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ringdabell

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    Comment #6804278

    perhaps, but you have a ton of people going through 10 week crash course "learn how to program" courses and pulling down decent jr dev jobs. there's a whole cottage industry around…

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    Comment #6713308

    When it screws you, trust me you'll remember it. That said, while I use Apple Maps for the vast majority of the time, for certain non-major/obvious addresses, I find myself double-…

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    Comment #6709347

    Fair enough. This is where I'm the cynical one in the sense that I don't see the point of having a visionary mission statement if you have to resort to spin and propaganda tactics …

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    Comment #6709105

    I think you can have both, something that rewards founders for their risk while also providing for your employees. Remember that it's a bit of catch-22 in the sense that you need y…

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    Comment #6709084

    That's a bit too cynical... I read that more as a "company should seek to provide sustainable financial prosperity for the employees". What's wrong with that? It's hard to provide …

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    Comment #6699184

    Yes you could do that, but again I don't see how its user-friendly to have to resort to creating multiple accounts to bypass the G+ requirements. No one is saying that Google doesn…

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    Comment #6697716

    >No you're not. It's free. Nothing is free bro. Business 101. >Who said anything about creators. They /OWN/ Youtube. They have made it /VERY/ clear what is happening. If you want t…

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    Comment #6696560

    > There's no such thing as a G+ account and a 'Google Account'. They are the same things Thats not the case if you registered for a google service (i.e. gmail) pre G+, which I imag…

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    Comment #6696358

    What happened to "don't be evil"? The criticism is a bit thick, but the prompts to join G+ are increasingly manipulative and gimmicky, designed almost entirely to _trick_ the user …

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    Comment #6678836

    One of the biggest myth about getting an MBA is that you learn anything at all. The two primary motivations for getting an MBA are completely unrelated to obtaining an "education":…

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    Comment #6480318

    SEEKING FREELANCER - Chicago / SF / Remote EdTech startup in Chicago seeking native iOS developer. We build classroom management software around the language learning space and nee…

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    Comment #6432699

    Website looks great. I'm sure the crowdfunding niche will explode even more in the next couple of years. That said, does anyone else think this will just feed into existing/new bub…

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    Comment #6273068

    Silly analogy. Hollywood bros don't claim to be saving the world nor do they cast themselves in a superior light than all the other bloodsuckers. When you take yourself this seriou…

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    Comment #6272911

    It doesn't matter if you're building silly websites trying to get strangers to dine with each other. If you're building anything at all complicated, a few years of web-dev work isn…

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    Comment #6272890

    Gossip rag aside, alot of the criticisms brought forth by valleywag is on point... There is A LOT of dumb money. There ARE a ton of idiot startupbro/princesses. Anything to deflate…

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    Comment #6245727

    "We're trying to give them more info to go off beyond hype." All you're measuring is hype though. Startups that rely on likes, follows, etc. as a gauge of success/traction are by n…