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by dqdo 5y ago
Yes. Lots of people have built successful businesses with just a phone.
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by dqdo 7y ago
Best shared content on HN in a long time. I love the thoughtfulness and thorough analysis of the winners and losers of each strategy.
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by dqdo 8y ago
You should try to join an established later stage startup. Think about the skills that you have acquired and the experiences that you have been through. Very few people are able to start with an idea an execute a product. If you have experi
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by dqdo 8y ago
Look carefully at the number of jobs created. Some companies have less than 100 employees with >100 million valuation. I believe that Heroku had just 40. It’s amazing how small these teams are and what they are able to achieve.
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by dqdo 8y ago
Humans
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by dqdo 9y ago
I think that the Whole Foods acquisition now gives Amazon a physical footprint to compete with CVS, Rite-Aid, etc. Imagine ordering online and picking it up at a Whole Foods. After this step, they will find ways to fully by-pass the physica
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by dqdo 9y ago
Some things to consider from this article. 1. Olin gives free tuition or reduced tuition leading to almost no debt. There is probably a positive correlation with not having school debt and starting companies. 2. Olin has a very small popula
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by dqdo 9y ago
They won't do that. The current arrangement with Google is quite good for both parties. It's not smart to start another battle with Google unless there is some to gain. 3 billion in profits is quite good. It's hard to imagine
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by dqdo 9y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_tKYvPKN7U
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by dqdo 9y ago
Sounds like a terrible way of doing work. If you are expected to react to everything sent your way you never get to do any deep and meaningful work. Furthermore, running around and firefighting all the time does not give you the time and sp
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by dqdo 9y ago
He helps resolved complex litigation issues out of court. Litigation can take 1 to 2 years in the court and cost millions of dollars. In a 1-day session, he can resolve 95% of these cases and help both parties come to an amicable agreement.
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by dqdo 9y ago
The most successful one-man business is not in software. I know of a successful mediator. He charges $18000 to $20000 per day and has always been booked for the last 20 years. http://www.wqsadr.com/randallwwulfffeeschedulean
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by dqdo 9y ago
>"My startup had to deal with payment processing (at least initially before I pivoted) so I thought I needed it." You generally don't need a payment processor when starting out. The first ~200k in revenue can be done manua
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by dqdo 9y ago
Depends on what you want to do. Each language has an advantage in its own domain. If you want to build for the web then I would recommend learning Javascript. You really can't avoid Javascript on the web so it is a good thing to learn
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by dqdo 10y ago
Meditation and exercise. Sometimes the best thing for you is to focus on other aspects of life. Mediation allows you to deeply examine yourself and helps you think more critically about your life. Exercise improves both physical and mental
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by dqdo 10y ago
Software development takes a long time because of the users. If you think about every piece of software that has ever been written, they have been created to solve a human problem or resolve a human concern. As we build more impressive syst
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by dqdo 10y ago
My brother reads on average 0 to 1 book a year and he is a better code than me. I personally read about 50 books per year. There is nothing about programming that requires you to be a good reader. If you are an avid reader, you will get som
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by dqdo 11y ago
Someone should do an analysis of past companies on these metrics. It would be interesting to know how Microsoft and Google's business comes out of the equation. On the flip side, we should also look at companies that have folded as wel
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by dqdo 11y ago
I wrote a paper on how to control the project cost escalation that is relevant to this discussion. Typically 90% of construction projects are completed over budget with median being 28% over. http://leanconstructionblog.com/
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by dqdo 11y ago
I think that the data available here is a good start. To make an informed decision about which school to attend, it would require the students to identify the factors that are important to them. Check out the link below for an example of ho
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Startup Blog Post-Why selling and product development are actual the same thing(doanhdo.blogspot.com)
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German Car Makers Preparing Formal Bid for Nokia’s Here Map Service(wsj.com)
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by dqdo 11y ago
They also have very high overhead costs. Most law firms have very nice offices in very prominent parts of the city. This is not cheap so they need to charge a very high price to just remain in business. From an economic perspective, you can
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by dqdo 11y ago
Yes. There is no academic requirement for publishing research papers. Anyone can submit a paper for the peer-review process at most journals. However, as an outsider it would be better if you collaborate with someone familiar with the journ
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by dqdo 11y ago
Since no one else is respond to this post, I will offer some very quick advice. Firstly, what you are suggestion is very doable. You might want to look at Jquery UI draggable elements https://jqueryui.com/draggable/#scr
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Analysizing Your Business Through Supply and Demand Sides(doanhdo.blogspot.com)
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by dqdo 12y ago
I would say that the main job of any CEO or top executive is to continuously learn and self improve. As a CEO, your job is to think strategically and with a long-term vision. Most of the daily problems should be delegated to the functional
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by dqdo 12y ago
A 5% conversion rate for site visitor seems quite high to me. I actually don't recommend you optimizing for conversion rates -- this may sound counterintuitive so I will explain. Your conversion rate depends on the marketing channels t
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by dqdo 12y ago
I really depends on your product. The first thing that you need to consider is the possible strategies: (A) Freemium, (B) Paid subscription with a short trial, (C) paid subscription with a long trial, and (D) No trial but money back guarant
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by dqdo 12y ago
Interesting article. My company is actually trying to tackle the problem of how to make better group decisions within large organizations. You can check out our website at: paramountdecisions.com

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