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mattslight

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About mattslight

Tech junkie, business owner. www.matthewslight.com

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    Comment #17615299

    I have the same issue. I transpile code from ./src to ./dist In NDB I am on sources tab and I see dist folder highlighted (src also appears in the tree). How does one "map the work…

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    Gourmet Tea Delivered

    My wife made a bet with me that she could make a better business than I could. The result was LoveTea.co The idea is to ship a world tea each month as part of a subscription packag…

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    Comment #4001998

    Is this the gist for it on GitHub? Perhaps somebody could deploy to their host? https://gist.github.com/2224365

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    Comment #3847315

    You enshrine it as a by-law of the games.

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    Comment #3760523

    Some people have asked me to sanity check their startup business for them. I found myself applying the same set of questions. I’m sure others must do the same. I looked for a compr…

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    Startup Business Sanity Checklist

    Some people have asked me to sanity check their startup business for them. I found myself applying the same set of questions. I’m sure others must do the same. I looked for a compr…

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    Comment #3579307

    I like the concept - but what's the big picture?

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    Comment #3547094

    We are planning london.hackful.com etc. Watch this space.

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    Comment #3264595

    Can you do one on using social media and the modern world of engagement? ;) M

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    Comment #3262222

    There's a related but different recipe tool in the UK: http://www.foodily.com/

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    Comment #3260829

    If you wanted to take a scientific approach you'd need to be able to do something like the following: (A) measure your actual work output and (B) some way of measuring your 'maximu…

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    Comment #3260442

    Tom, I'm working on a project similar to GrubWithUs (blog.eatsocial.net). We are a team of 3 and just started working every weekend on this about a month ago. How many of you are w…

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    Comment #3260434

    Advertising this could be one of your biggest costs. Reduce the requirement for advertising by devising a traction plan, if you haven't already. You already have the right idea by …

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    Comment #3260408

    Another similar site in the UK is HouseBites.co.uk. They are revenue making at the moment (note sure on profitability). I am workimg on a similar project st the moment EatSocial.ne…

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    Comment #3190975

    I think it's been typed in Word!

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    Comment #3190974

    Trying to pull the wool over anybody's eyes; employers, customers, investors etc is only ever a stupid idea longterm.

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    Comment #3187385

    I looked at a number of cites to base my new company and chose London for it's mix of diversity, access to talent and strong business culture. For a tech heavy startup SF was the o…

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    Comment #3080421

    Lets face it Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs when it comes to presenting. How do you explain Apple's dip between 1986 to 1996 which coincided with Steve absence?

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    Comment #3056411

    * Scribbled entrance notices being thrashed out five minutes before first talker due to speak * Orderly British queue forming for mammoth order of pizza and beer (red stripe went d…

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    Comment #3047762

    I can summarise this presentation as: * Postgre 8.3 on AWS not good enough -> lets try Mongo * Mongo performance not good enough -> lets try and fix this * Oh shit we don't know wh…

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    Comment #2889007

    I can't understand why YC isn't involved more with London

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    Comment #2827265

    Blogging has been declining for some time now, especially since the rise in Twitter. No conicidence I am sure. Newspapers are fading fast. Anybody following the News of the World S…