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7,100 | comment | vlad | 2007-03-28T23:01:04 | null | I think the main part of the "Jobs-Wozniak" relationship that people forget to mention is that Jobs approached Wozniak and thought that's what they should market.<p>In other words, you're not a Wozniak just because you're heavily into technology. Wozniak created a bunch of stuff because he wanted something very useful for himself and he was going to create it on a tight budget. That is actually what great leaders do (at least according to some leadership books and my own experience)--they don't create something and then force it onto other people. Nor do they tell people what to do. They simply start doing it themselves and then other people notice and want to take part. (In other words, if you want people to do what you're saying, start doing it yourself and people will copy it or want to be around you when you prove it works. Don't just start telling people what to do.)<p>So, Wozniak is more than a technical guy. He was exhibiting silent leadership about hardware. And Jobs was exhibiting leadership in how software should be later on.<p>If you think you want a Jobs, are you a Wozniak to even have such a comparison? In other words, are you creating a software or hardware product for yourself that makes things so much easier and better that other people notice it and approach you and tell you, we can sell this? Remember, Wozniak didn't ask anybody. That's the relationship that happened. Not, "Oh, you created a bunch of code, let's try to somehow convert it into a business." The idea made sense in the first place.<p>So, if you're 100% technical, the best thing to do is to show what you do to everybody. Don't force it on to them, and don't worry about anybody copying you since if you're clearly enjoying what you're doing and they think it's a worthwhile thing to do, everybody will want to join you. Remember, if you're a Wozniak, it means you can basically display your ideas everywhere, even to roomfuls of technical people like Woz did, and know that everything will be OK. | null | null | 7,094 | 7,094 | null | null | null | null |
7,101 | story | msgbeepa | 2007-03-28T23:01:07 | The First Free Open Innovation Portal | null | http://www.wikio.com/webinfo?id=15712082 | 1 | null | 7,101 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,102 | comment | zach | 2007-03-28T23:02:31 | null | The Jobs is the one filling out the application for the Woz. | null | null | 7,094 | 7,094 | null | null | null | null |
7,103 | comment | palish | 2007-03-28T23:03:45 | null | Well, what I meant was that it's a dangerous frame of mind to look for innovation only by crossing existing things. Originality helps :) | null | null | 7,084 | 7,034 | null | [
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7,104 | comment | BrandonM | 2007-03-28T23:04:59 | null | Ahh, then the irony is actually that I am the not-smart one :). Sorry, newcomer here. | null | null | 7,075 | 7,037 | null | null | null | null |
7,105 | comment | Mistone | 2007-03-28T23:05:08 | null | no technical know how when building a web company is going to be a problem. <p>But I'm building a web startup, and I'm not an engineer/developer. I do know a lot about the web and product development so my eyes don't roll back when the conversation turns to apache logs, SSL stamps, and server side scripts. <p>I would suggest documenting your concept in a simple word doc, starting with the primary result, then spell it out step by step. <p>After you have the core concept in place, talk to web developers about the project, if the idea is hot, and they have the right skills you could be on your way to success.
