webwright

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Zero to $5M in 1 Week(medium.com)
2 points by webwright 11y ago|1 comments
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by webwright 11y ago
This is so strange to hear. I moved here in 2006 and made friends without any unusual effort. The idea that someone is going to be non-interested in talking to you because of your profession is... strange. No one here that I've ever
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Anatomy of a 5M Dollar Week(glowforge.com)
13 points by webwright 11y ago|1 comments
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by webwright 11y ago
Glowforge | Full Time | Seattle (we just launched pre-orders!) I believe we are the most-successful crowdfunded fabrication device in history ($4.7 in 7 days): www.glowforge.com We're building a low-cost CNC laser cutter/engraver
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by webwright 11y ago
The laser cuts the holes perfectly-- so you do have to stitch it, but there's no skill involved-- just time. :-)
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by webwright 11y ago
Glowforge | Full Time | Seattle We're building a low-cost CNC laser cutter/engraver can create beautiful products in wood, leather, paper, food, and more. We are a fifth the cost of comparable products because we've offloaded
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by webwright 11y ago
YouTube won because it was first-- by the time Google tried to make a go of it, YouTube was pretty rooted in the market-- video creators went where the audience was. The iPad was a massive step up from previous tablet efforts-- both with to
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by webwright 11y ago
Glowforge - Seattle, WA - Full-time We're looking for (more) full-stack web software engineers. We could also use an amazing visual/UI designer and a senior electrical engineer. We're 6 months into building the a consumer-fri
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by webwright 11y ago
Have you ever considered using a laser cutter, CNC, or the like?
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by webwright 11y ago
That is low, but that's a big headcount for pre-A-- did they raise a huge seed? That aside, you earn equity with risk, so my question to you would be: "What are you risking?" Certainly there's an opportunity cost (you&#
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by webwright 11y ago
A prototype doesn't get you a meeting with a VC. It's usually a network thing. Founder X says to (slightly better connected) Founder Y, "I'm raising a round. Who should I talk to?" Assuming Founder Y thinks that an
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“Please help me understand the value of working with a VC”(currentlyobsessed.com)
4 points by webwright 11y ago|0 comments
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by webwright 11y ago
Sorry if this is a silly question-- but if that hangs over you like that, can you just (legally) change your name?
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by webwright 11y ago
We're making a desktop laser cutter/engraver: a magic box that makes beautiful products. CNC lasers have been around since the 80s but innovation's been at a standstill. We're driving the price of the hardware down 5x an
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Dear VCs: clean up your websites(venturebeat.com)
4 points by webwright 11y ago|0 comments
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by webwright 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, truth be told, there are a ridiculous number of skills/experiences that aren't required but would be really awesome. We erred on the side of having relatively few "requirements" and all o
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by webwright 12y ago
Glowforge - Seattle, WA - Full-time We're looking for (more) full-stack software engineers, back-end engineers, and front-end engineers. We could also use an amazing visual design and a mechanical engineer who has injection molding ex
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by webwright 12y ago
Glowforge - Seattle - Full time - Full stack / back-end-leaning developers Well-funded and founded by three technical founders (one YC alumnus) with 7-9-figure exits. We're building an insanely challenging hardware+software produc
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by webwright 12y ago
PG is pretty careful with his word choices, and I think he's probably right about being mean interfering with success. You can not be mean, but still be a healthy distance from kind, good-hearted, honest, justice-minded, generous, etc.
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by webwright 12y ago
Everymove in Seattle is, I believe. https://everymove.org/
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by webwright 12y ago
I should've dug it up originally. My bad: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-small-business/post/i...
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by webwright 12y ago
Can you point me to a definition of merit that I redefined? I guess I'll try to say it slightly differently to clarify: "it's worth working to expand who you know, how much they like/admire you and how much they want to
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by webwright 12y ago
"Coming back to your points we have reached a certain kind of equilibrium in the startup ecosystem where the incumbents through network effects have become entrenched" So, with ~50% of the top venture backed companies being founde
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by webwright 12y ago
"Why are you counting these as part of meritocracy, rather than deviations from it?" Because hiring, sales, pr, marketing, bizdev and fundraising are all part of startup success... Building and cultivating a good network is hugel
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by webwright 12y ago
That's why I said "part of meritocracy". Which words did I use that made you think that I believed that was most or all of it? I just added a stat to my original comment-- about half of the top venture backed startups have i
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by webwright 12y ago
This is another strawman argument. Of course there's cronyism, racism, sexism, ageism, etc. And of course we should discourage that. Was I championing any of those things you're attacking? I'm going to add some stats to my
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by webwright 12y ago
Two points. There was a non-rich mom in my batch in 2008 (one of the hardest fundraising climates in the last decade). She and her co-founder kicked ass and raised more money than most of the batch. Point #2: You need to expand your view
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by webwright 12y ago
Do you have a link for that? From their FAQ, here's their (admittedly not super clear) answer to "How does Robin Hood Make Money?": Robinhood will offer margin trading as well as API access, which will allow partnered develo
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by webwright 12y ago
Frequent low dollar trades != risky day trading of penny stocks. It very well could mean an automated $50/week in low-fee mutual funds. Or talking half of your lawn mowing money and putting it into a college account and investing int
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by webwright 12y ago
This isn't a good comparison. Casinos are incentivized to have you fail/lose (but enjoy the process). Pay-per-trade brokers are incentivized to have you trade frequently and/or buy certain securities. RobinHood doesn't

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