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3,401 | null | comment | paul | 1,173,515,084 | Only if they are really dumb. If you are worried about pagerank spammers, just use the nofollow attribute.<p>http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html | null | 3,352 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,402 | null | story | zach | 1,173,515,413 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,403 | null | comment | zach | 1,173,515,672 | The first link I submitted to reddit. It garnered 27 points, at that time a huge number. Watterson is a fascinating character. He's last storied to be painting landscapes near his hometown of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, burning them once they're completed. | null | 3,402 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,404 | null | story | danw | 1,173,516,793 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/09/career-advice-dont-choose-facebook-over-your-job/ | 5 | Career Advice: Don't Spend Half Your Work Day On Facebook And Then Brag About It | null | 0 |
3,405 | null | comment | pashle | 1,173,518,738 | Thanks for the comment, zach! Even though the pic from your link said, "Strap on some plums.", I did manage to find THE YC T-Shirt pic from it so it's all good:<p>http://www.shoutfit.com/items/51371/in/closet/ickmonst/in/trend/38<p>Also, there's a link above it that takes you to YC's Shoutfit category, "Y Combinator Ge... | null | 3,394 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,406 | null | story | volida | 1,173,521,246 | null | null | null | null | null | http://youtube.com/watch?v=BWYqrv2VgHg&mode=related&search= | 1 | What to do next after launching your software start-up? Start-up your engines! | null | 0 |
3,407 | null | comment | Harj | 1,173,525,165 | highly recommended to everyone who can to attend this event. jessica has learnt ALOT from interviewing all these founders and she can relay the experiences fantastically well. | null | 3,297 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,408 | null | comment | Harj | 1,173,525,511 | i'd just like to say it's great to read actual thoughtful comments about YC companies for once. i'm fed up of reading pathetic comments on Techcrunch from people who were rejected by YC and still like to claim they are into the startup scene without having anything to show for it.<p>i hope to meet some more of you guys... | null | 3,098 | null | [
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3,410 | null | comment | immad | 1,173,528,157 | I don't see many people being discouraged to make social apps. A lot of the internet is based on social interaction (forums, comments, reviews, chats..) and wherever there is spam there are anti spam-measure in place that work reasonably well since these apps are all pretty usable. Maybe I just don't get what you mean | null | 3,362 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,409 | null | story | python_kiss | 1,173,527,683 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/lectures/20001020bezosTV756K.asx | 4 | Jeff Bezos'(Amazon CEO) Video Lecture on User Experience | null | 0 |
3,411 | null | story | robertgaal | 1,173,530,613 | null | null | null | null | null | http://schwagthedog.com | 1 | Got schwag? Submit your start-up's own merchandise on this blog | null | 0 |
3,412 | null | comment | jgamman | 1,173,533,355 | i don't know about you but when my local new zealand newspaper has a "reddit-this" button it heralded a large decline in quality. i think a smaller, focused community is more use. | null | 3,033 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,414 | null | story | mattculbreth | 1,173,539,262 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,415 | null | comment | iamelgringo | 1,173,539,502 | Not me... I got my rejection email yesterday. I thought I'd be more disappointed at getting turned down, but I'm not. It's actually motivated me to step out on my own. <p>One of the big reasons that YC exists is to mentor young entrepreneurs. I would love to have a mentor, but I think that I"m going to branch out o... | null | 3,086 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,416 | null | comment | pg | 1,173,539,733 | Yes, they're VCs. I think they'd be more willing to do small (e.g. 500k) deals than many other VCs though | null | 3,267 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,413 | null | comment | smackaysmith | 1,173,534,604 | She's a superb interviewer. This isn't your 60 Minutes style of interviewer where she's the star and the subject is simply the vehicle to make her look smart, etc. Also, Paul Graham's forward is one of the best essays I've read in a long time. And, perhaps, the best opening paragraph. Damn, the man should be hired just... | null | 1,259 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,418 | null | comment | notabel | 1,173,542,598 | Even if there isn't a cut-off for adding features to software, there's probably a cut-off for where adding features is the best occupation for the founder. Either the software fails, and its moot, or it takes off, and if it takes off, there is probably a point at which it makes more sense for the founder to leave and ... | null | 3,417 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,419 | null | story | theudude2002 | 1,173,543,188 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,417 | null | comment | iamwil | 1,173,541,316 | I suppose there are correlations between his life and founders. He failed as a political cartoonist right out of college, and failed for a couple of years drawing C&H...not a lot of newspapers wanted to take his work. <p>The most amazing thing to me, though is that he chose a stopping point. He stopped C&H at what o... | null | 3,402 | null | [
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3,421 | null | comment | pg | 1,173,544,627 | Long term, certainly. There are a lot more features coming. | null | 3,304 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,420 | null | comment | omarish | 1,173,544,388 | also coming in from dc. | null | 3,234 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,422 | null | comment | drop19 | 1,173,544,638 | concur, this would match my usage pattern much better (read interesting articles from RSS, then bring up another window to read the comments) | null | 3,338 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,428 | null | comment | mattculbreth | 1,173,547,509 | Unfortunately marketing gets a bad name because of the correlation with slimy sales guys. Really, I look at marketing on more of the strategic side, answering the question, "What do people want?" If you focus on that then the actual marketing tasks tend to be more palatable.
