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Word2vec Inspired Recommendations in Production(medium.com)
2 points by aepstein 8y ago|0 comments
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by aepstein 9y ago
Creative Market | Senior Product Manager | San Francisco, CA preferred, remote possible | Fulltime Creative Market | Many engineering roles | San Francisco, CA preferred, remote possible | Fulltime Help independent creators make a living do
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by aepstein 10y ago
Hey HN! Aaron here. I hope you find this post helpful, and happy to answer any questions!
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How to Make Your YC Application Stand Out(medium.com)
2 points by aepstein 10y ago|0 comments
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by aepstein 10y ago
I've recommended teams that have been accepted, and recommended teams that have been rejected. It's really just another data point to consider, not a golden ticket. And it certainly can't hurt to network with YC alumni, for
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by aepstein 10y ago
Ultimately what you want to do is de-risk the potential investment by showing that you have significant traction, and having actual paying customers is a great way to do that.
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Strategies for Launching a Marketplace(venturebeat.com)
4 points by aepstein 12y ago|0 comments
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by aepstein 13y ago
Wow, thanks Sean. That really means a lot to hear.
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Founders Are the New Rockstars(aarone.com)
6 points by aepstein 13y ago|3 comments
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Startups Aren't Risky(aarone.com)
6 points by aepstein 13y ago|0 comments
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by aepstein 13y ago
Yes and no. In my situation (OP), I had about a month to find a place for my wife to live in NYC (until I got there after YC), find a place for our team to live in SF, and find someone to rent the place we owned in the DC area. And it all
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How to make your YC application stand out(aarone.com)
50 points by aepstein 13y ago|13 comments
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Creative Market is hiring full-stack PHP, JS, jQuery, Backbone.js devs(creativemarket.com)
1 points by aepstein 13y ago
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Automated build tool for Adobe Creative Suite extensions(github.com)
4 points by aepstein 13y ago|0 comments
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by aepstein 14y ago
FYI: cofounder's name is "Mahbod", not "Maboo".
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Creative Market (YC W10) hiring UI / UX Designer(creativemarket.com)
1 points by aepstein 14y ago
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by aepstein 14y ago
Congrats guys! Great service and well-deserved, we're big fans (and customers).
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by aepstein 14y ago
"He seceded when he was denied a permit"
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Creative Market (YC W10) Nabs $1.3M To Become An Etsy For Digital Design(techcrunch.com)
30 points by aepstein 14y ago|5 comments
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by aepstein 14y ago
Reminds me of Dharmesh Shah's talk at SXSW where he shared the-one-metric-to-rule-them-all that they developed at HubSpot to measure success for everyone on the team (from sales people to developers): CHI (Customer Happiness Index). The con
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by aepstein 14y ago
We did :) Thanks for your feedback rurounijones, we're listening.
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by aepstein 15y ago
Nope, you're not missing anything. Startup teams are so small that everyone on the team has to be able to add value by creating something tangible. There's no room for middle-management.
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by aepstein 15y ago
We've been using Mailgun for the last couple months at COLOURlovers to manage and analyze our weekly newsletter campaigns (400k+/week) and handle our transactional email. Easily worth every penny, and the support from Taylor and Ev has bee
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Colourlovers (YC W10) hiring Senior Designer(colourlovers.com)
1 points by aepstein 15y ago
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by aepstein 15y ago
"DidThis makes it easy to spread micro-actions that are fun or useful to as many people as possible around the world." I think that messaging does you a disservice. How many people are going to hit your site and say "Finally! An easy way
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COLOURlovers (YC W10) is hiring a Senior Designer(colourlovers.com)
1 points by aepstein 15y ago
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by aepstein 15y ago
As his co-founder, I can assure you he doesn't push his "policy" on anyone else. Far from it. It's more a philosophy of being present for every moment, and living life to the fullest. And pretty sure he was the one that bought a bottle of
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Jon Stewart calls out congressional nerd bashing over SOPA(technolog.msnbc.msn.com)
416 points by aepstein 15y ago|156 comments
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SOPA = No more color. Sincerely, COLOURlovers.com(colourlovers.com)
49 points by aepstein 15y ago|4 comments
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by aepstein 15y ago
I'm from the DC area (now living in NYC), and all of my DC tech friends went into consulting. No one even considered a startup. I'd love to see a great startup culture grow around the DC area, but NYC is light years ahead at this point. D

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