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by brezina 10mo ago
I’ve been a beta tester and my kids have been loving Stickerbox. With the app I can peer into their world and see their prompting skills improve as well as see their interests evolve :)
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Scratchpad (YC S14) Raises $33M Series B from Craft Ventures(techcrunch.com)
1 points by brezina 5y ago|0 comments
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by brezina 5y ago
This article is so auto-centric, the author only considers the safety of people inside cars. Banning left turns in cities is a GREAT idea! The group of people most threatened by left turning cars are people walking. Control F for "ped
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by brezina 5y ago
indeed. and that "rural" lifestyle really often involves driving far and often, therefore pushing your fossil fuel & auto (ev or otherwise) externalities on other people. i think we should remove the cars from the cities, not
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by brezina 8y ago
The core of san francisco, probably 30% of the city's 49 sq mile landmass, and where 60%+ of the population lives, was built before cars existed. Most of SF was a walking/horse city, and then a walking/streetcar/cableca
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by brezina 8y ago
Not left on the sidewalk, the scooter should be left on the street - a dozen scooters in the space formerly occupied by one car. And they should absolutely pay to use that space! Residential permits in SF are $150/yr. 50c/day per
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by brezina 8y ago
The two largest complaints in cities with scooter sharing are (1) users riding on the sidewalk because they don’t feel safe on the road and (2) users parking on the sidewalk because all street space for storing personal mobility devices is
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by brezina 8y ago
You mean like the 450k street car parking spaces that line almost every street in our city?
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by brezina 10y ago
If you live in SF and want to help, the team doing this is on Twitter at @sfmtra and looking for volunteers and donations. Safe biking is good for the health of humans,their communities, and the environment
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by brezina 11y ago
um, have you been to sac? Given the choice, people (both founders of the companies & the best employees) would rather live in the bay area vs. sac. Hence the price difference. SF bay people are paying for things like: 20 min access to
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by brezina 12y ago
ah, i remember those early dinners and fancy cheese plates that weren't orange nor formed into a brick. i've found that potential employees are getting more and more savvy about evaluating culture. One thing we do at Sincerely to
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by brezina 12y ago
Octopart has always inspired me. Just one of those quiet, confident, heads down YC companies we can be proud to call a peer. Sam - this is such an awesome story - thanks for sharing
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by brezina 12y ago
this lecture by kevin is bomb. i love the examples of personality and delight he sources from multiple startups including his very successful startup wufoo. Also - on startupclass.co you can watch the lecture at 1.5x speed which i find id
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by brezina 12y ago
I think this is a powerful concept - a fund where all founders backed by the fund share in the upside of the entire fund. A great way for founders to diversify a tiny bit beyond their own company's success. I'm a big fan of Kent
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New Seed-Stage Fund Where Founders Share In The Upside(techcrunch.com)
3 points by brezina 12y ago|1 comments
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by brezina 12y ago
beautiful PR execution by the Oculus/FB teams. They knew this acquisition would anger members of the community, and they timed this hire/announcement so as to quiet the predicted backlash. Brilliant execution.
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by brezina 13y ago
having been adam's co-founder (xobni) and having lived with him for many years - this article describes one of the things I most like & respect about adam. He is incredibly structured in his thinking about everything in life. I br
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by brezina 13y ago
yo HN! Just for you guys - use the promo code: 'hn' in the settings area of the Sesame app to get $10 off a gift set. http://www.sincerely.com/sesame Send your pops a father's day gift! (limit 10 codes)
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Introducing Sincerely's new "Thoughtfulness Engine"(techcrunch.com)
5 points by brezina 13y ago|1 comments
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by brezina 14y ago
gracias amigo
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by brezina 14y ago
sweet! hook a brother up 13d1B83HJZqgwwDUmVDB8dTtmgkp7BK62Q
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by brezina 14y ago
Congrats @pg and team! I love seeing YC used for so much good. The impact continues
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by brezina 14y ago
exactly. I know the founder. He originally had no plans of creating an alternative to kickstarter. He wanted to create great hardware products and use Kickstarter to fund the development. After running into Apple approval issues for POP,
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by brezina 14y ago
I won't even think of building for Windows phone until I see them in the wild. I did see one at the cable car turn around in San Francisco - so I asked the guy using it... Yup, he worked for MSFT
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by brezina 14y ago
Love seeing people use the Sincerely api. I truly believe in Hiring via API http://www.mattbrezina.com/blog/2011/08/hiring-via-api/
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Open Sesame for a mobile gifting experience that delights from app to doorstep(venturebeat.com)
12 points by brezina 14y ago|0 comments
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With 1.2M Members, Sincerely Goes Up Against Facebook With Gifting(techcrunch.com)
13 points by brezina 14y ago|4 comments
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Sincerely Gets Out the Vote With 100,000 Shepard Fairey Postcards(blogs.wsj.com)
9 points by brezina 14y ago|1 comments
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by brezina 14y ago
We've done this twice so far at Sincerely. Once to Puerto Vallarta Mexico when our team was ~7 people. And once to Tahoe for a ski-cation when we were at ~9 people. Both were week-long trips and cost under $1k per person. We are doing Mex
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by brezina 14y ago
Ask about how and when they scaled their team. They built this beast on a small amount of angel money, by keeping a small team. Their profitability allowed them to scale the company how and when they wanted to. I'd also ask them about thei

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