frankphilips

But as with all existing players, there's always room for competition. Just look at Tinder disrupting the dating scene when there were already big names like POF, OkCupid, etc.

I'm guessing it's all in the marketing?

I created an IOS app that gives on-demand relationship advice. Would love to hear the HN community's thoughts! I tried to keep the UI very low friction so people could get value immediately.

OwnCloud got Pwned

Go to your local library or BN and learn everything you can about sales/marketing. Work for free. Under promise over deliver. Build up your portfolio. Ask for referrals.

Your skills mean nothing if you can't sell your skills.

He worked his ass off in an I.T firm, became good friends with the CEO...and helped grow that company. He made Director in 2 years. I think what bothers him is that he busted his ass to make that company big, and made his boss SUPER wealthy. So although he's making good money, if it was his own firm, he would've been a millionaire by now.

Man, I guess it's not just him....I didn't realize so many fairly "rich" people struggle with this!

Paul,

I think this is where he fits in. When him and his wife were making only 40K combined, they carpooled to work, lived in a 700sqft apartment, barely went out, etc. Now that they got some money, they bought a decent house ($250K), 2 cars, and they started paying off loans etc. He said even though they make $250K, his monthly expenses are over $7-8K. His whole thing is that he wants to be "financially free". I think his business ideas all are focused on MAKING MONEY, hence why he keeps failing.

He always talks about how he wants to be "free". And he's not "free" yet. Even though he makes money, he still has debt (school loans, mortgage, car payments, daycare, etc etc)..

Wow I didn't read this article. Awesome. Thanks!

Hey man, thanks for your detailed feedback. You brought up a lot of good points, and I appreciate you taking the time to reply.

I am definitely going to focus a lot on my diet (substituting veggies instead of rice, eating more fish/chicken, cutting out fried foods etc). I plan on sticking to 1600 calorie intake, and I'm tracking everything on MyFitnessPal.

I do however disagree that P90X is a complete waste of time. There are tons of people who follow the program and get great results. It might not be the most "ideal" way, however it is very systematic, measurable, and goal oriented (90 days). It's also a mix of not just strength training, but also yoga, plyometrics, and Kenpo-X. In Plyometrics, you do a ton of squats. You're also doing a lot of pushups (which is an alternative to bench press).

It's overall a great workout that I can essentially do anywhere without the convenience of a gym. I plan on sticking it out and monitoring my progress. If I do get a little extra hungry, I plan to snack on healthy fruits/veggies, almonds, or drink a protein shake. Good idea about the negatives. I'm going to try that out. Thanks again for your feedback.

I'm sure the money would go towards the following:

1) Infrastructure 2) Building out a kick-ass enterprise sales force 3) Global expansion 4) Acquisitions 5) Liquidating existing investors

Not all lecture-based schools are crappy. However, the reality is that the more practical experience people have, the faster they learn. Having a boring "lecture" on Perl is less productive then having a quick 10 minute session on building a Hello World app using Perl. People essentially learn by doing, it's as simple as that.

It's about time we see some disruption in education. The old school methods of schooling will not work in this day and age. For example in the tech sector, more companies are looking for graduates that have experience rather then just a CS degree. There are free resources to learn how to code like Codeacademy, Udacity, Coursera, Mozilla’s P2PU, Google Code University, and MIT Open Courseware. There are also more and more high-quality paid resources, both online and off, like General Assembly, Treehouse or Bloc, not to mention local continuing ed classes. Mr. Khan and Peter Thiel are headed in the right direction.

You're welcome. I love hearing stories like this. There is so many world class thinkers who are just waiting to be found in this world!

Can't you do something like that on Kickstarter?

FYI, I'm not part of any of the above listed companies. I just thought it was an interesting article that's all. I've never even heard of some of these companies until I read that article.

LOL! That's funny :)

It's just something cool I saw on Facebook, thought I'd post it.

This is awesome. Exactly how I did it in my head.

I see 40

Absolutely terrifying, yet deep down I find it fascinating!

Looks to me like a feeble attempt by Karim Kai Ani of Mathalicious to generate some PR for his for-profit website. What better way to drive traffic then to "build up some controversy" by hating on Khan? Sal's noble efforts have allowed countless people obtain a first-class education at virtually no cost. Shame on The Washington Post for promoting this hidden agenda. Seems like they also have an agenda of their own.

1) Post a controversial guest article bashing a guy whose actually trying to do something good in the world.

2) Act like the neutral party so they don't have to take any blame. Allow Karim to be the scapegoat.

3) Sit back and enjoy while traffic explodes to their site.

I see you Washington Post. You ain't fooling me!

What kind of web dev experience do you have?

Being South Asian myself, I can strongly say that is purely a coincidence. Good observation though, I didn't catch that myself.

Yes. Thinking of adopting a 6% transaction markup. So if someone lists a TV for $100, we list it for $106, and keep $6 as our fee.

I'm building a platform where non-profits can host virtual garage sales, so their members can buy/sell stuff and donate a portion of the proceeds back to the NPO. Think of it as an Ebay for Charities. It's a side project as of now. Would love your feedback :) http://shruffle.com

I need to move to CA to party with Robert Scoble! :)

When I mean "hacker", I mean someone who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations. This can be in the field of software, marketing, photography, or any other field. This doesn't mean that they're part of any "elite club", and it definitely doesn't have to be something that annoys you so much. It's just a term used, that's all!

Jason Putorti had a great post on Quora regarding how Mint.com acquired 1.5M customers without a high viral coefficient. Check it out:

http://www.quora.com/How-did-Mint-acquire-1-5m+-users-withou...

Seems to me like you're making comments just for the sake of making comments. Dear god, stop abusing that privilege. First of all, don't tell someone to stop abusing "that word" without mentioning what word you're talking about. Second, if you're making a point, be prepared to back it up. What is "losing all meaning"? In what ways has it already? What the heck are you talking about anyway?? How is your comment benefiting the original poster at all?