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by tyng 16y ago
Thanks! I hope they handed them out at my uni too, lol
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by tyng 16y ago
I always hated the fact that normal umbrellas have their handles in the middle, especially when I'm sharing an umbrella with someone else. This umbrella solved two problems for me! I'm seriously thinking about ordering one. My only concern
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by tyng 16y ago
Apparently not, from what i've heard big VCs only hire experienced people, most firms prefer hiring ex investment bankers. There's really not many Entry level jobs in the VC industry (Source: wall street oasis forum)
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Thingd: The Super Ambitious, Low-Profile Red Hot Startup You’ve Never Heard Of(techcrunch.com)
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by tyng 16y ago
Good advice, cheers!
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by tyng 16y ago
Becoming a theoretical physicist was one of my aspirations after reading Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time (understood half of it, give or take) and being good at Physics in high school. Really appreciate the effort to categorise ev
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Think eating fish / sushi is a healthy choice? Think again! [short documentary](vimeo.com)
1 points by tyng 16y ago|1 comments
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by tyng 16y ago
I graduated with a slightly above average score by not studying for the whole semester but cram everything in the last two weeks before exams. I used my free time (> 25 hrs per week) to run an entrepreneurs club at uni that I cofounded,
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by tyng 16y ago
From investment bank to PA? That'd be a huge pay cut
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by tyng 16y ago
Lol! No Should probably just put one X - meaning could be any word. I'll edit the title with quotation marks now. But thanks for the comment, I wondered how whitehouse.com got away with it
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Ask HN: if I name my startup "XXX"Upon, would I get sued by StumbleUpon?
2 points by tyng 16y ago|2 comments
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Forget Google or Facebook, watch out for Tencent's next move(techcrunch.com)
1 points by tyng 16y ago|0 comments
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by tyng 16y ago
Essentially all social oriented startups face this problem initially. You need to identify who are the people most likely to adopt your service and focus all your marketing source on them accordingly. Once you build up a sizable user base w
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Why High-Speed Traders Should Set up Shop in Siberia(fastcompany.com)
4 points by tyng 16y ago|0 comments
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Palimpsest: the guide to a (mostly) paperless life(43folders.com)
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by tyng 16y ago
Who is this Ed Turner guy? Sounds pretty awesome
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by tyng 16y ago
What industry is this?
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by tyng 16y ago
Very true - for both "in business there's no right or wrong answer", and "no plan survives contact with enemy". But on the other hand simplified principles and rules-of-thumb help us make rapid decisions with some good accuracy.
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by tyng 16y ago
Agree with everything said there. The question left unanswered is where to draw the fine line between focusing on a predefined strategy and react to what your competitors are doing. Example: today Facebook announced Deals, should Foursquare
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by tyng 16y ago
This dude is even crazier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmpX4jCpbDI
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This Guy Can Multitask: Driving While Reading A Book, A Kindle And A Phone(techcrunch.com)
2 points by tyng 16y ago|1 comments
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Research show "people with higher IQ's are more apt to be nocturnal night-owls"(winnipegfreepress.com)
2 points by tyng 16y ago|0 comments
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by tyng 16y ago
Surprise the UK made the move before US given all the hype about #startupvisa a few months ago.
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by tyng 16y ago
That's why I keep three separate social networks: one on facebook (friends), one on Twitter (colleagues and strangers) and one on LinkedIn (professional contacts). It's hard to keep them separated though, especially since now I feed my twit
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Behind The Scenes of CNN's Election Tech: iPads, Magic Walls, Holograms, Twitter(fastcompany.com)
2 points by tyng 16y ago|0 comments
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by tyng 16y ago
While I think Arrington is justified to express his views on the matter, he should certainly start a personal blog that's not affiliated with TC to do it. Lately he is bringing too much of his personal and company dramas (CrunchPad, Angel G
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by tyng 16y ago
Sorry to say this but your baseless accusation of the HN community is also unwarranted.
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by tyng 16y ago
It's funny that Apple released a 11" MacBook Air because it seemed to compete directly against it's own iPad. Now it's a tough choice between the two for the average consumer.
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by tyng 16y ago
I remember my college economics professor always made the point that "risk-averse consumers" are the rational decision makers in our economy. I almost totally believed him, and thought hack who'd be that dumb kid taking the extra risk witho
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by tyng 16y ago
This reflects what the HN community represent, and we are certainly not all hackers. Entrepreneurs? Perhaps. Notice a lot of VCs got pretty high up on the list.

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