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Re:Yahoo, still an awful company on Sunday May 25, 2014 @10:47PM (#7798468)
I don't think you can necessarily say Yahoo is a bad company just because you had a bad experience with one of the customer service representatives.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or ... on Sunday April 27, 2014 @09:51PM (#7657833)
Awesome thanks!
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or ... on Sunday April 27, 2014 @09:50PM (#7657831)
Just watched this video, very inspiring indeed.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or ... on Sunday April 27, 2014 @06:56PM (#7657341)
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm looking forward to watching all of them, especially the Lean Startup Conference talk.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or ... on Sunday April 27, 2014 @05:51PM (#7657088)
I've already seen a couple of these but I'll be sure to watch the ones I haven't. Thanks
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or ... on Sunday April 27, 2014 @05:49PM (#7657075)
The title alone was enough to get me to add it to my playlist.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or ... on Sunday April 27, 2014 @05:44PM (#7657056)
These videos look great. Bookmarked.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or ... on Sunday April 27, 2014 @05:41PM (#7657039)
This looks awesome. Added to my plan to watch list! Keeping a playlist going for all these videos.

Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or startups?

Posted by compass-seeker on Sunday April 27, 2014 @01:46PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Here are a couple of mine:- Vinod Khosla talks about the importance of team building, the startup life, and what it takes to be an entrepreneur. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5J7bd7nzmw- Marc Andreesen talks about venture capitalist and the future of startups. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLNQZegq7KA- Eric Ries gives a talk on his Lean Startup theory at Google....

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Ask HN: Web developer with free time. Anyone want to hack something together?

Posted by compass-seeker on Friday April 04, 2014 @11:07AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm free this weekend and most likely next. I thought I might take this chance to meet some new people and maybe hack together something fun.Also, some relevant information. I'm a full stack developer who can also do design. I prefer LAMP stack but open to some Rails as well.If you want to get in touch, [hnhacksomething] @ [gmail] . [com]

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with that feeling that you aren't doing eno... on Friday March 28, 2014 @11:10AM (#7487717)
Great reply! Being a developer, I completely understand.

"I may well have faced 40 or 50 or even 100 rejections before the big break. While in the middle of a string of rejections, it feels more like "foolishness" than "productivity."

I think to an extent, most entrepreneurs have to go through this. Don't get discouraged and keep at it :)

Re:Ask HN: What's on your reading list? Recommendations? on Friday March 28, 2014 @10:36AM (#7487497)
I've actually read that one. Very interesting book!
Re:Ask HN: What's on your reading list? Recommendations? on Saturday March 22, 2014 @09:13PM (#7451640)
Awesome, this will be the first thing I read.
Re:Ask HN: What's on your reading list? Recommendations? on Saturday March 22, 2014 @05:47PM (#7451055)
Well not all things startup related come from startups (if that makes any sense). A Guide to the Good Life sounds like a worthwhile read, added to my plan to read list!
Re:Ask HN: What's on your reading list? Recommendations? on Saturday March 22, 2014 @05:44PM (#7451047)
I loved Snowcrash! For more science fiction, I personally like Michael Crichton.
Re:Ask HN: What's on your reading list? Recommendations? on Saturday March 22, 2014 @04:01PM (#7450621)
Looks like an interesting read. Apparently it's supposed to be pretty humorous as well which is a plus.
Re:Ask HN: What's on your reading list? Recommendations? on Saturday March 22, 2014 @03:53PM (#7450587)
Awesome. Just added it to my plan to read list. How does it compare to Lean Startup by Ries?
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to create an MVP with an android app? on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @12:52PM (#7423093)
I tried Phonegap but the 15MB limitation on .zip or github repo's make it impossible to use. I'll check out Corona though. Thanks

Ask HN: What is the best way to create an MVP with an android app?

Posted by compass-seeker on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @09:51AM
from the ask-hn dept.

If I am working on a bootstrapped/lean startup, what is the best way to go about creating an MVP of an android app? I am a full-stack web developer and have only done some basic android tutorials. Is there anyway I can teach myself android development within a reasonable time-frame to create the MVP? Any resources come to mind?

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