pixelmade

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by pixelmade 12y ago
> If you co-found with a non-bestie, not only are you taking all that risk on yourself I co-founded a company with my best friend in high school. He screwed me 6 months into the biz. As an individual, the fires of entrepreneurship comp
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by pixelmade 12y ago
I spend 1-2 hrs in the morning reading industry news, research, and studies. The rest of the day (5 hrs) I refine the framework I would follow when/if I get a job. I view it as an outstanding opportunity to learn and prepare. I did s
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by pixelmade 12y ago
For the most part, HR are a group that believes in data, but rarely uses it during evaluation and hiring decisions.
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by pixelmade 12y ago
Not really.
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by pixelmade 12y ago
I'm curious what the business case was for open sourcing the code. Maybe to create an ecosystem?
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by pixelmade 13y ago
I use LinkedIn's news feed to build my personal brand among my connections, and to keep my face in front of some connections with the power to hire me. In general, the news feed is full of boring articles, but that's simply becau
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by pixelmade 13y ago
Why would you voluntarily give Amazon all of your sales data? They'll aggregate it, mine it, then use it to optimize their store / pricing / products. At least with PayPal, I know they won't be using my sales data aga
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by pixelmade 13y ago
Yes, but web development is a mature industry and becoming commoditized. It's very difficult to differentiate based on quality, as most clients choose based on price. Source: I've been a web developer since 1995. It's not r
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by pixelmade 13y ago
Success is often the result of timing or luck. Any lessons learned here would probably be incorrect. With failure, it's easier to identify the correct causes.
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by pixelmade 13y ago
Corporate sites usually have rigid branding guidelines that define the message and imaging the site should convey. Startup sites usually have much looser guidelines. It's a lot easier to design something awesome when you're not as constra
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by pixelmade 13y ago
http://cacloud.com