samg | 6 years ago | on: Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation
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samg | 6 years ago | on: Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation
samg | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)
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We're a small, diverse, fast-moving, mission-oriented startup. Our stack is Python/Django/React Native. To apply email sam [AT] askumbrella.com
samg | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2018)
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We're hiring folks with 4+ years of experience.
Our stack: Django/Postgres/React/Heroku Learn more at: https://www.askumbrella.com/ Contact: [email protected]
samg | 10 years ago | on: The right way to start a company
Geocities, Myspace and Facebook were all very different ideas. If the first two had executed better, all 3 would probably still co-exist.
samg | 10 years ago | on: The right way to start a company
But as you say, a great idea combined with a great execution is where things get really special. Still, I do think great ideas are rare. It depends a bit on how you define what an idea is: is it a social network? is it a social network within a college campus? is it requiring real world identity?
samg | 10 years ago | on: The right way to start a company
2) I think "burning passion" oversimplifies things. Many great businesses are built without 'passion' for the solution...just a passion for some part of the business...and sometimes that's just recognition of a great financial opportunity.
samg | 10 years ago | on: The right way to start a company
samg | 11 years ago | on: Video to GIF
samg | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2014)
We're hiring for growth engineers, full stack engineers, Android engineers, iOS engineers, javascript engineers and more.
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samg | 11 years ago | on: The Happy Demise of the 10X Engineer
samg | 11 years ago | on: The Happy Demise of the 10X Engineer
samg | 12 years ago | on: MIT professor Marvin Minsky wins $540,000 award
samg | 12 years ago | on: Who’s afraid of Jeff Bezos?
And I actually wrote this post a week before Bezos bought the WaPo, although I think it only underscores the point.
samg | 13 years ago | on: Microsoft just sponsored Daring Fireball
samg | 13 years ago | on: WebRTC DataChannels just hit Chrome stable
samg | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best books (fiction?) written about *real* computers/computing.
samg | 14 years ago | on: Introducing Instapaper 4.1 for iPhone, iPad
samg | 14 years ago | on: Yipit Django Blog: Sharing Everything We’re Learning
samg | 15 years ago | on: How to beat Apple