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by ktom 5y ago
Dissolution Event is different than debt. If you wind the company down, you would/should try to make your investors 'as whole as possible'. Debt implies that at some later date YC could come asking for their $375k back. A SAF
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by ktom 8y ago
LendingHome | Software Engineers & Engineering Manager | Full-time | San Francisco, CA & Pittsburgh, PA | ONSITE REMOTE VISA LendingHome is reimagining the mortgage process from the ground up based in technology as a simple, fast, t
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by ktom 11y ago
I would also add, that over time hyper efficient public transit systems and large fleets of self driving cars doing transportation as a service converge into the same thing. They are virtually indistinguishable from each other. Combine that
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by ktom 12y ago
if there isn't a talent shortage and there are workers in the bay area without jobs that work in engineering I would appreciate an intro to said workers. also to clarify, if you mean there isn't a shortage and that i just have to
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by ktom 12y ago
You should probably state what time period you are referring to when you recall hearing about Stripe.. I do not recall Stripe being positioned as a PayPal alternative really ever, but certainly not when it launched. I also believe that Sam
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by ktom 13y ago
Dispassionate debate is a good way to find the truth, but does seem a bit odd to debate whether somebody is xenophobic when you can just go talk to them and see what they are like. Debating theories and facts or interpretation of facts make
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by ktom 13y ago
you've got a perfectly understandable accent, i still remember one of your rehearsal presentations for demo day, it was something along the lines of "this graph is bad" "this graph is good" i even thought you were p
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by ktom 13y ago
I would suggest that the best performers are internally motivated and not externally motivated. So ultimately if you could motivate them to be better, then by definition they would be mediocre performers. Based on my personal experience, I
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by ktom 14y ago
the class of status (TN) is less important than the mindset of your new employer. No visa class requires you to be paid under market (some even require that you are paid a wage comparable to an american) If an employer is trying to "maximiz
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by ktom 15y ago
Oddly enough, I browsed around to another page and was able to create an account from there. You apparently just cannot create an account from that particular page. For whatever reason account creation doesn't work from the 'Stop SOPA' peti
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by ktom 16y ago
The network of alum really helps. Having access to so many startups that have already optimize the hell out of the steps needed to start a company is a big value add. The reality is that if you want/need PG's time you can get at any point d
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by ktom 17y ago
Congrats Brian! and congrats to DailyBooth!
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Hacking for fun and profit with Mathematica and the Google Analytics API(collison.ie)
85 points by ktom 17y ago|5 comments
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by ktom 17y ago
I don't think many people have seen any studies that compare quality of GM cars versus other brands. It's probably more of a perceived quality than anything based on numbers that is detrimental to GM. If GM cars are at par in terms of quali
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by ktom 18y ago
absolutely stunning!
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by ktom 18y ago
Wow spin.mobify.me actually loads faster than spin.com on my iphone. easier to read too
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by ktom 18y ago
I am not certain if the works in the United States, but you could divorce yourself from your parents. Then their financial standing would no longer affect you, because they would no longer be legally considered your family.
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by ktom 18y ago
Regarding the link to the welcome page, I can see the reasoning to limit it to the first day, however I would argue that the link isn't that intrusive and should probably stick around until the first comment or some karma threshold. I certa
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Remus: possible high availability of apps through replicating virtual machines(usenix.org)
17 points by ktom 18y ago|4 comments
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by ktom 18y ago
Heading to SF for a short period seems like a good idea. Since you don't seem to have a network there, it is probably a good idea to do a recon trip. This also works well with the visa situation. It is probably considerably easier to mee
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by ktom 18y ago
Dan Ingalls and Avi Bryant both look like great talks. Also I would like to see what discuss might occur between the two of them. Leah's talk sounds interesting as well. I totally agree with the little paragraph about putting yourself in
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by ktom 18y ago
Didn't make it, kind of crushing. I'll admit I am depressed. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow
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by ktom 18y ago
here is one from vancouver, if you are canadian http://blog.bootuplabs.com/ i don't know much about them personally (ie: i have not actually signed up for funding from them).
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by ktom 18y ago
that is a point i had not considered before, but probably more reflective of the situation than any other point.
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by ktom 18y ago
for 1, on my product i feel that there is a certain window of opportunity with it. it is a simple product that scratches a nice itch, somebody else is bound to have the same itch. on their products(they have more than 1) their is also a bi
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by ktom 18y ago
consulting is potentially an option, but i don't think i would get an equity stake as a consultant. they are offering me equity now as a founding partner if i join up. I am fulltime on my startup now. I am building the product, but i have
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Doing 2 startups
3 points by ktom 18y ago|7 comments
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Hosted email service or run your own?
3 points by ktom 18y ago|1 comments
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by ktom 18y ago
sorry for the delay in following up on this. no it doesn't look like your email allows for msg. i am curious about your magazine. post a link if you can
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by ktom 18y ago
slightly off topic, but there doesn't appear to be way to direct msg you. I live in the Vancouver area as well, what is the url to your site? what does your startup do?

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