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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0ygsBi_p8o "I took money from a VC" I took money from a VC To show YC that I was cool And when I finally failed, felt 10 years older But fuck it, i…

It all depends, tech/developer vs BD/Marketing - Have experienced the up/down too of the Bay Area, and sometimes it takes months to get back in the saddle. Everyone wants the perfe…

When was the last time free market economics 'sorted out' anything? I'd like to know. Interesting to me that despite our comments that you've read, your initial blog remains unchan…

The larger issue is this, the AdBlockers block 'independent ads, served via third party services via web' Ad blockers won't block Google Ads via Android or iOS ads in their new "ne…

Weird. We are in the same wavelength right now: Just came from seeing the 'Everest' movie based on this incident I did read both the original article you are looking for, (not onli…

Startups failing =! Cautious VCs but whatever is good for the clicks...

Uhhhh, the usual, restless sleep, wake up at 7am, check email, check bank account balance, silent panic, cold sweats, yesterday's coffee, 2 days ago Pizza, a few dozen rejection em…

True Story - Missing are the rent prices that eat 70% of your paycheck plus having 4 roommates on a 1 bedroom apt and the fact that every and any food you can think of is already s…

OK, one of my titles was Global Head of Freemium Channel, so here is my take: 1)I've never seen a freemium business reach above 15% paid users from total active base - if your econ…

500Startups' fund "500Luchadores" would be the closest one in Mexico, their fund for new ventures was recently 'completed' (read: depleted) so this is a good time if you want to in…

Excellent analysis. This thing is basically a deal with the devil. Get the VPN and content you want and 'sell your device' soul to Hola and whatever they want to do with it. Maybe …

Jeebus dude, why exactly you need 3-6 months to get your photos from a service you didn't use often enough? AWS cost real money. How long of a warning do you need to exit a service…

As you said there has been a few tries but usually tied to the lender. Lenders like 'Prosper' and others use other criteria to make the credit decision (social contacts, other bill…

But how do we save that web? I want to - can't think of how but want to help.

Based on this, then everyone is an expert now, all you need is an opinion and an URL. So a random 19 year old's opinion is as valuable as an expert? Practically, of course not, but…

I love the Awl, Splitsider, Billfold et al... But the Media Apocalypse is no Joke - The Dissolve is gone - and ViralNova is acquired for $100MM - WTF? It seems content for brainy, …

Hi HN Peeps - If you or one of your team members need a place to stay coming up, I have a room available for rent in Sunnyvale (next door town to Mountain View) about 5-6 miles awa…

No, some of us are dumb as shit. Bell curves don't lie son!

The older the company, the less they like it. Loyalty in some places will replace skill... Even when a VP asked me about my 6 jobs in 10 years, I replied: 'same as you, been workin…

The other mental block is that people somehow trust/prefer 'randomness' vs. determined outcomes from a machine. But it shouldn't be so. E.g. with people-driven cars, when an accide…

Bin Ladin's been coding! No bitcoin books? No RoR? Dreamweaver is old school.

I name all my Hard Drives after Battlestar Galactica Ships - I have: 1TB 27" iMac - Galactica/ 4TB NAS - Pegasus/ 500GB MacBook - Colonial One/ 500GB External - Majahual/ 250GB Ext…

I thought the Knight Foundation was working on highly intelligent Drone Auto Vehicles with AI - Project KITT and a mysterious guy called Michael Knight, no?

Agreed & True - and when you lose the faith on the system, its very tough. Its like being an Atheist living and working at the Vatican...

Another sub-species is the organization that does nothing but get inactive VCs/Angels to small events and charge founders $20-$50 to attend and $100-$500 for 'a table' for the comp…