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Yeah, I use it at a financial services client. A previous architect chose it because it was a pet project of his (he contributed to Delombok). The premise is fine...I have no probl…

Speaking as a sole founder with many friends that go their path alone as well, this is not anywhere close to a requirement. There are people for whom this journey is natural and th…

Been using MemSQL for a enterprise-level financial services client since mid-2017. We have this in production and are running it in a multi-TB cluster. We've not seen ANY of these …

Bootstrapped would be any self-funded, usually single-person-founded, company. You might have revenue or not, but the key component is that you are doing this on your own time or m…

We said that as Java developers back in 2004. I'd say we got mixed results on that.

Lived in Boulder County for 15 years until I got married and moved south of Denver. Boulder itself has ALWAYS been expensive (even when I was in college in the early 90s) for housi…

One concrete suggestion I would make is to watch Steli Efti's presentation on sales made to YC. It's filled with great info about how to qualify, follow up, pitch and in general, c…

The FCC is currently taking public comments about net neutrality and whether ISPs are "common carriers" of content, which would subject them to certain rules of peering and content…

Crappy formatted instructions--sorry! 1. Go to http://fcc.gov/comments 2. Click on 14-28, the third item (not 14-57) 3. Fill out the form, add the Comment “ I want internet service…

FCC public comment deadline is this Monday, Sept 15th. Please do this--It's not ok for Comcast to provide crap service at sky-high prices anymore. Same with TWC, AT&T, CenturyLink …

Simple. My customers aren't asking for it and really don't care. If I'm not focused on them, I'm missing the point of my business. The day they start banging on my door and telling…

Can you suggest a solution for those of us on AWS that are SaaS providers that you find to be reliable?

Basically, you've described a Mastermind group. :) It need not be in-person, though. I have one, and we're scattered across the US. You definitely want to have somewhat similar tim…

There's one key point to everyone's comments thus far, I'll just reiterate it: This is a marathon, not a sprint . Work too hard, too fast, or too long, you'll burn out and get disc…

As a parent of 3 girls, I can't emphasize that trust thing enough above. I would absolutely, never, EVER use such a service. My wife would balk at the very suggestion of it. It sou…

If you are adding features for features' sake, then you are not adding value. Bloated products result when you add features without understanding their value to the customer base y…

So what all did you tweak to make it work? If you'd prefer not to be public about it, message me in the Academy (this is Dave Rodenbaugh)

So wait--you said you almost went back to collecting CC's up front, and that article says it was a better fit than the no-CC trial, so what data did you collect to say otherwise? Y…

Another way to handle this is to NOT hire teams, but hire independents. That's what I do on oDesk, to ensure the person you hired is the one doing the work.

Contact me through my profile. I'd like to chat about my current ventures and see what we can work out.