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7,106 | comment | vlad | 2007-03-28T23:20:14 | null | Once in a while customers actually tell me that they've referred someone, so it must be happening. It's nice to have customers say they would tell their friends in a survey response, whether or not they actually do. :)<p>Also, the best part, by the way, is you can then contact those who said "needs improvement" and ask them what happened. The article talks along the lines of you "can" do this. I say, you HAVE to do it. | null | null | 7,091 | 7,057 | null | null | null | null |
7,107 | comment | acgourley | 2007-03-28T23:22:39 | null | Perhaps I'm wrong about this - but I don't think you could pick out a future entrepreneur from a group of children. It's not about how bright you are - although that helps. It's more about their work ethic, drive, what they want from life, etc. It certainly has nothing to do with testable skills such as mathematics, writing, or even programming ability (programming affinity is a different matter...) | null | null | 7,054 | 6,929 | null | [
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7,108 | comment | pg | 2007-03-28T23:24:51 | null | Google? | null | null | 7,070 | 7,070 | null | null | null | null |
7,109 | comment | davy | 2007-03-28T23:28:08 | null | Actually, you are wrong. Why pay off debt that is only costing you 6-odd percent a year (or less if you managed to refinance a few years ago) when you could invest that money and average 8-10 percent a year (or better). If you have enough money to pay off your mortgage, shove it all into the stock market. You'll come out ahead over the 30 years you're paying your mortgage. | null | null | 5,913 | 5,700 | null | null | null | null |
7,110 | comment | far33d | 2007-03-28T23:29:35 | null | That's funny. I work at a place that's supposedly full of hard technical (and creative) problems. But they're always someone else's problems. <p>And for every hard problem at a "real" job, there's 10 annoying ones. I bet the startup ratio is probably similar, but they're YOUR problems (hard and annoying), not someone elses. | null | null | 6,928 | 6,668 | null | null | null | null |
7,111 | comment | pg | 2007-03-28T23:33:00 | null | We encourage startups to explain themselves this way to investors and reporters, but not necessarily to think of the project in these terms themselves. Though the Zenters were pretty clever about their X of Y: they chose Gmail precisely because it was not merely web-based mail, but redefined what a mail program could be. | null | null | 7,069 | 7,034 | null | [
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7,112 | comment | abossy | 2007-03-28T23:33:24 | null | I agree. <p>I remember reading a chapter of Hackers & Painters in which PG states that he was able to implement new features so quickly, that it seemed to his competitors as though he possessed some kind of secret weapon. Instead, he was simply using Lisp, a powerful and highly abstract language. <p>What he doesn't explicitly mention is that he is an expert at Lisp, having published two books on the language -- not to mention having a PhD from Harvard in Computer Science, where he probably became an expert using the language (although, admittedly, I have never been able to track down PGs graduate research work...). <p>This is what gave ViaWeb their competitive edge in the section of the e-commerce market and led to their success. As a startup, you're unlikely to succeed. You'll want all the advantages you can possibly attain. | null | null | 7,050 | 6,918 | null | null | null | null |
7,113 | comment | zach | 2007-03-28T23:42:09 | null | Originality is not, in itself, valuable in many markets. It's often a liability.<p>So maybe it's more true that originality hurts. That is, you don't want to be as original as possible, you want to be only as original as you can afford to be.<p>Joe Kraus's stellar lecture at Startup School last year explained this pretty well. | null | null | 7,103 | 7,034 | null | null | null | null |
7,114 | comment | omarish | 2007-03-28T23:43:20 | null | Gmail did a pretty good job redoing a certain technology, web based email, in this case. Powerpoint is a technology that needs reworking. | null | null | 7,048 | 7,034 | null | [
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7,115 | comment | python_kiss | 2007-03-28T23:43:44 | null | Of course, my parents aren't paying. In fact, the only reason I wish to be <i>mildly</i> rich is so that I may buy my dad a long vacation away from his job. | null | null | 7,039 | 6,918 | null | null | null | null |
7,116 | comment | python_kiss | 2007-03-28T23:50:36 | null | lol, thanks zaid...I take it that wasn't a compliment? I learned quite a lot of lab work simply from building a solar car ( <a href="http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~hec/pictures.html">http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~hec/pictures.html</a> ) as a side project. So , in University, I was able to maintain an okayish GPA because I managed to do good in labs. | null | null | 7,059 | 6,918 | null | null | null | null |
7,117 | story | britman | 2007-03-28T23:52:22 | What are the implications for UK born entrepreneurs looking to start in the US. Is a visa needed? | null | 3 | null | 7,117 | 4 | [
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7,118 | comment | nateritter | 2007-03-28T23:53:55 | null | I think this is a great essay, but it's missing one very important factor which keeps me from starting a startup (successfully so far) - networking. I don't know the right people, and knowing people is so much of the battle (as I've found recently).... I guess that's not much of a problem if you are Paul Graham, or know Paul Graham. But, it's a problem for average joes like me. Spend all your time hacking on a problem and no time meeting the right people and you'll still have problems with your startup, like getting funded, getting known by the public, etc. That takes people. | null | null | 6,668 | 6,668 | null | [
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7,119 | comment | scrollinondubs | 2007-03-28T23:54:23 | null | I just finished reading this essay and there were so many sentances that resonated for me that I may have to frame the whole friggin thing. We had originally applied a year ago for the Y Combinator summer program of 06. We didn't make it but we did the startup on our own instead and it continues to be the most rewarding experience of my life: JumpBox.com Paul, you are an absolute beacon in this industry. I look forward to reading all these comments on this post next...
