vishalchandra

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by vishalchandra 12y ago
There are three different things, 1. MLP, 2. MVP, 3. MSP which kind of come in order. 1 MLP is Minimum Learnable Product i.e. anything which helps you learn something about what product you should be building. It can be an email that you se
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Cassandra works best. E.g. Say as the backend for email storage.
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
We respond to ads (of brands primarily) not because it strikes an emotion inside us, but because we want to conform to the image presented by that ad.
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iPhone 6: Comparing InvenSense and Bosch Accelerometers(eetimes.com)
68 points by vishalchandra 12y ago|12 comments
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
I thought some more about it and I think the issue is that the value proposition of your product is not strong enough to get traction. One of the ways you can improve it is by converting it into a monetization channel for app developers. So
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
I got an answer to the third question on problem-solution fit, but not to the first two questions, i.e. ~ 1. What are the alternative solutions (can be dev coding it themselves) and what do they lack in and how much more value (approx. time
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Checked out your product. It looks like a really good implementation of a "poll and survey SDK for mobile developers". There are tens of thousands of mobile developers building all kinds of apps, which group of devs actually need
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
If you are working, it is like a parrot getting free from its aviary.
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Not sure what level you are at, but for HTML, CSS basics, this is an ideal resource. Little more than the basics, and not too extensive either. http://learn.shayhowe.com/
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Make a presentation on what you have read. Present it to a group or at the least put it on Slideshare. More than just taking notes (which are more effective than not taking notes), when you try to present something (or explain to others) is
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Wow ! I think it is great to see the comments on this thread. Thanks jwillgoesfast for asking this question. I have actually been working on building a Product/Market Fit (Customer Dev) as Service product for the last 12 months and bef
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How much equity do investors need to take in a startup?(blog.uberstarter.com)
1 points by vishalchandra 12y ago|0 comments
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Requests for Startups(ycombinator.com)
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The startup ecosystem is poised for a hockey stick growth(blog.uberstarter.com)
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
More relevant question might be what APIs or libraries are starting to look attractive of late ? I would say wit.ai looks very interesting. The dev stack is the same as always ~ Sublime + AWS
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Static website: S3 on AWS, Web app: Digital Ocean (can support multiple apps too, run Nginx on the same machine)
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
More interested to know about exits in the $200K - $1M range. It will be interesting to note exits at the lower end of the spectrum.
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Ask HN: Any non-acquihire, less than $1M app/startup exits?
9 points by vishalchandra 12y ago|4 comments
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
I decided to use spaces instead of tabs and convert a tab to two spaces because while typing I sometimes alternate between using the space bar and the tab while indenting something or editing code. So it is much easier for me to be consiste
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Independent of what you ask for, get a signed formal agreement which captures the terms of your understanding in detail.
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
The assumption that the laws of nature are the same everywhere is equivalent to saying that there are universal truths which I agree with. Second point only highlights our limitations (due to limitations of local observational capability on
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
But you do not take into consideration #3 when trying to 'appreciate' #1
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
1. There are no absolute universal truths. 2. There are only at best absolute local truths i.e. truths which are truths only in a limited local subsystem of the entire possible universe. The moment you consider a larger enclosing system of
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Yes, already happening ~ Open source projects / products on www.github.com But driven by the right leadership for each project. If the collaboration tools are attractive (significantly more usable than currently available alternate off
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Demos of front-end AngularJS modules.
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Counselling is for problems one does not know about. But yes a better personal time tracker or something similar would help.
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Cause: Involuntary context switch from what I am doing. Reasons could be an email that came in, a colleague who asked me a question, I started writing a new blog article etc. Eventually for every context switch I have now 5-7 tabs opened an
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
You seem to provide technical services. You can similarly provide NDA signing services (for a fee). If it is really important for someone to protect their great idea and at the same time share it with you, charge minimum $100 for it. Will c
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Try out https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton and with that you can get Linux support on your Chromebook. Rest will fall in place.
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by vishalchandra 12y ago
Not having a detailed and thorough product definition delays the end result. The development is fast but if you keep recoding the same functionality with different color, different fonts, different form fields you are constantly shifting th

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