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1,142 karma · joined November 18, 2008

Co-founder at Atolio (self-hosted enterprise search)
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lanstein··on Cold Email to Mark Cuban Turns Into Investment
And then Cuban asked for his money back. Whoops.
lanstein··on Announcing the Safe, a Replacement for Convertible Notes
tl;dr? 'grellas is my attorney.
lanstein··on Ask HN: Do you use N + Enter to access Hacker News?
I just brain-deadedly tried that to see what it does and... yes, apparently. (plus the down arrow)
lanstein··on Salesforce’s Hackathon Scandal: Secret Judging, Favoritism, Cheating?
Fair, I was referring more to sales at startups, which is what I would guess most people here are focused on.
lanstein··on Salesforce’s Hackathon Scandal: Secret Judging, Favoritism, Cheating?
Better yet - happy to meet for coffee if you're interested and in SF. Bit of background - closed business with 26 of the Fortune 100. I'm the rare sales rep who gets pull requests from customers :) Email in profile.
lanstein··on Salesforce’s Hackathon Scandal: Secret Judging, Favoritism, Cheating?
If anyone is interested in what sales is actually like, drop me a line.
lanstein··on University of Waterloo: Silicon Valley's Canadian Feeder School
Ken I won't tell you what we're paying down here for tuition then ;)
lanstein··on NFL Players Union Partners with Uber To Prevent Players Driving Drunk
It's a black car service, the problem is privacy concerns - the players don't want management to be able to find out how late they were out and where they were.

http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201304/nfl-players-worry...

lanstein··on This $200 3D printed bot can crack your phone's PIN in 20 hours
What about two-factor auth?
lanstein··on How Microsoft killed off a massive botnet, with trademark law
Correct :)
lanstein··on How Microsoft killed off a massive botnet, with trademark law
Note: We do not actually have a 65" computer monitor in our living room
lanstein··on How Microsoft killed off a massive botnet, with trademark law
Along with FireEye and Pfizer: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_26/b42340727...

Disclaimer: Alex Lanstein is my brother

lanstein··on The San Francisco Rent Explosion
What about the heat and the cold?
lanstein··on A founder-friendly term sheet
"There is a catch with Incentive Stock Options, however: you do have to report that bargain element as taxable compensation for Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) purposes in the year you exercise the options (unless you sell the stock in the same year). We'll explain more about the AMT later."

http://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Investments-an...

lanstein··on IBM to Acquire SoftLayer
FireEye, New Relic, AppDynamics
lanstein··on Why 3 MIT Grads Want to Send You an Empty Box
For those who don't know, in CA, you can do a lot of the DMV stuff that you can't do online at a AAA office. Cash/check and membership required are the only caveats.
lanstein··on The best founders are futurists
Believe that's originally from Wayne Gretzky:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/waynegretz131510....

lanstein··on Yahoo submits bid for Hulu
y is a vowel sometimes ;)
lanstein··on Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early
I'm just referring to the tone :)
lanstein··on Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early
"This program is often confused with the financial bailouts provided to the then bankrupt GM and Chrysler, who were ineligible for the ATVM program, because a requirement of that program was good financial health."

"ONLY AMERICAN CAR COMPANY TO HAVE PAID BACK GOVERNMENT"

I'm not so sure Elon isn't writing his own copy.

lanstein··on Chinese app aims to translate what your cat is trying to tell you
20 GOTO 10
lanstein··on Google confirms Nexus Q not supported in latest version of Play Music
I guess I have a collector's item then :-/
lanstein··on Bad as Shit
There is a -1!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8GOytc32RE

lanstein··on “The Tesla Model S is our top-scoring car”
There has to be a market for a company to add a V12 sound to the Tesla S.
lanstein··on Contact Yahoo (1998)
me neither - I used lynx ;)
lanstein··on YC without being in YC
fixed :)
lanstein··on Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine
You mean HoTMaiL?
lanstein··on Instacart Launches Costco
We in SF really do take for granted that we get all of these services at launch.
lanstein··on Intel Acquires Mashery
Rock on Clay.
lanstein··on Poll: What would it take for another company to poach you?
No 'more equity'?
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