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7,528 | null | comment | BitGeek | 1,175,241,753 |
What I find perplexing is that for so many people who think the Bay area "is better" I've yet to hear any concrete reasons its better.<p>Ok, more venture capitalists in the bay area-- sure, this is a blessing and a curse. <p>I've listed the downside... I wish someone would give a concrete advantage. (Cause I might b... | null | 7,225 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,559 | null | comment | dfranke | 1,175,264,390 | Can it eat breakfast? | null | 7,554 | null | [
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7,553 | null | comment | Tichy | 1,175,262,858 | It is easy to come up with ideas, but some ideas are better than others. Maybe I can agree to the level that "ideas in nuthsells" are worthless. For example anyone can have the idea to "create a really elegant computer", yet most people agree that only Steve Jobs can pull it off (just look at the TV computer design cha... | null | 638 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,545 | null | story | veritas | 1,175,259,327 | null | null | null | null | [
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] | http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/the_joycash_cur.html | 4 | Seth's Blog: The Joy/cash curve | null | 1 |
7,555 | null | comment | Alex3917 | 1,175,263,586 | This thread started as a poll, and ended as a revolution. | null | 7,395 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,537 | null | comment | aglarond | 1,175,247,668 | Apply anyways. If you get accepted, relocate for the three months. That time away will be well spent getting your product to a presentable point.<p>Heh - I'm taking that advice myself, and I live in Switzerland! | null | 7,290 | null | [
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7,540 | null | comment | Tichy | 1,175,254,726 | So what is Xobni about? "Making email smarter", as they write on their homepage, is not a very profound description. | null | 6,874 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,551 | null | story | transburgh | 1,175,262,767 | null | null | null | null | null | http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/29/magazines/fsb/noticed.fsb/index.htm?section=money_email_alerts | 1 | How to get your business noticed - Mar. 30, 2007 | null | 0 |
7,548 | null | comment | ClintonKarr | 1,175,261,587 | Heybuddyvending has some serious potential in a market like Boston or NYC which are full of colleges and in need of internships. | null | 7,547 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,554 | null | story | aristus | 1,175,263,170 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,524 | null | comment | staunch | 1,175,239,824 | true | 7,517 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | |
7,558 | null | comment | divia | 1,175,264,186 | If the reddit recommendation engine ever gets really good, I think it could actually be part of the solution, not the problem. As Aaron quotes, "people tend to be extremely similar in their vulgar and prurient and dumb interests and wildly different in their refined and aesthetic and noble interests." If we take the ... | null | 7,543 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,543 | null | story | joshwa | 1,175,257,914 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,560 | null | comment | mattculbreth | 1,175,264,695 | :)<p><a href="http://paulgrahamatebreakfast.infogami.com/">http://paulgrahamatebreakfast.infogami.com/</a><p>(What a strange thing that must have been to see if you were indeed Paul Graham)<p> | null | 7,559 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,546 | null | story | veritas | 1,175,261,072 | null | null | null | null | null | http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/03/29/khoslas_clean_t.html | 2 | Paul Kedrosky: Khosla's Clean Tech Companies | null | 0 |
7,547 | null | story | ClintonKarr | 1,175,261,504 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,557 | null | comment | brlewis | 1,175,264,031 | They see keeping in touch with friends as a vice? This perspective will reverse after they get older and have kids. Then they'll feel guilty for not keeping in touch. | null | 7,491 | null | [
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7,542 | null | story | joshwa | 1,175,257,678 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,535 | null | comment | razvanr | 1,175,246,653 | I totally agree with not taking decisions lightly, but with a clear head. I've put all my studies on hold this year(currently 19) because it makes so much more sense to experiment as best I can at this stage. I've since been employed as a copywriter(great job), then as a programmer(hated it because things were moving t... | null | 379 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,549 | null | comment | elad | 1,175,261,704 | I absolutely agree.
I used to work for a big enterprise software company, and it took me a while to get used to the fact that we're selling crappy software for millions of $ a piece.
