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by nwenzel 2y ago
Whoa! Definitely give the commenting engine a try. It is insanely fast. I'm curious how it would work on my old SaaS app that had a ton of data and displayed attached PDFs (that were often scanned images of text, not the actual text) t
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by nwenzel 2y ago
HN is a place that appreciates craftsmanship over mass production. That can apply to apps or canoes!
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by nwenzel 3y ago
Maybe. But user is like a consumer. So HN is multiuser, but seems weird to call HN multi-player. Live concurrent interactions feels like something more than multiuser. Just my 2-cents, but multiplayer as in multiple users acting and interac
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I’ll have this before Evernote(twitter.com)
2 points by nwenzel 3y ago|2 comments
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by nwenzel 3y ago
Solo, part-time developer adds a feature Evernote announced, AI-enabled search, faster than they could launch it.
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by nwenzel 4y ago
Anytime I read about why someone likes some new low-cost locale better than SF, NY, or pick-your-US-city, I just can’t help but read it as “I like being rich.”
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by nwenzel 4y ago
Supporting offline users is harder but super important. Will check this out.
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by nwenzel 7y ago
General Motors. Several airlines. You’re describing bankruptcy protection. It means the debt holders will agree to pennies on the dollar or possibly even to forgive the debt but take over the equity wiping out the common shareholders. Compa
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by nwenzel 7y ago
If you have the opportunity to get help from lpolovets, you should jump at the chance at any minimum. What does $10k or $25k get you in the Valley... not a lot. But if you keep expenses low and have support from great people like lpolovets,
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by nwenzel 7y ago
No price cap or a high cap means the discount is your max return during the period between when you wire your money and the priced round. Compare that to what an Seed VC or A Round VC would look for between their round and the next. As an a
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by nwenzel 8y ago
Founder here. Cool to see the story posted on HN. Happy to answer questions until I hop on my flight. (I'm a "WiFi off and focus on one thing" kind of flier).
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by nwenzel 8y ago
Link to the referenced cases: Alice v CLS: https://casetext.com/case/alice-corp-v-cls-bank-intl Inventor Holdings v Bed Bath Beyond (multiple): https://casetext.com/search?q=Inventor%20holdings%20v.%20B
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by nwenzel 8y ago
> (and let's be clear: money) First, we all have bills to pay. Don’t knock someone for their chosen profession. Second, I was lucky enough to be invited to a small group event to hear him speak. Either all or the vast majority of hi
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by nwenzel 9y ago
Currently live in Mountain View. Red Rock is the epicenter. Lesser known (but pointing it out here so it gets more business and stays in business) is Olympus Caffe & Bakery. It’s not really suited towards long coding sessions. But it’s
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by nwenzel 9y ago
You’re right to think that 35 is pretty young. But it’s not too young to get into Product Management. Or any other career change for that matter. There are many different types of PMs. Some companies want a more technical PM. Maybe a compan
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Hiring Engineers and Integration Devs in Mountain View
1 points by nwenzel 9y ago
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by nwenzel 9y ago
Getting older, getting married, having kids, living in different parts of the country in different types of cities. Basically anything new gives you a broader perspective.
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by nwenzel 9y ago
When people talk about startups and equity, they often talk about the “risk” of joining a startup. For me, as a founder, the equity portion of a comp package isn’t about the risk. I’m curious to know what HNers (often with very passionate t
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by nwenzel 9y ago
Hi there. That quote was from me. Thanks for finding it interesting. Thanks for asking lpolovets to weigh in. He is incredibly smart and thoughtful. Turns out... he’s one of the investors that responded well to our “pragmatic” pitch. A few
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by nwenzel 9y ago
First, huge respect for bootstrapping. My co-founder and I ran a bootstrapped company together for over a decade. Skipped our own paychecks three times to ensure we made payroll for our team. But I’m sure you have your own stories just like
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by nwenzel 9y ago
The 401k isn’t expensive. Especially with newer startups offering payroll and 401k. Matching. That’s expensive.
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by nwenzel 9y ago
I do. So do my cofounder and many of our employees. We made the 401k available around 15 employees (I think). The tax savings of the 401k offsets the cost of providing the 401k, so its basically free-ish to offer... without matching. For re
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by nwenzel 9y ago
Is that true? Or is that just what people want to see? Avg age at my company (Series A funded, 50-ish people) is >30. Founders started at 35 & 36. Now they’re not-quite-40 and 40. Your sample size may vary.
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by nwenzel 9y ago
Step 1 is usually, reduce your expenses. When people say they can’t do something like that, it’s usually an economic decision. But, plenty of people live on the lesser salary. We all get used to the higher salary and rachet up spending acco
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by nwenzel 9y ago
middleout: your hypothesis is that YC is elitist. Or you have to have PMF (evidence that what you’re doing is working), 2nd time founder (evidence that you have succeeded in the past), or deep subject matter expertise. Traction, Prior Succe
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by nwenzel 9y ago
I’ll disagree with one point that I have direct personal knowledge of. > Criticism: yc is elitist. with a few exceptions (you have PMF), you have to know someone Not true for me. I knew no one and certainly did not have PMF (revenue equa
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by nwenzel 9y ago
I was 35 and had two kids when I went through YC in 2013. My cofounder was roughly the same age and also had two kids. We weren’t the oldest and we didn’t have the most kids. The idea that YC is just for 20-somethings and consumer/tech
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by nwenzel 9y ago
IMO python and its popularity is somewhat split between a scripting language, maybe a R alternative, with a data science focus on one hand. On the other hand is python as a web dev language with Django and flask as the popular frameworks. W
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by nwenzel 9y ago
Don't ask. Don't tell. It wasn't a great policy before. It's not great now. Hiding who you are to avoid ridicule doesn't solve the problem. If the majority opinion is safe to express, but your opinion isn't, th
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by nwenzel 9y ago
That would assume that the other customer location is currently underserved or not served at all. Outsourcing is about reducing costs. It's not good or evil. But it depersonalizes decisions on which service to choose and narrows the de

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