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herdrick
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http://blog.tomevslin.com/2005/05/morph_of_a_nerd_2.html
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Hardnosed negotiation HOWTO for hackers.
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joshwa
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has anyone found any of the various web2.0/entrepreneur meetups to be useful for this?<p>I'll be at the next web2.0 meetup in NYC -- <a href="http://newtech.meetup.com/21/">http://newtech.meetup.com/21/</a>
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goodgoblin
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Long hours without alot of positive feedback from the business you are building can be very lonely. <p>Its kind of like the first 6 months you are taking care of a baby, they really don't do much but need to be attended to constantly, and usually you can take solace in the sheer love of what you are making, but sometimes at 4 am when the little thing is crying and all you want to do is get some sleep and then you have to get up and go into work the next day anyway, having someone to share the experience with is great.<p>
I like the idea of meetups, but I'm in the Hartford area, not sure there are a ton of startups around. What would be kind of cool though would be some kind of "Who's working on their startup now" list, maybe even here on YC's site, where people could sign-in when you start working and we could have some kind of quiet community, even if its just the ethereal prescence of our names.<p>
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danielha
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It wouldn't be fair to delete a submission with an active discussion. Perhaps a parent submission with no children, or removable within a certain time frame.
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http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/startups-entrepreneurship/4-reasons-why-secrecy-in-a-startup-is-way-overrated/
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4 reasons why startup secrecy is overrated
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zaidf
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Trust me I've gone through it. I've posted before my success ratio in partner versus no partner ventures. In my case I couldn't get over it and after few too many projects going no where, I decided to take the partner route. <p>I doubt I'll be starting anything in future without a partner or two.
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brett
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Definitely. I think there's more to it, but you've captured the fact the most the major downsides are emotional/psychological. There's no one to temper doubts. Worse, you're not letting anyone else down if you slack off; having others depend on your efforts is a powerful motivator.<p>"so freaking lonely" does sum it up pretty well though.
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far33d
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http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/03/googles_case_ag.html
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The Long Tail: Google's case against marketing
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danw
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I've found events such as opencoffee and barcamps to be encouraging. Only trouble is the barcamps only happen every few weeks
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domp
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I disagree with his outlook on the music biz. I think that recorded music does have a value. Although there is a small cost to produce it these days every musician dreams of making money off of it. No musician enjoys giving their music up for free. They assume that it'll pay off in the long run(whether that be buying tracks on itunes, getting a cd or a tshirt at their show). Just because the current model for selling music isn't working and piracy is a popular alternative doesn't make music worth nothing.<p>Also, any band already relies on live concerts for their means of money. This is nothing new. What is happening is that major labels are getting a bigger piece of the pie when it comes to merchandise(which used to go straight to the band). I just think a new means of selling music must be created that benefits all parties.<p>
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far33d
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Seems reasonable. You should only be able to delete things that have no activity around them. Probably same for discussion posts w/ replies, and maybe even vote up/downs?
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http://blogs.business2.com/business2blog/2007/03/2006_web_20_fun.html
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2006 Web 2.0 Fundings Doubled to $844 million
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How to market your startup
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danielha
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http://www.profy.com/2007/03/22/passpack/
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PassPack: Holding Your Keys for the 2.0 Kingdom
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far33d
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Digital content "wants" to be free. That's the problem for industries that have historically generated revenue by artificially restricting access to content: when content distribution (and even production) are without cost or restriction, revenue must come from other sources. This is glaringly obvious for music, and we're headed that way for film. <p>The film industry will do it's best to stay ahead of the bandwidth: 3D projection, better surround sound, etc, but will also need to adapt to make formerly secondary revenue streams (product placement, franchise merchandise, etc) more primary. That and they're going to have to find ways to get their costs down, significantly, to compete with a fast approaching internet and independent film community.
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myoung8
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if anyone on here is looking for a b-side partner, let me know.
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http://www.buildv1.com/
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Tool to find a partner
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juwo
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you struck a chord here, buddy!
you are absolutely right.
That's why I like news.YC so much - clean wholesome fun. A watering hole for entrepreneur animals.
If you are looking for a cofounder, email me.
