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I think you're struggling because the question is so broad. I'm pretty sure that most interviewers aren't even sure why they are asking the question. Some are probably using it in order to get the conversation going. A much smaller, savvier group might be using it to see how you define yourself. Either way, I tend to ask a clarifying question: "What do you want to know about? My hobbies? Education? Work experience?"

Your answers to pretty much all interview questions should be tailored to the specific job and the story that you want the interviewer to remember about you.

This is exciting; I've been looking forward to doing this exact thing myself.

Some more solutions can be found at https://github.com/gregsexton/SICP-Clojure

They are, and many cities have rules requiring restaurants to maintain publicly accessible bathrooms.

I created a similar app a while back called Clnli. The idea was to create a network of bathrooms by partnering with restaurants, small shops, etc. that already do a good job of keeping their bathrooms clean (Starbucks, froyo places, hat stores, etc).

Users would pay a weekly/monthly/yearly fee (non-renewing, good for travel) to get access to the network and they would be able to unlock bathrooms directly from their phones. No need to ask for a key.

Stores would get paid on a monthly basis for keeping their bathrooms clean.

The primary problem was convincing stores to join the network. I talked to a very very large number of store owners and managers in and around downtown San Diego. The value proposition to the store owners just didn't seem high enough. The idea of charging people to use bathrooms didn't sit well with some owners, and others flat out refused to open their bathrooms.

My starting market was parents with young kids. That market seemed quite receptive to the idea.

I hope Looie is able to pull it off. I still think its a great idea.

EDIT: Having to use a separate access key seems meh, when we all have cell phones. Clnli integrated with lock systems like http://resortlock.com/ and displayed a code in app. Using BLE/NFC would have been even cooler.

Is there a Clojure/Clojurescript tutorial similar to the Hartl Rails tutorial? I have amassed quite a few Clojure books, but find the easiest way to learn is to build.

It's fun to try and figure out which of the various threads will be the "one true thread". This one seems to have won out by virtue of having the most clickable title.

is there a reason why copies of the standard contracts haven't been leaked and aggregated online?

Ah, that's perfect; the idea is validated. Time to start a competitor in other bio hubs. =)

YC is telling us that there may be a lot of value in batching and accelerating these types of products/companies. Maybe we should start a biotech focused accelerator (as opposed to software) that turns post-doc chemists/biologists (as opposed to software engineers) into rockstar founders.

We approached a YC founder in our city via cold email.

I think that if you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to get comfortable with writing cold-emails and getting lots of rejection. It's just part of the game. Plus, it's not that cold of an email: you want to do YC and the founder has done YC. You already have a shared interest.

we've had our application reviewed by a YC company that would probably derive zero value from our product. the advice was cogent and helpful, both with respect to getting into YC and the company generally.

Any data on whether founders with this type of relationship have a lower, the same, or higher probability of having founder disputes that destroy the company?

Not sure, but it might be helpful to look at the most recent YC RFS: https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/

E.g., something that is vertical specific may be more "Enterprise" than B2B

Check out some of the early blog posts at www.opengov.com and the whitepapers published by Formation 8, e.g. http://formation8.com/resources/b2g-the-excitement-of-an-old...

i'm a big fan of nitrous.io and use it daily as my dev environment.

what is the killer feature that would make me want to use this instead of justinmind prototyper?

congratulations on launching. even with no other distractions it is no small feat, and with a full-time job and a family it must be even harder.

I imagine the outcome depends heavily on the personality of the founders. I'm sure that for some, having a few million the bank will give them the peace of mind to focus on the business. And for others, having a few million the bank will be a reason to party. Perhaps this will simply require additional (and different?) diligence when "investing in founders not ideas".

In some courts there is a requirement to both file an electronic copy on the docket and provide paper courtesy copies to the Judge's chambers. Some things are easier to work with when they are printed, and the courts put the onus to provide paper copies on the litigants.

I'd be interested in seeing an IDE for contract drafting. Or something like an Excel mapper that can show me how all the provisions and definitions in a contract are interrelated.

> And computers still don't really understand either what issue you're looking for or what issue a case is about. So ancient technology (search for this word near that word) still rules the day.

I think this is the key. The big revolution in legal research that I'm waiting for is the ability for the computer to understand something like: all cases where a) Claim X was brought as a counterclaim and not as the original claim; b) counter-claimant made Y argument citing to case Z but not case W; d) requested relief was R; and e) court made its decision based on Factor F. Until then, "search for this word near that word (and boolean operators)" is extremely powerful and can get me most of the way pretty quickly.

I hope you got as much out of the application process as we did. It was great to fill out the application and think deeply about our company. And we also took the opportunity to practice our pitching. Overall a great experience. It was also nice to know that someone out there took the time to watch our application video. That's about as much as we could ask for.

As YC readily admits, they are often wrong. I hope they are wrong about you and your company. Good luck!

rejections are out

What would be the opposite of angular, i.e. easy to migrate away from? Backbone? (Because it is less opinionated than Angular?)

Ah, thank you. Maybe the mods can merge the threads.

This page describes the lockstep payscale at one of the most prestigious big law firms in the country. http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/law/skadden,-arps,-sla.... That probably explains quite a big part of it.

Do you think that there is something fundamentally different between doing a start-up and the various other high-stress, all consuming industries (e.g. big law, finance, medical residency)? In all of these industries, the narrative is that work is all consuming. Clients are non-stop and demanding. Work is 24/7. Work makes you miss birthdays, dinners, holidays, vacations. But ultimately, in all of these industries there are plenty (maybe not a lot) of highly successful people with kids and significant others who could say nothing other than "my big law/finance/doctor significant other can be described as nothing more than the perfect significant other/parent".

I think there are lots of things that affect the quality of a relationship, celebrating birthdays and showing up for holidays are likely not high on the list.

Meteor is about to hit 1.0. The current go to tutorial for Meteor is https://www.discovermeteor.com/. And a good snapshot of the current learning resources can be found at https://www.yauh.de/best-learning-resources-for-meteorjs/.

I still owe you an email.

Paul Graham has an essay discussing what he calls the "Blub paradox." http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html. Perhaps the discussion there isn't immediately applicable to your question, but I think some aspects of PG's discussion are abstractable and applicable.

Ultimately, if you don't know what the other options are and their strengths and weaknesses, you will only ever have a hammer. And you won't even know that your only tool is a hammer. And you'll be trying to eat with it and sew with it, thinking that it's your only option.

If your life depends on manipulating bits. You should learn all the ways to manipulating bits. Because you will then know the best way to manipulate a bit in any given situation. Maybe you should be focused more on one than the others, but that doesn't mean you should ignore everything else.

I didn't know that Reg came out with another book. Allonge is really good. I have high hopes for Spessore.

is this really case even if you're like 10-15% body fat? in that case, wouldn't your muscle mass be solely responsible for being listed as overweight?

Darren Sproles is 5'6" 190lb. Does he really fit into the same statistical categories as other people listed as overweight by BMI?