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3,440 | null | story | danw | 1,173,554,864 | null | null | null | null | null | http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1823959,00.html | 9 | What is the 1% rule? | null | 0 |
3,434 | null | comment | jadams | 1,173,551,104 | I love this thing! I can store all of my notes, ideas for articles, and business ideas in one HTML page. I can back it up or transfer it by copying a single file. Nice. | null | 3,433 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,426 | null | story | perler | 1,173,545,779 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,423 | null | comment | pg | 1,173,544,985 | There are actually three kinds of shirts: gray ones that say MSPW, plum-colored ones that say "Strap on some plums" (the other half of succeeding in a startup), and black ones, of which there are only 7 in existence, that say "I made something people want." | null | 3,399 | null | [
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3,433 | null | story | jadams | 1,173,550,992 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,431 | null | comment | imp | 1,173,550,129 | Working for the man. | null | 3,339 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,424 | null | comment | pg | 1,173,545,115 | To get one, just fill out this simple form:<p>http://news.ycombinator.com/apply | null | 3,396 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,427 | null | comment | notabel | 1,173,546,631 | I'd actually go one step further, and say that user interface is /more/ important than code. In almost all case with a start-up, you users don't really care about your code, they care about the functionality, and its usability. That means that HCI trumps code, to some extent.<p>Of course, interface matters only in so... | null | 3,419 | null | [
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3,432 | null | comment | mynameishere | 1,173,550,598 | Open up a newspaper, and look at some of the strips. Rubbish. Absolute utter rubbish. And yet they all got published! Somebody looked at them and said, "Yep, that's a winner."<p>And here, unsurprisingly, is Watterson talking about how hard it was to get into print. Maybe--since this website is intended for businesspeop... | null | 3,402 | null | [
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3,425 | null | story | pg | 1,173,545,540 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/03/09/open_source_licensing/ | 2 | "Suits petrified" about open-source | null | 0 |
3,429 | null | comment | seijitanaka | 1,173,549,159 | A well planned project shouldn't have this problem since the UI should come before the code. The decisions for UI should be resolved before the code since it will dictate how the different functions will interact. Sometimes a good interface design will reveal that a there's no room for certain seemingly good features,... | null | 3,419 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,430 | null | story | msgbeepa | 1,173,550,114 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.wikio.com/webinfo?id=14507593 | 1 | Create And Share Mindmaps | null | 0 |
3,435 | null | comment | brett | 1,173,552,703 | Agreed. What users see is way more important than what they do not see (except maybe in the sense that the code is producing what they see, but, anyways).<p>As for craigslist, the author of that post seems to be using "design" interchangeably for "interface design" and "visual design". Yes craigslist is ugly, but they ... | null | 3,427 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,443 | null | comment | drop19 | 1,173,555,353 | all,<p>I decided to give this a try. Please let me know what you think:<p>http://www.founderfinder.com/ | null | 493 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,441 | null | story | drop19 | 1,173,555,139 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,446 | null | comment | iamwil | 1,173,556,465 | How about Chicago? Anyone interested in meeting up in the Chicagoland area? Talk tech, talk startup, over joes or en grosse bier. | null | 2,757 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,438 | null | comment | Alex3917 | 1,173,554,847 | It's only surprising if you've missed out on the last thirty years of research into motivation.<p>Rule of thumb: As books read decreases, the insightfulness of other people's blog posts increases.<p>Kvetching aside, the speech as a whole is a great read. | null | 3,402 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,445 | null | comment | danielha | 1,173,556,219 | Will you be joining our after school yc.news meetup, or do you YC alums have your own exclusive event?<p>If anyone's willing to participate, I would love to set up something where current YC founders and potential YC applicants can gather, chat, and pick each others' brains. | null | 3,408 | null | [
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3,449 | null | comment | danielha | 1,173,557,822 | The best ideas are innovative and edgy. Any competitors will be behind the curve once they realize what you already know.<p>If your idea is good in a duh-obvious sense, then you can be damned sure someone else is already doing it or has done it. The way to succeed in this aspect is by doing it better where others have ... | null | 3,447 | null | [
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3,448 | null | story | danw | 1,173,557,631 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,442 | null | comment | drop19 | 1,173,555,285 | A few weeks ago there was a thread about starting a free-form way for entrepreneurs to find each other in different cities:<p>http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=445<p>...so I decided to try setting one up. Please let me know what you think. There's no ads on it or anything, this is strictly a project to make con... | null | 3,441 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,444 | null | comment | iamwil | 1,173,555,867 | Well, though I share the same sentiments in general (there are a few good strips), someone out there is reading all that rubbish. Either we're not like most people, and most people like rubbish, or good content is not how strips are being evaluated to make it to print. Perhaps they're catering to something else other... | null | 3,432 | null | [
