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Reduce busy work. Increase luck surface area(blog.startopz.com)
2 points by wj 11y ago|0 comments
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Building a Private Titanic(hakaimagazine.com)
1 points by wj 11y ago|0 comments
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Build Your Life Where You Want to Live(feld.com)
1 points by wj 11y ago|0 comments
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by wj 11y ago
I had planned on building my own dashboard service using Dashing from Spotify as the platform. I've written a few modules for it and got a personal one going but never took it beyond there. This looks really good and the messaging is g
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by wj 11y ago
My first thought on the satellite network he is launching was to help power self-driving Teslas.
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Four areas you can improve your workflows(blog.startopz.com)
1 points by wj 11y ago|0 comments
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by wj 11y ago
I would imagine many, if not most, people's leases don't allow them to rent their places out. You see many listings that require discretion regarding entry, particularity as to where to park on the street, and forbid talking with
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by wj 11y ago
"I could never drive an electric car because <insert my unique situation and criteria>." Wait 20 years and then get back to us. In the meantime those for who an electric car makes sense will drive them. For those it doesn&#x
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by wj 11y ago
Off of the top of my head I think You Need a Budget (YNAB) is an example of software that is measurably improving many people's lives. As far as I know they haven't looked for or received VC funding or had any flashy events that w
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The low hanging fruit of user onboarding(blog.intercom.io)
1 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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Office Pet Peeves(blog.startopz.com)
1 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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by wj 12y ago
Hyperion by Dan Simmons The $100 Startup
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by wj 12y ago
Start Small Stay Small by Rob Walling is the one that spoke to me in my position the most: http://smile.amazon.com/Start-Small-Stay-Developers-Launchin... He has a podcast, Startups For the Rest of Us, that you can listen t
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by wj 12y ago
Same thing happened to me on a jury I was on. We found an error in the jury instructions and had to be issued new ones.
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by wj 12y ago
No doubt. But if I solely punch the clock then what is going to be the impetus for my success? If I create and network then I have to believe my chances for success are at least a little bit better. Are you suggesting otherwise? Or as the p
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by wj 12y ago
I like the idea of a "luck surface area" which suggests that the more you put yourself out there the more likely you are to be that one in a million. If you Google it you'll probably get a better explanation than I gave.
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How Super Angel Chris Sacca Burned Bridges and Crafted the Best Seed Portfolio(forbes.com)
98 points by wj 12y ago|50 comments
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by wj 12y ago
I'm sure you didn't mean it but your post comes across as entitled. YC has no obligation to share stats and just because you disagree with the methodology doesn't make them unethical.
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by wj 12y ago
Jon Evans (writer at Techcrunch) also wrote a novel with a similar plot (it was a sequel of a previous book called Invisible Armies that dealt with hackers) which you can download for free: http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook&
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by wj 12y ago
I really enjoyed it though I thought it ran a bit long. Your point on the plot is valid but he did such a great job developing the characters that I didn't care. Disclaimer: his books are like crack to me. Once I start one I can't
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Eight things your employees would like you to do(blog.startopz.com)
1 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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Do What Makes Your Soul Sing – Free Ebook on Entrepreneurship(personalopz.com)
1 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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by wj 12y ago
A better solution might be to create new sports that allow men and women to compete together rather than to change existing sports. Fans of existing sports are often very opposed to change for many reasons not least of which is that changes
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by wj 12y ago
It sounds like the book Start Small Stay Small by Rob Walling was written specifically for you. I really enjoyed it. He also has a free ebook of his blog posts at softwarebyrob.com. His advice exceeds anything I could offer you.
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Working from Home vs. Working from Home as a Parent(blog.startopz.com)
2 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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A sense of urgency and being productive(blog.startopz.com)
1 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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by wj 12y ago
This is the latest in a series of ebooks of notes on the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture series at Stanford. I've found them to be quite inspiring. You can download all of them (and I believe without providing an email address)
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Give HN: Innovation Is the Only Way Out (ebook on Entrepreneurship)(personalopz.com)
3 points by wj 12y ago|1 comments
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by wj 12y ago
This is a great talk from somebody at Ideo about finding inspiration. If I recall the idea was to try to look at things like a child. http://ecorner.stanford.edu/newsletter_iphone.html?material=...
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Show HN: Define Success: Notes on Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders(personalopz.com)
1 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments

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