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by davidcrow 12y ago
I had mine in 2006 at 32. Details http://davidcrow.ca/article/1130/barcamper Make sure you go your an annual check up. Figure out how to get some exercise. And pay attention to the warning signs. Worst part for me
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by davidcrow 13y ago
But we should put them in inflatable sumo suits for cushioning. Maybe a helmet.
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by davidcrow 13y ago
The article should have in the header a canonical URI that points to Jesse's original post. My bad if the template doesn't have this explicitly.
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by davidcrow 13y ago
I like the idea of putting founders into a cyclotron, accelerating them to near the speed of light, and seeing what kind of energy they release when they collide with other founders.
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by davidcrow 13y ago
It's really clean. The LeapJS/AngularJS touchpoints look like they just make sense.
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by davidcrow 13y ago
Looks very interesting. Similar but with additional widgets that aren't in TogetherJS. Interesting to use eventing model and tie it more directly to lead scoring and qualification.
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by davidcrow 13y ago
I love all of the "arm chair CEOs" that assume by getting on a plane that they'll meet PMarcA in the SFO airport, they will raise $50MM on their idea and their good looks. Raising money is hard. Building a company is hard. It doesn't matter
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by davidcrow 14y ago
Seems to still be there according to LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=12661295&locale=...
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by davidcrow 14y ago
It's a good thing they make investments, and not edits.
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by davidcrow 14y ago
Copywriters and editors, they do good work...
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by davidcrow 14y ago
What should it have been: "Ultimately, the team you build is the company you build" ?
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by davidcrow 14y ago
I have had my say on the broker model http://startupnorth.ca/2012/09/26/brokers-smokers-and-midnig... Which is different than pay to pitch. Pay to pitch is broken for investment. It works for PR and attention, I.e., Demo.com, but I hate i
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by davidcrow 14y ago
Frank & Oak - seriously. You know that I love the guys, but a DAU for F&O. I think that I'm easily 2xMAU maybe a WAU. But no way am I a DAU for F&O. Google Search GMail/Google Calendar (or device specific version: Taskbox/Sunris
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by davidcrow 14y ago
I'm reminded of Andrew Chen's post on Facebook DAU/MAU number http://andrewchen.co/2012/05/16/quora-has-facebooks-daumau-a... Part of the reason that email is so sticky is that it has an incredibly high DAU.
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An Apology to Laura Fitton we're sorry we blew it(startupnorth.ca)
3 points by davidcrow 14y ago|1 comments
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by davidcrow 14y ago
Disclosure up front.
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by davidcrow 14y ago
Working on it with vmfarms guys (we got 10x our high point traffic using hourly measure on this post) updating our infrastructure to be more resilient.
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by davidcrow 14y ago
I'm biased. Been a early team addition at a company that raised $500k from Celtic House in mid-00s. No fees on that raise. I have also raised from IAF, and from larger angel groups in the US. No fee as percentage of the transaction taken. C
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by davidcrow 14y ago
I dislike the pay-to-pitch immensely. I think it is also the consulting fee and transaction charges on the capital raised. This is such a non-entrepreneur friendly way to facilitate early-stage capital. I can't believe that the "angels" or
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by davidcrow 14y ago
Sorry, see previous comments about system configuration. I had removed WP-SuperCache. Have also upgraded memory and adding a varnish caching layer for future.
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by davidcrow 14y ago
Sorry, I messed up. My configuration was substandard this morning. Upgraded the memory available to the WP & MySQL instances. Turned on WP-Supercache. And adding a Varnish layer in front.
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by davidcrow 14y ago
Agreed. 100%. It prays on desperate entrepreneurs that will do anything to keep their businesses alive. And it's wrong, for so many reasons.
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by davidcrow 14y ago
Sorry I turned off SuperCache to find a CSS/JS error. Forgot to turn it back on. Have moved DNS to CloudFlare.
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Canadian Founders Deserve Better Than FAN (First Angel Network)(startupnorth.ca)
1 points by davidcrow 14y ago|0 comments
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by davidcrow 14y ago
We need to break the culture of entitlement that seems to run rampant with Canadian wannabe founders. I'm tired of the broken record, "people won't fund me therefore there is no capital". There is no capital for shit ideas and even less cap
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Don't blame the system aka there are no free lunches for founders(startupnorth.ca)
1 points by davidcrow 14y ago|1 comments
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Firing people at a startup(startupnorth.ca)
1 points by davidcrow 14y ago|0 comments
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Fundraising, Valuation and Accretive Milestones(startupnorth.ca)
1 points by davidcrow 14y ago|0 comments
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Hiring your first sales rep: 10 tips to avoid common mistakes(startupnorth.ca)
1 points by davidcrow 14y ago|0 comments
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by davidcrow 14y ago
@bwertz ranks as a 3 out 5 on his scale. Jeesh, this might be why I'm not a successful entrepreneur - I figure I score a 2 maybe a soft 3. Time to evaluate the missing pieces.

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