those closer to where the rubber meets the road) will have the potential to stay ahead of the game on average... though most will choose not to emplo
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by thetrumanshow 13y ago
It is a fairly recent development that the tech industry has acquired ways to make building a v1.0 easier. And the salespeople are looking around now, clearly able to tell the extent to which you can execute v1.0 with C-Level talent, and wo
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by thetrumanshow 14y ago
Listen to this guy. Most interviews (even technical ones) don't dive that deep at all. Lets be honest, its just like your college courses. They just touch the high-points on the surface of the subject. Try this experiment: ask someone in sc
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by thetrumanshow 14y ago
This takes humility. Some people don't have enough to survive contact with a grizzled veteran without coming away bitter. By the way, this is why many self-preserving large companies use humility as a filter for new hires. They want knowled
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by thetrumanshow 14y ago
The questions lead me to believe that Blackberry is hanging their hopes on a native wrapper around an HTML5 framework/interface like Phonegap, which is such a horrible mistake, IMO. Platforms should push for the best experience for users an
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by thetrumanshow 14y ago
Its because of the way they phrased the title. It made you look for a quick answer, which they didn't give up front, and the article seemed texty. So...
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by thetrumanshow 14y ago
Its REALLY easy to hate unions, because they seem like money-grubbing fools on TV. However, as a young engineer at a Major DoD contractor back in the day, I shook my head in wonder at what the unions had clearly done for us in beating our p
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by thetrumanshow 14y ago
Ryan, treehouse is an awesome way to learn technical subjects. It looks like you guys put a tremendous amount of effort into making the quality just superb. I'm curious if your pricing going forward will change with your focus on younger s
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by thetrumanshow 14y ago
I assume this isn't a full-time endeavor. If not, that 5K a month sure sounds like enough to get another smart person involved.
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by thetrumanshow 14y ago
Thanks for pointing out github.com/mattt/shenzhen. Very cool/useful.

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