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richerd

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About richerd

My name is Richard Chan, I am a Co-Founder and CTO of the Poppy Company (http://meetpoppy.com)

I am a full stack + mobile hacker, Bitcoin entreprenueur, and previously iOS lead developer at Couple.app (YC W12) and Hootsuite.

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    Comment #5987965

    While its true for a lot of Bitcoin users, one of our goals was to make bitcoin more accessible to the public and the average person who is interested in bitcoin but doesn't quite …

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    Comment #5778690

    I had some super interesting housing arrangements the whole time I was there. One of the more interesting ones... http://richerd.com/2011/09/03/sleeping-on-the-streets-of-kua...

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    Comment #5778583

    I occasionally did some consulting jobs. Put it this way, some people make about $500 a month in Malaysia (which is more than enough to survive comfortably on). When you charge $10…

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    Comment #4995834

    I probably shouldn't say yet, suit is still ongoing and isn't settled yet.

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    Comment #4995031

    - PairMixer - http://pairmixer.com - Find someone to Pair with (got sued for this one had to take it down) - Sink or Ship - http://sinkorship.com - Ship Your Project In Time, Or El…

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    Comment #4057401

    Just got my HM in my in box, and as always it looks beautiful. Congrats on the two year milestone :)

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    Comment #3908197

    dcovery.com looks promising, but its not released yet.

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    Comment #3900479

    Sadly no, I had to adjust the ship time. bearwithclaws is now $5 richer. But we shipped!

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    Comment #3899580

    Then you beat the system :) but then why pledge yourself in the first place?

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    Comment #3899568

    thats a great idea. We are just testing the concept out right and scratching our own itch/problem. Figured $5 was the simplest thing we could do to start.

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    Comment #3899460

    We had a few ideas on how to iterate from here. a kick-starter model is something we considered, but wanted to start with something really small for people to try out first.

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    Comment #3899322

    Starting is easy, shipping is hard. I have a folder on my computer with a number of unfinished/unshipped projects. We created Sink or Ship to address the problem of following thoug…

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    Comment #3894394

    Today is a bad day to ask PG. YC interviews just started.

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    Ask HN: How many project have you started but haven't shipped?

    Starting a project is easy, but finishing is hard. I have a folder with 20+ unfinished/unshipped projects. Am I the only one that has the problem of being unable to ship things?

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    Comment #3877315

    In the Menu, Product > Archive. If you want to distribute your application you'll need to make sure that its properly code signed. And checkout Testflight https://testflightapp.com…

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    Ask PG: Interview advice for no idea applicants?

    We applied with no idea and have been accepted for an interview. All of the interview tips on the web and on the YC website are for teams with ideas. What interview and preparation…

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    Comment #3848080

    They detected my fake Facebook profile http://imgur.com/CCPUU

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    Comment #3823114

    The problem is that we launched on HackerNews which generally has a more Male audience. We are going to try to get more females on PairMixer though other channels.