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sdpurtill | 17 years ago | on: Announcing The TechCrunch50 Finalists

Mint, last year's winner, had already raised a big Series A and were probably in the process of raising their Series B before the conference started. They donated the $50k to charity.

sdpurtill | 17 years ago | on: This Valley is my Hollywood

Well the Radiohead concert kind of blew anyways, it was way oversold and I was 500 feet back. And some guy was standing right in front of me so I couldn't see. So that made the decision a lot easier.

Love your buddhist saying :D

sdpurtill | 17 years ago | on: Fetishes

This isn't Digg. This has nothing to do with Hacker News either.

sdpurtill | 17 years ago | on: YouNoodle Is A Terrible Idea

Hey guys, Sam from YouNoodle here. The research and development project behind this was the biggest of its kind ever conducted. If you want to learn more about predictive analytics you can read some of the well-informed recent articles about Startup Predictor.

Harvard Business Publishing: http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/anthony/2008/08/younoodle_i...

The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/...

American National Public Radio: http://tinyurl.com/625gva

Venture Beat: http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/07/younoodles-startup-predict...

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sdpurtill | 17 years ago | on: Reaching the $5 Million Club Takes an Open Mind

Surprisingly, today's very rich say that money itself wasn't much of a motivator. Once you've got food in your belly and a big-screen TV, the mere prospect of more Benjamins isn't enough to get you leaping out of bed at 5 a.m. Rather, rich folks often make their fortunes after they make up their minds to solve a problem or do something better than it's been done before.

Very true for me and I'm sure a lot of the HN community. Once you get past a certain point with money it becomes an after thought, then you have the freedom to think of other things (like big ideas) that will make you more money. The rich get richer for a reason...

sdpurtill | 17 years ago | on: Google To Launch Venture Fund

This seems like such an obvious thing to do if you're a huge tech company, why hasn't MSFT or YHOO done this yet? I have a hard time thinking this is a good thing, the last thing we need is Google dominating the VC market.

sdpurtill | 17 years ago | on: How to Jumpstart the Economy - Tax Free Small Businesses

I totally agree with him - all the paperwork and bs involved with getting a company started is an artificial barrier to entry because it has nothing to do with the company making money. It's just a test to see if the founder can push paper through a broken system and I'm sure it has stifled a lot of innovation in the US.
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