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Re:Tech Columnist Walt Mossberg to Leave WSJ on Friday September 20, 2013 @09:11AM (#6417439)
Gruber?
Re:Ask HN: What email client do you use? on Thursday September 19, 2013 @07:59AM (#6411066)
I still use sparrow; love that app.
This!
Re:About to incorporate, my father wants in. on Thursday September 12, 2013 @08:31PM (#6377871)
If he agrees to it. Just out of curiosity, why do you care if he's doing this for less than altruistic reasons?
Re:About to incorporate, my father wants in. on Thursday September 12, 2013 @04:57PM (#6376903)
You could always grant him a piece, say 5%, with incentives that can be granted over time while certain company KPI's are met (you both could co-write these), pushing up closer to 10% in the event of some sort of fund raising he would be a part of. This covers a lot of your risk, and sets the stage for a solid working relationship. You need to manage both in this instance, which makes the relationship more complex, but could end up with you having your cake and eating it too.
Re:About to incorporate, my father wants in. on Thursday September 12, 2013 @04:50PM (#6376868)
Tough situation, and you never mix money and family, but I would give him a piece. Not because he thinks he deserves it, but because it's a nice gesture and he's probably right that he will probably be investing into it. I don't envy the decision you have to make, but if your relationship with him before this was great, I would personally let him in.

good luck

Re:Show HN: Ditch Black Text to Read Faster, Easier on Thursday September 05, 2013 @05:05PM (#6336980)
I actually read everything on that page.
Re:Guelph family lives like it's 1986 on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @12:20PM (#6321801)
This is retarded. They are holding up their kids development to make a point; especially the older one. So while his classmates are whizzing around the internet, this kid has to work that much harder...

If they want to do this correctly, they should be providing dial-up and a 133MHZ computer for their 5 year old (they probably have an AOL cd kicking around too; lord knows they still sell their dial-up).

...I'm so pissed off I can't even put together a proper response to this.

The fact of the matter is that if your kids aren't looking up from their iphones, that's a parenting issue, not a technology one.

A case like this would be about 4 months (570 hours) or so of billable work by a good lawyer @ $350/hr or so.
Re:A record 21.6 million millennials live with parents on Saturday August 03, 2013 @08:26PM (#6153989)
That's a lot of startups trying to change the world...
Re:Nokia will ship a device with Android 5.0 on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @06:40AM (#6132806)
Satire or not; I want one and would imagine enough Android fanboys would want one enough to make this a legitimate market to do some R&D in.
Re:The Art of Getting a 3 Letter Domain Name on Thursday July 18, 2013 @10:30AM (#6063841)
That's not very nice, dude...
Re:The Art of Getting a 3 Letter Domain Name on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @11:07PM (#6061555)
I have a two letter .ca if anyone is interested.
This; they could have showed a picture of a cat with that sentence you wrote and been able to raise the same amount.
I couldn't watch him use his finger; my whole body is wound up right now.
Re:Startup Investing Trends on Sunday June 30, 2013 @07:36PM (#5967792)
I wish someone would redesign Paul's site. I always think I click the wrong link when I initially land on it.
Other than someone actually turning the statue, how else could this be happening?
Re:Power vs Influence - Choose one. on Thursday June 06, 2013 @04:42PM (#5835037)
If it's a decision between being either Gail Wynand or Ellsworth Toohey, I choose the latter. Toohey was able to build grassroots support that ultimately won the struggle. Power can be lost as quick as it can be gained. Influence seems to be a different beast from my experience.