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r0b
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Check out this graph in an old post by Seth Godin:
<a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/12/squid_soup_part_2.html">http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/12/squid_soup_part_2.html</a>
His point is that in order for a new idea or product to catch on, it first needs to be adopted by the "innovators" -- the "geeks". Then, and only then, can it spread to the broader population. If you try to skip the geeks and go straight to the mass market, you will fail.<p>I'm not sure I buy that as a hard and fast rule, but I think the concept is generally solid. If a company makes it on TC, it will subsequently and consequently grow beyond TC.
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r0b
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http://eirepreneur.blogs.com/eirepreneur/2006/03/how_social_book.html
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Anybody have any cool ideas to build the "semantic web"?
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jamiequint
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http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001679
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A Y Combinator Story - What's the interview like?
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wastedbrains
| 1,173,927,797 |
I am one of the Pretheory Founders, and I agree the downsides are not that strong. This is why we generally think Y Combinator is still a really good move for us. Since we aren't sure if it is as large of benefit to our company as it can be to others, we wanted to think about it, and start a discussion. Seeing if any other founders would add potential positive or negative issues that we haven't been evaluating.<p>I guess the biggest point is the benefits are far more than the money. The advice is probably priceless, but if you feel your on a pretty good track with momentum, is it worth the change up? Possibly having to move away from established local relationships (banks, lawyers, advisers)...<p>Is there some angles we are missing when evaluating the decision?
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domp
| 1,173,929,221 |
I found the girlfriend and location issues to be the biggest challenge for submitting. Luckily my partners gf lives close, I can't score a girl and we both live in Massachusetts. Works out perfect!
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jamiequint
| 1,173,929,222 |
apparently I posted this, I must have accidentally clicked the "Share on YCombinator" link on my linkbar. Sorry its kind of irrelevant, in any case, I'm jamiequint on twitter.
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bhb
| 1,173,930,444 |
I hope I didn't come across as not willing to go "all in." I certainly didn't intend that. My intent was to outline the issues we considered, with the hope that others might find it useful and even suggest variables we hadn't considered.<p>At this point, I really couldn't back out if this startup even if I wanted to (and I have no desire to): I quit my job, spent a ton of money to move, and told everyone I know about my plans. As Dharmesh Shah of onstartups would say, I'm emotionally committed, which is more significant than my financial commitment (He has a good post about this at <a href="http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/1204/Startup-Founders-The-Involved-vs-The-Committed.aspx">http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/1204/Startup-Founders-The-Involved-vs-The-Committed.aspx</a> ).<p>As dfranke pointed out, we have more options than only accepting YC funding or not accepting. The real question is whether it makes more sense for us to keep going with money we have in Denver and find angel funding on our own, or move and take YC funding in a few months.
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ereldon
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http://newassignment.net/
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"NewAssignment.Net | an experiment in open-source reporting"
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brett
| 1,173,933,495 |
Is this about upmodding the Phil Mickelson comment from the YC dinner pictures?<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=3921">http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=3921</a>
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pg
| 1,173,933,587 |
Creative? The striking thing to me is how similar they all seem. Except Jamglue of course...
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danielha
| 1,173,934,711 |
I read this a little while ago. It's a really good story, especially the dialogue sprinkled throughout. I could almost hear the conversations as written, even "4 of 4"'s.
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dood
| 1,173,934,148 |
Drop the background color would work for me.
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staunch
| 1,173,934,800 |
The problem is that most people buy into "the pie fallacy", as PG called it. An amazing number of people would honestly rather have 50% of $1 million than 10% of $100 million.
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danielha
| 1,173,935,902 |
The downsides to something like this is absolutely context-dependent. But the reasons given in that post just aren't convincing. Going to Cambridge is not a "disruption" given the milestone it represents in your startup's progress. When you're a new founder with little to go in regards to beginning a company, it's the ideal scenario. For my goals, I could not think of a better use of time and energy than being involved in YC's program and working on my startup full-time.
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Leonidas
| 1,173,935,059 |
Nice story. I like how the Y Team talks over the ideas and propose improvements to you. Seems like a really good environment to be in, everyone with energy and ideas feeding off of other's people energy and ideas.
