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I participated in a top incubator and totally agree with this comment. cofounder breakups are such a nasty affair and I've part of one. we tried to resolve the issue but by the tim…

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some more details: coins initiated to be sold on Dec 6 -- never received in my bank account although it looks like it "completed" on Dec 12. putting me in a weird financial situati…

brian -- i've been trying to contact coinbase as well. i sold a decent size of coins (5 figures in USD) and i waited, waited and never received the balance in my bank account altho…

would also love to keep in touch as this project evolves, ronlai at uchicago dot edu

this is awesome.. i'm a student in the social sciences and name disambiguation for ethnicities is something I deal with quite often. i've just checked it out. thanks for this brill…

yeah definitely! it's like academia... the ideas being tested are often very obvious but when empirically tested and validated that's when you start developing the capacity for dee…

Wait. Does this mean I no longer need to create multiple authentication services?

Nice article. Def just do it and see how people react. Another way to help with assessing price is to build a simple model. For a recent project, I built an excel model which is es…

Wow. Feeling like this will be a predictable cycle.. I remember how difficult it was for me to convince my friends to install an app on Facebook due to the FarmVille Fatigue. Led t…

Totally agree. Some people are just not normal Joe users. It totally makes sense to give a bit of a pop to those in your VIP list. Also gives something for these extra Joes to insp…

awesome! thanks for your comment. pls share with others that are also looking to apply for incubators. we are definitely trying to expand the offering, but one step at a time. focu…

This isn't surprising. I've done work in the federal government. Recently we built some products that did more, looked better and cost far less ($200k) than the other big name cons…

I agree with this point and I too adore kickstarter. Generally, the startup advice I've been receiving is to show vision by creating a really solid pitch rather than actually build…

this is cute and makes sense! this reminds me of the iPad apps that ask for a 5 star review after they give some stats. For example: "i've noticed that you've been playing this gam…

Congrats! It's great that you didn't just sit around on your off time and instead got up and started coding. It's definitely the way to do it.

I've worked on a few projects over the years and finally had one that I was proud to call a startup. We got into a top incubator program and busted our butts for a really long time…

"No Higher Honor" - Condoleeza Rice. An amazingly accomplished person that is humble enough to analyze her own thinking process.

Don't completely agree. Building an ecosystem isn't just providing an API, its providing an API that actually works. Facebook might have gotten away with a shoddy API (I've created…

:) Challenging things are often worthy endeavors. And pls don't be afraid to ask questions to the community when you get stuck. I'm sure there are plenty of people wanting to help!…

awesome. congrats! its not just about the money of course but the relationship you create with the investor. ;)

I bet namecheap's investors are smiling right about now.