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Andrew:

See this article for a piece Steve Case wrote about me: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/224579

He also used the story as an example in a testimony at a congressional hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=...

Quick brief on the situation:
* PhD/MD till katrina hit the city and changed the course of my life.
* Phd (genetics) at UNC, where I founded my first company (biotech) during my 3rd year. Saw I could have huge impact on peoples lives through these type of ventures
* DC for post-doc -- started 2nd company (data analytics in heath and wellness)
* Triangle Startup factory (accelerator), a little money, and some mentorship later we are where we are (4 person team, v1 web app, growing user base ~10K, revenue, building mobile apps, pilot testing biometric sensors). Predictive analytics aimed at harnessing behavioral data exhaust in a meaningful and structured manner and extracting actionable knowledge from it. Shifting the paradigm from "lets tell you what you have done" to "let us tell you what you NEED TO DO to get healthier and fitter."
* Havent left the country since 2009. Started MBA early because my OPT (optional practical training) expired and I wanted to stay in the country. I can't sponsor myself for an H1. Cant really get funding while I am in school (investment risk - could potentially be overcome). Can't be out of school because of immigration rules.
* Finally left so I could see family. Had to get a new visa to come back and finish school... but visa application just got flagged and is going through "administrative review". I have been stuck here now for over 3 weeks without any definite end in sight. This leaves me with running a team remotely (extremely), paying for an education that I cant take advantage of (one that I was getting in order to build a US-based business), cancelling and having to rebook travel plans (I know, not that big of a deal -- but it is a few thousand $$) and waiting.....

Happy to continue offline...
I live in London and have no family I can turn to, no friends who could bail me out. I also take care of my girl (she's doing her PhD and has no income whilst she focuses on finishing it... matter of weeks now). We have very little savings (few hundreds, not thousands).

The way I did it was to cut all costs, everything. 2 people living in London on barely £1,000 per month covering everything. We didn't cut to a comfortable level, we cut as if our lives depended on it.

Then we individually reserve 1 day per week to figuring out how to hustle cash to stay alive... this week I've made and sold cycling caps. Last week my girl gave some English lessons to Japanese people (which looks like a recurring source of money so she's doing that next week too).

Our approach has simply been to reduce our living costs so far that the amount falls within a hustle-able amount.

And if it fails... we continue to hustle until I get a job.

Sometimes you just have to go hungry and work hard, and it seems that the early days of a startup are those times. I don't think anyone should fear it though, being brassic isn't the end of the world, it's what enables you to work on what you believe in.

Edit: I should also point out that some of this spirit has gone into the startup. That most of our computers have been given to us for free, that we have possibly the cheapest office space in London, that we get a hell of a lot done with very little cost. Our burn-rate is almost unbelievable given what we have and how we work... actually most people just don't believe it.
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Something's wrong with this picture: http://i.imgur.com/YII9qmf.png
VC shops are like most PE firms - hiring is done on a small scale by the partners themselves, typically through their private network first, then using a recruiter second. If you can't break into the network individually, try breaking in through a recruiter who specializes in tech or VC.
8GB RAM and 2 CPU cores? Uh, take a look at http://manitu.de - 60€ a month for 8GB and 6 CPU cores. Real hardware, no VM stuff.

Also, my bet is that they're overprovisioning physical hosts and move off resource-intensive VMs on demand.
Absolutely love the transparency. It's nice for founders to know that everyone else (even some of the best!) aren't always crushing it...but I'm betting you'll crush it next time around :) Good luck!
Yap you right, but this is geographic variable :)
If Scrum is so agile, why do projects using Scrum spend so much time talking about Scrum?
Interesting point. I don't know if what if anything they do to defend against putting the chip in a hostile system.
What are you talking about 'hacked in the future'? Cars have been hacked for years.

https://www.google.com/?q=tadayoshi+kohno+automobile

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like such a jerk about it :-)
Thanks to @Raynos!!! He bought a license for me!
It's simpler than that: Fred knew in fairly good detail just what he was doing. All the early money in FedEx (Federal Express then) was from Fred's family's money, basically Fred's personal checkbook.

Also should count Fred's time at his Little Rock Airmotive where he did the engineering on the special cargo door and got the FAA approval. So, FedEx really grew from a going business, Little Rock Airmotive, and was not started with just an idea.

By late 1972, White-Weld was supposed to have done a good private placement, but they didn't get it done. Although later one of the guys from White-Weld, Phil Greer, did invest as part of Weis, Peck, and Greer, now Opus. The service went live in early 1973 and was chronically short of money from then for at least some months.

