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A founder-friendly term sheet
When I invest (outside of YC) I make offers with the following term sheet. I’ve tried to make the terms reflect what I wanted when I was a founder. A few people have asked me if I’d share it, so...
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How far the once-mighty SourceForge has fallen
[Editor's note: This post is the opinion of the author and not necessarily that of the Gluster Community] TLDR: SourceForge, once a mighty force f
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A culture of beer and overtime
I quit my my last job after a little more than 2 months. Why? Did I jump into a position I was not excited about? ...
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Why I Won’t Be Using BetaPunch for User Testing
Alternate Title: How NOT to Do Social Media for Your Startup This morning, I happily tweeted about the service UserTesting.com, which I’ve been using to ge...
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GoDaddy, Media Temple, and the Horrible World of Web Hosting
There’s potential for massive profits: most customers of shared hosting and VPSes never come anywhere near their resource allocations so the machines can be extremely oversold, and most dedicated-server customers keep paying the “new” price of the server every month for years after its value has plummeted through the…
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What it's Really Like Working with Steve Jobs
People who worked with Steve Jobs (I'll call him Steve) usually don't talk about it. It's kind of an unwritten rule, partly because he was obsessive about his privacy.
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HipChat is now free for teams of 5 users or fewer
Atlassian and Slack have forged a new strategic partnership.
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Coin: A step in the wrong direction
This website is for sale! techendo.co is your first and best source for information about techendo. Here you will also find topics relating to issues of general interest. We hope you find what you are looking for!
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Stop Freelancing
I've been "freelancing" part time for the better part of the past 4 years and full time for the past 8 months, and if there's one thing I've learned it's that…
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Ten Years of Bootstrapping: Lessons Learned
Note: I was holding off on posting this because I wanted to wait for our redesign to be finished…but alas, it is taking much longer than we thought it would…so as promised a while back, here is our story. Our Story: 10 Years of Bootstrapping In 2002, after several years of running a small but […]
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LinkedIn: The Creepiest Social Network
The primary reasons LinkedIn is the mustached, trench coat and wire frame glasses wearing mouth breather of the internet are the “People You May Know” and “People Also Viewed” features.
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Startup advice
In honor of the new YC batch starting tomorrow, here is some of the best startup advice I’ve heard or given (mostly heard): 1. Make something people want. 2. A great team and a great...
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French Gendarmerie: "Open source desktop lowers TCO by 40%"
Using an open source desktop lowers the total cost of ownership by 40%, in savings on proprietary software licences and by reducing costs on IT management. Using Ubuntu Linux massively reduces the...
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A horrifying startup accelerator story
Recently, I wrote a post called “Entrepreneurs Deserve Full Transparency” for my WSJ series. Several entrepreneurs wrote me, but this story really stands out as a warning to do your diligence and demand full transparency. Not all accelerators are created equal. I’ve posted the following email by permission of the…
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Google Now on your iPhone and iPad
Google Now for iPhone and iPad is available as part of the updated Google Search app.
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More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours
Feedly product updates, case studies, and resources to help you use AI to collect, analyze, and share intelligence. Start your free trial.
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My Experience in the Educational Apps Market – 2013 report
So after my 2011 and 2012 reports. Here's my 2013 report about my sales and experience as an indie educational iOS app developer. I hope yo...
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