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by weusedto 7mo ago
Anecdote from 1000s of miles biking: I bike a lot in the Bay, for fun, exercise, commute, all of the above (I'm a friendly one, I promise!) and the comfort I feel when I see a Waymo alongside me or at a stop sign is immediately apparen
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AWS launches 12-month program to go from no tech background to cloud developer(aboutamazon.com)
8 points by weusedto 3y ago|0 comments
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by weusedto 4y ago
There is likely overlap in the target markets and even in the goals/desired outcomes, but the business models are different.
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by weusedto 4y ago
Yes this is correct - apologize if I wasn't clear with this. From what I understand and my previous experiences at startups it was a standard vesting structure where ownership vests over 4-years with a 1-year cliff (or at an acquisitio
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by weusedto 4y ago
Amazing what you only learn by doing. I read so much on this and heard so many stories, but going through it really taught me so much on what to look for, what to think about, and how to structure these things.
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by weusedto 4y ago
Yeah I think you nailed it with "licensing something you're going to have to replace anyway." It doesn't make sense to fight/pay for something that may not have any value.
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by weusedto 4y ago
I had thought of this. Unfortunately I think his price will be exorbitantly high based on the time he put in. I also am not convinced that there is really much value in the code itself, it just puts me slightly ahead of square one in a new
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by weusedto 4y ago
Thanks for this. I think he plans to leverage little pieces of the code in his new project, but it's essentially value-less at this stage. I also think as he wrote the code and has put so much time into it there is likely a strong sens
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by weusedto 4y ago
I've been thinking a lot about running this using no-code and/or simple Google tools...thanks for mentioning that, and the avoidance of the co-founder conflict is probably the most echoed advice in this chain, so I will keep that
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by weusedto 4y ago
Thank you both...I can't explain how much I've learned in this time, completely agree, even with it seemingly going to 0, I am far ahead of where I would have been had I not chose to take this risk.
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by weusedto 4y ago
This is a great point. I had thought a little about this but wasn't sure to what extent this code would have value with a different technical partner. Thank you!! Agree on the lack of traction - I'm not convinced it's dead ye
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by weusedto 4y ago
Thank you for these super helpful comments. This is correct, my co-founder isn't pulling out all of the existing code, he wants to have a "product" at the center of the staffing agency, and is planning to re-use some stuff. H
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Ask HN: Co-Founder pivoting, what are my options?
36 points by weusedto 4y ago|67 comments
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by weusedto 7y ago
I think Freakonomics did a fantastic piece on the flu shot and the low vaccination rate. This answers a lot of the questions being tossed around in this thread: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-doesnt-everyone-get-t