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by ykumar6 11y ago
Just a quick note on Gmail. It's not just a mail server, it also filters and classifies emails better than any other product on the market. No other company has that kind of volume of data and heuristics
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by ykumar6 11y ago
I am very interested to know what are the specific capabilities that you are able to unlock that Google drive can't deliver upon.
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by ykumar6 11y ago
The power of Docker is enabling companies to move faster. Docker lets developers and companies to continuously deploy with fewer bottlenecks and issues. Yes, I realize it can be used for other things. I'm not sure if there is value in
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by ykumar6 11y ago
I don't know, but the solution is education. There more educated the consumer is, the less a company like google or facebook can get away with. Clearly, there is not enough education about privacy and how your data is being used to ext
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by ykumar6 11y ago
Also, there is this notion that somehow open-source solutions are competitive with SaaS solutions. Give me one example where the distribution or usage of an open-source solution is comparable to it's SaaS competitor People misunderstan
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by ykumar6 11y ago
I look at things through a different framework. The products that end up winning in the very competitive world of software are the products that evolve very quickly. Almost all the value creation that's happening in the cloud is about
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by ykumar6 11y ago
The guy is Turkey or France building an app on sandstorm has bigger challenges than worrying about how to manage infrastructure. He needs to figure out how to create a viable business, and his first order concern is getting to P/M fit
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by ykumar6 11y ago
Also, are business style corporate/internal apps going out of existent when they are faced with a fierce SaaS company competing for that business. It's almost like the SaaS DNA is to move very quickly (break things) and react to c
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by ykumar6 11y ago
Makes sense, but mobile developers have realized why this update model is a problem, and have created frameworks that wrap content served up by a server. It gives them the ability to continuously iterate.
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by ykumar6 11y ago
Simple question to the founders, in a world where software is increasingly the sum of not just code, but cloud services and APIs; how does Sandstorm scale to real-world SaaS? Are you going to require your users to configure lots of API keys
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by ykumar6 11y ago
I think this study is trying to make statistical predictions based on a limited dataset. The industry has shown the outliers (or statistical anomalies) are the ones that result in the biggest companies.
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by ykumar6 11y ago
We run 10 repos in our sandbox
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by ykumar6 11y ago
Runnable.io makes it very easy to run all your Github branches, using containers. Here's is how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uwPKIH990E&feature=youtu.be
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by ykumar6 11y ago
In the article posted, participating liquidation preferences (like you mention) seem extremely rare.
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by ykumar6 11y ago
Equity is an investment, and like any investor you need to be smart it. You should evaluate how your investment (stock options) are doing on a regular basis (quarterly or semi-annually) with your management or CEO. Ask the tough questions,
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by ykumar6 12y ago
I'm surprised they even got a notice
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by ykumar6 12y ago
I wonder if there are counter-examples of successful companies that ignored some of these rules?
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by ykumar6 12y ago
I think it's the other way around. Airbnb had to be solving a problem on the demand side for a supply to arise. Similarly, Apple/MS must have found an early market of professionals to sell to that need excel, calculators, whatever
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by ykumar6 12y ago
You can't create opportunities for people without solving a problem first. Airbnb offered affordable rentals compared to hotels, it solved a problem/need. This created an opportunity for other's Uber made hailing a car much e
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by ykumar6 12y ago
A $125K floor-rate in the SF-bay area sounds about right. The competition for developers hasn't let up, and many startups ($10M+ in funding) are using cash as a weapon. This IMO represents the biggest threat to early-stage startups out
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by ykumar6 12y ago
Great post by Fred Wilson on Perez's technological surge cycle http://avc.com/2015/02/the-carlota-perez-framework/ She predicts every major technology has a breaking point and turning point. I can't
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by ykumar6 12y ago
Read only flags? Streaming stats? Docker's API gets more and more powerful everyday! Very excited about this release
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by ykumar6 12y ago
I don't understand how this is a good deal for Twitter, Stackoverflow and any website that generates content and makes money using ads Google generates revenue via ads, the same business you are in. And Google has a huge advantage. Emb
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by ykumar6 12y ago
Upstream speeds vs downstream speeds will still likely be governed by the laws of economics
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by ykumar6 12y ago
Hipchat is down for me
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by ykumar6 12y ago
Is bootstrapping really a viable path to an exit in 2015? Most of the companies indie.vc mention were founded in the early or mid 2000s, so these are bad examples to follow. Back then, there was much less competition for eyeballs, resources
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by ykumar6 12y ago
If you are getting disturbed in an open-office space, buy a set of good quality headphones. Also, we use Slack internally. Set your status to busy and no one is going to bother you.
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by ykumar6 12y ago
Can't let the ecosystem fracture. Docker creates a set of standards that are badly needed. This creates value for everyone
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by ykumar6 12y ago
This article is ridiculous. As a founder of a small startup in the bay-area, I can tell you it's absolutely impossible to find mid-level engineers experienced with Javascript, Node, Go, RoR, etc. And if you can, you're paying 30-5
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by ykumar6 12y ago
Good feedback. Thanks

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