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Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by there » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 10:01 PM UTC

covercash wrote: post #38

From the interview: Jessica Livingston is working on a second edition of Founders At Work.

can i buy just a diff between the two editions?

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by bootload » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 10:06 PM UTC

staunch wrote: post #5

I just hope it's a lengthy interview. I don't think I've ever seen an in-depth interview with PG.

"...I don't think I've ever seen an in-depth interview with PG. ..."

I've seen one. The interview was by David Weinberger and you can see it here (16:52) ~ http://media-cyber.law.harvard.edu/VideoBerkman/paul_graham_... Interesting & talks about YC, Taste for makers.

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by philwelch » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 10:19 PM UTC

Sukotto wrote: post #48

nkh wrote: post #46

To rewatch, or see for the first time, here is the link: http://www.justin.tv//mixergy#from=11.00%252CFebruary-9-2010...

Link doesn't work. "Sorry, we couldn't understand the date and time '11.00%2CFebruary-9-2010'." Click the link under the video pane to get to the archives... archive for Feb 9 is 10 minutes of some guy with super-short hair looking into the camera and drinking from a cup... with wacky indian-ish background music. The picture almost completely obscures some kind of moving text... with an occasional glimpse of the phra…

"archive for Feb 9 is 10 minutes of some guy with super-short hair looking into the camera and drinking from a cup... with wacky indian-ish background music"

Yeah, that's exactly what was on the channel post-interview. "Some guy" is actually Andrew Warner, though.

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 10:24 PM UTC

jasonkester wrote: post #49

antidaily wrote: post #22

My question: Consulting treadmill - how do I get off it without a killer app idea?

I never understood why people consider consulting to be a "treadmill". For me, a consulting gig is an instantaneous injection of capital and another 6-9 months runway for the entrepreneurial stuff. I mean, a 1-month gig will pay your rent for the year. Another one will pay for your servers, hosting, dev machine and food. The rest of the time is yours to spend as you like. Is it possible that people are doing "consult…

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Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by antidaily » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 10:27 PM UTC

jasonkester wrote: post #49

antidaily wrote: post #22

My question: Consulting treadmill - how do I get off it without a killer app idea?

I never understood why people consider consulting to be a "treadmill". For me, a consulting gig is an instantaneous injection of capital and another 6-9 months runway for the entrepreneurial stuff. I mean, a 1-month gig will pay your rent for the year. Another one will pay for your servers, hosting, dev machine and food. The rest of the time is yours to spend as you like. Is it possible that people are doing "consult…

Consulting is a pie-eating contest where the reward is more pie. If you're good, you get just enough work to keep you from doing something else. I know I'm not alone here.

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by borism » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 11:05 PM UTC

there wrote: post #51

covercash wrote: post #38

From the interview: Jessica Livingston is working on a second edition of Founders At Work.

can i buy just a diff between the two editions?

it's a full diff, I guess?

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by pg » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 11:21 PM UTC

there wrote: post #51

covercash wrote: post #38

From the interview: Jessica Livingston is working on a second edition of Founders At Work.

can i buy just a diff between the two editions?

It's not a new edition; it's a second volume.

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by pg » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 11:22 PM UTC

JimFMunro wrote: post #26

You've had quite a few guests on Mixergy that started their own businesses solo, without partners. PG has repeated that most of the companies he's looked at have at least 2 founders. Has he changed his views on this any or is this still the main advice? Either way, what would he look for in a single-founder startup (besides being Relentlessly Resourceful).

Not much different than we'd look for in founders generally.

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 11:35 PM UTC

antidaily wrote: post #55

jasonkester wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never understood why people consider consulting to be a "treadmill". For me, a consulting gig is an instantaneous injection of capital and another 6-9 months runway for the entrepreneurial stuff. I mean, a 1-month gig will pay your rent for the year. Another one will pay for your servers, hosting, dev machine and food. The rest of the time is yours to spend as you like. Is it possible that people are doing "consult…

Consulting is a pie-eating contest where the reward is more pie. If you're good, you get just enough work to keep you from doing something else. I know I'm not alone here.

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Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by nkh » Tue, Feb 09, 2010, 11:35 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #47

nkh wrote: post #46

To rewatch, or see for the first time, here is the link: http://www.justin.tv//mixergy#from=11.00%252CFebruary-9-2010...

That link doesn't seem to work.

When I paste the following in Chrome it works:

http://www.justin.tv//mixergy#from-11.04,February-9-2010

The link changes after the pages loads