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by zachallaun 15y ago
> "YC has invested a total of around $5 million" It's incredible to think of the value that has been added to so many companies for the price of a single large series A.
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It's time to change gaming information(blog.gamegnat.com)
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by zachallaun 16y ago
That a term is overused does not mean the underlying concept is exhausted.
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by zachallaun 16y ago
I remember seeing this back in January, actually. (I believe here on HN, but maybe not.) The content is cool, but it was also a clever marketing strategy of Board of Innovation. I actually happened to be doing a presentation on business mod
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by zachallaun 16y ago
Actually, there may be something of a trend towards transparency forming. http://paulgraham.com/airbnb.html --- http://www.bvp.com/Portfolio/AntiPortfolio.aspx
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by zachallaun 16y ago
First, welcome to HN! As a quick aside, it's generally taboo to sign comments with things like your Twitter handle or personal URL -- feel free to throw them in your profile :). Re: your comment, you're absolutely right that entrepreneurshi
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by zachallaun 16y ago
This is an oddly compelling case for something that I would have written off as superfluous. I love the little things you learn here on HN.
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by zachallaun 16y ago
The larger goal, however, is to set a precedent for other high-growth pre-IPO's within the city.
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by zachallaun 16y ago
I question whether or not you read the article... Still, there’s a lot of groups in the city lobbying against any change in taxes, confusing the issue with “corporate welfare.” I’ve read through some of the materials they are se
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by zachallaun 16y ago
There's a great message in here: All the hustle in the world is wasted on a problem no one wants solved.
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by zachallaun 16y ago
The underlying rule of HN is pretty simple: Post anything that would interest hackers. I would say that a man who has decided to take matters into his own hands in a trying time, instead of waiting for the solution of others, fits the bill.
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by zachallaun 16y ago
Let's hope, then, that you do not choose to share violent, nude photos of yourself. For most people, though, I think this is an adequate (and, in my opinion, not too harsh) deterrent.
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by zachallaun 16y ago
I'm sure that it exists, but could someone describe for me the main point of differentiation between Receivd and a shared folder on Dropbox? That is, what should be compelling me to download another application to do that which I can (see
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by zachallaun 16y ago
This class seems to provide an interesting contrast to the YC model of mentorship, where the former centers on knowing what to build and the latter centers on knowing how to build it. Of course, this is just the impression I've gathered. I'
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by zachallaun 16y ago
I was under the impression that "rockstar" or "ninja" was generally frowned upon, but the terms seem to be making a(n unfortunate) comeback. (Read: reddit) That said, Bump seems like a cool company, solving a cool problem. Best of luck find
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by zachallaun 16y ago
I don't believe that a downvoted comment more accurately reflects the feelings of HN than an upvoted rebuttal. You're right that "bad for the world" opinions should likely be downvoted, but I often disagree with comments that are not so wit
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by zachallaun 16y ago
This is quite entertaining. In the same vein: "What Happens to a YouTube Video Uploaded 1,000 Times" ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/04/youtube-video-uploa... )
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by zachallaun 16y ago
37signals' office seems to say, "You're in, you're out." Fried has, on multiple occasions, suggested that offices are the downfall of work. You're more productive in your natural environment. Their office seems to reflect that: You come in
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by zachallaun 16y ago
You're likely right in that tablets aren't about to kill PCs, but suggesting that tablets remain a simple "trendy gadget" seems a bit silly, especially considering Apple's Q1 reports [1]. Perhaps the iPad isn't to your taste, but it was to
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by zachallaun 16y ago
And just a little while ago Eric Schmidt was dumping his shares! You're completely correct. There's many reasons to "dump" shares, and very few of them are indicators of something bad.
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by zachallaun 16y ago
If you're launching a startup so that you can get a paycheck, something's wrong. [edit] My point is: While health insurance may be a barrier, a paycheck should not be. [edit2] I'll definitely explain; I apologize that it wasn't clear. I'm n
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by zachallaun 16y ago
This is definitely the case and was actually something I was going to plan on addressing in my initial comment about procrastination before deciding that I could put it off. :) While I did not make it clear, the formula presented within the
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by zachallaun 16y ago
The author postulates three character vignettes, each one based upon an identified predictor of procrastination. There exists, however, a forth: Zach stares at a blank document in Microsoft Word. His essay assignment on municipal politics,
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by zachallaun 16y ago
He just caught the pregnant hacker fever. ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175757 )
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by zachallaun 16y ago
Three days, three issues. Anyone else left wondering what the other two issues were? [edit] Well, this is embarrassing...
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by zachallaun 16y ago
"If illegal loggers or miners contact these people, they won't shoot images... They'll shoot guns." Very few realize that there's more to protect in the Rainforest than trees.
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by zachallaun 16y ago
Of course there is no hope of changing it overnight. There is no hope of rebuilding overnight either. I'm simply suggesting that you don't just rewrite the code before trying to make changes within. Of course, it's not difficult to argue th
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by zachallaun 16y ago
I'm under 20, and given the opportunity (had I known about the Thiel Fellowship before the application date, for instance), I likely would have applied. $100k to drop out of school and create the Next Big Thing? Hell yeah. But there's more
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by zachallaun 16y ago
I had looked at the poll just seconds after the switch had been made; There were only 11 people who had been transferred to the 16-20 range. (So the distribution isn't going to vary as significantly.)
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by zachallaun 16y ago
11-20 seems like a pretty uninformative range, assuming you want to draw conclusions (maybe you don't!) from the results, as it is in this range that you experience the most noticeable increase in both maturity and knowledge. 11-15 and 16-2

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