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I didnt really mean it as a side project. I understand it won't work that way. Just keep it on the side till you are able to raise more funds, or organize from other sources (job,c…

Thanks for being so open and honest about the whole thing. You said, if you were profitable, you wouldn't be shutting down. But if you think there should be a way to make social pa…

Typically engineers gravitate to the point of work. Its only the initial germination which matters. There are more engineers in Bangalore from outside, than locals. Probably same i…

Almost a downer, I didnt think that tony was the kind of CEO who would sell out. Somebody tell me it was the VC's.

Think what you will regret. 1. Building a startup and not falling in love. 2. Falling in love and screwing up a startup. Though both don't have to be exclusive, I bet 2. is a bette…

Cool stuff. I think Anreessen gets the whole startup thing a lot more than the current crop of investment bankers.

listened to free willy ost on way to office and then came the sad news. RIP MJ.You were as genius as humans come.

Couldnt DISAGREE more. The advice is extremely banal bordering on common sense but most importantly discounts the fact that a lot of startups are built not to solve any existing pr…

Spot on and beautifully put. On a related note, it never made sense to me that some first time entrepreneurs give it all up and become VC's.

I think arxiv is a great start but still seems to be kind of internet add-on to the old way rather than being a rethink from the ground up to the research business. I liked the "Ci…

slightly offtopic, but I am fundamentally opposed to this journal-conferences monopoly on published research and the related profiteering by the likes of springer. Its like the new…

Seems like Google is playing catch-up to yahoo for once. This has searchmonkey written all over it. Yahoo though, seems to be still without its mojo so cant see it capitalizing on …

mind-boggling stuff. Bezos is a killing machine - and there was a time when people wrote amazon off in the bust of 2000 - 'selling books online ??? - wasnt getting rid of print the…

Exactly, and for those guys who do not get into YC, they still have the option of getting a 'prototype of YC' - which in your own words is almost the same as YC. I am not saying YC…

Is it just me, or do real entrepreneurs need to be less excited about this YC interview thingy. If you care so much for third party approval from PG and folks (not that they are no…

Hiring is extremely random and for most part very hard to do fairly. Bet even if someone like bill gates or the google founders applied to some of the bigger companies - chances ar…

.or maybe an existing open source ad server which can be customized most easily for delivery mobile ads.

Please fix irrelevant results. Search for 'rfid tutorial' gives a Java JDBC page at the top. Also, layout is not a differentiation so please stick to google style and stop wasting …

He is dead serious and that is an incredibly honest and accurate piece of advice.

This is one of the most brilliant startup stories I have read in a while. Im not a big calcanis fan and dont think too highly of mahalo, but the amount of wisdom and insight in thi…

Po Bronson's "What to do with your life" is a great read. This article though seems to be full of fluff and about reading too much based on post-facto news. Sabeer is definitely sm…

I have also come to the same conclusion independently. You need a sounding board and a source of moral support absolutely. This is best done by a co-founder. However, it CAN also b…

Totally agree that having a co-founder helps, but totally DISAGREE that either that is the solution to your cold-feet, or that is absolute required to do a startup. Also, I think t…

I think photo-sharing services need to verticalize and create niches. I see a clear case for a photo-sharing service specifically designed to host high-resolution images (big size)…

I wouldnt say so. Even with that one user and thousands of failed users you might be on the verge of evolving your product to better suit market needs and gain usage. The biggest t…