Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — ethanhuynh

ethanhuynh

HN member
Joined
Thu, Feb 25, 2010, 9:46 AM UTC
HN karma
35
Public activity
22 items

About ethanhuynh

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #3138930

    "However, these disruptive technologies typically address a new market segment or a set of under-served customers" - I would say "over-served" instead. because disruptive technolog…

  2. comment
    Comment #3041846

    I think that we can stop this debate about whether innovation will necessarily lead to success (financially) or not. I might have one case to against you. One case in Asia: the big…

  3. comment
    Comment #2449942

    he steals something and make a fortune from it then he's a genius. he steals something and fail to make money from it, then he's just a robber

  4. comment
    Comment #2124413

    having gone through this, it actually makes me feel like the longest 2 minutes of my life

  5. comment
    Comment #2023532

    Although I agree about the bad UI part, I still think they're in the process of pivoting and finding early traction, so it's unfair to conclude that they would be a failure (or wis…

  6. comment
    Comment #1851551

    read pick-up materials like "The game", you'll be surprised to learn that even some average people who tried hard to overcome their fear and negative side can become winners (well,…

  7. comment
    Comment #1721353

    tweak your business model, rethink of the who, what, when, where, how, why of your business, like: who else could be interested or benefited from your offers? what when or where do…

  8. comment
    Comment #1677905

    "I don't fucking want innovation", "You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers." these quotes say it all, what I love fro…

  9. comment
    Comment #1624288

    startups that want to disrupt big guys can also use this strategy, find a niche that is overshot by the incumbents, offer them a good enough product, but improve the performance on…

  10. comment
    Comment #1619659

    I agree, we all share the same nationalities by random chance. but why spending too much time thinking about the root of the fact that we all feel proud when some people in our cou…

  11. comment
    Comment #1619412

    I'm from Vietnam, and Ngo Bao Chau made us proud

  12. comment
    Comment #1619398

    The author was confused by the term "long tail". IMO this term is best used to visualize how a model works (Amazon's long tail of books, Google's long tail of niche keywords and se…

  13. comment
    Comment #1617288

    thinking is one, execution is another. Reading is important, but action is crucial. I have no problems saying that I can think like entrepreneurs, and I believe you can as well, wh…

  14. comment
    Comment #1617211

    think job-to-be-done, people visit places, they want to share their location and update status associated with those places to their friends, and that is the job they want to get d…

  15. story
    My thoughts: How to get users to use your product

    any comments are welcomed. Please validate my thinking

  16. comment
    Comment #1215819

    the disadvantages are clear, and I won't discuss about them or cry out for help. What we mean is that we must work double hard to earn what we deserve, maybe you're lucky to live i…

  17. comment
    Comment #1215744

    yea I think there must be some misunderstanding here, we're not segregating ourselves, we built this for people like us to share thoughts and experience, and support each other. It…

  18. comment
    Comment #1215486

    You don't live in the US and your startup doesn't base in Silicon Valley? You have a passion, an idea, but think you don't have enough support from your community? well, it could b…

  19. story
    Hacker News clone for for hi tech entrepreneurs like us

    You don't live in the US and your startup doesn't base in Silicon Valley? You have a passion, an idea, but think you don't have enough support from your community? well, it could b…

  20. comment
    Comment #1206836

    I think Thailand and Vietnam have many things in common regarding the startup culture, you were right mentioning that we can stay in Vietnam and be a success, actually, that's what…

  21. comment
    Comment #1206485

    I'm from Vietnam and we don't have a good and friendly startup culture here. In fact, it's pretty harsh here, entrepreneurs have to face so many constraints outside their control l…

  22. comment
    Comment #1190822

    ok, consider this quote "An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of the old inputs" (don't remember exactly who said it), so, when you share your idea to others and…