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Payton

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About Payton

Currently living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #341347

    I thought your posts were pretty funny. Keep up the good work. Good luck with the rest of your day - it sounds like you are going to need it!

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    Comment #182931

    I am using it along side my gmail account. I like the way the way they have improved traditional email. I like their tabbed interface and the calendar tool is fairly useful as well…

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    Ask YC: How important is location when your startup isn't looking for lots of VC money?

    I have read in many places that if you are considering a startup, Silicon Valley, Boston and Seattle are your choices for places to work and live. The odds of success in these plac…

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    Comment #147279

    "The best people apply late" I am really curious as to where that factoid came from and how you could quantify that. I could see that the best people put thought into the applicati…

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    Comment #146187

    Paying someone to read an email about your startup is essentially advertising, very very targeted advertising. You are paying Michael Arrington X$ to take notice of your company. I…

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    Ask YC: startup or traditional work experience?

    If a founder works on his company for a year, but can't seem to make it work, do future hiring managers see that time spent as a negative (couldn't find a way to make the company w…

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    Comment #140572

    Fun idea and an interesting way to get some smart people on your radar!

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    Comment #140565

    I was reading this article and was thinking about how parents are trying to protect their children from parts of the web, and the concept of allowing only a handful of approved web…

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    Comment #135474

    In my opinion, getting a big injection of VC money doesn't make it alright to turn up your burn rate a significant amount. I have never been through a round of funding, but it woul…