tonyvt2005

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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
That's an interesting one. Difficulty in finding funding overseas. I wonder if the YCs of the world will branch out internationally someday. I don't see why not.
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
Fruit theme company? Wonder who that could be? :)
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
"Fear of failure" should be on the list. A lot of people don't know how to deal with failure. Some will let it ruin them, others will rebound as you did. Those that rebound will have undoubtedly learned valuable lessons for their next try
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
I like what you said about overall portfolio - while my main focus now is to continually improve my technical skills (I work with Rails and learn new things quite often), in the long run it is best to be well-rounded. I'm interested in lea
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
Just curious - was a.2 something you felt like you HAD to achieve? There's tons of examples of copycat apps out there; some are just better executed than others.
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
Definitely, I agree. I should add that to my list. I'd still develop software as a hobby even if there was no money in it.
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
Yeah, benefits can be a big deal. I work for a small defense contractor and they're paying for me to go to grad school. There's certainly nothing wrong with taking the safer route when you have a family to provide for.
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
To answer my own question, I think I'm a combination of 2, 6, and 8. I make a decent salary working on a project for the DoD. It's a project that's fairly interesting and to top it off we get to use Rails, which I enjoy using and learning.
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
I've always wondered where the 'internets' was born :)
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Ask YC: Are you working on your startup/side-project strictly in your spare time?
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
Founders at Work (of course) "Best Practices"-type books that cover the tools and technology the startup is using, whether its Textmate, Unix, Subversion, whatever. Becoming more efficient is never a bad thing. I'd also add books on manage
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by tonyvt2005 19y ago
http://heroku.com/beta I put myself on the waiting list and got an invite within the hour. Pretty impressed with Heroku so far.