brewgardn

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by brewgardn 13y ago
What about the current mantras of "fire fast", and "culture fit" as the most important quality of an employee. It seems like that doesn't lend itself to working through problems in a deliberate way or taking much responsibilty for the hirin
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Ask HN: What's it like to fire someone at a startup?
2 points by brewgardn 13y ago|4 comments
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by brewgardn 13y ago
Are there other ways for Angels to get their capital out of a startup other than an acquisition/IPO?
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Ask HN: Middle ground between bootstrapping & VC?
1 points by brewgardn 13y ago|2 comments
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by brewgardn 13y ago
The 1st edition of this?? http://amzn.to/179DGr8
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by brewgardn 13y ago
Great point. She is definitely more in the "spark interest" camp. Probably, naturally more suited to the design field, but I want her to be exposed to coding early so she can make an informed decision, instead of being intimidated by the pr
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Ask HN: Are there any children's websites that teach coding or coding concepts?
42 points by brewgardn 13y ago|43 comments
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Show HN: My Silent Movie(vimeo.com)
2 points by brewgardn 13y ago|0 comments
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by brewgardn 14y ago
I would say +1 to this, but also add butter & onions :)
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by brewgardn 14y ago
This is AWESOME. So is Cory Booker. Now tell me, which major publications covered it?
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by brewgardn 14y ago
check this: http://austinist.com/2013/03/14/sxsw_interactive_blacks_in_t...
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by brewgardn 14y ago
So how to fix the exposure problems. Are media outlets like Inc, Forbes, Techcrunch making a good enough effort to cover stories like this?
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by brewgardn 14y ago
I think it's awesome! Good code has no race or gender! :)
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by brewgardn 14y ago
Love y'alls program. Three questions: 1) Do the gender messages of women pioneers like Sheryl & Marissa resonate with black entrepreneurs or does the message feel "hollow"? 2) Are there any mainstream outlets that you think do a fairly
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by brewgardn 14y ago
Do you have a link? I'd love to read/watch. Thanks for turning me on to those groups!
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by brewgardn 14y ago
So my observation is shared. But you think that it fairly representative of the actual population, rather than what holds our attention in this entrepreneurship culture. Well, your experience with male founders is not typical with where I l
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by brewgardn 14y ago
You're right! But most articles have photos, so do blogs, so do twitter profiles. 99% White. I'm new to startups, but I can think of at least 50 women founders/cofounders, many are household names, none are black. I'll put it this way. Who
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by brewgardn 14y ago
He's got binders full of women founders.
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by brewgardn 14y ago
I'm sure you didn't mean that statement to sound like all women are interchangeable. Well,that's exactly what I'm asking. When people who talk about women in tech, they use the phrase broadly. But you don't often see black women founders st
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by brewgardn 14y ago
Sweet. I figured there were programs for under-represented. I was wondering why there wasn't as much coverage on blogs, twitter, editorials, etc. I bet you will see 20-25 stories come through your feed about the struggles of women founders
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Ask HN: Any black women founders out there? What's your story?
9 points by brewgardn 14y ago|37 comments
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by brewgardn 14y ago
Leave him alone. He's just cranky from lack of sleep.
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by brewgardn 14y ago
This is not a recommended solution, but an observation of my own life. I felt almost exactly how you did - till I had kids. They gave the job I was once excited about, now bored about, a new rich level of meaning -- bc it was allowing me to