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7,120 | comment | rsynnott | 2007-03-29T00:06:49 | null | Hmm. I'm not at all sure that 'entrepreneurship' is a real word. | null | null | 6,563 | 6,505 | null | null | null | null |
7,121 | comment | ecuzzillo | 2007-03-29T00:08:17 | null | Better yet, let's start a poll polling people about how much they hate polls [pic] [video] [NSFW]. | null | null | 7,045 | 7,037 | null | null | null | null |
7,122 | story | farmer | 2007-03-29T00:09:55 | A startup story from 1984 | null | http://codist.biit.com/fiche/thecodist/home | 2 | null | 7,122 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,123 | comment | Readmore | 2007-03-29T00:12:19 | null | You're not picking out future entrepreneurs per se you're just getting the best kids. The odds are some of those kids are going to want to start their own company and when they do you are in a perfect position to help them and recoup some costs if it takes off. When you do find an entrepreneur it's just the prize in the cereal box, you're still teaching the children and getting paid to do it. | null | null | 7,107 | 6,929 | null | null | null | null |
7,124 | story | amichail | 2007-03-29T00:17:09 | TIME Best Inventions 2006 | null | http://www.time.com/time/2006/techguide/bestinventions/ | 1 | null | 7,124 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,125 | comment | rsynnott | 2007-03-29T00:17:50 | null | Yes, I'd have more or less the same view; I don't know enough people, and I doubt I have the social skills to court VCs or similar. I've worked for a couple of startups/ex-startups, and in each case there was at least one person there from the beginning who was very good at things like that. | null | null | 7,118 | 6,668 | null | [
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7,126 | story | jamiequint | 2007-03-29T00:25:05 | Just Announced - Yahoo Mail API | null | http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2007/03/mail.html | 7 | null | 7,126 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,127 | story | twostepsback | 2007-03-29T00:36:59 | Traffic Data for Web 2.0's 25 Sexiest Sites | null | http://www.ebusinessmba.com/articles/top-25-web2-websites.html | 3 | null | 7,127 | 0 | [
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7,128 | comment | far33d | 2007-03-29T00:37:30 | null | remember pb's (to distinguish him from pg) definition of a good product: the suffix "that actually works". | null | null | 7,114 | 7,034 | null | null | null | null |
7,129 | comment | danielha | 2007-03-29T00:37:33 | null | From <a href="http://tlb.org/eunicycle.html:">http://tlb.org/eunicycle.html:</a>
<i>"Some time ago I built a self-balancing two-wheeled scooter. Since then I realized that two wheels are redundant, and only a single wheel is needed to make a ridable vehicle."</i> | null | null | 7,079 | 7,070 | null | [
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7,130 | comment | timg | 2007-03-29T00:44:46 | null | Simply put, no.<p>Unless he's rich and hard working. Then he is of some use. | null | null | 7,050 | 6,918 | null | null | null | null |
7,131 | story | amichail | 2007-03-29T00:46:05 | "The Hug Shirt is a shirt that makes people send hugs over distance!" | null | http://www.cutecircuit.com/now/projects/wearables/fr-hugs/ | 1 | null | 7,131 | 1 | [
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7,132 | comment | whacked_new | 2007-03-29T00:54:46 | null | Gut feeling says it does have an impact. I recall reading that reddit takes into account how long a user has been registered.<p>The karma system is pretty interesting... there are definitely many variables to play with in calculating "karma," but the end goal should be largely the same -- measure a user's contribution to a community and also how trustworthy the user.<p>While I am not familiar with current systems, it does look possible to accumulate the same number of karma points by say, submitting a few very popular articles, or by submitting many less-popular articles. So are these two users treated equally when their scores are the same? If yes, then the system is ignoring some valuable information! If no, then karma becomes a rather meaningless measure. | null | null | 7,080 | 7,068 | null | null | null | null |
7,133 | comment | pg | 2007-03-29T00:55:03 | null | Stop it with the sockpuppet accounts or we'll ban the site. | null | null | 7,127 | 7,127 | null | null | null | null |
7,134 | comment | eli | 2007-03-29T00:57:40 | null | maybe I'm getting old, but I'm totally done with fighting against manufacturers to get their products to do the sort of things they should've done out of the box. | null | null | 7,025 | 7,025 | null | null | null | null |
7,135 | comment | eli | 2007-03-29T01:01:10 | null | look no further than gmail for domains. | null | null | 7,071 | 7,018 | null | null | null | null |
7,136 | story | pg | 2007-03-29T01:01:58 | Om Malik: Iminlikewithyou will be "as addictive and as powerful as Facebook" | null | http://gigaom.com/2007/03/28/iminlikewithyou/ | 22 | null | 7,136 | 35 | [
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7,137 | comment | staunch | 2007-03-29T01:06:53 | null | This will never take off as an applet. Huge mistake. Hope no one here is creating applets.
