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Yesterday, I Went to the American Idol for Startups. It Made Me Want to Die.

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Re: Yesterday, I Went to the American Idol for Startups. It Made Me Want to Die.

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I think you have it backwards. The sundress is overly-dressy. The shoes are designed to be looked at and to impress, rather than for comfort. I think that sort of misrepresentation (not you specifically, the event) is what the author resenting. Read me out. Brute utility defines romance of 'startup culture'. Humans understanding their world, and interacting with it in a straight-forward way. I'm modifying the code to…

I suspect neither you nor the original author have worn many women's clothing or shoes. Sometimes things look uncomfortable that are not. And why does it matter anyway if my clothing accurately reflects some abstract startup ethos? Startups talk about attracting women, but what happens when women get criticized for doing things a lot of us legitimately enjoy like wearing pretty clothes? Either way, nothing is less bu…

Or if you want to be taken seriously, as the target of such criticism you could roll your eyes and devote exactly as much mental energy to such criticisms as they deserve, which is approximately zero.

Finding sexism in absolutely any scenario where there is a reference to sex is an all too common skill that one might be better off not possessing, but that's just my opinion.

Re: Yesterday, I Went to the American Idol for Startups. It Made Me Want to Die.

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I was one of the presenters at Startup Riot. Events like Startup Riot give early stage founders the opportunity to showcase their products and it is extremely important to keep this a safe place for newbies and encourage entrepreneurs to keep at it!

Two cents from a presenter at the event: http://www.moonsovermyhammy.com/post/29112090592/if-youre-a-...

Re: Yesterday, I Went to the American Idol for Startups. It Made Me Want to Die.

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The Jamcracker Services Delivery Network (JSDN) enables Service Providers to unify the delivery of disparate cloud services to their direct customers and through their channels. Key features include: http://www.jamcracker.com/ Oh goodness

Most of their Web site seems to consist of jargon and puffery--"across the enterprise," "enables" and "ecosystems."

They raised over $142M including $100M in one round in Oct 2000. Wired article:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.12/jamcracker.html

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