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by waxman 5y ago
A practical application of this perspective, and one that has a lot of virtues is: When evaluating a crazy new idea (particularly something like a product or business), don't bother asking "will this work?" because no one tru
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by waxman 6y ago
I'm a big fan of both Ben Thompson and Tim Wu. One of Wu's specific critiques is my biggest disagreement I have with Thompson, and is a train of thought that seems to be dogma in Silicon Valley Twitter. Wal-Mart putting their own
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by waxman 6y ago
I worked on a video chat startup in 2006 and a concept that still stands out is "floor exchange," which is when one person stops talking and another person starts talking during a conversation. Floor Exchange usually happens seaml
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An Unexpected Note That Brought Us to Tears and Made a Lot of Hard Work Worth It(medium.com)
2 points by waxman 7y ago|0 comments
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by waxman 10y ago
Garry and the Initialized crew are simply the best! You can really judge investors by how helpful they are during adversity. Through ups and downs, but especially the downs, Garry and Initialized have been the absolute best! If you're
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Show HN: Speedback – Anonymous peer feedback via Slack(speedback.co)
5 points by waxman 11y ago|0 comments
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by waxman 11y ago
There are interesting challenges with data collection (and I don't think the survey paper discussed in the OP really solves this problem), but to be clear, somewhere between 10-30% of Americans average fewer than 6 hours of sleep per n
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by waxman 11y ago
A recently published controlled study found that in two groups who were deliberately exposed to the cold virus then forced to sleep less than 6 hours a night or more than 8 hours, the group that slept less than 6 hours caught colds at a 4.5
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by waxman 12y ago
The idea that a startup's end game should be to "build a monopoly" is one of the most profound insights in Thiel's excellent book, Zero to One. This move just deepens YC's monopoly in its domain, as sama would say
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Grouper seeking senior Ruby engineer(jobs.lever.co)
1 points by waxman 12y ago
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Grouper is hiring senior Rails developers(jobs.lever.co)
1 points by waxman 12y ago
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Grouper is hiring senior iOS developers in NYC(jobs.lever.co)
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Grouper is looking for a Lead iOS Engineer
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Grouper is hiring iOS engineers(joingrouper.com)
1 points by waxman 12y ago
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Grouper is looking for a Lead iOS Engineer(joingrouper.com)
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by waxman 13y ago
pg has described email as a to-do list of tasks assigned by other people. The social dimension is my reason for pursuing inbox zero. Especially as a founder, it's important a) not to be a bottle neck and b) to respect others by respond
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30 Days of Inbox Zero: How I Did it(waxman.me)
54 points by waxman 13y ago|52 comments
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Build an algorithm to predict friendships, then actually use it to meet people(joingrouper.com)
60 points by waxman 13y ago|37 comments
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by waxman 14y ago
Sorry about that. Please email me at michael [at] joingrouper.com. We use several techniques to filter out sketchy accounts, and your sparse Facebook information may have triggered our suspicions. We need to use Facebook for, at the very le
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by waxman 14y ago
Try Grouper ( https://www.joingrouper.com ). [Full disclosure: I'm a co-founder]. The "browse-and-message" paradigm is fundamentally broken, not to mention a little dehumanizing (you're kind of shopping for people, which, let's face it, is
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Why Everyone loves Grouper's Challen(slate.com)
14 points by waxman 14y ago|1 comments
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Last Day to Apply for a Free Hack-ation in NYC (via Grouper, Airbnb, Hipmunk)(joingrouper.com)
9 points by waxman 14y ago|1 comments
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Free Hackation in New York to work on your side project(joingrouper.com)
34 points by waxman 14y ago|13 comments
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Grouper (YC W12) is hiring Social Hackers(joingrouper.com)
1 points by waxman 14y ago
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by waxman 14y ago
This applies to different types of design/designers. If you're looking for graphic design, then find a designer whose graphic design you love. If you're looking for a UI design, then find a UI designer whose UI you love.
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The secret to hiring a designer(waxman.me)
48 points by waxman 14y ago|25 comments
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Why I wear the same shirt every day(waxman.me)
86 points by waxman 14y ago|105 comments
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by waxman 14y ago
Congrats guys!
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by waxman 14y ago
Thanks for responding, Dalton. I really appreciate it. Responses to the responses below :) "can't argue with that :) meant Valley v. New York more as ideas than places, but you should at least come visit for inspiration I actually agree wit
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Hackers seek hackers in NYC for absurdly fun + challenging startup (YC W12)
1 points by waxman 14y ago

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