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7,138 | comment | pg | 2007-03-29T01:07:15 | null | We do, in a sense: some people who apply we already know, because people we've funded recommended them. If you can impress the founders of a YC startup, that counts for a lot.<p>This site was designed partly as an additional filter. It works too. When I met danielha I knew his name because he was #1 on News.YC. | null | null | 7,076 | 6,918 | null | null | null | null |
7,139 | comment | jdamato | 2007-03-29T01:12:49 | null | Is there a way to change my password? I don't see a form for it anywhere, but maybe I missed it. If it doesn't exist, this would be a great feature to add for sure. | null | null | 363 | 363 | null | null | null | null |
7,140 | comment | jdb | 2007-03-29T01:17:45 | null | Paul writes: "The big mystery to me is: why don't more people start startups? If nearly everyone who does it prefers it to a regular job, and a significant percentage get rich, why doesn't everyone want to do this?"<p>You have a logical disconnect here, involving the self-selecting nature of the group. One could just as easily say: most people who try bungee-jumping enjoy it - why doesn't everyone bungee jump?
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7,141 | comment | pg | 2007-03-29T01:18:50 | null | I certainly view hacking as a lifelong profession. The reason I started a startup was not so I didn't have to work, but so I could work on what I wanted-- particularly unprofitable stuff like programming languages. | null | null | 6,927 | 6,926 | null | [
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7,142 | comment | vinit | 2007-03-29T01:22:46 | null | But the existing RSS feed only gives the headlines ... | null | null | 6,939 | 6,935 | null | null | null | null |
7,143 | comment | zach | 2007-03-29T01:24:44 | null | That's looking at it from the business's point of view, not the users' point of view. Also, it still doesn't make much sense. | null | null | 7,114 | 7,034 | null | null | null | null |
7,144 | story | joshwa | 2007-03-29T01:25:09 | There are a lot of "best practices" of Web development that were good decisions at the time but which are no longer needed. | null | http://www.windley.com/archives/2007/03/applied_web_heresies_etech_2007.shtml | 3 | null | 7,144 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,145 | story | joshwa | 2007-03-29T01:25:23 | Coder to Co-Founder: Entrepreneuring for Geeks (Marc Hedlund talk @ ETech) | null | http://www.windley.com/archives/2007/03/coder_to_cofounder.shtml | 7 | null | 7,145 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,146 | story | onebeerdave | 2007-03-29T01:31:52 | Interview with YC's Jessica Livingston about what makes a good startup founder | null | http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=296058 | 11 | null | 7,146 | 9 | [
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7,147 | story | onebeerdave | 2007-03-29T01:34:54 | Valley Idol: Heysan's Marie Brattberg (Seeks Engineers) | null | http://valleywag.com/tech/valley-idol/marie-brattberg-247878.php | 6 | null | 7,147 | 1 | [
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7,148 | comment | domp | 2007-03-29T01:35:55 | null | I really like this idea. I've had some girls that I'm friends with have some really bizarre experiences on dating sites. This one seems like a much safer route and doesn't require a long survey to match your compatibility. Seems fun also and not like the other sites where most people are looking for 'the one'. I wish them luck! | null | null | 7,136 | 7,136 | null | [
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7,149 | comment | AurSaraf | 2007-03-29T01:36:26 | null | Hello. I am Aur Saraf.<p>
Social skills are learnable. Very learnable.<p>I believe that every geek should submit himself to a crash course in social skills (to a level where he can control a room in a party). It's really not that hard. The problem is that it's one of those problems where no one would admit it and therefore I currently research the field alone, recording my results in private (anyone interesting in starting a community dedicated to it should contact me by mail, hunt my address).<p>Aur Saraf | null | null | 7,125 | 6,668 | null | null | null | null |