I think the problem is that large enterprises trust other large organizations to solve their problems. You can't really get ahead in a la... | null | 6,892 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,564 | null | comment | ecuzzillo | 1,175,265,474 | HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSEN<p>HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSEN<p>-- fight club | null | 7,554 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,578 | null | story | domp | 1,175,270,206 | null | null | null | null | null | http://techdirt.com/articles/20070329/173412.shtml | 2 | The problem with DRM + music subscription services | null | 0 |
7,568 | null | story | ClintonKarr | 1,175,267,060 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.omghub.com/blog/tabid/5809/bid/1337/12-Reasons-People-Say-No.aspx | 1 | 12 Reasons People Say No to Your Idea | null | 0 |
7,563 | null | comment | sethjohn | 1,175,265,073 | In the short run, lowbrow material can be quite successful. In the long run, though, quality wins out. People still read the classics, the Simpsons is still around because it's complex and smart.<p>I think the same is true of companies. There is a lot more value (both morally and monetarily) in building for long-term p... | null | 7,543 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,541 | null | comment | jkush | 1,175,256,208 | I think getting a sizable investment is the way to go (unfortunately). I've tried the nights/weekends thing and it just doesn't work because startups seem to really require a long, dedicated burst of attention and energy, something you can't do on the side.<p>Thanks for your reply - I appreciate it.
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7,567 | null | comment | sethjohn | 1,175,267,057 | And, IMHO, in the long term (a few years) they will steadily lose viewers to sites with a better algorithm for quality (insightful and informative) if they don't make these changes. | null | 7,566 | null | [
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7,518 | null | comment | BrandonM | 1,175,238,319 | Bianca was a faculty candidate here at Ohio State and gave an interesting talk about a month ago about improving system reliability. The part I found most interesting was how a small patch to the Linux kernel to change scheduling gave a remarkable improvement to performance. | null | 7,517 | null | [
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7,573 | null | story | divia | 1,175,268,362 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/traffic/what-type-of-visitors-are-best-for-your-site-one-time-or-return/ | 2 | What Type of Visitors Are Best for Your Site: One Time or Return? | null | 0 |
7,574 | null | comment | ClintonKarr | 1,175,269,294 | Example: what if a real estate broker hired a really personable ex-cheerleader/glee club member for $20 an hour to do nothing but sweat the details and be charming the entire time the closing was going on?<p>Sounds like the pharmaceutical sales industry.<p>Reference:<a href="http://edrugsearch.com/edsblog/introducing-t... | null | 7,545 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,571 | null | story | divia | 1,175,268,138 | null | null | null | null | null | http://reddit.com/info/1dyhm/comments | 2 | Comment thread on reddit about revenue sources for popular websites | null | 0 |
7,565 | null | comment | aristus | 1,175,265,562 | This version of Grahambot is a knockoff of the Honda Human aka Asimo. Trevor Blackwell wanted to see if he could build his own for less than $5,000 times (n+1). | null | 7,562 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,570 | null | comment | domp | 1,175,267,577 | This is an interesting idea. Although $50,000 is a high price to get an album recorded with a producer. It seems more like a contest then a new music model. | null | 7,501 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,572 | null | comment | nostrademons | 1,175,268,295 | I bet Trevor would build it...
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7,566 | null | comment | Alex3917 | 1,175,266,245 | Social systems are a combination of:<p>1) The intrinsic qualities of the people there.<p>2) The systemic forces that drive their interaction.<p>Let's assume the people who visit Reddit are fixed, at least in the short term. So what can we do to alter the ways they interact so that each one leaves the site a better pers... | null | 7,543 | null | [
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7,575 | null | comment | pg | 1,175,269,522 | It's true that making something people want, if you push it too far, would cause you to make something dangerously addictive. But <i>very</i> few startups are that successful; 99.9% of them err on the side of not making something attractive enough.<p>So "Make something people want" is like "Get more exercise." <p>Plus... | null | 7,543 | null | [
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7,562 | null | comment | notabel | 1,175,264,791 | Bah! The grahambot would obviously have squishy actuators for dynamic balancing! None of this stiff-jointed ZMP crap!<p>[Anybots++]
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7,569 | null | story | ClintonKarr | 1,175,267,442 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.bulldogreporter.com/dailydog/issues/1_1/dailydog_barks_bites/index.html | 1 | Using Viral Video to Build Your Brand | null | 0 |