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3,439 | null | comment | danw | 1,173,554,850 | Based on the stats of other web apps I would predict that there are around 140 active users who comment and submit articles. This is however just a guess. | null | 3,373 | null | [
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3,436 | null | comment | juwo | 1,173,553,622 | Depends upon the platform. Designing a cool user interface in Swing seems to be like dressing a dog up in a tuxedo. (my frustrations!) | null | 3,419 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,466 | null | comment | eli | 1,173,562,759 | But that'd be like creating an iPod/iTunes that doesn't let you rip your own CDs. People want a DVR just like they wanted a really nice player for their existing music collection. Ya gotta soft sell the distribution service.<p>Apple wants you to buy things from the iTunes store, but nobody would agree to that level of ... | null | 3,398 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,465 | null | comment | zaidf | 1,173,560,477 | When displaying list of stories, it would make readability much easier if alternate rows were white. Current listing of stories requires too much mental engagement for me personally. <p>Alternate row coloring would increase page scability for story listings.<p>-Zaid
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3,468 | null | comment | drop19 | 1,173,563,384 | True; I'm just hoping to help make that first introduction. I chose to mimic the craiglist home page by listing cities on the right. I'm hoping that people like me will see their city name their and get inspired to make a connection. | null | 3,467 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,451 | null | comment | juwo | 1,173,558,578 | see here | null | 3,056 | null | [
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3,457 | null | comment | python_kiss | 1,173,558,835 | Any sufficiently large corporation cannot continuously hire smart people since there is a tendency to push for the average. Google has avoided this by applying something known as the "Lake Wobegon strategy" (http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2006/03/hiring-lake-wobegon-strategy.html). It states that a company should o... | null | 3,426 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,452 | null | comment | farmer | 1,173,558,588 | Nice looking page, but surely the peak of users is not at intermediate. In my experience most users are beginners. | null | 3,448 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,450 | null | comment | juwo | 1,173,558,107 | Amazing! I can tell you will be very successful as you have actually done something about the problem - the rest of us (especially myself) sat on our butts bemoaning our fate.
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3,456 | null | comment | juwo | 1,173,558,766 | would you like to collaborate on an idea i have had for displaying the founders? | null | 3,441 | null | [
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3,459 | null | comment | drop19 | 1,173,558,946 | Thanks! This might sound like I'm blowing smoke, but I'm not: I've been really inspired by all of the great articles here and at other sites, and by the 37signals book Getting Real. I grew up very much cultured to think I would have to join a large organization to be successful, and now I'm starting to realize it's b... | null | 3,450 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,455 | null | comment | farmer | 1,173,558,759 | I think it's the former: we're not like other people. | null | 3,444 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,454 | null | comment | jwecker | 1,173,558,705 | Great name for the site. A couple of suggestions: technical strengths and weaknesses are important, but not necessarily more important than general strengths and weaknesses- at least not for a founder. If it was an employee search that would be one thing but I would possibly relabel those "technical & business stren... | null | 3,441 | null | [
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3,463 | null | comment | jwecker | 1,173,559,879 | I agree. In addition, some interesting notes about HCI. First- if you haven't studied HCI or know what the acronym stands for, you may make it as a programmer for some company, but you're not going to reach your full potential creating new things.<p>Anyway, I was reading an HCI paper in one of the publications a few ... | null | 3,427 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,462 | null | comment | volida | 1,173,559,587 | I think I've read it in one of PG's essays, who sais always choose the harder solution because you thought the easy one because you are being lazy? | null | 3,449 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,460 | null | comment | drop19 | 1,173,559,276 | I like your suggestions about the strengths and weaknesses and dream section. I'm going to go change that right now. My original thought was, I want to really focus on the kinds of motivated technical people reading YCombinator, but you're right, it sounds too much like an employee search. <p>It also makes sence beca... | null | 3,454 | null | [
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3,453 | null | comment | juwo | 1,173,558,602 | http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=2615 | null | 3,451 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,458 | null | comment | juwo | 1,173,558,894 | I had no idea Jobs was adopted. | null | 3,173 | null | [
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3,464 | null | comment | jwecker | 1,173,560,372 | well, the users would be able to invite. it wouldn't eliminate the garbage, just slow it down. news.yc people would spread the word pretty effectively, I think, or some well placed invitations on facebook, etc. | null | 3,460 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,437 | null | comment | smackaysmith | 1,173,554,013 | A way to 'share' stories like I can on Google Reader. | null | 363 | null | [
