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25,806karma·4,167submissions·September 7, 2007
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Howdy. I'm Sebastian.
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My email is sgutierr@alum.mit.edu. Open invitation: if you're reading this, I'm happy to receive email about any deep learning / data science / software / startup / etc topic from you at any time.
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The right business model for your web app depends on what your competitors or the people you are replacing are already doing. Inertia will cause people to evaluate your web app versus how they are al…
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Thoughts: /// invy logo - confused as to why there is an asterisks there. /// Two main call to action buttons [in green]:
Download app & Available on the App Store - a bit confusing as they both g…
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Definitely find this quote interesting as well. Especially because it also means that he was able to communicate the aesthetic to other people in a way the other people understood it. That's amazing…
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Hi Tzury, looking forward to see what people wrote. One way I have done it in the past is to reach out to companies who designs/logos I like to ask them personally. I've asked people like Patio11 an…
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Hey Alex - alright can see where you are coming from. Venkatesh Rao (from Ribbonfarm) writes ridiculously long posts on Wordpress. Maybe you can reach out to him to see if your product would inter…
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A question I would have is what problem are you trying to solve? From a quick though it would seem to be solving the same problem tumblr / posterous is solving?
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Think about what you would learn at both companies and whether that would help you get to where you want to go. Also, which team do you like more. The best work experiences I have had were due to t…
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Do the following things 1) find a startup meetup on meetup.com in your area 2) find 3 startups you want to work with/for 3) start a blog where you interview people from those startups to a) provide th…
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I've used Odesk in the past for basic Internet research / housekeeping stuff. I emailed 5 people with one person responding who has been fantastic. Very easy to use on e you get used to the website.…
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Aquariums, windows to contamination rooms, windows at observation decks, car windows /plane windows /boat windows, 1 way mirrors/windows in myriad situations
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Google mailchimp, aweber to read up on them. Email me if you are in NYC and I can show you the ropes.
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Start a meetup group that hacks on open source software that your company uses. Bonus points if you provide beer + pizza.
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The thing about building automated trading systems (related or not to Semantic analysis) is that the things you tend to track are compared to other things you are tracking. After all, if there is an …
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Hi Friends - I love NYC, Startups and Dim Sum so I have combined all three into a meetup. If you are in NYC or will be in the NYC area, please come out on Feb 05 for our inaugural meetup. Thanks!
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I would argue that doing is the execution of knowing. So I would posit that if you are executing that 100% in the best direction you know, then if you are in the wrong location it's a matter of not h…
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The thing that stuck out was that all of the 32 startups and the 20 reasons chubbybrain gave for their failure could be summed up in "lack of information." Lack of information regarding markets, how …
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Looking forward to reading your article on how the questions are generated and what else goes forward. I have been thinking about this quite a bit after doing a failed startup, working at a startup w…
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A fourth question that came up for me was "Will I enjoy doing it if it is a success?" I only focused on this aspect after I asked the question can I make money from it and realized that it was not so…
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Careful... You are bordering on being inflammatory with your sarcastic questions. Having read all of your posts/replies, you are close to what people would call a troll. From wikipedia - In Internet …
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One interesting thing you could do is along the lines of http://iwearyourshirt.com/ ... That is, you can have people sponsor you to wear their companies t-shirt for one event during the conference.…
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Ask and ye shall receive. I think this is one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn in life both professionally and non-professionally. The Rejection Therapy goes along with this very well. Ofte…
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Go to http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ pick a record to go for. rinse and repeat. It'll be good for a laugh, some needed space from corporate America and we can get to follow you along.…
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A really interesting comment was the following:
"To possibly refine the thought: both Microsoft and Google want people to spend time on their sites. Microsoft tries to get people to spend time on thei…
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I think what jeffmiller meant was that an investors returns from a hedge fund investent should have very little to no correlation to other investments the investor has made.
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Img not working for me with / without pressing enter after pasting the url.
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Thanks for the reply. I agree with shanonm on this one in that while it looks like the "main" difference between the two emails was having the button there were actually a ton of changes made. Becau…