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myoung8
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myoung8 at stanford dot edu
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Validation of YC approach? ~ another vc funding webapps only
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http://www.startupepicenter.com/
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Startup Epicenter. March 27-29th, Mountain View
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domp
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I don't know much about the film industry so I won't try and touch on that issue. But with music, the content distribution is obviously free on the internet. Production is definitely not. If you're talking about a junk recording than yeah. But any band nowadays who is taking their careers seriously look for a producer, an engineer, and a good studio. These all cost money. And other sources of revenue have been created. Look at ringtones. I just believe that another type of approach to selling music has to be created.
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Interview with Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google: "You don't learn very much when you yourself are talking"
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bootload
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Noticed this mob hawking interest on flickr (startup tag) this morning for Geezeo. Followed the site & found this site. <p>Interesting points:<p> - backers are business types <p> - no tech founders at the head of the table. <p> - not transparent (no information on terms, process)<p>The reason YC is an interesting vc prospect is the whole process is <i>transparent</i>. You know the details upfront. Not so with other companies, why?
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http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html
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Want a succesful startup? Just stay away from these...
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Thinking of working for a startup? Understand this first...
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python_kiss
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By Guy Kavasaki: The guys at iInnovate posted a lovely interview with Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. Among the topics they covered were:<p>Anti-trust
<i><p> Innovation
</i><p> Competitive advantages
<i><p> Motivation of entrepreneurs
</i><p> Maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit
<i><p> Traditional and non-traditional organization design
</i><p> What Microsoft and Yahoo does that impresses him
<i><p> Invention of disruptive technologies
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floozyspeak
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i totally agree with this, here in the midwest i can barely find a handful of folks that even know what i'm talking about when it comes to 2.0 type ideas...<p>it is heavy, and you feel lonely, and yet you also feel like you got nothing to lose other than a house, a life, family and everything else... which is why we all need to be more wealthy, and more sane via yoga and good workouts...<p>
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jamiequint
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9 (3x3) - 16 (4x4) - 25 (5x5)<p>25x25 would be INSANE
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http://puzpix.com/
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Like puzzles? Puzpix.com - give us your feedback!!
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danielha
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Cool stuff, guys. I aced that PG puzzle in 10 seconds flat.<p>Is this using the script.aculo.us effects library?
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sharpshoot
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also try the more difficult ones...not only the 9 , but the 16 and the 24 (correction :)
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sharpshoot
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We like puzzles and pretty pictures - so we made this little baby in the last week :). We'd love to hear your feedback, what you think and see what your top scores are...<p>enjoy!!<p>Puzpix.com - by Sumon Sadhu (sharpshoot), Jamie Quint (jamiequint) and Tim Davey (Timmmah)
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sharpshoot
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how many moves?
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jamiequint
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puzpix.com - have you got the moves?<p>My Record - 8 seconds!<p>Also, IE Warning - Using this site with IE may hurt your eyes - New layout in the works...
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7 rules to maximize your creative output
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far33d
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sure... but realize that those costs of production are sinking fast and heading asymptotically towards zero. The downward slope for film is slower (more people involved, 100 instead of 10), but headed the same direction. <p>There's no reason, with hundreds of aspiring producers and engineers, that a good band with limited resources couldn't cut a great album for $1k instead of $100k. Given, of course, that the band could find a producer willing to work for the same reasons they want to play.<p>
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domp
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http://www.instigatorblog.com/top-10-reasons-why-proposals-fail/2007/02/07/
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far33d
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I think paul bucheit's post <a href="http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/03/equity-math-for-startups.html">http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/03/equity-math-for-startups.html</a>
is a much more clear explaination of the same concepts.
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jamiequint
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yep - sortable floats
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python_kiss
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news.yc already takes care of that. I was able to get by it because I posted a direct link, while Dan's link went through Guy Kavasaki's blog.
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pg
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What makes you think they're investors? I don't see any mention of funding on their site. All they say is that they're "all about entrepreneurship," whatever that means.
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domp
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I completely realize that. 1000 bucks for an album is not reasonable though. At this point it's around 10 grand for a solid album with an okay producer. That's still a big investment for a small band. <p>Production costs will never reach zero. It makes no sense. You're always going to have good producers out there, better engineers, a genius mastering person and great studios that people will pay for. Anyone right now could make their own movie with a home camcorder but I'm sure they'd rather go with some professionals.