7,150 | story | Elfan | 2007-03-29T01:39:31 | Creating Value | null | http://cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek/2007/03/creating_value.html | 1 | null | 7,150 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,151 | comment | pg | 2007-03-29T01:44:41 | null | Ask the founders of auctomatic; they're currently doing it. | null | null | 7,117 | 7,117 | null | null | null | null |
7,152 | comment | gommm | 2007-03-29T01:50:58 | null | Now I'm really curious about this website.... any invites available anywhere? | null | null | 7,148 | 7,136 | null | null | null | null |
7,153 | story | jcwentz | 2007-03-29T01:54:43 | Top Ten Signs Your Software Project is Doomed | null | http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=a76eab63-70f0-48b4-8b75-66c366a651cd | 2 | null | 7,153 | 1 | [
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7,154 | comment | ecuzzillo | 2007-03-29T02:00:52 | null | Transcript? | null | null | 7,146 | 7,146 | null | [
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7,155 | comment | mauricecheeks | 2007-03-29T02:02:45 | null | I missed it when they went to start-up school. That would have been awesome! I am growing in my level of interest in justin.tv - mostly as a fascinating experiment. | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
7,156 | comment | AurSaraf | 2007-03-29T02:03:12 | null | Hello. I am Aur Saraf.<p>And I don't like this.<p>Why?<p>Because flirting is about communication. Perhaps it's the journalist's mistake, but it seems like communication plays secondary role here to a currency based trading system.<p>Is that a way to show value? "I answered more questions and logged in more, and I believe I'll win your heart, so here, I'm bidding 25 points on you, sweetie"? Even MORE competition? How objectified can a poor sweet lovely girl BE?<p>No.<p>I really don't think so.<p>I agree, dating sites suck. They are a badly implemented meat market.<p>I just think this amplifies the problems instead of fixing them.<p>The good dating site still isn't public.<p>We'll have to wait.<p><p>BTW an invite to prove me wring would be appreciated.<p>Aur | null | null | 7,136 | 7,136 | null | [
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7,157 | comment | zaidf | 2007-03-29T02:08:11 | null | Funnily going by these standards most big corporations today should have died a long time ago. <p>I think the key is to keep this list in the background - not go paranoid about getting every point on it right at once. | null | null | 7,153 | 7,153 | null | null | null | null |
7,158 | comment | amichail | 2007-03-29T02:08:41 | null | Do you think this is any better? :)<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17723921">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17723921</a> | null | null | 7,156 | 7,136 | null | [
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7,159 | comment | nickb | 2007-03-29T02:16:44 | null | It doesn't matter how well you bid since love and attraction cannot be bought. Woman will pick who she finds attractive, not someone who outbids the other guy.<p>PS: Feminists will be all over this one.. I can just see it: "you mean, you're bidding on women?!" | null | null | 7,136 | 7,136 | null | [
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7,160 | comment | amichail | 2007-03-29T02:17:57 | null | Did anyone find it bizarre that some of the responses given by founders are extremely long? | null | null | 7,146 | 7,146 | null | null | null | null |
7,161 | comment | amichail | 2007-03-29T02:23:00 | null | BTW, feel free to share your favorite bits of the book here:<p><a href="http://72.36.160.114">http://72.36.160.114</a>
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7,162 | comment | jackpipe | 2007-03-29T02:27:08 | null | Well, you state that 0% of your startups had a bad experience. But of course these were the ones that got funding - they are already winners, even if they later failed to make it big.
What about the 400-odd that didn't get funding? It takes much more than a couple of weekends in a cafe to put together a decent startup proposal, often the startups have made considerable sacrifice, not to mention putting their hopes and dreams on the line, even to get face time with potential investors.
