narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best way to launch your product?
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narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Why did your startup fail?
do you mean customer validation has to be done with an idea or concept. I thought having a MVP helps in that customer can more easily understand what you are talking about.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Young Coder With Worried Parents. Advice Needed
Talking to your parents and showing that what you are doing is likely to be beneficial. Probably you can shows the codes posted at github and then show where the coder is working--running their own show or running the show at some big company etc. If they see that what you are doing is what guys much older to you are doing and is likely to help you, probably your problem may get solved.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: A social media company is hostile to my side project. Do I fight or not?
"Google was never really interested in the idea of "open" — yes they love "open" when it helps them, but it's actually a very opaque company which has a "my way or the highway" mindset."... Shades of Microsoft
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: What should I do?
If you want inspiration you need look no further than Winston Churchill. You could try to overcome it. I really like the card idea below. Why not Freelance... since most of it is done over mail.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Our weekend project, a month on
Saw this on Quora...
Many years ago I read a quote attributed to Peter Norton, "When life serves you a bigger slice of the pie, you share." It has always stuck with me.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask PG: How do you stay focused while reviewing YC Applications?
Ivy League application reviewers should be able to answer this well...
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Does anybody need 16 years old designer? Hire me
Good work. Am sure you will get better. All the best.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: I worked on an idea for 4 months, found out it already exists
I might be asking myself these questions...
How important would that feature be? Would having the feature make a lot of difference? With this feature would your product be better? Will that feature alone allow you to sell better? How long would it take your competitor to add the feature? Would having this feature help your competitor to sell better?
If competitor will take time and will help him sell better then one option if you develop the feature is you could sell it to him if you can't compete
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Becoming an expert 30+
"become a respected peer to developers"... Why not respected peer to a Project Manager or...? Why focus so narrowly?
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: I worked on an idea for 4 months, found out it already exists
"is probably being done better than I can do it" .. probably you answered your own question with this. How are you going to take him on based on one feature if he is better? IMHO, Get going on another idea.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: I'm a generalist. Not a specialist. Getting a non-entry level job.
"right way of presenting myself"... I constantly faced this problem. There are lots of people I know who can write resume to suit the job for which they are applying. May be resume writing skillset could help in this.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to identify a passionate programmer?
IMHO it is difficult. A list of projects including that done outside of work, if prolific, contribution to open source etc. might act as a proxy.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you evaluate Stocks?
What could be its future earnings? What is its price now? Lower the P/E the better it is.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: How do you get so much prelaunch buzz on your product like what mailbox app did
In one of his talks Guy Kawasaki said (during his speech at Haas Business School) "It might be better to be lucky than smart". That said doing as good a job as you can helps!
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: What should I do next with a million?
I would suggest stash most of it safely.. under 250k in different banks. Take a holiday, tour the world. Who knows you may get some idea. Come back and start afresh. Real estate appears to be in a froth so I might just wait.
Congrats and ATB for future venture.
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Our weekend project, a month on
when I click on donate, unable to read the full text as it comes underneath the quote. options -- z-index or donate pop up width smaller, if no overlap?
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Our weekend project, a month on
Steve,
Why Social and then Submit a Post. Would directly hitting Submit a Post be better?
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Our weekend project, a month on
Hi,
Do you have the URL of the old launch? BTW this Interface is inspiring!
narayankpl | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Was I just offered horrible convertible note terms?
New to term sheet...
Can I ask what does discount mean in this context... "$4MM cap at 25% discount"
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