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by wj 11y ago
Without seeing their financials I'm not sure if I am qualified to explain their valuation. That said, if I had the money and was invited to participate in this round I would have. More so than any other software I have seen, Slack has
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by wj 11y ago
Finviz
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A narrow scope starting out is a good thing. It allows you to focus on finding what works before you try to scale it.
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by wj 11y ago
You can also donate by making your Amazon purchases through http://smile.amazon.com and picking the EFF as your charity of choice. I believe they get 0.5% of each purchase.
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I think I recall seeing something about the Fellowship and Summer programs being the same application but last I looked I couldn't find where that was mentioned. Is that still the case? I feel like I'm a bit between in that I have
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If you use AWS is there any reason not to sign up for this? $15,000 in credits for $500? And I believe somebody commented that they don't expire?
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I was curious if YC had any issues with accepting/funding companies that are in the same space as other portfolio companies. I have heard that venture capitalists often don't. Zenefits and Zen Payroll/Gusto was what came to m
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Plenty of people are starting software businesses without taking outside funding. I imagine the majority of Show HN posts are of that variety.
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Warren Buffett refers to a moat. Same idea in that you have a defensible advantage.
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Ask YC: Difference between two founders and single founder with full time employee?
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Early-stage companies, get ready to be punched in the face(venturebeat.com)
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Ask HN: Successful companies that white label their product?
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by wj 11y ago
I'm eating my own dog food and using the budgeting portion of the financial planning software I'm creating. I do really like YNAB though.
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by wj 11y ago
This isn't a quantitive finance problem but more of a consumer finance problem: I really think it is about time there is an API for consumers to access their data at financial institutions. I could see that opening up all kinds of inno
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Could Vietnam Become the Next Silicon Valley?(bbc.com)
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500 Startups Announces Batch 16, Focused on Health Tech, FinTech, Vices(techcrunch.com)
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My notes from the lectures: https://leanpub.com/how_to_start_a_startup (Just use $0--any proceeds go to the EFF) Like others I also really enjoyed the legal and accounting lecture. It was outside of the scope of the usual s
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by wj 11y ago
When I submitted the (exact) same article last night I thought about how this topic was covered in a book I read titled, Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making. Part of the premise was that people in some of the la
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Are cities the new countries?(bbc.com)
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It also is the central plot point to the anime Psycho Pass. (off-topic but the watch in Psycho Pass was what I hoped the Apple Watch would be)
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This was my favorite of the Smiley series and my favorite of his novels that I have read so far (almost half of them). Really like the change of scenery from the cold and dreary settings of the U.K., Germany, and Russia. Surprisingly though
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Apple breaks $100(finance.yahoo.com)
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http://www.workplay401k.com - automated financial planning and budgeting software for 401(k) providers to offer their participants.
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How to set business goals for the new year(blog.startopz.com)
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by wj 11y ago
I've been working full-time on a startup for the past four months but had this side project pretty much finished for the past year. I decided to finally release it as it might help some small businesses be a bit more efficient with the
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Show HN: StartOpz – Software for small business financial and H.R. operations(startopz.com)
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Building a product vs. building a business(blog.startopz.com)
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It’s your dream job, but the pay is a nightmare(bbc.com)
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by wj 11y ago
It sounds like you can do the office hours remotely via Skype so the Midwest shouldn't miss out.
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I'd love to hear more about what obstacles you faced (besides being undercapitalized) and which ones you were able to overcome.

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