The fuel crisis hurt: FedEx was buying jet fuel for 16 cents a gallon in Memphis but 55 cents a gallon in Nashville with the other cities scattered between and with limits on how much must/could buy. Right: Buy fuel where it's cheap and fly it to where it's expensive. Hmm ...

The more important questions were: How fast can bring the 33 planned planes online to serve the planned 90 US cities? E.g., had to find and buy the planes, get the special cargo door installed, get the pilots, be sure there is enough maintenance staff and facilities. During this growth period, how fast will the package volume and revenue grow? How much does FedEx need to charge, for over-night and for next-day, and how much will the customers pay? Where should the early marketing efforts be aimed -- law firms sending "time-critical documents", lab animals, manufacturers' representatives sending samples, e.g., decorative bricks, spare parts suppliers, suppliers of inventory for just in time inventory manufacturing that just ran out of a crucial part, clinics sending samples for medical testing, fashion, e.g., loads of dresses for a big sale, movie film, both unexposed and ready for showing, etc.

How fast the service would grow was, if you will, an exercise in 'the network effect' because the more cities served, the more opportunities to get shipments from a given city. Further, of course, there was a big 'virality' effect: Each shipment was, in effect, and ad to a good candidate customer. All up, 90 cities, great publicity and reputation, sure, but just 15 cities, no publicity or reputation and the billing sucks? So it was a bit unclear just how fast the service would grow from 15 cities to 90.

In broad terms, the need for the service was quite clear. But some of the planning was not good: E.g., the early planning arithmetic said that could fly the planes half full and print money. Then soon the planes were flying packed full, the rates were doubled, and they were still losing money. We're talking some bad arithmetic.
Thanks for such kind words!
My understanding is that it's actually not that uncommon for botnet malware to patch the exploit that it came in on.

I too wonder if this is some deep principle at work or just something obvious.
Several people (including myself) in my social circle ended up going the antique route the past few years -- There's a few shops in the area that specialize in antique (read: used) jewelry. My wife really wanted something with a unique/classic flair; was able to find the perfect ring that was made in the 1920s. The fact that we were sort of able to fantasize about the back story added to the allure.
Unemployment Benefits are actually pretty generous in many parts of the US. http://fileunemployment.org/unemployment-benefits-comparison...
I think the blatant lying makes things worse.

I find it ironic that the DRM is pushing me to wait until the game is cracked and client-side regions are possible. I was actually happy to buy SimCity, but I want have my saves and run regions offline. Pretty hilarious.
Can somebody here ballpark how much this would cost if you rented servers instead of using a botnet?
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> Maybe lobby for higher duties (as compared to tariff rates).

Not sure I see the distinction. According to the WTO, "customs duties on merchandise imports are called tariffs."
Dev of http://spandex.io here. Good to have more people in the space :)
Side project+: You have an existing job and are continuing either full time or part time while you start the business

What are some successful companies that got off the ground this way?
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You can also use dvipng, but that requires going through dvi; pdflatex and a PDF-to-image converter works far better. I don't know of any TeX engines designed to render images directly.
The world is a lot bigger than the scope of executive orders.
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Thanks for the comment, the initial idea is/was to just send a link to an app… saying that it won't take much to allow sending of further messages/updates to registered numbers.
The real trick is to put this in the footer of the resume in size 1pt font. When you print off or look @ your resume it is pretty much not visible. But, you can kick resume scanning software in the face, hi-ya!
I wrote http://hirehub.me on side, its getting traction in India. You can contact me if you would like to contribute. I have made it mostly for startup, because startups cannot afford high prices.

P.S Built completely in Rails
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One suggestion, while you decide on leaving your job: take your "off hours" BEFORE your 8-5 job. You'll be much more productive.
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I don't care about cool or cutting edge or even performance. I hate rails because it is built by people with no understanding of security.

But most of all I hate it because it uses so much magic.
My parents died & left me a 6 figure inheritance. I still feel as though I let them down after my startup failed.
The problem is that the time period of the world that had a gold standard had several instances where the world markets did stop. Both the Great Depression and the Long Depression happened in the period in question, and that that is more depression than either before or after the gold standard.
I would love any feedback on this! Thanks for checking it out.
The way I see it, Google is the new Microsoft, and Microsoft is not dead yet, but becoming more and more irrelevant. Now, what has to happen for Google to become irrelevant?
This trend is fast spreading to India. All the traditional jewelers who used to deal in gold and silver jewelry are now shifting to diamond based ones. Of course, the main reason seems to be the huge margin as the article suggests.
One group, which seems to be going on the same path as De Beers is Gitanjali Group [1], who have hired services of almost all famous Indian film industry actors to promote their products.
[1] http://www.gitanjaligroup.com/home.html
As we found out when looking for a ring, there is (perhaps manufactured) superstitious social stigma attached to using a used engagement ring. How do you know it's not from a failed marriage? Many jewelers were confused and incredulous when we asked about one.

