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MBA's are great for 2 things: 1) If you are not a business undergrad, or have not picked up these skills on the job, then an MBA is a great way to get a solid business understandin…

"tanorexic." nice. Actually, I'm pretty sure that I said this: "The point of all this is that there are people with creative ideas in all walks of life." and this "It’s simply a ca…

This is an excellent point. As I said in the article, I'm a business guy myself. I was in the business school of my college in fact- and the undergrad program was basically the MBA…

Is there any interest in creating a group of people who would be willing to help test one another's apps? My group might be ready in a few weeks, and I'd trust users from this boar…

I'm not sure the process is that simple- Since there are presumably interviews and the Mountain View meetup, YC is probably only looking to send out emails of groups that are absol…

Is your business an online version of "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?"

Thanks for linking to that thread. i must have missed it before. There are definitely some interesting looking books in that list.

I'm trying to get some recommendations for books that might be helpful for a web startup. Personally, I have really found "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell and "Getting Real"…

How many of you have a primarily advertising based model? Or the "freemium" model? Our model is actually transactional, but is supplemented with advertising.

How is this different from Blue Dot? http://bluedot.us/front

You may have seen this post before: http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html But the reason I submitted this is because of item #6. As an entrepreneur, I'm technically savvy,…

These types of stories are starting to be pretty common, but this post does interest me from a business standpoint. How often does "no business plan" work out in the long run?

Spotplex seems to be down currently, so I haven't been able to fully explore the site. However, based on the Techcrunch coverage, it seems like this will ultimately be just another…