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pg
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You can't quite treat the company as being worth the post-money valuation after a VC round. Angels would pay way more than 1% of the pmv to buy 1% of a company Sequoia had just backed. What they'd pay is the market price.
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bootload
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<i>'... On the positive side though ...'</i><p>I'm not being negative, just accepting the reality of the situation.
You can't change human nature. <p>The system will always be playing catch-up using algorythms against people who want to <i>hack</i> with the system. I'm not saying this is a problem now but it might pay to think what happens the first time 'news.yc' gets slashdotted & overrun with the /. goths, vandels & huns.<p>It pays to think how can the software be written to enforce the culture? 'Artifacts of initial design' will have effects on future user interaction? [0]<p>
<i>'... I do believe it will only take a few tweaks to the site (for instance adding active discussions to the weighting that determines the front page order) and maybe 30-40 regular contributers to get the critical mass for discussions going. ...'</i><p>They have already started :)<p> <i>'... I've noticed regular contributors such as Alex3917, python_kiss, rms and danielha (and of course pg) are constantly making valuable comments, just a few more guys like them and I think we'll be set. ...'</i><p>No. It was an interesting listen to Joshua Schacter at Startup school [1] talking about the energy required to counter the noise. But this a positive story The best thing aside from the comments to come out of YCNews may be the tools, algorythms developed, created to <i>manage</i> the sig to noise problems that will occur.<p>
<i></i>Reference<i></i><p>[0] Joshua Schacter, <i>'Startup School talk'</i><p><a href="http://notelab.infogami.com/startupschool2006">http://notelab.infogami.com/startupschool2006</a><p>[Accessed Thursday, 22 March 2007]<p>
[1] Joshua Schacter, <i>'YC VC presentation, APR 2006'</i><p><a href="http://wiki.ycombinator.com/presentations/apr06/Joshua_Schacter.mp3">http://wiki.ycombinator.com/presentations/apr06/Joshua_Schacter.mp3</a><p>[Accessed Thursday, 22 March 2007]
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bootload
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I'd class this as a problem. Delicious solves this by having the link on submission checking for uniqueness. If the link has been submitted previously you can't re-submit. The submission process should also be checking for link aliases (/index.html, index.htm, index.php). <p>Should be added to the todo list.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070321/tc_nm/microchips_memory_dc
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Moore's Law hits physics in memory chips - Yahoo! News
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python_kiss
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Sorry, I just realized this is a dupe. Dan posted the same link a few hours ago:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=5471">http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=5471</a>
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far33d
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my point is that the quality level of the two ends (what you get from the world's best producer and what you get from a mediocre or inexperienced one) are quickly approaching each other, at least in technical quality. <p>The point is that what you could do at home for free (or with some help from smart people for cheap) now is orders of magnitude better than 3 years ago, and is still improving. <p>Some people will always be willing to pay. But everyone else won't HAVE to.
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http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/070310_bacteria_storage.html
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New Technique Stores Data in Bacteria DNA
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ericwan
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How much damage does a 17, a "derivative idea" make? There are some me-too Web 2.0 websites which do not really have new ideas but execute pretty well, and attract quite a number of users. An example is flixster.com. I wonder what's the composition of execution and idea that lead to success.
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far33d
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ps. domp, are you going to be at startup school this w/e?
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bootload
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Damn, missed that. How do you check, rectify for that? aside from honesty? It's a matter of the more authoritative source, so how do you check one link is more authoritative than another algorithmically?
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zach
| 1,174,524,312 |
I'm going to say yes as well.
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goodgoblin
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Here's Sting's take on the issue:
<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=cffpdZIFjxc">http://youtube.com/watch?v=cffpdZIFjxc</a>
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pg
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It wasn't a stunt; that was all too real.
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pg
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They spurned microcomputers at first too. Big cos will always be the last to adopt new technology.<p>This doesn't mean things are hopeless for startups, though. It just means they won't get the big cos as customers till they themselves grow larger. Or to put it more optimistically, that they will grow larger by gradually consuming the market share of the "incumbents."
