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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 53 posts.
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Nobody told me it’s impossible, so I did it
I just read this great post on Derek Sivers’s blog: There’s no speed limit. (The lessons that changed my life.) You should go and read it right now because what Derek says is so inspirational and so true. There is no limit to what you can achieve if you are motivated and inspired. I want to tell you how I started…
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VentureHacks: How to Pick a Co-founder
Update: Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. It’s more important than your product, market, and investors. The ideal founding …
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My YC Interview Experience S09 by James (Listia.com)
I was going to title this blog “Advice For A YC Interview”, but I thought that would be the wrong choice of words for what I want to write. I figured I’d tell the story of h…
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The “Interview” with Y Combinator That’s Not
So, in our last installment of the Y Combinator saga, we talked about applying. Since a handful of folks will be gearing up for their interviews shortly, it seems a fine time to move on to the next step in our journey.
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Bug tracking isn't a network-effect business
Facebook sucks you in because everyone you know is using it. You go to eBay to find something because you know someone is selling what you want to buy. Oracle wins in the enterprise because there are tons of experts and plenty of auxiliary software available. All these business rely heavily on the …
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Heroku (YC W08) makes PaaS flexible with Add-ons
Heroku has focused since day one on making the end-to-end application experience as easy as possible. From our git focused workflow to the automated...
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Heroku: Announcing Huge Growth and New CEO
Big things are happening at Heroku, so we felt it was time for an overall update. I’m happy to say that not only has the platform doubled in size over the.
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On Applying to Y Combinator
I’ve decided to do a mini-series of sorts on our Y Combinator experience. Â Originally I was going to fold everything into one ginormus post, but I think it better to break it up and focus on different aspects.
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The Dropbox iPhone App is Out
Modern work can be frustrating and chaotic—if you don’t have the right tools. From context engineering to multimodal search, go behind the scenes and hear how Dropbox engineers are building AI that actually understands you, so you can focus on the work that matters most.
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Paul Graham interview on Econtalk - Start-ups, Innovation, and Creativity
Paul Graham, essayist, programmer and partner in the y-combinator talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about start-ups, innovation, and creativity. Graham draws on his experience as entrepreneur and investor to discuss the current state of the start-up world and how that world has changed due to improved technology…
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Rules for Bootstrapped Web App Startups
Allan lists 10 things that every startup should value.
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The natural evolution from side project to full-time business
Some have doubted our advice that you should hold on to your day job and start something on the side. They argue building a business requires such persistent effort that you need to devote all your time to it to do it right. And it’s true that building a business requires plenty of time an…