After a certain age is reached though, the stigma seems to go away somewhat. We got a 'vintage' ring (about 100 years old) in the end - but they're hard to find; you won't find them in most chain jewelry stores.

Incidentally, the reason you don't see many used bands is different; the metals are worth so much now that it's more cost effective to melt them down than to resell them at the depressed price the market demands for used jewelry compared to new.
Social status. That's what it is all about. http://www.hqew.net
DeBeers today controls 35% of the diamonds. They are not big enough any more to control and manipulate diamond prices - as they used to before. Diamond prices are still high, and rising because of the demand.

The demand in countries like India and China is rising. Diamonds and jewelry is the modern dowry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry

Its inherent value is that it shows people that the family is well to do.

Things may change with the advent of artificial factory made diamonds (already showing up, but not in big quantities). But it won't ruin the diamond prices, just create two diamond categories. It should follow the trends that the pearl industry followed after the advent of cultural pearls.

Source: my Dad is a diamond trader.
I would imagine diamond rings were rare during the Depression, while today they're common. Perhaps an entire year's sales of diamonds in 1930 takes place in a single day today. Wait til 1 or 2 generations from now. I'm willing to bet the entire racket will collapse on its own weight by then.
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Unclear whether the virtual currency itself would be considered of value by the government. If not, the person paying in bitcoin would probably have to pay income tax on the fair value of the goods or services.
the startup blows up and you need to find the next thing. http://www.hqew.net
Also the artificial diamond makers have been doing a good job of keeping their prices artificially high to match.[1] They're not selling cheap diamonds (yet) so not serious competition to the big players. A 1 carat synthetic diamond still runs like $3,000.

[1]http://gemesis.com/create/ring/diamond/
I suspect that they are overprovisioning vms If you notice how it can seem laggy when logging into your vm at first? And since the swap partitions of the physical host are all SSD's it's not impossible that they are oversubscribing memory as well.
I was gobsmacked when I heard that people borrow money to have a wedding. I have never heard of that happening in New Zealand. How common is this? Or am I just mixing in the wrong circles?
My take is it's obvious: they are already in and don't need to use that exploit again. This makes sure no one else gets access as well.

(On a related note: I think I remember HP demonstrate a remote mitigation tool in '07 that would use exploits to pop messages to logged in users or even shut down the machine.)
It is the demand that I am unhappy with.
Did you solve your problem? Since you have a PhD, likely you may also be able to go through EB-1A, or EB-1B. Would happy to offline with you to share my experience on EB-1A.
Man, startups are hard. B2C startups are really hard. Best of luck with the pivot!
One notable one is Facebook, if you count Zuckerberg's education as an existing job.
The self-fulfilling prophecy[1] is a powerful phenomenon. If Google pledges 3 years support, then I will assume it's going to be killed in 3 years and not even bother trying to build a business on it, even though Google only means that as a minimum. If everybody assumes the same, then the API probably will end up dead in 3 years, because nobody is using it. On the other hand, since Google makes no such pledge, I don't feel like this API has an expiration date. Instead, I look at this as Google's latest product, and I might want to be the first to integrate it into my service, because it could be the next big thing. If enough people think that way, then the API will thrive and stick around. Sure, the API could still disappear, but any startup built on it has a greater chance of dying before the API does.

Google's problem right now is that it has pissed off a vocal minority with the Google Reader shutdown, so any announcement is being met with pessimism and mistrust.

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-fulfilling_prophecy
Stevens was replaced by Sotomayor, who also voted with Breyer in this case.

However, it is certainly true that a junior Associate Justice is not exactly a one-for-one replacement. Stevens' seniority and eloquence gave him an influence that will be hard to match.

Ironically, when he first came onto the Court, Stevens was not regarded as a particularly effective Justice, because he wasn't a team player. Perhaps it simply takes time. And in that sense, perhaps we're better off having Sotomayor in place earlier, rather than having Justice Stevens try to serve for a few more years.
"Have you ever tried to sell a diamond" is an amazing read that will change your view on most consumer products.
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No techniques or technology will save a project if there is no mandate from the management. In other words, if the requirements are vague, inconsistent, or down right incorrect but management isn't doing anything about it. No amount of scrum can save you. Yeah I am right into this kind of shit now. Ask me about it.
Bitcoin has experienced more inflation than any other developed country's fiat currency in recent times, with prices rising 700% in just a few months.
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What about health insurance for unemployed?
I'm 9 months in to my startup (consultancy/product combo for enterprise), probably 2 weeks from having the first signed deal. I quit my day job June 2012. Then I wasted 6 months spinning my wheels.