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3,469 | null | story | joshwa | 1,173,563,502 | null | null | null | null | null | http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/ | 2 | Blog written by Markus of PlentyOfFish.com - (one-man company is the largest(?) AdSense publisher) | null | 0 |
3,470 | null | comment | Alex3917 | 1,173,563,592 | The problem: While there are potentially many great co-founders out there, you have no one to work with. This problem has two parts:<p>A) Not knowing enough people interested in startups.<p>B) Not knowing if people would make good or bad co-founders.<p>So this is certainly a step toward solving part A. The problem is i... | null | 3,441 | null | [
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3,467 | null | comment | davidw | 1,173,562,993 | From everything I've read, it's not quite that simple. You don't just pick someone out of a web site to go through thick and thin with, it's a process that takes time. I guess it can't hurt though.
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3,471 | null | comment | drop19 | 1,173,564,135 | This points out an unexamined assumption on my part, which was 'getting a large amount of people interested in starting companies in the same room is bound to lead to interesting interactions'. I also assumed people would vet each other, but you're right, it would be more valuable to have other kinds of assessment ava... | null | 3,470 | null | [
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3,461 | null | comment | drop19 | 1,173,559,332 | sure thing! e-mail me at mike@founderfinder.com | null | 3,456 | null | [
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3,472 | null | comment | Alex3917 | 1,173,565,428 | Think about it this way. PG built news.YC in large part to get to know people before committing to working with them. News.YC has relevant articles that you can comment on. PG could have just as easily built a site that let you upload your profile pic and interests.<p>The thing is, uploading a profile pic and interests... | null | 3,471 | null | [
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3,473 | null | comment | ljlolel | 1,173,566,450 | I'm in Miami too. Not sure if I can go, though. When are you flying up? | null | 3,199 | null | [
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3,474 | null | story | clintonforbes | 1,173,566,783 | null | null | null | null | null | http://divingintointercal.blogspot.com/2007/03/good-programmer-constantly-strives-to.html | 1 | Diving into INTERCAL - Part Isa - Introduction, Manners & 'Hello, World' | null | 0 |
3,475 | null | comment | pg | 1,173,568,222 | Actually I'm planning to add more stuff to help people meet communicate with one another. The new "about" field in the profile is a step toward that.<p>I don't want to just solve YC's problem; I want to make this site do what users need. | null | 3,472 | null | [
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3,447 | null | story | amichail | 1,173,556,730 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,478 | null | story | arasakik | 1,173,570,617 | null | null | null | null | null | http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070226/tc_infoworld/86309 | 2 | What are the founders of SUN up to now? | null | 0 |
3,476 | null | story | smackaysmith | 1,173,568,609 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,477 | null | comment | Alex3917 | 1,173,569,843 | Ahh, that is a good direction for the site to go in I think. <p>My thinking is that YC's problem is mainly figuring out how likely people are to MSPW and how fun they will be to work with.<p>I am trying to think out how the co-founder problem differs from the YC problem, but I'm not sure which assumptions to use:<p>1) ... | null | 3,475 | null | [
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3,481 | null | comment | domp | 1,173,572,128 | I have no idea if this has already been brought up (considering I just skimmed over the responses in this discussion) but I'd like to see another tab on top that maybe is for questions that people are curious about. I see that people are posting in the news areas not links but a single question that they're looking for... | null | 363 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,482 | null | comment | dfranke | 1,173,572,379 | That's a surprisingly low number, actually. The first SFP had 227 applications[1] and I assume it's grown since then. Based on nothing at all, I'll guess that the average application has 2.35 founders, so that's 533 applicants. YC has been pretty explicit that they want applicants to participate here.<p>[1] http://w... | null | 3,439 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,479 | null | story | msgbeepa | 1,173,570,995 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.wikio.com/webinfo?id=14518189 | 1 | Web 2.0 Media: Important Notice To Our Readers | null | 0 |
3,483 | null | comment | semigeek | 1,173,572,650 | I'll be there (From Cleveland, OH). Staying downtown with a rental car - left my cell number on the bluwiki site. | null | 3,086 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,480 | null | comment | dfranke | 1,173,571,476 | Well, here's one:<p>lynx -source http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=$USER_IN_QUESTION | grep '<span class="comhead">' | wc -l | null | 3,373 | null | [
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3,485 | null | story | semigeek | 1,173,573,223 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/002175.html | 5 | YC & Techstars investment is more than just cash (Feld's thoughts) | null | 0 |
3,484 | null | comment | akkartik | 1,173,572,899 | More important than being able to talk to each other is being able to see who's talking to one, I think.<p>a) Notification when someone replies directly to one's comment.<p>b) Some way to easily find new comments on a thread. Instead of marking comments read, let me click a page-level button to "reset new marks". Coupl... | null | 3,258 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,489 | null | comment | mynameishere | 1,173,576,423 | See, this is why wordpad generates more revenue than Word.