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rms
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Seems like they took the video down, or the archive is broken.<p>For when it comes back up, it happened just after 1:40AM PST on March 21st.
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brett
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isn't 5x5=25?
there are definitely 25 tiles on the hard puzzle.
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bootload
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'... What makes you think they're investors? I don't see any mention of funding on their site. All they say is that they're "all about entrepreneurship," whatever that means. ...'<p>On the about page ... <p> <i>'... With over 20 years experience building financial software and technology companies they are dedicated to helping entrepreneurs bring enterprise level success to their ideas. ... if you'd like to have a simple chat with us to tell us about your project or learn more about us, we'd love to hear from you ... '</i> ~ <a href="http://www.startusup.com/about.php">http://www.startusup.com/about.php</a><p>
On the project page ...<p> <i>'... Start Us Up recently joined up with the founders of Yamji, Theron Parlin and James Carppe to build business development opportunities and strategic alliences so Theron and James can focus on what they do best ...'</i> ~ <a href="http://www.startusup.com/projects.php">http://www.startusup.com/projects.php</a><p>
I don't know what they stand for. There is a complete lack of transparency. My guess is they are an offshoot from a parent financial company spinning their products to the user market. I've seen this type of setup before. <p>Hawking for 'startups' developing web based apps. Pitching without doing the <i>hard-yards</i>. And not being explicit, in what they offer or stand for.
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python_kiss
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About 14 months ago, I had little knowledge of how to execute a startup. In particular, I wasn't familiar with any online marketing tactics. The following books helped me a lot in that respective, and more:<p>
1. Positioning, 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing/Branding, Focus, Marketing Warfare<p>2. Purple Cow, All Marketers are Liars, Permission Marketing (I didn't like "The Big Moo", "Free prize inside" or "Small is the new Big").<p>3. Founters At Work<p>4. Wikinomics, Wisdom of Crowds, The Tipping Point (Blink! was alright). I am looking forward to reading "The Long Tail" and "The starfish and the spider"...has anyone read them yet?<p>6. Why We Buy<p>7. Hackers and Painters<p>8. The E-Myth revisited<p>9. The Art of the Start<p>10. On War, The Art of War by Machiavelli and Sun Tzu (not exactly for startups, but definitely useful)<p>11. Crossing the Chasm
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jamiequint
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heh, yeah, oops
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goodgoblin
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abstractbill
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http://www.michaelmcderment.com/category/running-a-startup/
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Patience and persistence can pay off
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danw
| 1,174,528,589 |
Nice puzzle guys, now all those twitters make sense :)<p>Is Tim the one I met at opencoffee?
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danw
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http://www.vecosys.com/2007/03/22/mobloguk-licenses-platform-to-channel-4-in-ground-breaking-tv-project/
| 1 |
MoblogUK licenses platform to Channel 4 in ground-breaking TV project
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python_kiss
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Startup founders, what books did you find most helpful?
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raganwald
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If you're saying that AFTER Sequoia has backed a company, on some later, subsequent round people will pay more, I agree that is supposed to happen.<p>But that doesn't mean the company was worth more at the moment Sequoia invested. I think the key difference between your means of valuation and mine is that I don't believe that the "market" is meaningful until the founders' equity is liquid.<p>The "market" is only a useful guide where there is a meaningful correlation between the "market' and the eventual, risk-adjusted value of the company when it becomes liquid.<p>In that respect, I believe that the VC PMV is a better indicator of the risk-adjusted Present Value of the company.<p>VCs spend an awful lot of time and effort researching price, and they don't seem to be paying a huge discount to the risk-adjusted PV of companies they back.<p>The plural of anecdote is not "data," however what I understand is that Angels as a whole are an unreliable indicator.<p>YMMV, but if someone is telling you "We paid a dollar, but it's really worth two," I would keep my wallet locked in a safe.
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domp
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Yeah I agree. The amount of money is no doubt going down. I mean my brother's studio can make a recording that sounds close to the 50 grand ones by just putting triggers on the drums and doing all these other tricks. Would a big musician pay to record with a 20 yr old? No chance in hell. <p>I wish I was going to the startup school. It'd be nice though if I was cause I'm sure this conversation would have been much better. I didn't realize it was a free event until it was too late.
