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YC Hacks Live(youtube.com)
4 points by samwise 12y ago|0 comments
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by samwise 12y ago
Startup School New York Speakers Chase Adam Founder, Watsi Shana Fisher High Line Venture Partners and Board Partner, Andreessen Horowitz David Lee Founder, SV Angel Apoorva Mehta Founder, Instacart Kathryn Minshew Founder, The Muse Zach Si
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Startup School NY Live Stream(new.livestream.com)
69 points by samwise 12y ago|18 comments
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by samwise 13y ago
I would check out https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Scalability . In the paper published by "Satoshi Nakamoto" he detailed a technique called pruning in which old transactions that can longer affect other transactio
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by samwise 13y ago
i'm pretty sure it's grapes
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by samwise 13y ago
It's not free if you have fork over $80. But nonetheless a great service.
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by samwise 15y ago
let's give credit where credit is due. Kevin is an successful angel investor and an influencer in the techs space. Not to mention that every company that he has worked with have nothing but good things to say about him. Google currently emp
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by samwise 15y ago
Let me pose this question. If the damages were $2 and not $200,000 would you still think an 18 month sentence is justified ? I would guess that most people would think not. So the true cost of the damage is a significant factor in assessing
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by samwise 15y ago
I'm curious as to the benefits of having an actual presence in France. i highly doubt Google will comply. The only possible out come i see is Google setting up shop outside France's jurisdiction.
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Techstars to Build Common Application for All Startup Incubators(bostinnovation.com)
2 points by samwise 16y ago|0 comments
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by samwise 16y ago
This is my first project as a business guy turned developer. Any feedback would be appreciated.
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by samwise 16y ago
That's an insane offer for such a young company. I guess the team turned it down in the hopes Path will be many times the offer. I just don't see how an iPhone app can worth more than $120 million. I think the most successful app would be a
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by samwise 16y ago
even though pg says "there’s no reason for companies to turn it down" There would be an advantage to being the only company not to accept the funds. i imagine the press and standing out in the herd might be well worth passing on the 150k. P
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by samwise 16y ago
not sure why i'm being downvoted. if you don't agree leave a reply. it's very discouraging
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by samwise 16y ago
The real question should be why is Google not doing this. Bing seems to be learning from what results users choose and improving their results. Seems like a no brainer, unless i missed something. I also really like this for some reason. It'
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by samwise 16y ago
source http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/01/28/dahl_...
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by samwise 16y ago
The English arm of Al Jazeera is based in Washington DC
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by samwise 16y ago
$150,000 in convertible debt. With no cap and no discount. I suspect all 40 companies will take the money on those terms. You would be crazy not to.
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by samwise 16y ago
Surprisingly i found that flowchart somewhat informative.
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by samwise 16y ago
It's more like a web server that runs an alarm clock. The Chumby has the computing power of web servers 10 years ago.
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Data on YC-funded startups and their founders(spreadsheets.google.com)
3 points by samwise 16y ago|0 comments
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Corp Dev Execs Talk About Who They’d Buy And Why(techcrunch.com)
1 points by samwise 16y ago|0 comments
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A Bootstrapped Startups Guide to Conferences(sambensalem.com)
2 points by samwise 16y ago|0 comments
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by samwise 17y ago
seems to be a trend, thanks for the link
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Ask HN: Is it wise to build products on twitters API?
1 points by samwise 17y ago|2 comments
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by samwise 17y ago
Their data? The data should belong to the people that produce the content Not the people that host it. Craigslist gains value from it's users not they other way around.
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by samwise 18y ago
I was gonna make the same comment. Since when was web 2.0 (hairs goes up on back) about 3 companies. If you need a real example of lean companies look no further than YC companies.
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by samwise 18y ago
I personally like all the writers at TC having worked with most of them in the past. They never broke an embargo and we're quick to response to any requests i had. The same can't be said for #%@&*& (name redacted to protect the guil
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by samwise 18y ago
FDIC is a joke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDIC Just because you're insured up 100k doesn't mean the 100k will be worth that much when you get it. Printing money and giving it to people doesn't fix the problem. color me cynical
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by samwise 18y ago
also as the dollar become inflated holding, i would rather hold shares than currency. i would also get my hands on some GLD

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