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Leveraging LLMs to uncover the shifts transforming markets(afridi.io)
1 points by afridi 10mo ago|0 comments
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Where are the opportunities for new startups in generative AI?(medium.com)
2 points by afridi 3y ago|0 comments
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The Rise of New Software Ecosystems(base10.substack.com)
2 points by afridi 4y ago|0 comments
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The YC company that raised $160M within 6 months of launch(commercetech.io)
5 points by afridi 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Recommended engineering firms / dev shops for MVPs?
1 points by afridi 4y ago|0 comments
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Mapping the Insights That Drive Startup Ideas and Theses(newsletter.sandhill.io)
7 points by afridi 5y ago|0 comments
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Systematic Ideation for Startups and Venture Theses(medium.com)
7 points by afridi 6y ago|0 comments
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Doubling Down on Vertical Software(medium.com)
1 points by afridi 9y ago|0 comments
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An open source overview of Chicago's startup ecosystem(github.com)
1 points by afridi 10y ago|0 comments
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Which states do Product Hunt makers live in?(medium.com)
1 points by afridi 11y ago|0 comments
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by afridi 11y ago
The school actually does highlight John Bardeen and Nick Holonyak a ton! John Bardeen was the first person mentioned on my tour of the college of engineering and Nick Holonyak gave the keynote at my ECE orientation. My posts were meant to h
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by afridi 11y ago
Max Levchin and many of the other members of the Mafia (Luke Nosek, Jeremy Stoppelman, etc.) are mentioned in the post. They are also not forgotten on campus. Max was on campus last year and there was a ton of excitement in the college of e
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by afridi 11y ago
I think a balance is needed. A lot of my friends in CS graduating after 4 years of college (at a number of schools including at UIUC) feel less confident going into the industry than people I know that have gone through developer bootcamps.
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by afridi 11y ago
Absolutely, I wasn't trying to say that the University helped start these ventures. From what I see there hasn't been a lot of support for student entrepreneurs on campus historically, but that has greatly changed (a lot of the pr
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by afridi 11y ago
Author here. I guess I didn't really think of it in terms of starting at a specific time, I was just looking at the past. I focus mainly on tech entrepreneurship so I'd say maybe mid-90s onwards would be what I looked at.
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by afridi 11y ago
Author of the original post here. To start of I'd just like to clarify that I'm a student at the University and have no ties to any of the administration. The goal of the post was not to try and take credit for the successes of al
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by afridi 11y ago
Author here. As I mentioned previously, I'm just a student and have no ties to any administration so I'm just speaking from my experience. UIUC suing (or almost suing?) Andreessen is definitely a terrible step, but that was one ev
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by afridi 11y ago
Agreed that Urbana-Champaign might not be the best place to start a company but that doesn't mean students can't start ventures while on campus and then move them elsewhere after graduation. We've been seeing that a lot recen
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by afridi 11y ago
Wouldn't pay a dollar, since most of the communities I use Reddit for are now also active on Facebook + Slack.
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by afridi 11y ago
Most VC firms that make seed investments will hear pitches from founders who just have an idea. However this would require for you to be in the VC's sweet spot in terms of vertical or that you get a referral from someone who knows the
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by afridi 11y ago
This was on Product Hunt last week, haven't gotten a chance to play with it yet but looks really cool - http://www.producthunt.com/tech/cymbal-2
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by afridi 11y ago
Eclipse Luna
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by afridi 11y ago
Startup Related (I don't listen to all of their episodes, but I do listen to several from): - Tim Ferriss Show - This Week in Startups - Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A16Z Podcast - Harvard Business Review - Entrepreneurial Thought
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Building a web startup for less than $150(medium.com)
5 points by afridi 12y ago|1 comments