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by markhelo 4y ago
"Microsoft has been killing it over the last decade regarding dev tooling and experience, so it is not a big surprise." To be fair, for all the flack Microsoft got/gets, the dev tooling for Windows ecosystem is miles ahead o
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by markhelo 5y ago
Its likely that both OS's allow you to do it, because it is part of their testability APIs. I have used an app on Google to fake my location because a restaurant that is hard to schedule (90+mins waiting) requires you to be within 1 mi
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by markhelo 5y ago
I don't remember her name but I once met an experienced market researcher about 10 years ago who worked for Lego in the 80's and 90's to study their users and figure out how to grow the company. She basically went on to expla
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by markhelo 6y ago
What about the third option which is you building 100% of a competitor who knows how everything works and can compete effectively?
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by markhelo 6y ago
Vida Health | Engineering | SF, Austin, Remote | Full Time | vida.com Hello, I am Amol, VP of Engineering at Vida and looking to hire engineers (backend, mobile, data) to join our 35+ engineering team. We use Python extensively on the backe
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by markhelo 9y ago
Life360 | Software Engineers, Product Managers | San Francisco, San Diego | Onsite | Full-time With over 10 million active users and $90 million in venture funding, Life360 is the world’s largest mobile app for families. Today, we are very
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by markhelo 10y ago
Life360 | iOS, Android, Platform, Product | San Francisco Life360 is the world’s largest network for families available for Android and iOS. Using proprietary location-based technology, Life360 processes over 1.3 billion location requests p
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by markhelo 10y ago
Life360 | San Francisco Life360 is the world’s largest network for families available for Android and iOS. Using proprietary location-based technology, Life360 processes over 1.3 billion location requests per day and enables over 50 million
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by markhelo 10y ago
Sam's entire post has one line about Hillary and ten about Trump. Instead of trying to demonize Trump, perhaps it is important for you to advocate for your candidate. As the president said, go work for your candidate. People are not du
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by markhelo 11y ago
Professor Jared Diamond explains more of this beautifully in his book Guns, Germs and Steel. Definitely a great read and there is also a Nat Geo documentary narrated by him.
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by markhelo 11y ago
I love this idea. However I am not too surprised that YC is doing this. YC is a different kind of corporation. Instead of hiring engineers, they hire startups. And just like any well established company, they are now investing in R&D. M
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by markhelo 11y ago
Wello - San Francisco, Software Engineering We are Wello, a small company acquired by WeightWatchers last year? It is a best of both worlds, brand recognition and no more fundraising and worrying about stability. Here's why you should
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by markhelo 12y ago
Clinkle did raise 25 million as well, nevertheless this looks cool and hope it is affordable.
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by markhelo 12y ago
Isnt there a Step 1.5 - Make your own internal messaging app then?
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by markhelo 12y ago
Curious to hear what team you were applying for?
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by markhelo 12y ago
Wello - San Francisco, Software Engineering Wello (recently acquired by WeightWatchers) has a mission to help people get healthier. Being backed by a leader in weight loss programs has many advantages, we have an abundance of users, resourc
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by markhelo 12y ago
Wello - San Francisco, Software Engineering Have you considered working for a tiny company recently acquired by a big company? It could be a great fit and a best of both worlds (stability and innovation). If you are thinking, you should con
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by markhelo 12y ago
Isn't that Home Depot?
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by markhelo 12y ago
If you set up your domain on Cloudflare and use their SSL, you literally do not need to worry about SSL certs.
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by markhelo 12y ago
Somehow Netflix never got that memo and they seem to be doing just fine.
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by markhelo 12y ago
Netflix has done a great job building that service and it is easy to underestimate how hard it is to build. Amazon has EC2 and Google has Youtube. There are no other realistic competitors in the streaming service at that scale for now in my
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by markhelo 12y ago
The book is a great read and talks about his research on talking to people. He provides interesting examples of people who you might think do boring jobs but can manage to get in flow and how they do it. Overall, he proposes a theory on how
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by markhelo 13y ago
I wonder what he thinks about focusing on one geography vs. opening it up.
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by markhelo 13y ago
What expertise do you specifically mean? Btw, Labdoor was in our batch, they test nutritional supplements and tell you whats really in them.
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by markhelo 13y ago
IMO, you don't really go to RH for funding but for all the opportunities they can open for you if you really have something that is cool and working. The funding is a cherry on the top.
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Basis acquired by Intel for 100M(techcrunch.com)
5 points by markhelo 13y ago|0 comments
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by markhelo 13y ago
Thought it said 250 per year after first year.
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by markhelo 13y ago
Not realistically enforceable.
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by markhelo 13y ago
YC company approaches VC and says we have a soft commit from a YC partner. VC calls the YC partner and invests. I am not saying there is anything wrong in the old world. It is what it is. When its your company and there is money involved pe
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by markhelo 13y ago
Disagree. In 30 seconds Carlsen has a much higher recall of the vast number of boards he has played than an average person. This is a mismatch even if Bill Gates is really smart. So in 30 seconds whatever plans an average chess player can c

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