7,576 | null | story | domp | 1,175,269,661 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,577 | null | comment | ClintonKarr | 1,175,270,161 | Aur, thank you for your insight. Currently I would say I fall more into a marketing/sales/negotiation "box," which I believe is an important aspect for start-ups.<p>If I were to begin a start-up it would be as a co-founder. Yes, I would need to find someone with the technical know how - fortunately I'm living with a so... | null | 7,050 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,579 | null | comment | python_kiss | 1,175,270,399 | LOL! "For ages 28 and under". This also made me laugh:
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/36521975476@N01/138454683/">http://flickr.com/photos/36521975476@N01/138454683/</a> | null | 7,554 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,583 | null | comment | pg | 1,175,270,899 | I think it's time for Alexa to die. Their stats have always been a dangerously misleading source of data. Now they're behaving evilly too. If anyone wants to apply to YC with an idea for a replacement, we'd be excited to fund such a company. | null | 7,542 | null | [
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7,580 | null | comment | r3v3r3nd | 1,175,270,641 | I have a wife and two small children. I have also successfully started a business using only "sweat capital" and know the stress it can put on a marriage. So I might qualify to give you some advice. I am also starting another company and willing to move to Cambridge.<p>I am fortunate to have a wife who is very suppo... | null | 7,290 | null | [
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7,582 | null | story | Mistone | 1,175,270,785 | null | null | null | null | [
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] | http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/1/5/how-to-let-your-current-employer-fund-your-next-startup/10005/view.aspx | 1 | How to let your current employer fund your next startup | null | 1 |
7,581 | null | comment | nickb | 1,175,270,658 | She didn't. She didn't touch his shares :) | null | 7,502 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,585 | null | story | Hexayurt | 1,175,271,329 | null | true | null | null | [
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7,589 | null | story | Mistone | 1,175,271,922 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.socialtext.net/web2open/index.cgi?schedule | 1 | Introducing Web2Open @ Web 2.0 Expo: The free conference attended, imagined and created by YOU. | null | 0 |
7,587 | null | story | msgbeepa | 1,175,271,360 | null | null | null | null | null | http://www.wikio.com/webinfo?id=15843318 | 1 | How To Find Audio And Video That Suits Your Taste | null | 0 |
7,584 | null | comment | richcollins | 1,175,271,073 | People's hidden desires will continue to be fulfilled by a free market society. People can feel free to try to swim against the tide, but nature abhors a vacuum.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Of_The_Self">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Of_The_Self</a> | null | 7,543 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,591 | null | story | domp | 1,175,272,753 | null | null | null | null | null | http://mashable.com/2007/03/29/matador/ | 1 | Matador is a new social network for serious travelers | null | 0 |
7,586 | null | comment | Hexayurt | 1,175,271,338 | Sorry to repost, it's been pointed out to me that the original headline was poorly phrased.<p>So, here's the situation: there's an idea, it's already been publicly disclosed by me several times in email and other mediums, so there's no possibility of a direct patent. That's the way I want it - I'm a humanitarian workin... | null | 7,585 | null | [
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7,588 | null | comment | Mistone | 1,175,271,575 | don't know the details but these finalists were selected from a pool of 70-80 entries and all the judges are top name VC's and angels, so you tend to get a good group. <p>Many of the final group are fairly IP/Research orientated so it might be less relevant for the Web 2.0 crowd, but I always find it interesting to se... | null | 7,330 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,592 | null | story | nurall | 1,175,272,765 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,590 | null | story | brett | 1,175,271,939 | null | null | null | null | null | http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/03/revisionist_his_1.html | 4 | A VC: The Industry Standard - Lessons Learned | null | 0 |
7,593 | null | comment | BrandonM | 1,175,272,798 | I don't think it's the keeping in touch that is bad. I think it's the extreme situation (which I have personally seen) where people spend hours per day going around Facebook to look at people's pictures and profiles. Usually this is some method of procrastination employed when a major paper is due or there is an exam... | null | 7,557 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,594 | null | comment | nurall | 1,175,272,852 | The IBM initiative - <a href="http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/">http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/</a> | null | 7,592 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,595 | null | comment | domp | 1,175,273,276 | Our submission focuses on this sort of data, but just not for all websites. We're looking to provide tracking and statistics for our target market. | null | 7,583 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,596 | null | comment | dfranke | 1,175,274,213 | My knee-jerk reaction was to agree with Cato, but the problem is that broadband isn't a free market. The telcoms have been legislated into monopolistic conglomerates. The damage caused by those laws is already done; repealing them now wouldn't help. So, although in a perfect world I'd be in favor of competing telcom... | null | 7,514 | null | [
