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by webwright 19y ago
My Google Analytics account looks not-remotely-overhauled... Any news on when this might launch?
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by webwright 19y ago
"Then add in the free legal representation, negotiation advice, free training etc etc" Wow. Free? Really? Where do you think the money comes from? The union has operative expenses that it pays for with the dues you pay. You PAY for tho
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by webwright 19y ago
I built a company as a "part-time founder". I think it's quite do-able and really forces you to focus your time. Parkinson's Law states that tasks tend to expend to fill to time allotted for them... That's true with Founders as well. Tha
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by webwright 19y ago
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/subdomains-subfolders-and-toplevel-domains (these guys are the best and most-open SEO resource I am aware of- their ranking factors article is simply awesome) I'd do a bit of reading on this and see if you can f
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by webwright 20y ago
Ideas ARE worthless. "Here's another way to look at it. If merely telling someone your idea means that it can be ripped off, then you hardly have a defensible product. If secrecy is your main weapon, then it will be hard to find investors.
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by webwright 20y ago
Not much of a "review"...
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by webwright 20y ago
"The loan is a convertible note made to the entrepreneur's company. It is unsecured debt. If the company goes out of business, the entrepreneur is not personally liable in any way." This seems to indicate that it's a NOT a personal loan, FW
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How many Y Combinator founders are/were NOT young hackers? Any 30+?
10 points by webwright 20y ago|10 comments
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by webwright 20y ago
I actually agree with this. I'm a 35 year-old entrepreneur and enjoy following the YCombinator stuff. Like clockwork, when I mention the idea of YCombinator to other elder entrepreneurs like myself, they say, "Pish Posh. $5k per founder f
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by webwright 20y ago
So you just create a contact form and expect feedback to come in without any effort? Buy lunch for 5 local users and brainstorm. Get your friends to try the app, have a dinner party and brainstorm. Go to survey monkey and add a short surv
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by webwright 20y ago
I'm sorry, but I win here. I had a project that kinda accidentally turned into a company. Never did ANY name research-- just grabbed the first thing that popped into my head... "Jobby" ( http://www.gojobby.com ). Turns out that Jobby
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by webwright 20y ago
Interesting post! Obviously, a person can theoretically have all of the skills to pull off a startup alone (though I can count the number of people I know who are good coders AND good UI designers on one hand). The big plus of a co-founder