tstewart161

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by tstewart161 6y ago
In my experience: real problem + good messaging + good mvp + right audience = strong response. Strong response is lots of page views, lots of comments, lots of likes, lots of signups, STRONG replies and REAL excitement (if you’re questionin
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by tstewart161 6y ago
I’m in a similar position to you, having just started a break from a side project I tried to cram into a business. The idea is a niche news aggregator for professionals like market researchers and consultants focused on a domain. The main t
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by tstewart161 6y ago
No, negative externalities aren’t ok when you do it, or when cities do it, or when businesses do it, or when anyone does it. You don’t get to harm other’s welfare. Take your construction project to a public park or outdoors somewhere
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by tstewart161 6y ago
Lest we forget the second wave in the US due to mass nationwide protests? Masking up is great, and there are too many busybodies in convenience stores getting upset because an employee asked them to wear a mask, but the problem is obviously
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by tstewart161 6y ago
Lots of practice, learning, and failure. This guy got a great combination of product/market fit, timing, and exposure. Finding product/market fit is a skill trainable like anything else (although an incredibly difficult skill to m
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by tstewart161 6y ago
You need to keep looking then. Plenty of cities have great job opportunities while still having inexpensive and great houses
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by tstewart161 6y ago
But clearly not if you can’t even afford a place to live. Richmond and plenty other cities have TONS of economic opportunities, but not as many as NYC or SF - they’re also much cheaper. Clearly there’s a balance here so the answer isn’t so
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by tstewart161 6y ago
It’s not like the dichotomy is so stark. Like the parent comment said: Raleigh is cheap but still bustling with plenty to do, Richmond, Baltimore, Atlanta, and so on are bustling but not stupid expensive. It’s not just “ghosts town” vs “exp
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by tstewart161 6y ago
I’ll ding you on the financial sense of not living in Bay Area vs living there even if you’re just a new grad (or just below L8). I live in a very low cost of living area with salary nearly twice the median software engineer and I’d still b
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by tstewart161 6y ago
You’re putting the cart before the horse through a pinhole here. Religion has existed long before organizations like, say the Catholic Church, derived their power through its adherents. You’re also making this mistake through a lens that di
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by tstewart161 6y ago
I’ve heard this point made a lot, that these “bailouts” are in any way equivalent to previous bailouts based on poor management and immoral business practices. These aren’t the same. This shutdown (however justified) is because of the govt.