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nate
7,926karma·1,070submissions·October 10, 2006
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YC alum. Founded Inkling and Draft. Ran Highrise. Founding engineer at Census (acquired by Fivetran)
https://ninjasandrobots.com
I'm working on https://allihat.com, https://pageforth.com, and more. If I can be helpful at all with anything, please hit me up on X (@natekontny) or email me anytime (nate.kontny+hn@gmail.com).
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That's exactly my point. Kozmo as a whole didn't work. But some bit of Kozmo worked. It wasn't all garbage. Local delivery + fees + free delivery using monthly club payments + better sm…
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Thanks for posting this comment. I think you raise what most of us should really think hard about when we see the struggles Groupon is going through. We like to throw them into a big, bulk, category a…
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Focus. It takes a lot of effort to keep multiple projects in the air. Even something that "runs itself" never really does. I've got Draft going while I work on Highrise, and Draft works…
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> Still, he now sees that it wasn’t so much the elevator that changed him as his reaction to it. It's crazy how our interpretation of the events around us is even more potent than the event it…
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Nathan is me! :) I put out a lot about who I am here: http://ninjasandrobots.com/ Basically just a guy trying to make businesses. Some work out, some don't. Lately I've been…
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Thanks for reading my article! And thanks for the insight here. I really wasn't trying though to make it part of my thesis that you should have a terrible childhood in order to create a non-anxio…
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That's a really great point. However, I think there's still a lot of value studying a guy like James Garner and people who are the best. I've actually studied acting for years. I'v…
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Oh, I like that. Thank you very much!
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Two other interesting recent articles on crowd behavior: 1) Why can't we be better at predicting successes? (movies, music, etc.) Turns out when the crowd has social information thrown at them (p…
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Interesting. I didn't realize cinnamon metabolized to sodium benzoate. I've actually been trying to avoid sodium benzoate, especially in soft drinks because of worry what that preservative c…
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What I find interesting about mentioning the Cadillac ad and workaholism, is how Ford actually found workaholism decreased the efficiency of his workers: > On January 5, 1914, the Ford Motor Compan…
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This is a tangent, but I had a similar reaction to Honest company (baby products) and cancelling. My wife signed up to their trial subscription delivery thing for diaper for our newborn. This is Jessi…
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Chicago. :) The Lyft scenario was definitely cringeworthy. The lean startup questions outside the cafe weren't. I think it was good hustle and effort. They weren't pushy at all and handled &…