derekc

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Re:Choosing New York over San Francisco on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @02:02PM (#1575237)

Why the * does this matter? Start sh* anywhere.

Re:Hedge fund invests in LinkedIn at more than $2 Billion valuation on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @09:37AM (#1554290)

Should be worth more than $2b.

Re:Email Newsletters Are Still A Serious Business on Monday July 05, 2010 @02:06PM (#1488724)

You mentioned a list of potential verticals. Care to name a few?

Re:Ask HN: Startup doubts: Running out of money on Thursday July 01, 2010 @02:12PM (#1478755)

Get a part-time job. The constraints will be conducive to results.

Technology for turning the promise of personalized medicine into a reality

Posted by derekc on Thursday July 01, 2010 @11:16AM
from the asmarterplanet.com dept.

http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2010/07/technology-for-turning-the-promise-of-personalized-medicine-into-a-reality.html

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Healthcare.gov -- real info on new healthcare options

Posted by derekc on Thursday July 01, 2010 @11:00AM
from the cnewmark.com dept.

http://www.cnewmark.com/2010/07/healthcaregov-real-info-on-new-healthcare-options.html

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Big Think Interview With Tony Hsieh

Posted by derekc on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @01:39PM
from the bigthink.com dept.

http://bigthink.com/ideas/20671?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+bigthink/expert_ideas+(Big+Think+Expert+Ideas)

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The Timeless Lessons of "Mr. Swatch"

Posted by derekc on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @01:35PM
from the blogs.hbr.org dept.

http://blogs.hbr.org/taylor/2010/06/the_timeless_lessons_of_mr_swa.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+harvardbusiness+(HBR.org)

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Mixergy Interview with Khan Academy's Salman Khan

Posted by derekc on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @06:50PM
from the mixergy.com dept.

http://mixergy.com/salman-khan-academy-interview/

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Tesla Closes Near $24: Elon Musk Goes From Broke To $672 Million In One Day

Posted by derekc on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @04:26PM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ipo-first-day-2010-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+businessinsider+(Business+Insider)

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Observation on hiring from open source

Posted by derekc on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @03:17PM
from the radar.oreilly.com dept.

http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/06/observation-on-hiring-from-ope.html

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"Apple of My Eye" - an iPhone 4 film

Posted by derekc on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @02:15AM
from the vimeo.com dept.

http://vimeo.com/12819723

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Fast-Tracking: Alternatives to College

Posted by derekc on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @02:14AM
from the radar.oreilly.com dept.

http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/06/alternatives-to-college.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+oreilly/radar/atom+(OReilly+Radar)

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This World Is A Mess Because All We Care About Is The Short Term

Posted by derekc on Monday June 28, 2010 @05:19PM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

http://www.businessinsider.com/doug-kass-short-term-2010-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+businessinsider+(Business+Insider)

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Regular People Don’t Think About ‘Smartphones’

Posted by derekc on Saturday June 26, 2010 @04:27PM
from the gigaom.com dept.

http://gigaom.com/2010/06/25/apples-iphone-4-is-that-a-smartphone-in-your-pocket/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+OmMalik+(GigaOM)

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Why I’m Contrary on Compensation

Posted by derekc on Saturday June 26, 2010 @11:06AM
from the derekpilling.com dept.

http://derekpilling.com/2010/06/25/why-im-contrary-on-compensation/

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Was A MASSIVE Saudi Aramco Oil Spill Concealed From The Public In 1993?

Posted by derekc on Friday June 25, 2010 @04:27PM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

http://www.businessinsider.com/was-a-massive-saudi-aramco-oil-spill-concealed-from-the-public-in-1993-2010-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+businessinsider+(Business+Insider)

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How The Game Industry Is Evolving From Gaming 1.0 to Gaming 2.0

Posted by derekc on Friday June 25, 2010 @01:50PM
from the socialtimes.com dept.

http://www.socialtimes.com/2010/06/how-the-game-industry-is-evolving-from-gaming-1-0-to-gaming-2-0-part-3-of-6/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+socialtimes+(SocialTimes.com)

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Oblong is Hiring

Posted by derekc on Friday June 25, 2010 @10:00AM
from the feld.com dept.

http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2010/06/oblong-is-hiring.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+FeldThoughts+(Feld+Thoughts)&utm_content=Google+Reader

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Amazing Job Openings At Cool Startups

Posted by derekc on Thursday June 24, 2010 @11:15AM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

http://www.businessinsider.com/gilt-hunch-digg-jobs-2010-6#simplegeo-is-hot-in-the-location-space-if-thats-your-thing-4

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Mark Zuckerberg promises a billion users

Posted by derekc on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @12:12PM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/23/facebook-billion-users/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Venturebeat+(VentureBeat)

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Russian President Medvedev to Tour Silicon Valley With Jobs as Tour Guide

Posted by derekc on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @10:59AM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1662951/russian-president-medvedev-to-tour-silicon-valley-with-jobs-as-tour-guide?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+fastcompany/headlines+(Fast+Company+Headlines)

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Does the world need another programming language?

Posted by derekc on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @03:03PM
from the radar.oreilly.com dept.

http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/06/does-the-world-need-yet-anothe.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+oreilly/radar/atom+(OReilly+Radar)

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The Readers of Hacker News: 86% male

Posted by derekc on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @02:59PM
from the self-post dept.

https://www.google.com/adplanner/#siteSearch?identifier=news.ycombinator.com&geo=US&trait_type=1&lp=falseAnother interesting statistic: 100% of us all went to "some college" or beyond?

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Chicago To Silicon Valley: It's Our Time Now, Pal

Posted by derekc on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @11:34AM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

http://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-2010-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+businessinsider+(Business+Insider)

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We Are What We Choose - Jeff Bezos

Posted by derekc on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @11:31AM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

http://www.businessinsider.com/we-are-what-we-choose-2010-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider+(Silicon+Alley+Insider)

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Andreessen Horowitz Grows Up

Posted by derekc on Monday June 21, 2010 @06:11PM
from the bits.blogs.nytimes.com dept.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/andreessen-horowitz-grows-up/

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Re: What Valley Companies Should Know about Tencent on Sunday June 20, 2010 @06:57PM (#1447356)

Overvalued or not, Tencent is gold.

I could not name you an under-25 year old who subscribes to a print newspaper

Posted by derekc on Sunday June 20, 2010 @01:53AM
from the nytpick.com dept.

http://www.nytpick.com/2010/06/nyt-columnist-david-pogue-declares-i.html

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The Real Story of Recruiting for Tech vs Wall St in NYC

Posted by derekc on Saturday June 19, 2010 @10:41PM
from the thisisgoingtobebig.com dept.

http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/blog/2010/6/17/outflanked-not-outspent-the-real-story-of-recruiting-for-tec.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+thisisgoingtobebig+(::This+is+going+to+be+BIG::)

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