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by deltapoint 15y ago
See if you can defer your Harvard MBA for 1 year and try to do TechStars. That way you can try your hand at entrepreneurship and still have the Harvard MBA in your back pocket if things don't work out in a year. From the Harvard MBA website
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by deltapoint 15y ago
Many of these deals may have special terms as well. At a minimum VCs will get 1x and at times 2x or 3x of the first money made. That way, VCs can protect their downside while investing in some of the companies that have the biggest potentia
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Ask YC: What is an appropriate valuation for a startup that is brand new?
13 points by deltapoint 16y ago|19 comments
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by deltapoint 16y ago
There is Ron Conway facts though http://twitter.com/ronconwayfacts
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by deltapoint 16y ago
Hey Ramit, great comment. I think your educational experience was unique in how applicable it is to what you now do--for a non pre-professional degree. For someone outside of college, how'd you recommend people learn those topics?
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by deltapoint 16y ago
Small typo, the word "with" is repeated. "Bolder investors will now get rewarded with with lower prices"
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by deltapoint 16y ago
Journalists want stories that spread. Making hyperbolic comparisons help make stories spread. It can be weird having stories with those type of comparisons made but I think it will help Jessica and the indinero team more then hurt. I once h
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by deltapoint 16y ago
Content targeted to HN can lead to well catered content and in-depth discussions with multiple posts on similar topics. I think as long as the community doesn't just vote up articles because they pander, content targeted towards HN is a gre
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by deltapoint 16y ago
If you're post is only on the new section and never makes the front page it will still get a bit of traffic. http://abiekatz.com/2010/08/20/introducing-a-new-theory-the-... It got 5 karma points and 29 page views from Hacker News. So maki
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Introducing a New Theory: The Recommendularity(abiekatz.com)
5 points by deltapoint 16y ago|0 comments
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by deltapoint 16y ago
Working at a company at facebook or google increases your human capital, increasing one's opportunity cost. This can make it harder to leave the stable and growing pay check and try to create your own thing. This is not to even mention the
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by deltapoint 16y ago
This seems like a really cool opportunity for an entrepreneur who is looking to be immersed in another culture. Any HN readers thinking of applying?
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by deltapoint 16y ago
I think you may be taking this story too literally. The moral of the story is to pursue happiness over extreme financial success at the expense of happiness. The story also acts against the deferred life plan. Many people endure things they
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Is it worth taking a year off of college to work at a start up?(quora.com)
9 points by deltapoint 16y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: What are the best tech conferences?
1 points by deltapoint 16y ago|1 comments
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by deltapoint 16y ago
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathon Haidt is great. It intertwines philosophy and psychology while providing a lot of insight on how a life is well lived. http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Hypothesis-Finding-Modern-An...
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by deltapoint 16y ago
Good idea... I am definitely planning on microtesting the different possibilities... Do you think oDesk and the like is suitable for larger projects or would going with an agency? Also, did you do anything on your end to ensure that you cou
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Ask YC: How to hire a good virtual assistant for a startup?
18 points by deltapoint 16y ago|10 comments
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The Power of a Couple of Links: A Beginner’s Endorsement of Social Media(abiekatz.wordpress.com)
1 points by deltapoint 16y ago|0 comments
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Startup Idea and Real-World MBA Idea: Fantasy VC(abiekatz.wordpress.com)
1 points by deltapoint 16y ago|0 comments
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by deltapoint 16y ago
If you want a more thorough guide of how to eat for a dollar a day and a personal account, day by day, of two people who did so for a month check out http://www.dollaradaybook.com/it-starts-today
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by deltapoint 16y ago
Do you think there could be an MBA program that teaches relevant things to what start ups do? and what would it teach? I feel in some ways part of what Y Combinator does is like an extremely condensed business school that is relevant to sta
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by deltapoint 17y ago
Reminds me of Matt Mullenwag's plan for starting a bank: http://ma.tt/2009/08/starting-a-bank/
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by deltapoint 17y ago
Jumo is a similar idea to idealist but I think/hope jumo can do it better. Chris did a great job to help organize the movement supporting Obama during his campaign, if he can do something similar for a bunch of non-profits a lot of good cou
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by deltapoint 17y ago
The intent of my message was not to state that all witnessable acts of good must be viewed with suspicion. Rather, my goal was to express how acts of good could also be in one's (or in this case a companies) self-interest. I commend what ap
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by deltapoint 17y ago
Not that I think apple is thinking this (though they might be) but by putting this on their homepage they attract positive attention from the interweb and are cast in a very positive light. This in the long term leads to good branding and m
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by deltapoint 17y ago
What made you decide to intern at a small startup versus a larger company? How would you describe your experience at wepay?
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by deltapoint 17y ago
He can really bring something new and enter into the mainstream. They are not mutually exclusive. Getting the "freaks and the fuckers" off the site doesn't prevent the service from doing something new. I think the idea of being connected to
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Ask HN: Are there any fast-paced cs education programs?
4 points by deltapoint 17y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Best way to outsource web design and development?
6 points by deltapoint 17y ago|2 comments

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