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failquicker

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About failquicker

Running a few startups...Herding cats.

http://hnofficehours.com/profile/failquicker/

Recent public activity

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    Comment #2403519

    I believe they are using a custom interface from Braintree. Pretty sure living social is the same.

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    Comment #2285685

    Aaron and Paul, You guys weren't joking when you said you were moving fast. Looks great. I'm kicking the tires now and will report back. As I told you in January, great damn idea. …

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    Comment #2215430

    As of right now, all of their .com and .net registries are still down

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    Enom is down.

    enom.com is offline.

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    Comment #1860091

    I'm writing "Everwake" It's about a future where our preoccupation with productivity led us to genetically engineer away our need/ability to sleep. In this future sleep becomes the…

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    Can I crash at your place for Startup School?

    Greetings fellow HN'ers (HNites?) I will happily be heading from my home in Washington, DC to the bay area for Startup School in 2 weeks. While I would normally just check out AirB…

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    Comment #1625967

    My method for getting a great coder even though you can't evaluate coding skills - Hire a great coder to HELP YOU INTERVIEW. Find a great coder who's work you respect, who is curre…

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    Comment #1611441

    We liked freshbooks more than quickbooks, so I can say that it's a nice product. But right now, I'm a big fan of what's going on over at Less Accounting. I think he's on the right …

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    Comment #1611156

    Ok, maybe I abbreviated my train of thought there. Let me elaborate. And I am speaking solely from my knowledge of US History. "Bi-Product of the industrial revolution." retirement…

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    Comment #1611009

    This is really a question for your underwriter. As it varies greatly depending on who holds your merchant account. You are right, most credit cards are going to default to the unqu…

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    Comment #1610980

    The modern assumption of retirement is a bi-product of the industrial revolution. Retirement was a brass ring that was held up for workers to see as a way to keep them productive a…

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    Comment #1609122

    So...are the children suppose to live in the school and never leave? Because the second they step out the door they are bound to run into a few rogue hotspots. Even out in the rura…

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    Comment #1608602

    By the way, I love the Hemingway reference in the SN. Feel free to email me and I will brainstorm with you.

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    Comment #1608447

    Solve a problem. That's it. Make a solution that will put a salve on someones pain. It sounds like all of your other ideas are trying to take advantage of a percieved hot space or …

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    Comment #1605539

    Was anybody else bothered by the giant moving spammy pop-up on that site? I'm currently reading on an iPhone and it took up practically the whole screen.

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    Comment #1603747

    This has to be one of the best don't judge a book by it's cover biographies I've ever read. I love that he left MIT to persue acting. Follow your dream. "I will break you...r covel…

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    Comment #1603709

    No, I stand by my statement. I don't believe that Facebook will continually dominate the hearts and minds of the online world in the way it does now, in perpetuity. My reason given…

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    Comment #1603431

    Well, I'm glad to hear you say that. I actually read you as leaning the other way. I'm glad I was wrong. So let me jump in on this side. The question is not opportunity vs. self-va…