Ask PG: Do you invest in any startups outside of YC?
Do you invest, advise or other ways involved with any co.s that choose not to participate in YC or have matured beyond a YC stage? Some startups need more your sage advice, than any investment.
wunna
Re:Ask HN: What quote most inspires you?
on Saturday August 24, 2013 @12:49AM (#6267668)
Dreams are not what happen when you sleep, dreams should be what keep you from sleeping. - (not sure who said this)
Re:Ask HN: What would you tell your 16-year-old self?
on Sunday August 04, 2013 @05:51AM (#6155168)
Be yourself, everyone else is taken - Oscar Wilde
IMO no truer words have been spoken. Much unpleasantness would have been avoided had I known . HTH.
Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage
on Sunday July 28, 2013 @11:01PM (#6119125)
I was responding to an oversimplified and vacuous argument, that naively assumes that supply and demand are the only two market forces. You ought to read up on the field of System Dynamics. I am not "cherrypicking", but you are over simplifying.
Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage
on Friday July 26, 2013 @08:58PM (#6111398)
If you were an entrepreneur you would understand....
Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @08:40PM (#6100171)
Implicit in that statement is a shortage. If programmers have choices, by definition implies more demand, less supply. You contradict yourself!
Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @08:37PM (#6100162)
define "enough". Easy enough for you to pontificate, if you know better, start your own company and pay everyone million $ salaries. What are you waiting for?
p.s. I am an entrepreneur and have had significant hiring challenges for my company. So not spewing out stock lines from Lou Dobbs and his ilk.
Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @08:34PM (#6100150)
well, there is no infinite elasticity of supply & demand.
Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @07:10PM (#6099776)
what is that these people do, that they turn down even 125K,150K,200K - according to you - "low salaries"? McD? or Welfare paying higher?
Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @07:07PM (#6099760)
So go do it! be the change you want! You know, if you want something done right, DIY! Setup a noble, patriotic company that only hires "Americans" and pay then $250K or $1MM salaries... Go ahead!
Stop whining and enough already with the arm-chair generalship, easiest thing in the world.
Remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpkJZuxSayo
Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @06:59PM (#6099704)
The stock response such arguments is: "there is no shortage of programmers, just a shortage of programmers at a given salary". Yeah right!
"There is no poverty. just shortage of people with money"
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Re:The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @06:56PM (#6099690)
pg - I would urge you to write an essay or article in some prominent magazine. Someone of your stature voicing is critical to the high-tech industry.
Re:The challenge of geocoding Indian addresses
on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @07:50AM (#6057124)
PM me if you need ideas....I have done similar things and could point you in the right direction.
Re:Show HN: Assistant.io - The easiest way to schedule meetings
on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @04:44AM (#6050617)
The UI/IX is a bit clunky IMHO - the wizard interface is meh. Lookup http://timebridge.com/
their UI seems more intuitive.
Re:Ask HN: Why don't companies open-source the source code of their ol...
on Monday July 08, 2013 @01:44AM (#6005336)
These are all very good reasons posted below, but I believe that the most important reason is corporate mindset . The powers that be - mostly old-hands- view software as physical "property" and unwilling to let go. Sharing it is seen as sacrilege! Also is seen as providing competitors a peek under the kimono and giving them an advantage.
It is the same reason that many pharmas don't release the data of their failed trials. How much better the world would have been had we had a commons of the failed drug trials. sigh
Re:Ask HN: I am 35 years old with no degree – can I still program?
on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:03AM (#5969169)
Knowledge >>>>>..n Degree
Re:Ask HN: Entrepreneurship is ________.
on Sunday June 30, 2013 @03:39AM (#5965037)
"...jumping off a cliff and building a parachute on the way down" - unknown
(not sure who said this, if you know pls comment so this can be duly attributed.)
Re:Ask HN: Which computer/laptop do you use?
on Saturday June 01, 2013 @05:40PM (#5806134)
Dell XPS 16GB (W7)
Re:Show HN: Here is our first app after 6 months working on it. What d...
on Friday May 17, 2013 @11:40PM (#5727838)
The first few seconds I don;t know what the app does....more importantly how it is different from the bazillion other place rating apps.
Re:Ask PG: Do you invest in any startups outside of YC?
on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @01:55PM (#5633807)
Is there any other option for my (slightly) grown-up startup with a ton of traction to come pitch you?
p.s I did read the YC FAQ etc. But hoping that might be just the "official line" :-)
Re:Ask HN: Solr Hosting in the cloud
on Sunday April 28, 2013 @06:26PM (#5623055)
Thanks, have you used it? The limits seem a bit small....or is it more cost-effective that AWS?
Ask HN: Solr Hosting in the cloud
Hi HN-ers,I need to host Solr in the cloud, I am looking for a host other than AWS. Any suggestions or recommendations?