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7,163 | comment | danielha | 2007-03-29T02:33:21 | null | I signed up and began playing with it a couple days ago. I love the look and character of the site. Everything about the presentation oozes charm. | null | null | 7,136 | 7,136 | null | [
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7,164 | story | rms | 2007-03-29T02:33:58 | Heart-rending story about how a blind entrepreneur's mind adjusts to suddently restored sight | null | http://www.esquire.com/ESQ0605BLIND_114 | 1 | null | 7,164 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,165 | comment | Elfan | 2007-03-29T02:35:43 | null | There doesn't appear to be one. There wern't any earth shattering revelations. It was a standard (although enjoyable) interview of a recent author. | null | null | 7,154 | 7,146 | null | null | null | null |
7,166 | comment | jackpipe | 2007-03-29T02:44:20 | null | To the JumpBox guy.
Interesting idea.
You need to come right out with what you're doing, on the home page, or in the first sentence of the 'about' page. I don't want to read a paragraph of crap about automobiles, before coming to what you're all about.
Also, I'm sure LAMP components (ie the various tiers of web server) would be a hit - ie seperate VM images for apache, database, etc. | null | null | 6,668 | 6,668 | null | [
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7,167 | comment | julie | 2007-03-29T02:46:04 | null | Essay great, as usual from PGraham. Quibble is: should rightly be called "Not reasons not to start a startup".<p>Your friend,
Julie
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7,168 | comment | supahfly_remix | 2007-03-29T02:48:43 | null | No doubt, hacking is a way of life.<p>What I wonder is if Bell Labs were still in its heyday, would you have been an entrepreneur? When AT&T was a monopoly, they provided exactly the kind of unprofitable environment that geeks love (and they had the spare cash for them to buy toys, too!). Think of the programming languages you could have developed!<p>Google has some of its spirit and has hired some of their best, but I don't think anything today is the same <i>sigh</i><p>I believe in their hearts of hearts geeks would prefer a Bell Labs environment over a startup any day. The kids who are starting web-based companies are only entrepreneurs due to the misfortune of not having such opportunities.<p> | null | null | 7,141 | 6,926 | null | null | null | null |
7,169 | comment | danielha | 2007-03-29T03:01:32 | null | Women can bid on men. Or women can bid on women. Or men can bid on men. | null | null | 7,159 | 7,136 | null | null | null | null |
7,170 | story | dfranke | 2007-03-29T03:02:16 | Patent applications will now receive even less scrutiny. | null | http://www.uspto.gov/main/homepagenews/bak2007mar15.htm | 5 | null | 7,170 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,171 | comment | mauricecheeks | 2007-03-29T03:05:21 | null | IMHO - I don't think there is a very good way to "tell" someone you are a visionary. <p>Nor do I think there is any good way to know of yourself that you are a visionary to the tune of Steve Jobs. People say that the ideas that Jobs has that seem to "change the world" come to him as clear solutions to obvious problems. So you likely think your ideas seem fairly simple and makes perfect sense, only assuming that others could come up with them just as well. <p>I think the mentality of "something is obviously broken and if no-one else can see this seemingly obvious solution, then I'll just do it myself" is common among great inventors. <p>Steve and Woz shared this inventor's mentality, however Woz was content building stuff for fun to show friends. Jobs (being a visionary) saw the business potential and wanted to lead the technology into changing the future. <p>So to answer your question: All that you can show PG (especially in these applications) is that you have a cool idea, and that as a visionary you have plans for a real business that will make sense (aka have value) to people.<p>If you have an idea that will change the future, or just improve people's general quality of life... it is your responsibility (as Jobs) to mold that idea into your vision for a business that will make you and your co-founder(s) some money.<p>Woz created the Apple computer, but SJ convinced Woz and investors that they had a greater market than DIYers, and that "personal computers" was the way of the future. <p>Hopefully your vision works out as well as the Personal Computer, and then whether your start is with PG or not - people will be able to see you for the visionary that you are.
