jerryji

A truly inspirational and sensational story.

When I was at the "trade show" part, I simply can't help thinking if things could have been easier for them had they read Steve Blank's (recent) Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters (http://steveblank.com/2009/05/21/trade-shows/).

Of course, I have to agree with rrival on the capital part.

  Gmail is for hacker
  LinkedIn is for professional
  Facebook is for personal
  Hotmail is for ... my mother-in-law?

Hi there, you've been using hotmail for at least 463 days (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=120843), isn't it time to make some change?

Yours, Mr. Cynical

Why is HN more and more like Dick, I mean, Digg, nowadays?

Clear business model, great website design.

While I don't have a problem getting the idea at first sight, I believe an introduction video/animation would help a lot.

The plans are a bit pricey to me -- (how) did you do your pricing analysis/survey?

Right, yes, good, ... a DOG?

Running a startup should be like going into a war about survival -- do you bring your pet dog to the war?

Yours, Insensitive Clod

And mine -- http://collectivesys.com

It might not be instantly obvious that comparison can be done, so here's one example -- http://collectivesys.com/item/compare/KSrJ1hb2c9wx%3BvLgQgEe...

> A wiki-consumerist, with reviews in any domain.

How about http://collectivesys.com

Relentlessly pursuing our dreams.

"I can afford to spend money without regard for intrinsic value."

What is the precise definition of an "intrinsic value"? What if the "intrinsic value" consists mainly perceive value, i.e., the value of I-feel-good -- does a $50,000 jewelry have more "intrinsic value" than a $5,000 custom-made suit?

"If you don't have any money", then "you don't have to spend a lot of time raising money"?

Am I the only one baffled?

Fist of all, I must thank all who have taken the time to read and/or comment on my post.

However, the fact that US (or more specifically, Silicon Valley) has given birth to more successful high tech companies per square mile than has anywhere else in the world is not incidental.

Being able to grow a startup in the fertile land of Silicon Valley means closer access to a wide array of different classes of investors, world-class peer entrepreneurs/technologists, and active and mature users, all of which are big advantages over startups elsewhere -- even with the high cost of living taken into consideration.

After all, it's like telling a minority student who was rejected by a top university for (disputablely) unfair reasons that she doesn't need to go to college to succeed, sure the statement could be true -- just unfortunately not statistically.

You need bread... but that is easy, or else you just eat cake.

Great presentation, true information, excellent complement to "When Genius Failed", well worth the 90 minutes run time.

Summary --

1. (Use) Free and open source software

2. (Encourage) User-generated content.

3. (Use) Leveraged distribution channels.

4. (Build) Open API's and data-oriented architecture.

5. (Use) On-demand utility pricing for services (aka "cloud computing").

I read Eric's every blog, just wasn't thrilled enough by this one to vote up the little fluffy 1500-word post (in those 39-character lines).

Because that points to an irrelevant (and downright stupid) "Final Fantasy V Music - Victory Fanfare".

Suits Digg much better than HN.

1000+ words about design without a single graph/chart?

"What state should I incorporate in?" --

http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/2009/03/03/what-state-sh...

by Yokum Taku (Startup Company)

Does it belong to the 800 Series or the T-1000?

Of course, we all know --

  Beautiful is better than ugly

but sometimes people forget --

  Useful is even better than beautiful

But not the Pylons project [ http://www.pylonshq.com/ ] (Ref: http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss/msg/6b9bb138da... )?

What is GSoC, the American Idol popularity contest?

Managing a country is just like parenting --

A child should not be given absolute freedom before he/she is grown up enough to act responsibly.

However, using the above as an excuse to control the child forever will certainly result in catastrophic failure (for both the child and the parents).

Because some do not care enough about other users' experience -- like didn't bother submitting the proper permalink at the bottom of the page.

Whichever side causation lies on, the VC as a whole will lose more (have less to gain) than the entrepreneur as a whole.

Me.

I had kept a day job and worked on my startup only in (all) my spare time for more than 2 years, that _is_ challenging, kind of keeping-an-out-of-marriage-affair challenging -- you get the idea. (or do you? :)

Cool, that's why it's called HACKER news here :)

I got mine at guru.com at $60.

killerweb's comment at DZone is pretty insightful -- http://www.dzone.com/links/dont_make_me_write_html.html

I don't forget either -- I just never really remembered in the first place.

My name card.