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drop19
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Building small apps like this is a great learning experience -- I'd love to read more about what you learned by doing it, and what kind of traffic you are seeing
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lupin_sansei
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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-sci-launch21mar21,1,839660.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=1&cset=true
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First privately funded spacecraft to achieve orbital height
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far33d
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I constantly miss that one aspect of college: thousands of intelligent, motivated, somewhat naive, experimental people thinking about the same problems for no reason other than "because it's interesting".
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danw
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cios_spurn_web2_startups.php
| 6 |
CIOs Spurn Web 2.0 Startups - Enterprises Want Suites and Large, Incumbent Software Vendors
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danw
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dekoh_challenges_apollo.php
| 3 |
Dekoh Challenges Apollo As Desktop/Web Platform
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pixcavator
| 1,174,527,307 |
"Lonely"?! That's the biggest problem? What about the hundreds of other posts? Come on...
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danw
| 1,174,529,989 |
Very good list. I've been compiling a list for a while now using google notebook. Its a big mess and many of the books I have yet to read but it links to a few good lists such as the ones on joelonsoftware and onstartups.<p><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/14636089903511277449/BDQiPSgoQ98yW0vQh">http://www.google.com/notebook/public/14636089903511277449/BDQiPSgoQ98yW0vQh</a><p>Also python: long tail is a good read, drags out a bit though. Possibly more my attention span at fault there.
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python_kiss
| 1,174,530,642 |
Hey Jamie and Sumon, that's awesome. The interface is great since it took me about 2 seconds to figure it out. Though, you guys might need to increase the complexity of the game in order to make it more addictive. Nobody likes to solve puzzles they know they can solve :)
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danw
| 1,174,530,535 |
It took a long time for most bigcos to adopt mobile phones too.<p>From what I've heard trying to sign a bigco up for anything is a lot of work, usualy far more than a small startup can afford to spend on a single customer. The company will spend so long evaluating your software that you'll have run out of cash before hearing a yes/no from them. Better to chase individuals/small biz at the start because they're easier to sell to. Of course there will always be exceptions (loopt and boost springs to mind despite not being an enterprise app).
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python_kiss
| 1,174,530,209 |
If I were to tag this link, it would've been "Guy, Kavasaki, Eric, Schmidt, Google, CEO, Interview". There is a good chance Dan would have done the same. So tagging helps a lot.<p>Moreover, tagging leaves open the option to build recommender systems through collaborative filtering. I believe one of the reasons Reddit's recommendation tab was broken for so long (and still is) was because it was difficult to relate content without the use of tags.
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jamiequint
| 1,174,531,048 |
did you try one of the hard puzzles (5x5), if you search for your own images you can find some that are pretty hard! thanks for the suggestion
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bootload
| 1,174,530,683 |
good sociologist type q's raised here. <p>could this 'loneliness' be an indicator of 'personality' as well as being a single founder? For instance are you (anyone) <i>energised</i> in the presence of crowds? (for me, no). Variations in founder personality types come into play here.<p>could also be an indicator of how many 'related/non-related' social groups you inhabit. Do you meet others in other social contexts? I mix in 3-4 non startup groups, thats more than enough.<p>There are definite advantages of working in groups of like minded. The sharing of knowledge, contacts, protection ~ I'm primarily thinking of how other ape-like creatures work/live, passing on knowledge & skills. Doesn't the web allow this kind of behaviour virtually?<p>
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amichail
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http://www.feedblog.org/2006/10/mistakes_startu.html
| 1 |
Is it often the case that one founder tends to dominate the decision making process (e.g., Steve Jobs vs Steve Wozniak)?