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7,172 | comment | mauricecheeks | 2007-03-29T03:12:38 | null | is this thing more weird than anything else? | null | null | 7,131 | 7,131 | null | null | null | null |
7,173 | comment | rms | 2007-03-29T03:16:33 | null | Post some invite codes here for us, please. | null | null | 7,163 | 7,136 | null | [
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7,174 | comment | mauricecheeks | 2007-03-29T03:21:07 | null | vlad- <p>in keeping with the theme:<p>A startup is like being a mosquito trying to fly a hanglider-boat while waking on your hands... simultaneously trying to negotiate the wind to keep you up in the air and convince your teachers to get in your boat rather than fail you.<p>;-) | null | null | 7,095 | 7,070 | null | null | null | null |
7,175 | comment | domp | 2007-03-29T03:38:51 | null | That hotornot story is priceless. It was my favorite part of the Founders at Work. | null | null | 7,146 | 7,146 | null | null | null | null |
7,176 | comment | mauricecheeks | 2007-03-29T03:45:09 | null | We have had some late night white boarding sessions formulating both incredibly simplistic and overly complex algorithms. The middle of those two is the hard thing to get to. <p>The most recent white board session ended in me deciding I need to write a letter to my 9th grade math teacher. I think i gave her crap about how algorithm homework was a big waste of time, but she made me do it anyway.<p>
The idea of considering replies is interesting. On digg however, I find the comments tend to be 98% worthless. I miss /. comments.<p>Probably the best/easiest thing to do is plan to be adaptive to how the community uses your site. Your algorithm will likely need to change over time.
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7,177 | comment | zaidf | 2007-03-29T03:47:11 | null | I just posted it on my site if you don't want to download it:
<a href="http://www.ijigg.com/songs/CGE40FAP0">http://www.ijigg.com/songs/CGE40FAP0</a><p>--Zaid
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7,178 | story | mattculbreth | 2007-03-29T03:52:44 | Python 3000 or Perl 6 first--bet on Inkling (YC company) | null | http://home.inklingmarkets.com/market/show/4018 | 1 | null | 7,178 | 0 | null | null | null |
7,179 | story | omarish | 2007-03-29T03:57:29 | Correlation between taking a break from school and startup success? | null | 2 | null | 7,179 | 5 | [
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7,180 | comment | mauricecheeks | 2007-03-29T04:04:12 | null | The worst thing to me about the rise of the NDA is the return of the colloquial phrase, "i could tell you... but i'd hafta kill you"<p>:-P | null | null | 638 | 638 | null | null | null | null |
7,181 | story | brett | 2007-03-29T04:04:55 | Particletree - The Top 10 Questions Investors Asked Us | null | http://particletree.com/notebook/the-top-10-questions-investors-asked-us/ | 7 | null | 7,181 | 1 | [
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7,182 | comment | omarish | 2007-03-29T04:06:00 | null | Startups are all about dedication/motivation. Also about creating dedication and motivation where it is necessary, when we do not care for it anymore. That explains why even when we're sick of our startups, we keep pushing onwards.<p>Could this mean that founders who can create motivation can also create motivation to finish at least an undergrad degree?<p>You guys may have noticed a common theme in my posts... | null | null | 7,179 | 7,179 | null | [
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7,183 | comment | zach | 2007-03-29T04:17:57 | null | Yeah, but from the user's point of view, when I hear that I think I'm going to be zipping presentations to people instead of email, and looking at an inbox of presentations people have sent me. That can't be right, can it? | null | null | 7,111 | 7,034 | null | null | null | null |
7,184 | comment | vlad | 2007-03-29T04:18:16 | null | It will be interesting to see who uses the site! | null | null | 7,136 | 7,136 | null | null | null | null |
7,185 | comment | jaggederest | 2007-03-29T04:27:28 | null | I have rather the opposite problem. I'm like a machine when I get a decent idea (wrt implementing it etc), but I can't seem to find one that makes other people care about it. | null | null | 7,015 | 6,918 | null | [
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7,186 | comment | kobs | 2007-03-29T04:28:58 | null | kenny sanders. i'm just a frosh studying compsci | null | null | 6,838 | 6,485 | null | null | null | null |
7,187 | comment | Constantine | 2007-03-29T04:40:08 | null | For some reason I just cant agree with you.