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7,598 | null | story | far33d | 1,175,274,707 | null | null | null | null | [
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] | http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/03/30/death_of_the_bl.html | 1 | death of the blockbuster drug (maybe the blockbuster software too?) | null | 1 |
7,597 | null | story | jmtame | 1,175,274,690 | null | null | null | null | null | http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2006/10/21/millionaire-before-graduation/ | 1 | Millionaire Before Graduation: Max Levchin (My 5-Question Interview) | null | 0 |
7,604 | null | story | jmtame | 1,175,274,804 | null | null | null | null | null | http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/college-students-tips-advice-for-starting-up/ | 1 | 10 Tips & Advice for Student Startups | null | 0 |
7,601 | null | comment | far33d | 1,175,274,765 | What I mean is: could these same market forces apply to software? Are we at the end of the era of domination on the order of Microsoft Office? | null | 7,598 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,603 | null | story | jmtame | 1,175,274,784 | null | null | null | null | null | http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/5-tips-for-students-seeking-vc-funding/ | 1 | 10 Tips for Students Seeking VC Funding | null | 0 |
7,606 | null | comment | abrs | 1,175,274,999 | Can you please add a link to the comments page to the RSS feed with each Article. Then the article's link would go the the site and the content would include a link to the comments. Also, the number of comments should be displayed. This would integrate the RSS more tightly into the site. | null | 363 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,602 | null | story | jmtame | 1,175,274,771 | null | null | null | null | null | http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/venture-capital-overview/ | 1 | Venture Capital: Overview | null | 0 |
7,600 | null | comment | Sam_Odio | 1,175,274,711 | As consumers, we are in charge of our own consumption decisions. Its aggravating to see people try to pass that responsibility to others.<p>The most successful product, service, or even startup is going to be the one that people use. Sure, instead of building a site that serves electronic "junk food," Steve could've ... | null | 7,575 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,599 | null | story | jmtame | 1,175,274,708 | null | null | null | null | null | http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2006/09/06/what-drives-me-to-love-business/ | 1 | What drives me to love "business" and entrepreneurship? | null | 0 |
7,605 | null | story | jmtame | 1,175,274,988 | null | null | null | null | null | http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2006/10/22/enabling-technologies-jawed-karim/ | 1 | YouTube Co-Founder Jawed Karim: "The Next Big Thing..." | null | 0 |
7,607 | null | story | jmtame | 1,175,275,066 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,609 | null | comment | pg | 1,175,275,156 | This is not a classified ad service. | null | 7,586 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,608 | null | story | jmtame | 1,175,275,118 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,612 | null | story | far33d | 1,175,275,279 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,610 | null | story | jmtame | 1,175,275,173 | null | null | null | null | null | http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2006/10/04/you-remember-me/ | 1 | You Remember Me! (A Humorous Message to My Client) | null | 0 |
7,611 | null | story | bctaner | 1,175,275,183 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,615 | null | comment | pg | 1,175,275,548 | Yipes, these guys are even worse plagiarists than Techstars. There are whole chunks of near verbatim text.<p><a href="http://www.iventures10.com/funding.html">http://www.iventures10.com/funding.html</a><p>The deadline was in Feb though. How can I have never heard of this? Did they even go ahead with this thing, or di... | null | 7,612 | null | [
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7,613 | null | comment | zkinion | 1,175,275,372 | haha, cute.
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7,621 | null | comment | zkinion | 1,175,275,925 | The chicken and egg problem faced by companies who's users gain utility from other users must normally be solved in novel ways. Viral, exponential growth doesn't happen when nobody is "sick". | null | 7,607 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,625 | null | comment | jmtame | 1,175,276,411 | I was involved in this competition, although I got accepted to interview with them, I wasn't accepted for the summer.<p>I got sidetracked with a fairly crazy idea and went out on a whim. I should have done something closer to my own expertise, and didn't build a prototype. Very difficult to pitch without a prototype.... | null | 7,616 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,627 | null | comment | far33d | 1,175,276,582 | Guess they failed at that.
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7,646 | null | comment | Mistone | 1,175,281,537 | link to full report: <a href="http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs296tot.pdf">http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs296tot.pdf</a><p> | null | 7,645 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,614 | null | comment | far33d | 1,175,275,390 | The usefulness of scribd is now fully apparent to me. thanks!
