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by tstegart 18y ago
I don't get what's so hard about this. Why are they having so much trouble coming up with ones? There one or two that certainly almost work.
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by tstegart 18y ago
I don't think the Uncanny Valley can exist with regards to user interfaces. They were created from scratch. And they've changed, and are still changing. And neither a desktop interface nor a web interface is set in stone. See, the valley ca
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by tstegart 18y ago
Amazon has a ton of them: https://payments.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/business?sn=businessov...
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by tstegart 18y ago
By the way, Thanks to all of you for taking the time to read this post and compose your replies.
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by tstegart 18y ago
And thats exactly what drew me to entrepreneurship in the first place. I love learning about it. I have notebooks full of business plans, product ideas, silly problems I've tried to solve (how to monetize twitter anyone :) T-shirt ideas, ma
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by tstegart 18y ago
Thanks for the comments guys. I thought about perfectionism, but I'm very laid back when it comes to my other work. I was fine with my designs when I was a designer, and I was fine with my pottery (I did a lot of that in school). It was wh
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by tstegart 18y ago
I would take more chances if I wasn't in the legal field. I did take more chances before. But saying "your app won't be done on schedule" isn't the same as saying "you're going to jail because we didn't file your appeal on time." An even bi
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by tstegart 18y ago
I have been getting better as I get older. But I also worry about letting people down. In my industry (the legal field) you just can't take a chance you'll let somebody down. I don't want to be that guy. There's too much riding on the work.
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by tstegart 18y ago
Interesting thing on Google's hiring practices: "I like to hire people who have two traits. They’re smart, and they get things done." "Smart people who aren’t closers tend to flail. Small startups get rid of these people fast because they s
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by tstegart 18y ago
I get things done when I'm interested in the answer. But once my interest stops, it grinds to a halt. And I mean grinds. I have so many unfinished things. Screen plays, novels, business plans, blog posts, ideas.
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Ask HN: Finding a job for the rest of my life
6 points by tstegart 18y ago|18 comments
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by tstegart 18y ago
Just use a blogging service. Usually free or cheap, and allows uploading of text, pictures or video. Very simple to organize your ideas and very little time involved in setting it up.
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by tstegart 18y ago
There's one called Venture Voice. They interview start-up founders.
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by tstegart 18y ago
But an economically balanced model might not be palatable to consumers. If you don't make the free side full-featured enough, then people get annoyed and leave. And lets be frank, free users are the majority on most sites. So if your busine
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by tstegart 18y ago
It has benefits from the customer's point of view. Too many people here are looking as it as a hassle. Its not always. sure, as the original poster pointed out, having that requirement on low priority sites, as he calls them, is annoying. B
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by tstegart 18y ago
I don't think that's a bad way of going about it, just that it might not always be applicable. Some people go into business because they like business and see an opportunity, even though they may never use the product themselves. So they ca
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by tstegart 18y ago
I usually find it very helpful, but at the same time I'm not a developer, so I can afford to spend the time really thinking about my ideas. For me, market research usually identifies opportunities I have missed and obstacles I should take i
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by tstegart 18y ago
If only reading books really did build character, our nation's book reviewers would be character machines.
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Can a micropayment strategy make money?
3 points by tstegart 18y ago|1 comments
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by tstegart 18y ago
You might want to try your hand at iPhone games. There's currently a lot of room in the industry for new players. It has low barriers to entry, yet people are seeing a huge return on investments, and you can get projects out the door in a s
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by tstegart 18y ago
yeah, this one is hard. None of the ideas look really viable to me (sorry guys). I put my mind to it and couldn't come up with anything. One thing I'm not sure about though, is if the API allows you to control the streaming. One report said
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by tstegart 18y ago
I know people make apps to play Sirius satellite radio. Probably can't put "Netflix" in your app name though, but I'm sure something appropriately "flixed" will work just as well. Then again, it never hurts to ask them.
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by tstegart 18y ago
At first glance, I think it would be a capital intensive business. The only way I can think to make money would be licensing, which is expensive in terms of getting the legal work done and protecting and enforcing your intellectual property
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by tstegart 18y ago
I'm beginning to suspect that many problems are a result of people not being able to keep track of what does what for who's benefit. Seriously, it sounds like a bankruptcy seminar I went to. Banks trying to foreclose were getting upset when
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by tstegart 18y ago
Can anyone explain this: "The market for credit derivatives is now so large, in many instances the amount of credit derivatives outstanding for an individual name are vastly greater than the bonds outstanding. For instance, company X may ha
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by tstegart 18y ago
Credit default swaps were also interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_default_swap
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Ask HN: What are those "other complex financial derivatives?"
3 points by tstegart 18y ago|8 comments
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by tstegart 18y ago
I agree, comfort isn't a competitive advantage. Selling the idea of comfort is something you can charge money for though. If you charge $20 more for it, people will feel as if its more comfortable.
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by tstegart 18y ago
Busted prints only on American Apparel, and Snorg prints some on American Apparel, so how is the quality different? Your question is somewhat rhetorical, since entrepreneurs usually are the ones who take on industries that are sloppy, poorl
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by tstegart 18y ago
Isn't Flickr the perfect example? I know a lot of people that pay for it, and a lot of people that don't. Some blogging platforms also use the model successfully.

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