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by gacba 8y ago
Yeah, I use it at a financial services client. A previous architect chose it because it was a pet project of his (he contributed to Delombok). The premise is fine...I have no problem with it. But the default generation of @EqualsAndHashco
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by gacba 8y ago
Speaking as a sole founder with many friends that go their path alone as well, this is not anywhere close to a requirement. There are people for whom this journey is natural and they are more suited, and others for whom they'd prefer
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New Bootstrappers: Alternative Funding Models Are Embracing Founder Lifestyles(medium.com)
1 points by gacba 8y ago|0 comments
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by gacba 8y ago
Been using MemSQL for a enterprise-level financial services client since mid-2017. We have this in production and are running it in a multi-TB cluster. We've not seen ANY of these issues here and are heavy, crazy query users. Their
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by gacba 8y ago
Bootstrapped would be any self-funded, usually single-person-founded, company. You might have revenue or not, but the key component is that you are doing this on your own time or money. Not VC-funded. Don't know what equity take they
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TinySeed: Startup Accelerator Designed for Bootstrappers(tinyseedfund.com)
33 points by gacba 8y ago|2 comments
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by gacba 8y ago
We said that as Java developers back in 2004. I'd say we got mixed results on that.
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Brazil museum fire: ‘incalculable’ loss as 200-year-old Rio institution gutted(theguardian.com)
29 points by gacba 8y ago|4 comments
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by gacba 10y ago
Lived in Boulder County for 15 years until I got married and moved south of Denver. Boulder itself has ALWAYS been expensive (even when I was in college in the early 90s) for housing. If you're serious about relocating, look at some l
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by gacba 11y ago
One concrete suggestion I would make is to watch Steli Efti's presentation on sales made to YC. It's filled with great info about how to qualify, follow up, pitch and in general, close sales. Steli is a master at that and maybe
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by gacba 12y ago
The FCC is currently taking public comments about net neutrality and whether ISPs are "common carriers" of content, which would subject them to certain rules of peering and content availability. It would also prevent them from ch
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by gacba 12y ago
Crappy formatted instructions--sorry! 1. Go to http://fcc.gov/comments 2. Click on 14-28, the third item (not 14-57) 3. Fill out the form, add the Comment “ I want internet service providers classified as Common Carriers. “
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Ask HN: Submit request to FCC to treat ISPs as common carriers
7 points by gacba 12y ago|3 comments
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by gacba 12y ago
Simple. My customers aren't asking for it and really don't care. If I'm not focused on them, I'm missing the point of my business. The day they start banging on my door and telling me they'll leave because I don&
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by gacba 12y ago
Can you suggest a solution for those of us on AWS that are SaaS providers that you find to be reliable?
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by gacba 12y ago
Basically, you've described a Mastermind group. :) It need not be in-person, though. I have one, and we're scattered across the US. You definitely want to have somewhat similar timezones if you go remote, just because it'
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by gacba 12y ago
There's one key point to everyone's comments thus far, I'll just reiterate it: This is a marathon, not a sprint . Work too hard, too fast, or too long, you'll burn out and get discouraged, quit and say that it doesn&#
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by gacba 13y ago
As a parent of 3 girls, I can't emphasize that trust thing enough above. I would absolutely, never, EVER use such a service. My wife would balk at the very suggestion of it. It sounds like a great idea on paper but no matter how much
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by gacba 13y ago
If you are adding features for features' sake, then you are not adding value. Bloated products result when you add features without understanding their value to the customer base you serve. Of course, it could be that you serve such a
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by gacba 13y ago
So what all did you tweak to make it work? If you'd prefer not to be public about it, message me in the Academy (this is Dave Rodenbaugh)
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by gacba 13y ago
So wait--you said you almost went back to collecting CC's up front, and that article says it was a better fit than the no-CC trial, so what data did you collect to say otherwise? You're arguing both sides Brennan. :) I'm co
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by gacba 13y ago
Another way to handle this is to NOT hire teams, but hire independents. That's what I do on oDesk, to ensure the person you hired is the one doing the work.
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by gacba 13y ago
Contact me through my profile. I'd like to chat about my current ventures and see what we can work out.
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by gacba 13y ago
Not quite. ICANN Fees ICANN charges a fee for each domain name registered. The fee is 20 cents per domain. The domain registrars pay additional fees to ICANN, but it's hardly anywhere near the 90+% you quoted.
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by gacba 13y ago
It would be nice to see some follow up on the items "Need to run this test longer..." or "It's too early to tell..." items. You have a LOT of those, and for a growth hack to be valuable, you need to see some result
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by gacba 13y ago
Thanks for NOT giving him the "hang in there" speech and some real alternatives to get him back on his feet. You're awesome, man.
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by gacba 13y ago
There really is no such thing as "fully thought out" here w.r.t what the customers will actually do with it. If you look again at the article, they went through this kind of progression: - Best guess at a starting price model - R
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by gacba 13y ago
I would suggest asking some tough questions to the CEO/founder like this: - What is the burn rate of the company? - How much money do we have in the bank? - What kind of revenue are we getting (you may already know this, but it could b
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by gacba 13y ago
Here's a few suggestions: - Don't expect to find an undiscovered market. Instead, look to see what existing competitors there are in a particular market. Are they dated? Tired looking? Do they have a terrible UX? Is their pricing model
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by gacba 14y ago
"John Thomas" is a British slang reference to male genitalia, so this broker name is pretty apt since they were out to screw everyone they came in contact with. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not, but it sure is funny.

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