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The world is changing. It's very different now. There was a time when there were Feudal Lords and now there aren't. Similarly, we're moving away from a time of microserfs to hacker…

If you really enjoy video production and the video was fun to work on - why not do that full-time. Or make a tool related to it.

A little clarification. Really good developers are priceless. Anyone who is smart knows this. You just have to look at how much companies are willing to pay developers in signing b…

Here's my response: Either start your own company or find a company where you can be yourself and ship code and not have to worry about 33 lessons. In this day and age we shouldn't…

Replace affiliate by middleman and you get a lot of examples. Obviously it's difficult - because everyone's trying to do it and it gives you so much power. Look at what Amazon is t…

Replace affiliate by middleman and you get a lot of examples. Obviously it's difficult - because everyone's trying to do it and it gives you so much power. Look at what Amazon is t…

Additionally, let me clarify a few things. Starting Point: Where people start their search (to buy something or find something). Decision Engine: Where people make a decision. Buyi…

Let me point out how wrong you are. Amazon started off selling books. What do you think their margin for each was? Then they took over a large part of the market. Then they moved i…

Give her more credit for what? She did a fashion startup for a few years and she never figured out that nearly every luxury company gives 10% to 15% commissions? If she really thin…

No she is wrong because of this: c) If you become the decision engine (something Google and Bing are trying to do with their Flight Search and other initiatives in various vertical…

Not really a well thought out article. Here's why - 1) Why should anyone care about solving the problems that the writer of this article wants to see solved? 2) She fixates on the …

You have a point there. That someone could possibly anticipate what Doodles are going to be used and SEO map their site to that. It still isn't the kind of thing I personally am ho…

Genuine Question - Why is this topic of any interest at all for Hacker News? This seems more like something SEO marketers or people with nothing to do would be interested in. Q1 Do…

because it's like becoming a devotee to a religion. Most people, instead of being the star of their own lives, want to follow a cult or religion or leader. That's why people get su…

I'm not. My suggestion to you would be to consider whether you can put in more effort into your next startup. We each have our own beliefs on what works and then there's reality. S…

What diolpah said. I'd rather learn from the experience of someone who became an absolute master. Because the lessons of absolute mastery apply across fields. Who cares about the t…

It's my mistake - I made two wrong assumptions. 1) Firstly, that you were in business to add value to customers and that was the primary motivation. It seems your primary motivatio…

Please Note: This might seem critical but I'm just pointing out three problems i.e. lack of effort, lack of measuring effort and other statistics, lack of empathy with customers. M…

This is amazing. You've hit the nail on the head. Google would be much more successful if it focused on being Google and didn't try to be Apple+Fecaebook+X companies all in one.

Perhaps US entered its period of decline a long time ago and it's only now that all the good work of past generations has been undone. The last few wars were attempts to strengthen…

Meai, you don't really refute his theory. His theory still holds true. Unless you can conclusively argue that 'Peace' isn't the MAIN reason for the downfall of non-warring civiliza…

Great theory. Having lived on 3 continents and observed how countries and people behave and reading lots of history -> There might be a lot of truth to what you say. The standard q…

No, it's not that. It's your flawed assumption that everyone else is wrong and you're right. Groupon may or may not be a viable business. However, your assumption is guiding you an…

It's a bit strange to compare - Time Required and Difficulty (or Ease) of developing on one platform vs another ... ... without factoring in the amount of money you can make (or if…