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Re:Ask HN: What's it like getting better at meditation? on Thursday July 04, 2019 @02:07PM (#20356560)
There is something called "Mandukya Upanishads" which explain the four stages of AUM_, which some chant during meditation. I found the explanations of these concepts by a monk named "Sarvapriyananda" very useful. Search his name and the word "mandukya" on youtube for the explanation of what these four stages are.
Re:Ask HN: Who is seeking a cofounder? on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @03:56AM (#20272000)
For this very reason sometime back I created a slack group(https://tinyurl.com/tefogroup) for technical founders and aspiring technical founders to meetup online, try some projects together, get to know each other and seek advice from other experienced founders before actually doing a startup. It helps in the long run if the relationship is built organically.
There is also "Negative Income Tax" policy that tries to solve the same problem that Universal Basic Income is trying to solve.

Ask HN: How many customer/user interviews are enough?

Few days back I asked this same question, but it went into ether on this forum; hence asking again as this is, I think, fundamental to customer development. Sorry for the repost. The original question was:When evaluating an idea how many customer interviews are enough to make a decision in favour or against the idea? Does it just depend on duration of the evaluation period or the number of...

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Re:Ask HN: How many customer/user interviews are enough? on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @04:36PM (#19732565)
Isn't that a very small sample to decide whether there is a demand for the project?

Ask HN: How many customer/user interviews are enough?

When evaluating an idea how does one decide what number of customer interviews are enough to make a decision in favour or against the idea? Does it just depend on duration of the evaluation period or the number of total prospective customers interviewed, or both? How many customers are enough and for how long should the idea evaluation phase last?

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If the startups are just CRUD apps then are those defensible businesses? As per my understanding most successful software businesses have something in their tech stack that cannot be easily replicated.