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Is an EMBA from a top program worth the time and money?

Great domain. My suggestion is instead of searching for an idea to build for the domain sell it to someone (you should be able to get a large sum of money for it) then take that mo…

Are you going to show targeted ads that you sell or just a stream from Adsense or another provider? If you are selling your own targeted ads what market are you in?

I understand all the backlash towards the companies supporting SOPA i.e GoDaddy but while hurting these companies individually may cause them to reverse course it doesn't really so…

I'm sure you could apply again but the hope would probably be that you are further along in your path towards executing the startup idea.

If you are serious about learning set up a trading account with a small sum of money. If you are worried about losers then a paper trading scenario works too. Then just learn the b…

This looks like a promising concept. I'd love to give it a spin to try and clean up my mail headache.

What stage of life are you in? What portion of you savings is this? I Ask because if you are young and have opportunity to earn / save more, I would say yourself. If you are older …

I have a product we currently sell locally and are planning on taking nationally. Right now we only accept paid in full via credit card or ACH debit but we would like to be able to…

If you use apple to process the transaction then I would say yes. If you do it some other way ie paypal then probably not. They would of course take 30% of the cost of the app if i…

With your app it kind of sounds like you have a chicken / egg problem so you may want to just open it up to the most users possible so tat it is the "best it can be". In the past w…

Yes but the regular deadline has passed. You can apply late I believe but chances of acceptance are much smaller. You can alway apply late ad get going on your idea and if you are …

Solving a personal pain point is also a good place to find something to start with. Then design / build something you would use to solve the problem.

Pick something simple to start with. Build it and get satisfaction from launching something and the confidence that goes with it. Then up the ante and repeat all over again. Before…

I think unfortunately for YC the noise level will rise significantly. Before the start fund YC wasn't about money but rather building great products around strong individuals / tea…

Whats their reasoning for the shares that were not vested transferring to the other remaining players. Wouldn't they just be unvested and thus irrelevant. If not I'd like to hear t…

I like the video and the service looks cool but I don't think it is the kind of video that "goes viral".

I would agree with this wholeheartedly. They may have a big user base but the engagement per user is very small and most of those users rarely visit. If you compare average time sp…

Definitely a good idea. A bad decision or rushing in with the wrong cofounder is definitely worse than no cofounder.

Its not impossible and they don't necessarily reject you because you are a single founder but they view being a single founder as a disadvantage compared to multiple founders becau…

I would just say make sure she knows she is loved and appreciated. Its hard because all the attention will be on the baby from you, from her, and from anyone else that comes around…

Some of the best services are the simplest. Most times over thinking and over engineering leads to unneeded complexity and ultimately failure.

Startup detox = 9 to 5 at some large corporation. Not sure it helps with what amounts to an inability to move from your idea on to greener / greater pastures. Maybe set one last go…

I know its cliche but take time to enjoy it cause it goes by so fast. And make sure mommy gets attention too (she deserves it) because baby will be the star.