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by random_user 13y ago
I can't really argue with your logic here. Yes, ideally you want to do something you are passionate about. Now, to be fair, that isn't always the case. I have a small business running almost in auto-pilot that is generating prob
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by random_user 13y ago
[6] Hold on to it - Do nothing right now - Elections and voting will never go away - Keep thinking and look for other opportunities to build a product or brand around the domain
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by random_user 13y ago
[5] Sell the domain - Less work - Far less money than a successful site could generate - Currently working on other products, including: - Redoing an existing mobile app to start monetizing - Planning anoth
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by random_user 13y ago
[4] A platform for voting and survey taking online - Not necessarily limited to politics - Site provides the tools to organize voting for whatever purpose - Embeddable voting forms - Possibly self-hosted solutions - F
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by random_user 13y ago
[3] Build something that Democrats or Republicans can use - Make it a useful get-out-the-vote tool for young people - Aim squarely at providing it as a service to one of the parties - Perhaps even look at selling the site to o
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by random_user 13y ago
[2] Political blog, again aimed at younger audience - Also easy to setup: Wordpress - Seeding with posts happens more organically than forum because one or two people write - Probably takes just as long as [1] to build a
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by random_user 13y ago
[1] Political discussion forum aimed at a younger audience - Relatively easy to setup. vBulletin or phpBB would do. - Needs seeding with lots of posts in order to even begin to pull real people in. - Fighting spam posts
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Ask HN: ClickTheVote.com – What do I do with it?
1 points by random_user 13y ago|8 comments
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by random_user 13y ago
Anyone serious enough wanting to have a conversation about what I've got on the table can easily contact me off-list and have detailed discussions. I've already had a number of them with people who reached out. I understand you m
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by random_user 13y ago
Well, I think we can agree on some points. There are tons of web businesses that can be started and run with $100 per month...you don't even need to buy the hardware. All you need is a few Linode's and you are good to go. At the
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by random_user 13y ago
Thanks for the recommendation. If I could use a bad analogy I'd compare the two world, setting up servers and engineering software to selling marble and being a sculpture. Part of what drives those of us who write code is that we use
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by random_user 13y ago
Cash is like the blood running through the veins of a venture. You need it to survive. You also need it to walk and you need more of it to run. There are web businesses that can certainly be entirely bootstrapped, sometimes by a single c
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by random_user 13y ago
Money comes with side effects and it also comes in various grades. At the extremes you'll find smart money and dumb money. The latter is the most dangerous. Not all money is created equal.
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by random_user 13y ago
Email address now in my profile. Here it is: hn.rocks@yahoo.com I'd appreciate contact with identifying information such a LinkedIn profile. I'll reply in kind, of course.
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by random_user 13y ago
With respect, I think you are drinking too much of the cool-aid. Yes, in general terms you are right. The difference is that if you have thirty years of entrepreneurship under your belt, having tried, failed and succeeded you should devel
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by random_user 13y ago
No. An opportunity is an idea connected to a market need. There's more than one way to connect an idea to a market need. One case is where the market already exists either entirely or to some degree and you have a solid idea of how to
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by random_user 13y ago
Here's the problem with that approach: It takes a long time and you are invariably going to talk to a lot of people who have money and nothing else to contribute. The only type of money you want as an entrepreneur is smart money. Ju
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by random_user 13y ago
Well, I know current SV culture is to put it all out there and let the world see. I have cuts and bruises to prove this is not always the best approach. Business can be war and there are a lot of people out there ready, willing and able t
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by random_user 13y ago
> Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's the execution that matters. And you are right. And if I had done absolutely nothing in my life. If I was a kid either dropping out of school or just out of school your sermon would be well applied.
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VC's: Experienced 50 year old with good ideas. Will you talk to me?
18 points by random_user 13y ago|27 comments
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by random_user 13y ago
Yup. Twenty-five years ago I could walk out of a job and into another within hours. Things change. I've done the meetup thing. I'll say that most tech meetups have been a total waste of time. "I have an idea for <x>
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by random_user 13y ago
That's easy to answer: Intelligent robots. Humanoids have fascinated me since childhood. I went to school to get an EE because I wanted to work on robots. Life took me in a different direction. And that's OK.
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by random_user 13y ago
When Georgia Tech widely publicized their online CS Masters program AND they explicitly stated that they'd offer credit for relevant experience I jumped on it. I got in touch with them to learn more. Within days they rescinded their
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by random_user 13y ago
Sent reply off-list. Thanks for your pointers.
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by random_user 13y ago
Email sent 43 56 76 82
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by random_user 13y ago
> Why not a degree in mathematics and a Master's in education? Well, mathematics is a tool for me. I couldn't see going for a degree in mathematics at all. Frankly, it'd bore me to death. Probably the same with a MS in
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by random_user 13y ago
I have been dealing with with some of the consequences of this for the last three years. Details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6932327 The fact that most of my professional life was very publicly exposed onlin
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by random_user 13y ago
Yes. My resume is under version control. I have six versions I've evolved over time to address very specific job categories.
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by random_user 13y ago
I wonder how many people on HN have actually touched a VT-100? Or an 8 inch floppy disk? Or how about removable platter 10 MB hard drives the size of a washing machine?
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by random_user 13y ago
Well, retirement isn't for me. I will never stop working on something so long as I have the physical and mental ability. That's just how I am wired. Teaching at universities is out because, well, I don't have a degree. Iro

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