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3,487 | null | story | ereldon | 1,173,574,408 | null | null | null | null | [
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] | http://projectredstripe.com/blog/ | 6 | The Economist starts to innovate (?) | null | 2 |
3,486 | null | comment | iamwil | 1,173,573,463 | While it might not be entirely true, it certainly gives you an attitude that affects your behavior for the better, especially at early stages. From my limited experience, talking about your ideas to both laypeople and technical people can only help you.<p>Talking to laypeople helps you solidify and lets you practice p... | null | 3,447 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,488 | null | comment | jamiequint | 1,173,575,518 | I'm pretty sure I'm gonna stick with startup school on this one now. See you all there. | null | 3,131 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,490 | null | comment | JoeEntrepreneur | 1,173,576,453 | I would love to apply to YC for my upcoming startup http://www.onista.com but YC had made it clear so many times that they do not like either "Single Founder" Or "Moonlighters" and unfortunately or fortunately I am both.<p>Not sure why YC guys think that way (May be they want to play safe bets) but I am on very well co... | null | 445 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,493 | null | story | sharpshoot | 1,173,579,644 | null | null | null | null | [
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] | http://jkanstyle.com/2006/09/13/advice-for-applying-to-y-combinator/ | 10 | Advice for applying to Y combinator - by Justin Kan (Kiko co-founder) | null | 6 |
3,491 | null | comment | notabel | 1,173,576,487 | It works, but only under the assumption that user liveness is constant or increasing over time. A liveness metric should differentiate strongly between a user who has commented 30 times in the past 4 days, and someone who commented 25 times in the first 4 days of news.yc. and 5 times since. Perhaps I'll hack somethin... | null | 3,480 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,492 | null | story | JoeEntrepreneur | 1,173,578,870 | null | null | null | null | [
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] | 2 | Any ideas on how to create buzz before launching a startup. Need advice as I am about to launch http://www.onista.com in summer timeframe. | null | 14 | |
3,495 | null | comment | lucas | 1,173,581,884 | I would say that a lot depends upon the type of product that you're building. For example, if it's a web-based social networking app, send your beta announcement mail to, say, 10 people or 50 people and track views and signups for 2-3 weeks. See what kind of network effect you get. Pick your initial invitees wisely. If... | null | 3,492 | null | [
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3,494 | null | comment | juwo | 1,173,581,678 | Actually the idea is still nascent even though I wrote it down 10 years ago!
But here's another:
http://juwo-works.blogspot.com/2007/03/co-founder-match-making.html | true | 3,461 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,496 | null | story | juwo | 1,173,582,078 | null | true | null | null | [
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] | 1 | pls. delete this duplicate thread. What do you think of this idea that could be used to match cofounders? | null | 0 | |
3,500 | null | comment | pg | 1,173,583,028 | I don't think creating buzz prior to launch is that necessary for most startups. The question is more how to get a lot of people to the site after there's something to do there. | null | 3,492 | null | [
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3,499 | null | story | juwo | 1,173,582,528 | null | null | null | null | [
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3,498 | null | comment | Harj | 1,173,582,369 | that sounds cool. we've all been so wrapped up in investor day we've not organized anything for startup school by way of meetups. keep me posted on what you plan. | null | 3,445 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
3,497 | null | comment | Harj | 1,173,582,272 | creating buzz is not necessarily a good thing. the first product you launch will be bad because it hasn't had user input (nothing compares to real users using your site). it will become incrementally better as more people tell you how they actually want it to work.<p>taking the pre-launch buzz approach is high risk. ta... | null | 3,492 | null | [
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