You are lucky. I wish I could have just enjoyed college without worrying about food, gas, and keeping a roof over my head. Working to pay for all that as a science major was no easy task. I cut corners and sometimes…
He didn't run away when he saw I was reading a nerdy book. Instead, he approached me. Is that your book? He liked my brain. I knew it was time to get married about a week after we met. Everyone else paled in comparison.…
Hi, I'm also a big HN fan and I've been lurking around here for the last 10 years. Start your own firm, go get VC, someone will fund you. If you are at a well known company now someone will fund you. Otherwise, expect…
They are not required. Many more here who are successful do not have all or any of those things. They just don't talk much.
Have you ever heard of the term lipstick on a pig?
Upvote for Feynman, always
Founder, big data startup 4 kids in 4.5 years Lots of patents and nerdy stuff. I have no hobbies. I don't go to networking/startup events. I don't watch TV,Netflix, etc and I don't have cable. Rarely go on vacation,…
I'm surprised they kept her around so long. I am wondering why they just didn't bring her in, transfer her to a new team, and tell her she was no longer "a good cultural fit" with the team. In a at will:right to work…
The same could be said about the corporate raiders that run many tech companies. They leave ethics at the door "I'm just doing my job to support my family". I think people who start their own companies sometimes do so…
Founders don't start companies to live a "pretty good life in the top 10%". We do it because we are ambitious, want to solve huge technical and business problems, make our mark, and change the world. We usually have…
Work as an independent contractor. You are not an employee and even if you create IP for your client, they do not own your off time. For example, if you had two clients, they would not own the others ip. If they send…
A Tale of Two Cities, fiction by Charles Dickens
Yes, I believe this is what happened to my friend with the rare disease of late pregnancy. Even though she had a diagnosis, she was on a regular maternity ward. None of the nurses / Drs. Seemed to really want to learn…
Btw I'm no Dr. But I can read Google. Richard Feynman wrote about how when his wife got sick he figured out that she had TB, but because he was very young and a physicist her family and their doctors ignored him and his…
I recently diagnosed a rare disease of late pregnancy, Choleostasis, in one of my friends at 34 weeks. She had been complaining of itching. Google and reading a bunch of research papers made me 95% sure of the…
Go somewhere that has very little technology - maybe where there are a lot of older people or poor people. Analyse the market and see if you can automate something or streamline a process with technology. Look for…
Let all of us know! We will have an auction!
I recently tried the Abaris life expectancy app and was pleasantly surprised when they estimated I will live to be 96 years old. Even if they are off by 10 years, it's still pretty good. Assuming the last 5 years are a…
I'm curious about your experience selling patents. Are you an attorney or the founder of a startup? It is very rare to hear of anyone who successfully sold an IP portfolio, and I'm guessing you were either the inventor,…
I understand. You carry your experiences on your back, in your mind. I wonder if you COULD document that in a physical way though, maybe build a website using a free host like Wix.com loaded with photos from around the…
Not yet. Every time I see someone at my local coffee shop with a real dead tree book I ask them about it. I just found a book today at the thrift store called "Women of the West" which is full of photographs and diary…
Also my dream. I already have a collection of about 5000 or so books taking over my house. There are bookshelves on every wall. If I ever cash out of the startup game I'm setting up a private membership library /…
You are lucky. I wish I could have just enjoyed college without worrying about food, gas, and keeping a roof over my head. Working to pay for all that as a science major was no easy task. I cut corners and sometimes…
He didn't run away when he saw I was reading a nerdy book. Instead, he approached me. