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by tomasien 12y ago
In New York, people have given up on equity. I hear this time and again in the NYC tech scene - building a company is hard in NYC because people don't believe equity is worth anything because of the bullshit that happened in the first
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by tomasien 12y ago
This may not belong on Hacker News, but I really enjoyed it and it made me think about how Pete (the author, my printer) has truly lived this out. He can't argue with Homer - Homer's standard is what it is and it must be adhered t
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by tomasien 12y ago
Waiting for Superman is not written by Iron and Wine, it's written by the Flaming Lips and is from one of the greatest albums of all time - "The Soft Bulletin". I correct this not because I like correcting things but because
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What success looks like (what investors won't tell you)(istommydrunk.svbtle.com)
5 points by tomasien 12y ago|0 comments
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by tomasien 12y ago
What's your email? Let's connect man.
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by tomasien 12y ago
I almost entirely use my network to get jobs - if you possibly can, build a personal network, because that network will start referring you to people as an expert. This will allow you to rapidly increase the price of your services. I know t
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by tomasien 12y ago
Interestingly enough, PG also loves painting almost more than anything. He wrote a book about it called "Hackers and Painters". Extrapolate whatever you'd like from that fact.
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by tomasien 12y ago
I think if that's the case holistically, that what you like to do that other people think is "work" literally can not be monetized in the current economy, then that's just a tragedy. If the economy hasn't developed
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by tomasien 12y ago
This is by a good friend and one of the forces behind coffitivity.com. Another good POV on this is Phil Libin of Evernote on the only good reason to start a company (which is what ACe is really saying here) http://www.inc.com&#x2
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Startups Are Overrated(medium.com)
4 points by tomasien 12y ago|1 comments
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by tomasien 12y ago
People seem to be downvoting this, probably because they think it doesn't add to the discussion, but I agree and I think it does. It's worth noting that this is WAY WAY different than what TechCrunch usually writes and it's o
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by tomasien 12y ago
It's amazing that a company switching their payment processor is this big of news. It really says something about the state of payments right now, it's exciting!
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You should be trying to die(istommydrunk.svbtle.com)
3 points by tomasien 12y ago|0 comments
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by tomasien 12y ago
I like this, but I can't think of the use case where I would actually use it. I'll think about it as I'm living my everyday internet life and see if I can find one, because I love the easy "create and share" concept
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by tomasien 12y ago
I think the truly fascinating thing about acid is that is does have an impact but it's somehow not that jarring, given what it is.
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by tomasien 12y ago
This isn't about crowd funding at all its about payment processing. Makes the title pretty misleading. As somebody who spends virtually all my time running a company combatting online payment fees I love anything that seeks to shed lig
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by tomasien 12y ago
Anyone have a counter argument to this? This seems like an absolutely fantastic idea.
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by tomasien 12y ago
The primary reasons people believe Fintech is primed for explosion are the following: 1. Ubiquity and mobility of the internet. Paypal was designed for when the internet was new and barely anyone was using it. Now, everyone is on the intern
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by tomasien 12y ago
I know I'm biased but I really and truly believe we're helping solve this. We remove the need to build out ACH processing with a bank, do the regulatory work for you, and roll in a pretty cool account ownership verification piece
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by tomasien 12y ago
Utterly pointless comment
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The first mile problem in Fintech(medium.com)
12 points by tomasien 12y ago|9 comments
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by tomasien 12y ago
I feel like there's a small misunderstanding here: I'm not criticizing Koreans here. I'm sure their understanding of this is more nuanced than I'm describing from second hand accounts. I just think it makes an interestin
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by tomasien 12y ago
Still weird that they even have a "run indefinitely" position but I totally believe you. I was just reporting what I've heard second hand.
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by tomasien 12y ago
I totally believe you - I probably shouldn't have stated this as fact, it's just how it has been explained to me second hand.
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Korean Fan Death(istommydrunk.svbtle.com)
78 points by tomasien 12y ago|97 comments
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by tomasien 12y ago
"It has nothing to do with this conversation" was probably factually untrue, but this comment is not relevant or helpful to this conversation that is for sure. This is a classic de-railment tactic in conversations about gender equ
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by tomasien 12y ago
I kept creating stuff, learned to code, ended up being on the front page of the website that taught me to code, made a website that was in Time Magazine, and started another startup that is now well funded and growing rapidly. Just keep mak
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by tomasien 12y ago
I just re-booked my flight to get home from Vegas (where Ben just was) a day earlier as well. My team was super confused about this - but y'all, sometimes you just need to go home and sometimes you just need to be alone.
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by tomasien 12y ago
OMG please miss it
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by tomasien 12y ago
Warning: for the sake of your faith in HN and in humanity, do not read this thread, especially not from the bottom up. I did - big mistake, day ruined.

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