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by wj 12y ago
I'm sure many successful companies had scaling issues well past their first day. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
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by wj 12y ago
LA has some fairly high density areas. I lived in Santa Monica, which wasn't too high density, but I recall that taxi prices were absolutely outrageous. Hopefully Uber has caused those to drop some.
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by wj 12y ago
I think you're nitpicking to avoid addressing my point. s/you're the type of person who/you would say/
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by wj 12y ago
Read up on the concept of a "luck surface area". You can start building it now no matter where you are. If you're the type of person who say, "I will just quit" you might not be the type of person that a VC wants to
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by wj 12y ago
It is a bit choppy for me by this isn't the only video stream running in my house at the moment.
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by wj 12y ago
I really like Asana. Though even that has one shortcoming in that task dependencies is clunky. Trello is something that I use personally so I can't comment on its effectiveness in a group environment.
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Excel Needs to Die(startopz.com)
3 points by wj 12y ago|2 comments
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by wj 12y ago
It is also common in the Pacific Northwest (where Linus lives) and the Midwest. Basically places where you can't wear sandals all year round.
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by wj 12y ago
-uses terminal windows with white backgrounds
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by wj 12y ago
A very quick Google search leads me to believe otherwise.
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Has modern technology killed the spy thriller?(theguardian.com)
4 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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Farnborough Airshow: The Scorpion in search of a customer(bbc.com)
1 points by wj 12y ago|1 comments
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by wj 12y ago
I prefer the podcasts that address the business end of things: * Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders * EconTalk * HBR IdeaCast For lifestyle businesses: * Startups for the Rest of Us * Tropical BMA * Smart Passive Income * The Foolish
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by wj 12y ago
I liked it. Everybody's tastes are different. Having made a feature length film, for what I imagine to be a similar budget or less, I might also be able to appreciate the effort that was put into this better than most here. I think the
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by wj 12y ago
Zero History by William Gibson. Half way through. Pattern Recognition, the first of the trilogy, was my favorite.
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How Baremetrics Went From $0 To $14,000 Per Month(insideintercom.io)
3 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: HN on mobile devices
1 points by wj 12y ago|1 comments
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The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats(politico.com)
1 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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by wj 12y ago
For the debt side of things you might want to check out Dave Ramsey. His podcast is one hour of hard luck and inspirational stories on getting out of debt. Don't get hung up on his politics when they come up. The no nonsense advice is
590.
by wj 12y ago
For my whole life Oregonians have had it in for Californians moving up there. We even called not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign a "California stop." From my understanding there is a heightened sensitivity to housing in P
591.
by wj 12y ago
I think that quote was from a commercial so he probably had some help remembering. Good quote though.
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by wj 12y ago
I can't help you on the captioning but in case that doesn't get turned on you might get some value from the notes I took. http://personalopz.com/blog/startup-school-2014-notes/
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by wj 12y ago
My less artistic but more comprehensive notes: http://personalopz.com/blog/startup-school-2014-notes/
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Startup School 2014 Notes(personalopz.com)
1 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Startup School Livestream
2 points by wj 12y ago|1 comments
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Somewhere a Place for Us: The Star-Crossed Private Club of LA Tech(recode.net)
1 points by wj 12y ago|0 comments
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by wj 12y ago
There are plenty of jobs in the outer suburbs. Woodland Hills, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills all have plenty of businesses based there. Many of which are technology related. Same goes for Pasadena, Irvine, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, etc. So y
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by wj 12y ago
Very true regarding living near where you work or commuting against traffic. I did the latter and then worked from home after I stopped commuting and both contributed immensely to quality of life. Though I suspect that to be true anywhere.
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by wj 12y ago
I didn't own a car in while living in Santa Monica for almost eight years (though my girlfriend did have one). Between my legs and the buses I didn't need one.
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by wj 12y ago
To each their own. I lived in Santa Monica and Malibu for 14 years. Left last year for family reasons. Wish I was back.

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