west1737

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by west1737 13y ago
I haven't used a resume in 10 years. Maybe if it was more relevant, that would change.
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by west1737 14y ago
And the name PG... very sketchy
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by west1737 14y ago
It's pretty useful if you're looking for an overview of the US; it's pretty useless if you're just looking for info about silicon valley.
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by west1737 14y ago
I really don't understand the negativity. They have an awesome team that's built an awesome product. No, it's not finished (hence the money to hire more engineers) and yes, there are competitors (competition proves market need). I don't kno
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by west1737 14y ago
Do what you have to do. AOL is no worse for having someone sleeping on their couch.
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by west1737 14y ago
To be fair, that's what I would do if I was doing a legit product- mock up the t's and bags, then get them printed once the money is received.
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by west1737 15y ago
These past two statements illustrate pretty clearly why very little research has been done on this subject. One mention of LSD, or many drugs for that matter, and you have people jumping to two extremes (that have nothing to do with the ori
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by west1737 15y ago
True, but changing the little checks to little middle finger bullets would have been a much more elegant method of retaliation.
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by west1737 15y ago
I've only known Geoff for a short while now, but this will be a huge benefit to YC. Geoff has a great eye for product development and can really strip an idea down to its core elements.
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by west1737 15y ago
That's good, I never thought Stanford made sense as a choice for NYC. Don't get me wrong, Stanford is an exceptional school, with great tech credentials, and has spawned a unique startup environment. But the thing that makes the SF area gre
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by west1737 15y ago
When I started my very first web business and didn't know any better, I almost blew $1000 on a couple angel groups that I know with the wisdom of hindsight would have been a complete waste of money. For someone who didn't know any better, i
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by west1737 15y ago
You can also take a picture of most things- it's a little less accurate, but it still works. Also, when a store puts their own barcode over one, I generally don't feel any guilt about peeling it back a little and scanning the original.
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by west1737 15y ago
Profit margin as the metric for measuring "interesting"? There are lots of reasons fb could be considered interesting, and profit margin is only one and waaay down on the list. How about the fact that fb revolutionized the way people commu
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by west1737 15y ago
I was pretty excited about Google moving sharing to Google+ as I like Google+ and I think making it easy to share will be crucial to success. That being said, I hate the new Google Reader. I used it primarily as sharing tool, and the new sh
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by west1737 15y ago
I think it depends on the kid. Speaking for myself, I would have loved that as a kid, so much that you don't even realize you're learning important things. There are probably plenty of kids who this would have made miserable and not been wo
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by west1737 15y ago
I can understand- at my last job (multi-national CPG manufacturer) the code on all the internal webpages wouldn't even display in Firefox. Between the IT workload and general paranoia / superstition of execs (any change is bad), there was
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by west1737 15y ago
I'd emphasize more that you can use the service without teachers giving the students their personal numbers- I can see it on the first page, but it doesn't jump out at you. Another idea (and you may already be doing this) would be to log al
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by west1737 15y ago
I definitely agree with the risks, but I also have a couple friends (mid 20s) that are high school teachers that have many of their students numbers stored in their phones cause they encourage the kids to text them if they have a question o
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by west1737 15y ago
http://db.tt/JNwBmvi Thanks, man
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by west1737 15y ago
Yea, but everyone thinks they have an "amazing idea". That just comes with the territory of being an entrepreneur. If you can't get out there and convince others of your idea (via intros, YC, products, whatever...), then you'll most likely
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by west1737 15y ago
I'm a big fan of this move by Cornell, but not, I think for the same reasons as most. First, I can't fault journals for charging fees. After all, they need to make money, and as long as it's a good value, people will pay it. I like it becau