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7,618 | null | story | chandrab | 1,175,275,752 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,629 | null | comment | daliso | 1,175,277,432 | Interesting. For anyone interested, you can watch a video featuring this guy at: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/view/">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/view/</a> | null | 7,624 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,617 | null | comment | jmtame | 1,175,275,705 | As a sophomore at the University of Illinois, my classes make me get up at 7 or 8am every morning. I usually get an average of 4-5 hours of sleep per night.<p>I find myself getting sick after doing this for periods of time. But it's definitely a hard-to-break behavior. I still average 4-5 hours per night.<p>Can't sa... | null | 1,545 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,642 | null | comment | Elfan | 1,175,279,598 | "There is no evidence that broadband operators are unfairly blocking access to websites or online services today, and there is no reason to expect them to do so in the future. "<p>That is a rather controversial statement. Dear AOL and the attempts to blackmail Google come to mind. | null | 7,514 | null | [
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7,630 | null | comment | dougw | 1,175,277,547 | "IllinoisVENTURES is a seed and early-stage technology venture capital firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences and life sciences, with a particular emphasis on those deriving from research conducted at the University of Illinois and other regional research institutions.... | null | 7,626 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,626 | null | comment | jmtame | 1,175,276,489 | The CS community, at least in my opinion, hates business jargon. They're trying to make it as CS-friendly as possible, I believe. | null | 7,619 | null | [
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7,620 | null | comment | jmtame | 1,175,275,827 | I'll take Stanford over University of Illinois any day ;) | null | 1,328 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,635 | null | comment | Elfan | 1,175,278,953 | He also carries large numbers of special $2 bills with him.<p><a href="http://www.woz.org/letters/general/78.html">http://www.woz.org/letters/general/78.html</a> | null | 7,618 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,624 | null | story | domp | 1,175,276,305 | null | null | null | null | [
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7,628 | null | comment | ericwan | 1,175,276,909 | I actually like your first answer more though. =) | null | 7,256 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,633 | null | comment | zkinion | 1,175,278,481 | Yes, I remember seeing the pbs show on him (pbs is awesome), and thought of him to be more of a salesperson than actual master guru. Alot of what he says is hindsight. Look instead of how he sells his "service" to these large companies for good sums of cash. He invites them into his nice home, gives them good french... | null | 7,624 | null | [
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7,616 | null | comment | far33d | 1,175,275,678 | Maybe because it's in Illinois? I just happened across it following links from the 5 posts jtame just put up.
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7,636 | null | comment | brlewis | 1,175,278,996 | The "Manhattan Academy" mentioned in this article is a Montessori school. Expensive Montessori private school for my own children is my startup motivator. My day job would be enough otherwise.<p>You can see some example Montessori materials here:<p><a href="http://ourdoings.com/brlewis/2006-01">http://ourdoings.com/b... | null | 7,608 | null | [
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7,632 | null | comment | brlewis | 1,175,278,188 | Is one of the main benefits of YC advice on how to make something more attractive and/or how to find customers for whom it would be attractive? | null | 7,575 | null | [
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7,640 | null | comment | ced | 1,175,279,378 | I don't think that the failures will report here...<p>We should start a "Paul Graham convinced me to drop Java / C++" poll to cheer him up. | null | 7,429 | null | [
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7,623 | null | comment | daliso | 1,175,276,253 | I agree entirely with this article. From my own experience, I did a lot of abstract maths in undergrad and really hated it because I couldn't figure out what all these Groups, Topologies, Normed Vector Spaces, etc were all about. What was the use of learning all these things without some practical application? It was o... | null | 7,608 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,619 | null | comment | dougw | 1,175,275,764 | I don't know how competent their application makes them seem...<p>"Week 9: Business model stuff"
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7,638 | null | comment | ashu | 1,175,279,007 | I'm sure if they hadn't plagiarized the YC form, they would have asked you to submit a crappy Word document. | null | 7,634 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
7,622 | null | comment | palish | 1,175,276,152 | One way to improve the learning environment for public schools is to centralize the process using technology, then nudge the process in a different direction.<p>But we must test to make sure that the new direction is a better one. | null | 7,608 | null | [
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7,665 | null | comment | nateritter | 1,175,285,642 | I hear ya. For me, I don't have a problem with the social skills. I have a networking problem of "the right people." Some people meet the right people earlier than others. Unfortunately, I've never been privy to that, so I hack really hard. :) | null | 7,125 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
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