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See if you can defer your Harvard MBA for 1 year and try to do TechStars. That way you can try your hand at entrepreneurship and still have the Harvard MBA in your back pocket if t…

Many of these deals may have special terms as well. At a minimum VCs will get 1x and at times 2x or 3x of the first money made. That way, VCs can protect their downside while inves…

If there is just an idea and a bit of research, what is a fair valuation for an angel investor to invest in a startup at?

There is Ron Conway facts though http://twitter.com/ronconwayfacts

Hey Ramit, great comment. I think your educational experience was unique in how applicable it is to what you now do--for a non pre-professional degree. For someone outside of colle…

Small typo, the word "with" is repeated. "Bolder investors will now get rewarded with with lower prices"

Journalists want stories that spread. Making hyperbolic comparisons help make stories spread. It can be weird having stories with those type of comparisons made but I think it will…

Content targeted to HN can lead to well catered content and in-depth discussions with multiple posts on similar topics. I think as long as the community doesn't just vote up articl…

If you're post is only on the new section and never makes the front page it will still get a bit of traffic. http://abiekatz.com/2010/08/20/introducing-a-new-theory-the-... It got …

Working at a company at facebook or google increases your human capital, increasing one's opportunity cost. This can make it harder to leave the stable and growing pay check and tr…

This seems like a really cool opportunity for an entrepreneur who is looking to be immersed in another culture. Any HN readers thinking of applying?

I think you may be taking this story too literally. The moral of the story is to pursue happiness over extreme financial success at the expense of happiness. The story also acts ag…

What do you think are the best tech conferences and why? Feel free to list any cool tech conference but I am particularly interested in conferences about downloadable software.

The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathon Haidt is great. It intertwines philosophy and psychology while providing a lot of insight on how a life is well lived. http://www.amazon.com/Ha…

Good idea... I am definitely planning on microtesting the different possibilities... Do you think oDesk and the like is suitable for larger projects or would going with an agency? …

I am looking to hire a virtual assistant or work with an outsourcing company like brickworkindia.com or getfriday.com. Does anybody have any particular suggestions? On either the b…

If you want a more thorough guide of how to eat for a dollar a day and a personal account, day by day, of two people who did so for a month check out http://www.dollaradaybook.com/…

Do you think there could be an MBA program that teaches relevant things to what start ups do? and what would it teach? I feel in some ways part of what Y Combinator does is like an…

Reminds me of Matt Mullenwag's plan for starting a bank: http://ma.tt/2009/08/starting-a-bank/

Jumo is a similar idea to idealist but I think/hope jumo can do it better. Chris did a great job to help organize the movement supporting Obama during his campaign, if he can do so…