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bctaner
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http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/18276/
| 1 |
Using an EEG cap, a startup hopes to change how people interact with video games
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danw
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Ahh, if only google notebook would actually structure the data in a pretty way just like your numbered citations
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danw
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http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2007/03/21/claimid-adds-social-networking/
| 1 |
ClaimID adds social networking
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bootload
| 1,174,531,727 |
great list. I'll take some time to go through this. To this I'd add the <p><i> - JOS software reading list [0]<p></i> - JOS management reading list [1]<p>
There are gaps in these lists but pretty much cover the <i>best</i> for both <i>programmers</i> & <i>business - types</i>. But the lists needs updating as I note pg's <i>'Painters & Hackers'</i> is not listed nor is Cal Hendersons <i>'Building Scalable Websites'</i> [3].<p>
Reference<p>[0] Joel On Software 'Book Review, reading list'<p><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fog0000000262.html">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fog0000000262.html</a><p>[1] Joel On Software, 'Management reading list'<p><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum.html">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum.html</a><p>[3] Cal Henderson, 'Building Scalable Web Sites, 978-0596102357':<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Building-Scalable-Web-Sites-Applications/dp/0596102356">http://www.amazon.com/Building-Scalable-Web-Sites-Applications/dp/0596102356</a>
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danw
| 1,174,531,762 |
Is this a dupe? Or just a rehash of something I've heard far too many times?
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goodgoblin
| 1,174,531,524 |
There are many communication cues the web doesn't distribute. I can't see if you are frowning or smiling as you read this, I can't hear if your voice is desperate or confident. I would bet that much of that information contributes to ape-like creatures sense of well being and progress.
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danw
| 1,174,531,902 |
Hackers and Painters is on my list three times :)<p>I'm going to have to check out Cal Hendersons book sometime but first I have to make a good site then I can worry about scaling it.
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bootload
| 1,174,532,918 |
yeah shows how much I read. Hence why i like <i>short lists</i>. Take the time to also listen to CH on Carson Workshops [0] & this one [1]. Also check out the O'Reilly chapter from the book [2].<p>[0] Carson Workshops, 'The Future of Web Apps, carsonworkshops.com/summit, Cal Henderson'<p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/carsonsystems/Cal_Henderson.mp3">http://media.libsyn.com/media/carsonsystems/Cal_Henderson.mp3</a> <p>[1] Carson Workshops, 'Building Enterprise Web Apps on a Budget How We Built Flickr, ~ 10Mb, 10 min.'<p><a href="http://odeo.com/audio/1207043/view">http://odeo.com/audio/1207043/view</a><p>
[2] O'Reilly, 'O'Reilly, Building Scalable Web Sites, Cal Henderson. Chapter 5: Data Integrity and Security, ~ 5Mb'.<p><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/web2apps/chapter/index.html">http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/web2apps/chapter/index.html</a>
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Elfan
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Development? Yes.
But I'm not sure anything has replaced PARC/Bell Labs style research.<p>See also: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=2585">http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=2585</a>
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pg
| 1,174,531,460 |
Tufte's <i>Visual Display of Quantitative Information</i> and Carnegie's <i>How to Win Friends and Influence People</i>.
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jadams
| 1,174,531,569 |
Yeah, and stay away from this site, and reddit, and for the love of god, stay away from justin.tv.
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danw
| 1,174,532,046 |
Win friends is great. I managed to find an old yellowing copy at the local library shelved under economics :) For those too AD to read it you can just check out these lists of rules to follow on wikipedia:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People</a>
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domp
| 1,174,533,584 |
I really liked "The Tipping Point". Anything by Malcolm Gladwell I would have to recommend.
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ladyada
| 1,174,533,879 |
If you want a company, not just a startup: anything from Nolo press
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amichail
| 1,174,534,074 |
Also, see:<p><a href="http://www.windeaters.co.nz/publications/innovation_entrepreneurship/Adhd2_web.pdf">http://www.windeaters.co.nz/publications/innovation_entrepreneurship/Adhd2_web.pdf</a>
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amichail
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http://add.about.com/cs/workplaceissues/a/entrepreneur%20.htm
| 6 |
"...it has also been my observation that a majority of all entrepreneurs have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or AD/HD."
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abstractbill
| 1,174,532,679 |
So far I've made mistakes 3 (marginal niche), 8 (slowness in launching), 10 (having no specific user in mind) and 17 (fights between founders). They were painful but instructive.
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amichail
| 1,174,535,113 |
And this:<p><a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2005/september/79342.html">http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2005/september/79342.html</a>
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