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amichail
| 1,173,935,098 |
No. <p>I just think that a lot of people would think twice about voting if that were to be considered in their YC application.
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danielha
| 1,173,936,798 |
While developing side projects, especially as a tool to your main project, you may come across something you may not have otherwise. Who knows -- one of these "cool side projects" may become the product you end up focusing on.
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far33d
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http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/13/filmloops-demise-the-reputation-of-vcs-and-how-you-can-help/
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another side of the FilmLoop story
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danielha
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http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/2007_digital_ou.html
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2007 Digital Outlook Report -- Trends in Digital Media
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far33d
| 1,173,937,145 |
In case anyone didn't bother to make it to the end of the TC article and click through....
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paul
| 1,173,937,531 |
How many angels and VCs do you personally know? How many other startup founders do you regularly meet with there in Denver?<p>People who already have a lot of startup connections and experience probably don't need YC, but I don't get the impression that you are one of those people.
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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/03/14/BUG4UOKGR91.DTL&type=business
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Why forming an LLC might be a useful setup for many startups
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danielha
| 1,173,937,629 |
Most of these are clean, but I'm curious to know what some were thinking when completely following the Web 2.0 trend look. "Let's find the quickest way to sink our brand into non-distinctive mediocrity."
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awt
| 1,173,938,740 |
It raises my motivation level.
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staunch
| 1,173,938,756 |
Investors do want to see confidence and saying "We have three leasing options, hopefully we'll get one" is not as good as "We will be signing a lease very soon". Perhaps his VCs aren't very good and he feels forced to tell them what they want to hear?
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danielha
| 1,173,938,845 |
From what I understand, it's actually ideal to incorporate your startup rather than forming an LLC. One reason would be that many VCs won't fund your LLC given that you cannot go public.<p>The SFGate article offers the other view. It might be a beneficial read for someone unfamiliar with the differences.<p>
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danielha
| 1,173,938,995 |
Productive advice was continually coming at Aaron even before an offer was extended. Pretty cool, if you ask me.
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danielha
| 1,173,937,870 |
Reading the news from news.yc keeps me more productively in tune than any of the other places I might browse to.
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danielha
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/interview_with_matt_cutts_next_generation_search.php
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Interview with Google's Matt Cutts about Next-Generation Search
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brett
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http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_effort_effe.html
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Guy Kawasaki on "The Effort Effect"
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brett
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http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/small_biz_101_cash_flow.php
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Small Biz 101: Cash Flow - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
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danielha
| 1,173,939,826 |
I never really thought of praising effort in this way. The examples provided to use in lieu of praise makes normal human interaction seem so deliberate and robotic. The author seems to imply that simply acknowledging someone's talent makes them less likely to make risks or innovate in fear of failing their image, I wonder if the author would also contend that, at the least, the person would continually strive to maintain the "good" image. In that case, that's certainly better than inconsistent performance.<p>Here's an audio interview with the author: <a href="http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1011.html">http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1011.html</a>
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bhb
| 1,173,940,775 |
Whoops, my fault. Thanks for the heads up. I've fixed it.
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brett
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http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/features/dweck.html
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The Effort Effect
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Harj
| 1,173,941,324 |
putting a poor social scene as a con. amusing. that's a con if you're deciding where to go on vacation. not whether to accept startup funding from yc.
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brett
| 1,173,939,896 |
Hopefully this isn't too linkjacky. Guy's got some interesting comments, but the full article's better. I read the blog entry first.
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brett
| 1,173,939,008 |
No, it's not anything you're missing, just your conclusion from the data given. In my opinion, if we're talking about value here, the negatives listed in that blog entry just don't stack up against the value add YC brings (e.g., as mentioned, connections, exposure, advice...). <p>That's not to say that YC is right for you. There are plenty of potential reasons that YC is not a good fit and obviously plenty of ways to succeed without them. Some of the negative points you bring up have a lot of bearing on your lives as founders and probably should be considered. I'm just skeptical that, were you accepted into the Summer Founders Program tomorrow, it would be a sound business decision to turn YC down. Then again, maybe there is something you know that I don't...
