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by wj 10y ago
I would imagine that as investors YC would like to invest in the founders that look at users and revenue as validation of their ideas rather than acceptance into YC as validation. Not only does that show the startup is more viable but shows
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I did that when I was nearly hit in a marked crosswalk (they didn't slow down and were less than arm's length from me) that was at an intersection with no light. They went around the block to come back and start threatening me for
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I have filled out a few applications for tech e&o and cyber liability insurance over the past week and they all had a question about antivirus on the servers, workstations, and phones. I answered truthfully (no) and wonder if that is go
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You haven't yet convinced me that what you propose is "something better" than the educators' current curriculum. I know the education system is far from perfect, and obviously some schools are more effective than others,
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I tried Ubuntu on my c720 and had issues with the cursor. I think it might have been me brushing my hand against the trackpad which I believe the Chromebook os recognizes as accidental but Ubuntu did not. Have you had this issue?
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My primary use case for Evernote is using the web clipper to clip articles and then tagging and adding notes. Do any the alternatives mentioned in the comments support that?
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There was a scene in Demolition Man as well that dealt with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k80UQWWUIYs
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I wouldn't include LaserDisks on that list. It was replaced by DVDs which I believe are close enough in practice to not consider it a failed technology. More of a first iteration. 3D TV didn't last long. I never got one and didn&#
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I did it where I correlated the recommendations across all of the entrepreneurial podcasts I listen to: http://blog.startopz.com/recommended-books-entrepreneurial-p...
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It has been a while but with Outlook there was an option to ignore all read receipt requests. Maybe you turned that on?
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Use the five whys to get to your value proposition(blog.engagetactics.com)
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Pretty much all of Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leader talks are inspirational for me. This is a link to my favorite eight: http://blog.startopz.com/entrepreneurial_leaders/
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Okay Google, you need a cuter name(bbc.com)
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The two skills that have been the key to my career are writing and Excel.
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Thoughts in response: 1. I shut down a LLC about four or five years ago. I definitely didn't think about it at the time but it seems a bit wrong that it can be willed back into existence by a lawsuit. It can't defend itself withou
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I would love it if you interviewed founders that you turned down but who went on to have some level of success. (For me meaning some level of profitability or improving people's lives rather than calling raising a round a success.) I i
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Ask HN: Dynamically creating corporations
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My answer from a similar thread a couple of months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12285392 StartOpz ( http://www.startopz.com ): Workday-lite (really lite) for small businesses. Individual components su
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Learn vim.
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I wish them the best of luck but recall Eazel (?) attempting to do this with Gnome back in the day and ended up folding as not enough people were willing to pay.
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I agree with your last sentence but there usually is a reason a classic is a classic. Same applies to literature. However if there is one thing I have learned is that everyone has different tastes. My wife cannot watch any film made before
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As somebody who has written and produced a feature-length film for $10k, and turned out nothing close to Christopher Nolan's Following, I have to say that this comment is spot on.
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Have you considered incentives for new subscribers? My experience is that there is no shortcut to growing subscriber base but you can slowly do it by offering a short educational email course, a PDF of 10 tips, or an ebook (which has the ad
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High-Speed Trading Networks and Societal Value(mechanicalmarkets.wordpress.com)
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Who is we? I was old enough to have been a young teenager when Netscape was released and connected to the web via a BBS (already had Usenet) and Trumpet Winsock. I would say up until 1998 the Internet boom was met with scepticism by the gen
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As a former filmmaker I like what you have done. It seems as if you are effectively the distributor? The site looks nice and the movies sound interesting. The refund options are a bit confusing. The biggest question I would have would be ab
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Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letters are one of the better ways to learn about these things. Easier to read than textbooks with plenty of real life examples. http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.
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Maybe the other person let LinkedIn/Facebook access their contacts and then the service sees they haven't reached out to you so it checks if you want to reach out to them.
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A home may be a private space but it isn't <i>your</i> space. When entering someone else's space you open yourself up to having to abide by their rules, listen to their music, and be captured by their cameras.
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If you visit a place of business you are potentially under surveillance. I'm sure there is a distinction but I'm failing to come up with it right now. I was somewhat radical about privacy in the late 90s (only person I knew that r

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