petesmithy

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by petesmithy 2y ago
These folks at The Onion are too good .. I clicked this thinking it for a moment that I’d missed an egregiously-named real tech company and this was a serious article. It’s been a while. Well played!!
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by petesmithy 2y ago
Shadow Divers ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9530.Shadow_Divers ) - story of amateur deep sea divers who discover a sunken German U-Boat and spend years trying to get into it. Genuinely riveting story, absolu
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by petesmithy 4y ago
Additional context for Americans: we basically don’t have guns in Britain. The most dangerous thing these guys did was nearly get run over by the stalker fleeing in his car.
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by petesmithy 4y ago
this ^^ I'm afraid; I used to do feedback for everyone if they got to phone interview or beyond; it's time consuming but I thought it would be a better candidate experience; maybe 1/4 people were grateful and positive about r
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by petesmithy 4y ago
"Default Alive" - http://www.paulgraham.com/aord.html "pre-product market fit" - links to a list of resources: - The only thing that matters by Marc Andreessen https://pmarchive.co
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by petesmithy 4y ago
I get what you're driving at, but have you considered that sports teams, athletes are also optimising for 15+ year long careers (or even a long season)? Sports teams help players avoid over-training, over-competing, picking up injuries
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by petesmithy 5y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER | London | Remote or partial on-site in London getcoconut.com iOS contractor for 3-9 month full-time project email pete@getcoconut.com
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by petesmithy 6y ago
The bit that you can still see (ie. mobile app, website) is owned by Warner now actually, acquired by them in July 2017. The bit that Ticketmaster/LN 'acquired' in 2018 was, by then, just a vehicle for the lawsuit related to
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by petesmithy 6y ago
There are never any future guarantees of liquidity, so take this opportunity.
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by petesmithy 7y ago
I get that this shit is hard but who thinks that saying "[o]ur in-house attorneys will shift to have the option to become preferred providers in our professional services network" is ok? This is such a gross way of putting it. T
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by petesmithy 8y ago
This is bad advice. No one should have all their (paper) net worth tied up in one investment. Selling secondary shares is just sensible, even assuming you believe in your company.
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by petesmithy 8y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/
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by petesmithy 8y ago
Alex Ferguson would do the same, and reporters would curry favour with him in order to maintain access. This is just bully-boy press relations.
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by petesmithy 11y ago
For all those looking for new development and data science roles in New York: check out my new startup The Round NYC. (I previously co-founded Songkick.com, YC s2007) theround.com We're putting 100 of New York's top tech teams in
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What Is A Startup? (UK Edition)(blog.siliconmilkroundabout.com)
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by petesmithy 13y ago
you seem threatened and unsettled by a woman whose reaction to sexism in her industry (building a platform for herself from which to fight it) demonstrates intelligence and strength of character and you used a throwaway YC account to lob wo
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by petesmithy 14y ago
>>My advice? Given bad choices... ...get fired up, quit your job, and go into politics.
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by petesmithy 14y ago
Agreed.
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UK's 'Silicon Milkroundabout' jobs fair this weekend -- meet 125 start-ups(siliconmilkroundabout.com)
2 points by petesmithy 14y ago|0 comments
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by petesmithy 15y ago
great to hear it! do you think you'll find a new job as a result?
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by petesmithy 15y ago
i agree that that kind of transparency would be amazing for candidates. tough to get all startups to sign up to a public declaration of their runways, however! but it's usually possible to get a straight answer if you ask as part of the int
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by petesmithy 15y ago
cheers peter the event brought so many great London tech start-ups together..
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by petesmithy 15y ago
i had great fun doing this interview -- we were all on a real high at the end of the event, and sam asked some great questions the event goes from strength to strength!
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Why We Do Start-ups(siliconmilkroundabout.com)
6 points by petesmithy 15y ago|0 comments
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London's Silicon Milkroundabout jobs fair this Sunday (100 startups showing up)(siliconmilkroundabout.com)
5 points by petesmithy 15y ago|0 comments
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Female Tech Founders To Watch(huffingtonpost.com)
11 points by petesmithy 15y ago|0 comments
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by petesmithy 15y ago
He has a British passport. He was born in Uganda of South African parents, spent his childhood in the Netherlands, "also lived in Stanford, California, Berlin and London", and studied at Oxford and Harvard. He currently lives in France. He
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by petesmithy 15y ago
This guy should stick to writing about sports. Although I agree that the English value both 'winging it' on limited knowledge, and banter / witty repartee. But that is regardless of background.
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by petesmithy 15y ago
Excellent :)
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[London] Songkick (YC S07) growing our engineering team(songkick.com)
52 points by petesmithy 16y ago

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