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danielha
| 1,173,941,124 |
It's a good realization of "release early and iterate." Provide something good for your users and then listen carefully to what they have to say. That's way, way better than hiding in development for an overextended period, hypothesizing -- without foundation -- what new features are needed.
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staunch
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http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/changing-direction/
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PlentyOfFish Founder says Social Networks are Stealing Dating Site Users
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akkartik
| 1,173,939,419 |
Integrating revision control with the editor seems interesting. Anybody have details on that?
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bootload
| 1,173,939,820 |
'... The real question is whether it makes more sense for us to keep going with money we have in Denver and find angel funding on our own, or move and take YC funding in a few months. ...'<p>
No the 'real question' is, in the words of pg is ... <p>'... Most of the groups applying have not stopped to ask: of all the things we could do, is this the one with the best chance of making money? ...' [0]<p>The article link is cactus. [1]<p>Reference<p>[0] pg, 'Why Smart People have bad ideas, A Familiar Problem'<p><a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html">http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html</a><p>[accessed thursday, 15 March 2007]<p>[1] The article link has a ').' appended to it so it gives a 404.
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zaidf
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHnd0NsJXkQ
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intelliContact VC Pitch
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zaidf
| 1,173,939,610 |
I gotta agree with you.<p>Though everything in this argument depends on the relativeness of things, in general I do think as ADD'd coders we love to simply code the next thing that comes to our mind. And that has its advantages. But as I've realized, it can be super healthy to explore the other end and instead of simply coding the first idea you get, to do few days of contemplation of making the initial idea better. <p>Get idea - Process idea - Code<p>I think there is too much of "Get idea - Code it" going on in this audience. A little mix can really help.
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bhb
| 1,173,941,244 |
That's a good point. We don't have a strong network of angels, VCs, and other founders here in Denver. That's definitely a huge plus of the YC experience. I do wonder if we could build a network that would be good enough in the next few months, since we have a few good contacts and Denver/Boulder is pretty good for that type of stuff (admittedly, not as good as Cambridge or the Bay Area).<p>Again, not knocking YC, just weighing our options.
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zaidf
| 1,173,939,923 |
For me school is a way to be connected to what is going on in the "real world". I entered school thinking it is EITHER school or entrepreneurship. But in last year my views have changed. I really think there is a middle path where you do JUST enough to stay in school all the while trying out new ventures. (May be the Steve Jobs route?)<p>School is an awesome platform to launch your site off and get quick feedback - ESPECIALLY if your venture fits in with the social networking ecosystem.
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danielha
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http://www.profy.com/2007/03/14/disney-goes-20/
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Disney Goes 2.0 -- Family.com social network aimed at mothers
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danielha
| 1,173,940,847 |
I can't think of a better way to draw specific attention to your voting history than asking this question. ;)
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xx
| 1,173,946,691 |
And why is it good to know about trends and competitors?<p>I for one successfully raised startups, being very very focussed and not caring about competitors at all. Until know, people often ask me how my products compare to the main competitors and all I can say is: I dont know. I never looked at the other products.
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rms
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/us/15gitmo.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5088&en=694424e0978c5e58&ex=1331611200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
| 1 |
Clever way of putting an extra ad on a page: click "Share" on a New York Times article and the article tools are sponsored by someone
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phil
| 1,173,954,585 |
far33d, I think you're right about the y-axis.<p>Here's a relevant page from Cambridge Associates (the source for this data): https://www.cambridgeassociates.com/Indexes/<p>I couldn't find the exact stuff Kedrosky graphed but most of their stats are for net end-to-end return to LPs, which would be value actually returned to investors.
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xx
| 1,173,946,766 |
Yes, thats the main reason, why I read too.
