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by alid 13y ago
So much love for this - nice work Watsi and Goldbely!
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by alid 13y ago
Left-of-field, but Tasmania (the island at the bottom of Australia) is stunning and you will not regret it. It's very much a cold climate, and home to pristine air and wilderness like you can't imagine. Hobart is a perfect base, a
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by alid 13y ago
Hey man! My startup will be in the bay area in August / Sept if you're still around to meet up. We're Aussie as well!
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by alid 13y ago
I'm wondering if it could have something to do with the level of encryption enabled by ODF documents? It's no secret the Australian Gov't has come under sustained hack attacks of late, so maybe this was the catalyst?
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by alid 13y ago
My advice - have a monetisation plan. Nut out all the potential monetization streams. But it doesn't mean to you have to implement them from the get-go - as you say, there's definitely merit in just building something people want and focusi
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by alid 13y ago
I like to be a contrarian with these things. The true genius ideas, to me, are those that no one was betting on. (that said, there's some good ideas here!)
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by alid 13y ago
Hey man! This is what my startup is working on. Travel is a ridiculously cluttered industry, yet no one's managed to nail it. (I think because they're so focused on pure monetisation - skimming off bookings etc - they're less focused on the
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by alid 14y ago
I don't disagree, but Finnish students are subject to one OECD test at age 15, as opposed to going through a system geared around very regular, standardized tests. There's a big difference. Personally I think the Finnish system sounds more
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by alid 14y ago
The 'Program for International Student Assessment' is an international testing system of 15-year-old students undertaken every three years by the OECD - Finland repeatedly ranks amongst the top of these international rankings based on scien
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by alid 14y ago
I don't think testing as a way of tracking progress should be stopped completely (what gets measured gets done, right?) But the focus on testing is too strong. In systems geared around testing, it creates a culture of scarcity in which teac
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by alid 14y ago
For anyone who's interested, I recommend watching the film 'Race to Nowhere' - it documents the current education system's focus on standardized tests and questions what 'success' looks like. Personally I think we should be gearing curricul
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by alid 14y ago
Such a good question! It illustrates how for ideas to flourish they need a platform and strategy to be organized and improved upon. For example there's a great innovation tool called the Lotus Blossom Technique - you start with a concept, b
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by alid 14y ago
Edit: I'm thinking we could use nanotubes, with a strength-to-weight ratio 117 times greater than steel.
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by alid 14y ago
Microchip all guns? Or utilize nanotechnology to hook them up with a scannable barcode that can be scanned with a smartphone app? If it's not chipped, it's not legal. All police nationally should be equipped with necessary devices to scan g
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Shakespeare's sonnets encoded in DNA(guardian.co.uk)
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by alid 14y ago
Thanks for posting - it's fascinating to see the results of the KIPP program down the line! It reminds me of Finland - they have no standardized testing and less of a focus on pure academic results, and yet they are near the top of the worl
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by alid 14y ago
Agreed - China has a Communist government, but with a mostly Capitalist economy. Deng Xiaoping's 1992 catchphrase - "To get rich is glorious" (致富光荣) - unleashed a wave of personal entrepreneurship that continues belie any socialist tendenci
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by alid 14y ago
I can understand the motivations of those who do choose to participate...as a creative outlet, as a way to cement or learn new skills, to meet new people, and yes - it's incentivized. I appreciate his point but see no problem myself lol.
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by alid 14y ago
Unless a startup's highly technical, I wouldn't solely equate higher education with success - more than anything it's the behavioural skills of entrepreneurism, resilience, persuasion and street smarts that will help set you apart (unfortun
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by alid 14y ago
The name itself doesn't describe to me what the app does, but that's not necessarily an issue if all your other brand attributes make it a clear proposition. Have you thought about playing around with 'Vox Pop'? Latin for something like 'vo
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by alid 14y ago
I love this! It's one of the best pieces of startup advice I've read in a long while; I've sent it to my startup friends. New fave quote: "Determination is really two separate things: resilience and drive. Resilience keeps you from being pu
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by alid 14y ago
Amen! Thank you for highlighting this. I've been following threads such as these on HN - I'm surprised and saddened at the level of sexist (sometimes even misogynistic) comments they seem to procure. To me, the overall weight of comments sh
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by alid 14y ago
That people are even questioning the value of a person's input based on their sex is a form of subconscious discrimination. The title of this thread - 'Do female executives drive start-up success?' - is a polemic, dichotomous question, infe
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by alid 14y ago
Hey man! We're on the lookout. We're based in Kirribilli. We're flying under the radar at the moment so I'll email you with details :)
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by alid 14y ago
There are some great books which may help provide you with some structure on how to manage the team: Peopleware: Productive Projects & Teams http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-S... Delivering Happiness: A Path
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by alid 14y ago
What a great opportunity! If you can show a video, the Apple 'Think Different' ad would make an inspired intro: http://youtu.be/4oAB83Z1ydE A fun activity could be to get them into groups, and get them to look at a certain product or issu
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by alid 14y ago
This is seriously cool! I've spent hours meticulously (manually) creating playlists around moods, thanks for sharing!
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by alid 14y ago
There's some great articles on the psychology of colour which may help you decide. Here's one: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/175428 My suggestion: Productive: Yellow (stimulates energy), Leisure: Turquoise (associated with tropical
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by alid 14y ago
Here you go :) It's long but insightful, so I recommend watching the whole thing: https://www.facebook.com/FacebookStudio?sk=app_2522064914642...
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by alid 14y ago
Hey man, I'm in the same boat in the sense that I'm ready to make my first hire. It is hard - yes - but hopefully that's because you've set your standards high. I think it's about attitude. I'm determined to put an A-Team together for an id

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