How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Business

Re:How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Busine... by physcab on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @05:41PM (#5567469)

> why do so many in the valley do this to 'MBAs'.

Because every technical person has a story about:

  - "Idea people" telling them what to do and taking all the credit.
  - A non-technical manager setting unreasonable deadlines.
  - A non-technical manager trivializing a complex task. 
  - "Oh we'll just get him/her to write some code".
  - Being treated as if their talents are a commodity.
  - Being treated as if they cannot communicate like other humans.
  - Putting in blood, sweat, and tears into a project for little or no pay.
  - Studying like mad in college while everyone else seemed to be partying 
    (or this could just be me)

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Re:How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Busine... by marcamillion on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @06:15PM (#5567692)

I think the correct term for those people are "douchebags"...not "MBAs".

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Re:How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Busine... by jaggederest on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @07:07PM (#5567913)

A = douchebags

B = MBAs

B ⊆ A

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Re:How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Busine... by mahmud on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @11:40PM (#5568804)

Quite the startling fallacy there, even if disguised in symbols.

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Re:How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Busine... by marcamillion on Thursday April 18, 2013 @02:04AM (#5569124)

C = Some People

C ⊆ A

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