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python_kiss
| 1,173,946,938 |
I hope this helps:<p>
"Financially, a startup is like a pass/fail course. The way to get rich from a startup is to maximize the company's chances of succeeding, not to maximize the amount of stock you retain. So if you can trade stock for something that improves your odds, it's probably a smart move." - How to Start a Startup
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jamiequint
| 1,173,952,565 |
I think the New York Magazine article on this was my first ever news YC post. Its a pretty good summary, check it out at...<p><a href="http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/?imw=Y">http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/?imw=Y</a>
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sharpshoot
| 1,173,949,138 |
Hey Dan, see you there
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davidw
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Perhaps that includes some fees for lawyers and things of that ilk? You can go to a lot of those web sites and get incorporated for much cheaper.<p>Never having done this before, though, I don't know what the difference is between an el cheapo site, an expensive law firm, or much of anything else.
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jamiequint
| 1,173,954,035 |
It's pretty easy to do S corp election in the case that investors come along, so an LLC is not a bad way to start. <p>For my consulting biz I did an LLC because it was cheap and easy and I can handle doing the taxes myself (All you have to do is file a Schedule C in addition to your 1040) If you do any significant amount freelance work at all (Think over $1000/yr) you are probably getting screwed on taxes and should incorporate so you can deduct stuff, or just reduce your taxable income by purchasing biz stuff on your biz account. It saved me money, and will probably save you a lot too. <p>Most of the single member LLC operating agreements you can find online and hack to your liking, then just have a lawyer look over it. Minus the legal fees you will probably pay less than $100 depending on the state to file ($55 in Oregon) <p>If anyone wants more info on this just let me know, I'd love to help.
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jamiequint
| 1,173,953,197 |
I agree, if you seriously worry about a poor social life for 3 months or your gf can't understand the opportunity the situation presents, its either time to get more dedication or a new gf.
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python_kiss
| 1,173,947,174 |
That must be it. I incorporated my dad's company as a sole-proprietor and it was dirt cheap. I am guessing the process gets complicated when more than one founder is involved. Blood thirsty lawyers!
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ced
| 1,173,950,707 |
It makes me a bit uncomfortable, too. YCNews is a month-long web interview. On one hand, it encourages thoughtful discussion, but on the other, it's a bit exhausting. I end up spending a lot of time crafting very short posts.
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python_kiss
| 1,173,943,806 |
This made me laugh, lol: <p>
"Paul explains. 'Haven't you seen the Segway he built?' We walk into the other room. 'See, this is typical Trevor-logic. He wants to lose weight so he starts biking to work, but biking is too easy so he teaches himself to unicycle. Then when he builds his own Segway, he decides that two wheels are redundant, so he builds a self-balancing unicycle." :p<p>
I am wondering why it costs $1000 to incorporate in Delaware? That is quite a lot compared to how much it costs us in Canada.
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Leonidas
| 1,173,958,492 |
I admire your friend's dedication to his gf and you being a great friend in understanding. However, you have to consider this: you're just starting out now..once your startup is in its later phases, you will be MUCH busier. If the gf can't understand now, would she understand later?<p>The gf 'issue' shouldn't be an 'issue' at all
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mattculbreth
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SharePoint--The next big 'OS' from Microsoft?
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veritas
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http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/03/14/another_vc_bite_1.html
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Another VC Bites the Dust
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pashle
| 1,173,958,867 | null | null | null | null |
[
4394,
4434,
4420,
4387,
4496
] |
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/32/builttoflip.html
| 14 |
"Come back with an idea that you can do quickly and that you can take public or get acquired within 12 to 18 months."
| null | 15 |
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story
|
clintonforbes
| 1,173,962,169 | null | null | null | null |
[
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] |
http://clintonforbes.blogspot.com/2007/03/apple-iphone-alternate-dial-interface.html
| 1 |
Apple iPhone's alternate 'dial' interface
| null | 1 |
4,365 | null |
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Alex3917
| 1,173,960,443 |
All of the potential YC startups should get together and unionize to force higher valuations and shorter working hours.<p>/irony
| null | 4,281 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
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davidw
| 1,173,967,586 |
Yes - if you can "cross the chasm" at some later date.
