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Leonidas

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About Leonidas

xmlham [at] gmail.com

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    Comment #23655

    Did they change the application deadline? I could have sworn the deadline to submit the startup was end of May, now it's July 6?

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    Comment #23171

    Some of you who applied to other programs besides the Y probably got invites during the summer to meet up with those people and other entrepreneurs. Anyone going? If so, we should …

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    Comment #21611

    I've been learning Rails and I LOVE it. I can't stop coding, it's actually kind of "sick" since I get like 4 hours of sleep. I have PG to blame because his whole advice on "learn t…

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    Comment #21610

    I'm sorry you're having difficulty finding a co-founder. If you're a student, try the university. Y Combinator should really have a dedicated place for people to find co-founders s…

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    Comment #21609

    I'm helping my dad design a replacement for the Digital Signal Processor. Actually, it's already designed and it actually works through the Phase I testing. Talk about years of pai…

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    Comment #19788

    I'm presenting the point that you shouldn't lump everyone into one category. If you notice the anti-MBA feeling on the forum that they are useless on a team. Well, how would hacker…

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    Comment #19706

    1. Technical yes but you will need someone who can find out every single competitor out there and find a way to make your product better. 2.In addition, you need to be able to find…

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    Comment #19697

    What do you have to offer to the team of hackers? Are you somewhat technical savvy? Do you know every single competitor out there and now how to make your product better to slaught…

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    Comment #19624

    What a great forum. I'm deciding b/w a Mac or a the Z. Looks like everyone really loves their MAC. My T40 is dying.

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    Comment #19620

    Guy Kawaski just invested in something similar to this didn't he?

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    Comment #19372

    Business 2.0 Page 25 May 2007 Edition Has an article mentioning Y Combinator, TechStars, HitForge, Curious Office Partners, and Obvious. Focus is upon bringing together engineers, …

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    Comment #18710

    Digg and Elance seemed to turned out okay despite being founded by non-hackers

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    Comment #17760

    I like the idea of IRC. You don't have to continuously chat there, you could just sit IDLE in there and chime in whenever. I'm a huge Gamer and because of IRC, I got to know a lot …

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    Comment #17656

    This is just really all very ugly. Justin should get one of the 'business' more suave guys on his team to talk to the landlord about it and point out all the great publicity the bu…

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    Comment #17548

    Maybe the owners are disgruntled Y Rejects? I don't quite understand why anyone would not want "free" press. The only thing I could think of is perhaps 'doing business' from the pr…

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    Comment #17019

    Launch immediately. It's your idea so you have a better understanding and the ability to innovate much faster than she ever could. Who cares if she was 'first' to do it...just make…

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    Comment #16013

    That's great! Well, at least for those of us on here who have a medical background.

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    Comment #16009

    At least you got to meet the Y team and the other cool Y applicants. Keep working on your startup and best wishes!

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    Comment #15799

    "MySpace by FaceBook" -- that's kind of arguable because MySpace was acquired and I really don't know who's making more money than whom. What about Digg? As for Google eating those…

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    Comment #15767

    You could just put up a simple forum and people can just enter their "Idea" as a topic on the forum.