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For the recent and soon to be college grads that want to start companies(ryanjfarley.com)
4 points by ryan90 11y ago|0 comments
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by ryan90 11y ago
The business typically only makes 25% of what they would have. A restaurant cannot survive on that margin. And most Grouponers are bottom-feeders. Just looking for a deal. They're also the most likely to be vocal on Yelp (there was
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by ryan90 11y ago
This it the epitome of Startup Weekends' short fall. You simply can't start a company in a weekend. Even moreso, you can't expect to start a company with a bunch of random people you just met. This gets complicated by the fa
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by ryan90 11y ago
I disagree. Homejoy solved the annoying issues of waiting for quotes, not being able to reach your cleaner, having to sort through reviews, ect.
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by ryan90 11y ago
Honestly that sounds like you got what you deserved. Canceling the day of causes all sorts of logistical issues. You can hardly blame them for that.
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by ryan90 11y ago
This article is terrible. It cites no real sources to back up it's claims of reacharounds and churn problems. It's one person's speculation.
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Super Common Startup Job Application Mistakes(ryanjfarley.com)
5 points by ryan90 11y ago|0 comments
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Self Lender Raises $1.5M to Help Americans Establish Credit(techcrunch.com)
2 points by ryan90 11y ago|0 comments
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by ryan90 11y ago
lawnstarter.workable.com Austin, TX: ONSITE VP of Engineering Growth Engineer Front-end Developers Back-end Developers UX/UI Developers LawnStarter raised a $6 million series A from some awesome investors, and we're growing fast.
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by ryan90 11y ago
What is better, owning 1% of a $1mm company or 0.5% of a $5mm company? That's why you shouldn't worry about dilution.
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by ryan90 11y ago
You do not properly understand equity. If I'm a founder and I own 100% then give up half the company to investors, that 50% I give up better improve my overall outcome by at least 2x. Usually that's reflected in the overall valua
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by ryan90 11y ago
Stock is not free. Equity is expensive if you're working for a good company. As a founder I would much rather pay out cash , but that's generally not what people are after (esp director, vp level)
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by ryan90 11y ago
Founders don't take dilution unless it makes each existing share more valuable. Unless it's a down round of course. Dilution is life; just accept it. No employee or founder stock will ever have an anti-dilution provision.
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by ryan90 11y ago
There are plenty of people who join startups for the upside, and would gladly give up a certain amount of salary for options. Especially super-experienced people who are well-off, and would rather have more equity.
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Ask HN: Would you ever hire a developer out of a 'coding academy'?
9 points by ryan90 11y ago|2 comments
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by ryan90 11y ago
This conversation again?
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by ryan90 11y ago
This is so idiotic. Click/share-bait at it's finest. Yes, there are awful powerpoint presentations. Yet as someone who has worked at a company where business cases and data visualization is extremely important, I can say that Pow
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by ryan90 11y ago
I'd love to hear more discussion on the statement "My thought is that party rounds tend to leave companies without an investor who cares enough or has pockets deep enough to bridge the company when necessary." I did a party r
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by ryan90 11y ago
OP here. It's not meant to replace mixpanel. It's to visualize KPIs that most startups have to pull from their MYSQL databases. Such as total customers, churn, ect. You would never use this for web tracking.
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Show HN: Create a KPI Dashboard by Pasting SQL Queries(chartengine.io)
8 points by ryan90 11y ago|2 comments
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by ryan90 11y ago
The biggest bias in the discussion that occurs on HN, is that most people commenting are engineers. Programming is inherently heads down, whereas a large number of professional jobs are not. If you want to run a sales team, open office is
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by ryan90 11y ago
<insert beating dead horse gif here>
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by ryan90 11y ago
This really shouldn't be a shocker. I was diagnosed with ADHD in elementary school and have been on and off medication ever since. A large number of friends in the professional world use these stimulants regularly. I think that these
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by ryan90 11y ago
No app just takes off like that. Even so, you have to deal with the challenges associated with it. I'm a huge cynic when it comes to Snapchat and in no way agree with it's valuation, but they've made some pretty big moves an
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by ryan90 11y ago
When you're competing for the cream of the crop, yes it's hard.
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by ryan90 11y ago
Poaching is a commonly used term to describe this. It's been used for a long time.
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by ryan90 11y ago
I've had jobs where working from home was the greatest thing, and jobs where being able to shout over to coworkers and have face-to-face conversations is irreplaceable. It depends on the work and the team dynamic. Developers working
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Whatever happened to Paas?(techcrunch.com)
2 points by ryan90 11y ago|0 comments
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by ryan90 11y ago
I was a beta tester of Smarthost (smarthost.me) and it helped me rent out my house for SXSW for the first time. Well worth the money!
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by ryan90 12y ago
Personally I'd be bored out of my mind. I already can't wait to get back to work every monday.

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