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SwellJoe
| 1,173,959,118 |
If you allow "much-needed $$$s" to determine what you work on, you'll never get your real project done. This is how consulting businesses are born (and products die).
| null | 4,279 | null |
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] | null | null | null | null | null |
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r0b
| 1,173,965,176 | null | null | null | null | null | 1 |
Which verticals are most promising for a web startup today?
| null | 0 |
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davidw
| 1,173,964,515 |
I'm curious about that whole aspect of things. At this point, they <i>must</i> have it down to some sort of a formula. What kinds of variables are there? Stock, board of directors? They've got to have something of a cookie cutter by now...
| null | 4,354 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,361 | null |
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python_kiss
| 1,173,958,361 |
"Know your enemy and know yourself, find naught in fear for 100 battles. Know yourself but not your enemy, find level of loss and victory. Know thy enemy but not yourself, wallow in defeat every time." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War<p>I keep a very close eye on my competitors. I follow their rss feeds, coverage on blogs, and features that make them better than us. I am surprised this is even up for a debate.
| null | 4,351 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,373 | null |
story
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veritas
| 1,173,968,502 | null | null | null | null | null |
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/14/salim-ismail-to-head-yahoo-brickhouse/
| 3 |
Salim Ismail To Head Yahoo Brickhouse
| null | 0 |
4,374 | null |
comment
|
amichail
| 1,173,968,701 |
To get things started, here's one that I like:<p>A Content-Driven Reputation System for the Wikipedia<p><a href="http://www2007.org/program/paper.php?id=692">http://www2007.org/program/paper.php?id=692</a><p><a href="http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~luca/papers/07/wikiwww2007.ps">http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~luca/papers/07/wikiwww2007.ps</a><p><a href="http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~luca/papers/06/ucsc-crl-06-18.pdf">http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~luca/papers/06/ucsc-crl-06-18.pdf</a>
| null | 4,372 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,375 | null |
story
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veritas
| 1,173,968,906 | null | null | null | null | null |
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/mar2007/id20070308_060698.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_euroscan
| 3 |
Zattoo, the New Kid in Online TV
| null | 0 |
4,372 | null |
story
|
amichail
| 1,173,967,838 | null | null | null | null |
[
4374
] |
http://www2007.org/program/alldays.php
| 1 |
WWW 2007 Program (which papers do you like? which ones might make for compelling startups?)
| null | 1 |
4,376 | null |
comment
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extantproject
| 1,173,969,028 |
Seems like you have to have a starting point in order to get direction for your project from users/customers. The initial idea doesn't have to be stellar, just something fairly specific. I hear posing the idea as a question helps.<p>Pasting a big bulletin on the web that says "What do you want me to make?" would likely be useless. (Or would it? There's something to try...) The domain is too big; trying to gathering the web into a room and giving them a blank whiteboard might generate a lot of ideas, but how many of them would you be interested in? In fact, isn't that kind of what the web is to begin with: a big whiteboard with a bunch of ideas written on it? So which ones get your attention?<p>Solve some problem that you're interested in, place it in public view, foster communication with the users/customers, and listen. Building something specific ("hey, here's a web-based classifieds system..."), getting people to use it, and giving them a place to critique it seems to be a good way to get people to tell you what they need built.<p>Building a prototype and then getting people to use it is like writing that initial phrase on a white board, circling it, and asking every one on the web to generate ideas. Interested people will cluster around the idea and talk about it. Some of the talk will be horrible, and some outstanding -- but it will likely be more focused than if you just ask the web "what should I make?"
| null | 4,277 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,377 | null |
story
|
dherman76
| 1,173,969,374 | null | null | null | null |
[
4438
] |
http://www.darrenherman.com/2007/03/15/venture-capital-bubble/
| 2 |
Venture Capital Bubble Looming?
| null | 1 |
4,378 | null |
comment
|
mattculbreth
| 1,173,969,727 |
I've been involved with SharePoint for some time as a consultant. I'm not a huge fan of the product from a usability perspective, but I agree with the author of this blog post that it's Microsoft's direction to tie all of their products into the platform. Anybody writing applications for the Microsoft platform should be aware of this suite of products.
