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by whrobbins 2y ago
"Getting kids ready for government benefits" "Software for software companies" Prescient!
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by whrobbins 4y ago
"Smooth transition of power" is a good way to put it in the modern era. In centuries past, citizens would pray on their hands and knees for a system as quick and streamlined as this one. When there is ambiguity in who holds power,
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by whrobbins 6y ago
Hey HN -- today we launched Contrary Talent. We created it because even if you go to an incredible school like Stanford, only 5% or 10% of the talented people out there go to the same school as you. By building a network across dozens of un
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Launch HN: Contrary Talent(contrarycap.com)
13 points by whrobbins 6y ago|2 comments
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by whrobbins 7y ago
Hey HN, today I'm launching Home(work), a community for students that had school cancelled. It's no coincidence that FB and Microsoft both started during Reading Period when Harvard had no class. With support from the founders of
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Home(work) – bringing serendipity to students kicked off campus(medium.com)
1 points by whrobbins 7y ago|1 comments
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Request for Startups(willrobbins.org)
1 points by whrobbins 8y ago|1 comments
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Why Competition Matters Less in Software(willrobbins.org)
1 points by whrobbins 8y ago|0 comments
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Getting Positive Feedback: Advice for Founders(willrobbins.org)
1 points by whrobbins 8y ago|0 comments
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Degrees of Freedom: Advice for Founders(willrobbins.org)
1 points by whrobbins 8y ago|0 comments
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Senior-citizen design challenges for startups(willrobbins.org)
1 points by whrobbins 8y ago|0 comments
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The Elephant in the Brain and the signaling worldview(willrobbins.org)
3 points by whrobbins 8y ago|0 comments
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Concise Ideas are One-Dimensional(willrobbins.org)
3 points by whrobbins 8y ago|0 comments
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by whrobbins 8y ago
This issue stands for apps as well. I once had someone try to buy [1] my popular Android app just to replace it with malware which would then be pushed to users through an innocuous update. What's so interesting to me is that there&#x
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Worldview as Competitive Advantage in VC(willrobbins.org)
2 points by whrobbins 8y ago|0 comments
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Decision Making and Mental Models: A Toolkit(willrobbins.org)
1 points by whrobbins 9y ago|0 comments
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by whrobbins 9y ago
Contrary Capital (contrarycap.com) consists of 100+ student investors across dozens of universities. This is something I've been helping work on for several months now and I'm stoked to finally launch it! 80% of our LPs have star
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Contrary: a university-focused VC backed by cofounders from Tesla, Twitch, more(medium.com)
8 points by whrobbins 9y ago|1 comments
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Why Robinhood Is Fundamentally Flawed and Bad for Users(blog.willrobbins.org)
2 points by whrobbins 10y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: How to receive money when you don't trust the buyer?
1 points by whrobbins 10y ago|1 comments
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My App Marketing Story: 0 to 100k Downloads in High School(blog.willrobbins.org)
2 points by whrobbins 10y ago|0 comments