What got me back on track? patio11 (http://www.kalzumeus.com/greatest-hits/) and Amy Hoy (http://unicornfree.com/). The way they think about these things is a much better match for how I think about the world than say Eric Ries (that said, great book, and anyone involved in building a gragh db has my whole-hearted admiration.)

Key things for me are:

-holy shit, you can charge $x0,000/week (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4805091)? What am I doing wrong? What can I do to charge that much? No seriously, what can I do to charge that much? Thinking about that pretty solid for about a month changed the way I view things (both consultancy and product).

- if you're doing it right, you're customers will tell you "shut up and take my money" (http://unicornfree.com/2012/shut-up-and-take-my-money-or-how...). I started off with an idea and was looking for a customer. That wasn't fun. Starting with a customer and solving their problems is much nicer.

Also: I'm reliably told that you don't need to quit your day job if your smart about it. That said, doing this full time is pretty sweet.
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One day it will be possible to cheaply manufacture man-made diamonds that are 100% indistinguishable from natural diamonds.

You might think such a development would destroy De Beers, but I'm not so sure. Perhaps girls would simply switch from wanting a 'diamond ring' to wanting a 'diamond ring with dug-out-of-the-ground certificate'?
Whoa there mods -- please put the title of this back to the original "An Open Source Author's Lament". It's linking to a specific comment, not to the ticket in general.

Edit: Thanks!
"Diamonds are forever, after all"

De Beers marketing worked on you. It is not that hard to destroy diamonds. Google "burning diamonds" for examples.
> The only way Google can get a bigger slice of "social" is if they invent and build something so subtle, so out-of-the-way, so unobtrusive... that people don't realize they are using it.

ironically, you just described their first and main product.

Perhaps it's not so easy to do the same with social.
(Not saying that forcing people to convert is not a good move)
paid/open: vulnerable to a race to the bottom as the open alternatives undercut each other on price
Being a minimalist myself, I know where you come from. Buying something expensive just to show others that you can buy something expensive seems like a ridiculous idea to me.

But a big part of the world give a lot of importance to status and social standing. This is precisely the notion that has made money for companies like Rolex. And the haute couture fashion industry.
"monolog"

WTF. Can't people spell anymore?
I don't really see your point.

Am I right that you think it's wrong that he:

- shows only single example of her failing at her research

- assumes that something that happens at the end of the story is at least as important as something that happens at the beginning?

- uses this example to have a little bit of fun by ridiculing to entertain his viewers (and probably himself).

- claims (falsely?) that tropes vs women fails to acknowledge that these games and their stories were designed to make a profit.

- proposes that this trope is just using natural instinct of helping loved ones and oppressed to provide motivation for male protagonist and was not invented to diminish women.

What about the part where he shows that she contradicts her own masters thesis in this video? That was main point of this video for me. Did she change her mind and female characters doing stereotypically male things are now ok for her and she just forgot to mention and explain reasons for that change of her opinion? Or is she perfectly capable of holding and arguing in favor of two exactly opposite views at the same time?
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This is a poor statement I feel. How is it more dangerous? You drive once, and have a baby once, one for once the giving birth is vastly more dangerous.
Historical average death rate for the mother alone would approach 10%, and in 3rd world countries, it is still over 1%. For driving the death rate is something like 20 per 100,000, or as a better measure, something number of tens or hundreds of millions of KM of driving per death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_death

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-re...
Your thought is correct: factory made diamonds will just create a new diamond category. We have seen this before in the pearl industry with the advent of "cultural" pearls. Cultural pearls have not reduced the prices of natural pearls one bit.
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Ok, my comment didn't contribute much. I'll try again.

I do know who JLG is, and that's exactly why I pay attention to what he says. There are few people with his experience that can actually talk about this stuff openly. So it's not funny, or ironic, that he offers his opinion. It's awesome.
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"actually I decided that I don't want to spend the rest of my life with someone who wants this badly to manipulate me to buy them something useless."

There are a lot of girls out there you haven't met yet. Go find one who gets you.
Not that i hate these tools, but how much would this bloat up the browser? ( I am guessing they are less then a few MBs on installation size or download size? )
I'm always glad to see people creating HTML in JS in a sane way.

That said, I think the API could be a little less verbose, but then I'm biased towards https://github.com/KoryNunn/crel :P
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So, kind of like the stock ssh-keyscan, but in go?