While motivating yourself to accomplish your goals is pretty much the entire purpose of life, what makes a degree automatically one of those goals?<p>If college is needed to accomplish your future then by all means run headlong into it, and make the decision to enjoy every minute of it. But I think it is a mistake to confuse a college degree with the ability to motivate yourself to do what you decide you want. | null | null | 7,182 | 7,179 | null | null | null | null |
7,188 | comment | run4yourlives | 2007-03-29T04:42:51 | null | It does? Seems to work just fine... everyone uses it, unless they use macs. | null | null | 7,114 | 7,034 | null | null | null | null |
7,189 | comment | far33d | 2007-03-29T04:44:00 | null | sometimes an analogy works just way too well. | null | null | 7,129 | 7,070 | null | [
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7,190 | comment | Constantine | 2007-03-29T04:56:43 | null | Having a person coming out of Google would be great not only because you know they have some skills, but that they are completely committed and determined to get it done. What a great coworker they would be!.
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7,191 | comment | staunch | 2007-03-29T05:00:25 | null | FYI: You can get a free dynamic dns hostname off <a href="http://yi.org">http://yi.org</a>
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7,192 | comment | budu3 | 2007-03-29T05:00:45 | null | It helps to get out of the closet to tell your family and friends. Their support helps a lot plus there's no turning back once you've tld those around you. If you don't tell anyone it's easy to go back to school or work when things get tough and no one will be none the wiser. | null | null | 7,003 | 6,918 | null | null | null | null |
7,193 | comment | staunch | 2007-03-29T05:03:39 | null | The name is horribly long but so good I think it could really work. Hope they do well. | null | null | 7,136 | 7,136 | null | null | null | null |
7,194 | comment | h3h | 2007-03-29T05:04:02 | null | Great read, but the biggest things that stop me from starting a startup aren't really on your list.<p>It's a combination of factors, including (1) need for savings and planning for the [non-startup-rich] future, (2) supporting a girlfriend who refuses to live a grad student lifestyle, (3) expensive cost of living in the area I want to live.<p>I fully realize that most of those sound like excuses more than reasons, but there is definitely a huge chasm between investing money for retirement, buying decent furniture, being able to pay rent and utility bills, etc.; and throwing caution to the wind for a probable failure and extremely strenuous social, economic and physical ordeal.<p>So I think my answer to why more people don't start startups is rather simple: it's not easy to leap that chasm into poverty, seclusion and exhaustion for a glint of a chance at huge success.<p>Of course I'll continue hacking on my side projects and hoping my equity in the startup I'm working for affords me the opportunity to take a risk of my own in the near future. | null | null | 6,668 | 6,668 | null | [
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7,195 | comment | aarjav | 2007-03-29T05:06:30 | null | "[2] The best kind of organization for that might be an open source project, but those don't involve a lot of face to face meetings. Maybe it would be worth starting one that did"<p>Mitch Kapor's OSAF (profiled in the excellent book Dreaming in Code) is an example of the pitfalls of doing this. I'd say the primary pitfall is the lack of hard deadlines which it itself caused by the lack of 'hunger' because profit/existence is not the ulimate motive. This seemed to have wreaked havoc on the schedule for Chandler at OSAF..
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7,196 | comment | budu3 | 2007-03-29T05:10:45 | null | Wow. Very innovative service. I don't have time for it though but then again that's what I said about facebook but I'm a facebook regular. | null | null | 7,136 | 7,136 | null | null | null | null |
7,197 | comment | achillesheel | 2007-03-29T05:12:40 | null | 0% of the startup founders hate startups these people: Paul <i></i>selected out of a pool of people having advanced ahead enough to consider funding<i></i>. Sounds a lot like - making 100000$ per year is an easy problem - just go to Stanford Univ everyone who goes there makes 100,000$.<p>Drive is probably the hardest thing to maintain. I worked at a startup for 3 months. Highs are higher and lows are much much lower.
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7,198 | comment | budu3 | 2007-03-29T05:37:00 | null | Yah, I think alpha geek crowd is getting diluted. It's beginning to reflect the tastes of the broader population. I think they need to work on their recomendaton engine to cater for individual preferences | null | null | 259 | 189 | null | null | null | null |
7,199 | comment | budu3 | 2007-03-29T05:40:29 | null | Steve Yegge hinted about the next big language. I think he meant javascript. Arc has some serious competition. <a href="http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/02/next-big-language.html">http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/02/next-big-language.html</a> | null | null | 353 | 189 | null | null | null | null |
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