basdevries

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   by basdevries 13y ago

   Do you have any suggestions about how I can cover the costs? By the time I enter my gap year I'll just be out of highschool, which means: not a really great skillset on a professional level. That's why I want to work on that for a year and
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   by basdevries 13y ago

   So basically all you're saying is: it's disneyland for techies, but after a while not that fun? Why do still the most successful entrepreneurs stay in the area then? Why did you move away btw?
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   Ask HN: Why is living in the bay area such a big deal?

   13 points by basdevries 13y ago|8 comments
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   by basdevries 13y ago

   I think publishing for yourself is the best way you can have it. When you're publishing on your own blog, you can be covered on other blogs as well, but at the same time you can stay with your own image. When you link your blog on HN you g
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   Cutting through the hype: highlights from innovation conference 2013(core77.com)

   2 points by basdevries 13y ago|0 comments
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   by basdevries 13y ago

   Those damn asians!
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   by basdevries 13y ago

   Thanks so much for responding, I certainly must say that with the beta track running right now you guys did an awesome job. I think that when you guys follow this path, the coding education competition will be won by codecademy. I certainly
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   by basdevries 13y ago

   If you didn't disclose any terms, and feel bad about asking any percentage, just tell them how you feel about it, tell him that from his perspective it's smart to just pay the 50k back, but you think it maybe was kind of an investment becau
9. 69.▲
   by basdevries 13y ago

   Just tell them, if you do it correctly, you might get to know your competitor a little better and over time, there might be a way for you guys to focus on different markets with the same products, discussing difficulties you both have and s
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    by basdevries 13y ago

    Lol, that's not hard because it's hard, that's hard because you make it hard. These are 2 whole different problems. A name certainly can help to a startup (i.e. seo), but a startup is only a startup for it's rapid growth, and because Google
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    How useful is codecademy?

    1 points by basdevries 13y ago|3 comments
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    by basdevries 13y ago

    I think that when you find a bug, you are obliged to all the users using the service to report it, really arrogant not to report any more bugs and wait until the wrong dude finds it...