| null | 4,369 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,383 | null |
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e1ven
| 1,173,972,629 |
I completely agree WRT purpose- <p>YC is much more useful to bring up things that you might not have thought of, or to hepl you understand the larger issues, rather then the minutiae of what's going on in 2.0 News. <p>One of the uses I've found is going back through the articles I've upvotted, and used that as a source of links to send to the team, so we're all on the same page about things, such as UI elements and the like.. <p>While I get a lot out of the site individually, beign able to point to a study, or other people who have written about some of the issues is a persuasive tool, and one that helps to ensure that we have a better product all around.
| null | 4,278 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,379 | null |
story
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amichail
| 1,173,971,842 | null | null | null | null | null |
http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/WBS/aan/resources/papers/www-07-tc.pdf
| 2 |
The Two Cultures: Mashing up Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web (pdf)
| null | 0 |
4,385 | null |
story
|
martin
| 1,173,972,999 | null | null | null | null | null |
http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/15/news/companies/cisco_webex/index.htm
| 4 |
Cisco enters web software market with WebEx acquisition
| null | 0 |
4,384 | null |
story
|
Readmore
| 1,173,972,661 | null | null | null | null |
[
4388,
4395
] |
http://ce.seekingalpha.com/article/29486
| 2 |
Dealing with the Information Explosion
| null | 2 |
4,386 | null |
story
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veritas
| 1,173,973,037 | null | null | null | null | null |
http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/19/osx-inventories-tips-hack-collections/
| 1 |
OSX inventories, tips & hack collections | 43 Folders
| null | 0 |
4,381 | null |
comment
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e1ven
| 1,173,972,269 |
Is this really suitable here? <p>Clintonforbes, I think this belongs more on Digg, rather than news.yc- I understand you're really excited about your leak or fake or whatnot, but for YC to remain useful, it really needs to be focused. Please don't post things like this here.<p>Apple is hardly a Early Stage Startup, no matter how much they might want that image for marketing purposes ;)<p>I say this as a happy Mac user, but please- No thank you.
| null | 4,366 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,380 | null |
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e1ven
| 1,173,972,146 |
I think that's probably over-thinking it- <p>It's not about making a good impression to pg and his friends.. They're smart developers, and I'm sure they aren't going to turn down a team because they didn't participate in news.yc.. <p>What YC does give is
A) A user-driven techcrunch-style site, where people can discuss the nuts and bolts<p>B) Focus- The conversation on sites like Digg or even reddit can devolve pretty far, and people end up spamming the site. News.YC has avoided that in part, because their answers ARE "graded"<p>C) A chance to discuss things with other like-minded people. Out team is going to be applying to YC this summer, but even if we're not accepted, News.YC will be a good source of discussion with other people who are thinking along the same line.. Even if we had no relation to YC, I'd read/write here, if only so that I could see people's replies.
| null | 4,356 | null |
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] | null | null | null | null | null |
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e1ven
| 1,173,972,415 |
I think this is a matter of Knowing the Audience, and giving them the details that matter to them..<p>For instance, if you know what's going on with lease information- You've done this before, you're all set, bringing up the lease at all is just going to cause confusion.<p>Your VC will spend time talking about the issue, when you need his advice on issue X, or Y..<p>I think this is an issue where lying isn't really appropriate, but choosing what to raise as topics of discussion is more useful.
| null | 4,326 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,387 | null |
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Readmore
| 1,173,973,699 |
I read the first half of the article thinking that this was written today instead of 7 years ago, it sounds very familiar
| null | 4,363 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,388 | null |
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PindaxDotCom
| 1,173,974,943 |
I've this story floating around for a couple of weeks now about how the world is going to run out of storage space. Am I the only one who finds this supposed crisis to be a little hard to believe? When I run out of room on one of my drives, I figure out what to delete. Usually old and unneccessary data gets the boot. Is it so hard to believe that the world at large won't simply do the same? Albeit on a grander scale. Even better, we may become more efficient in what we decide to store in the first place, imagine that.
