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Users make snap judgments in the app stores based off of star ratings, some comments, and possibly looking at a screen shot or two. The interface isn't fully appreciated until afte…

I would venture that the losses are much less today than in 1999. Losing a few hundred thousand or even a couple million per startup is a drop in the bucket compared to the crazine…

Just read the bold in a sarcastic voice and it all makes sense. That being said,it reads like each point has a grain of truth.

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There is absolutely no point being made in this post other than "this idea won't succeed". It doesn't why it will fail, just that it will fail. Tautology is becoming a pattern on S…

Relevant: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/apps

You just cloned Sparrow and called it a "re-design." http://sparrowmailapp.com/

RE: 1) this entirely depends on what your business model is. If you're validating your "insert SMB supporting SaaS here" in the market, you better believe I want to see you ring th…

This doesn't explain how incubators hurt startups. Also, i'm wondering what the author believes the ideal success conditions are for a startup? Billion dollar company? the tone sug…

Isn't Red Laser working on this problem?

The reason is simple. HBO makes BILLIONS by servicing a few a cable companies, and that relationship is unlikely to change quickly as Americans are not cutting cable at the rate of…

anecdote (no facts): I ran into some GS folks at the X.Commerce conference last year in SF and they said that engineers comprised their largest employee category. They said that th…

You're also a startengine.com company :)

I got your back.

Someone's gotta make the cam joke, and I guess it's going to be me.

Why was this submitted and to what greater end? Who gives a shit about stripe's user section?

This post had nothing to with the title. It was an anecdote of work-life-balance...

There are millions of musicians around the world struggling to succeed, and a wide array of businesses that need popular music and musicians- be it for their next tv spot, live eve…

Hey guys, the list of problems to solve is up: http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html

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