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story
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python_kiss
| 1,173,975,278 | null | null | null | null |
[
4391
] |
http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=114
| 4 |
Social network traffic up 11.5 percent; MySpace still dominates
| null | 1 |
4,390 | null |
story
|
pg
| 1,173,975,293 | null | null | null | null |
[
4400,
4437
] |
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/03/dumb_money.html
| 7 |
Fred Wilson warns about "dumb money"
| null | 2 |
4,391 | null |
comment
|
python_kiss
| 1,173,975,420 |
Here is a related post by Phil on Profy: Online Communities Continue Growth<p><a href="http://www.profy.com/2007/03/15/online-community/">http://www.profy.com/2007/03/15/online-community/</a><p>
| null | 4,389 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,396 | null |
story
|
veritas
| 1,173,976,570 | null | true | null | null | null |
http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/current/contacts.html
| 1 |
Ignore... sometimes the bookmarklet isn't handy.
| null | -1 |
4,394 | null |
comment
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pg
| 1,173,975,646 |
This is from 2000, Feb 2000 no less. I don't know of anyone saying this kind of thing today.
| null | 4,363 | null |
[
4494,
4428,
4423
] | null | null | null | null | null |
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bhb
| 1,173,975,447 |
Yeah, the social stuff and the girlfriend are not really top issues, but still things we thought about. In fairness, my co-founder told me flat out that the gf thing was not a huge issue for him, simply because, like you said, it's going to be rough for them either way, and she understands we need to make this work.<p>As for the social aspect, I'll admit it - I'd like to be able to occasionally have some fun outside work. Do I think we're going to be partying every night (either in Cambridge or Denver)? Hell, no. Would I like to have some good friends around? Well, yeah. Is not having a group of friends available a con? Yeah, it is. My life is both work and play. I have no illusions about the ratio of those two while creating a startup, but I'd still like my limited play time to be of high quality.<p>Plus, It's very unlikely it would be for only three months - if it were just that, I'd wouldn't worry about it. But the reality is that if we move to Cambridge, I we wouldn't be leaving unless we had a good reason.<p>In any case, thanks for the feedback...
| null | 4,362 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,395 | null |
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Readmore
| 1,173,975,882 |
I don't think that we're going to end up destroying ourselves with our excess data but I think it makes a good case for centralized data storage. If you could hold all of your personal data in one place you wouldn't have to copy it to each computer, or email it to yourself every day or so. Just finding ways to not have to copy everything all the time would solve any problem there may be.
| null | 4,384 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,397 | null |
story
|
pg
| 1,173,976,719 | null | null | null | null |
[
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] |
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/taking-steps-to-further-improve-our.html
| 4 |
Google introduces more privacy (will anonymize server logs)
| null | 1 |
4,393 | null |
story
|
python_kiss
| 1,173,975,633 | null | null | null | null |
[
4413
] |
http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/03/14/how-to-improve-your-pitch-process-with-entrepreneurs/
| 8 |
How to improve your pitch process with entrepreneurs
| null | 1 |
4,398 | null |
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ph
| 1,173,976,851 |
There is an update now on the article. Could be a very wise move.<p>"Update: Spokeswoman Kay Luo and co-founder Konstantin Guericke have since responded. Both said the change had nothing to do with the financing. Hoffman hired a recruiter almost four months ago, and interviewed 72 candidates. Hoffman wants to build LinkedIn into a multi-billion dollar company, they said, and realized LinkedIn needed to scale, which means giving more attention to management issues, something that isnt his strength. His passion is in the product, said Guericke, rather than in sorting out management stuff. Nye is a protege of Intuit Chairman Bill Campbell, someone Hoffman respects, Luo said.
| null | 4,198 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
4,403 | null |
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jadams
| 1,173,978,884 |
If you're in Canada, and you set up a sole proprietorship for your dad, then you didn't incorporate it. Corporations and sole proprietorships are mutually exclusive categories of companies. Setting up a sole proprietorship is as easy as going to a business kiosk and filling out some forms.
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] | null | null | null | null | null |
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far33d
| 1,173,977,305 |
This reminds me of all the dumb money that's been pushing the housing market, pushed by dumb lenders (sub-prime, option ARMs, no-doc loans), etc. I mean dumb not because homebuyers are stupid, but because the average loan originator makes their money selling the loan -- not making sure the loan is a good investment.
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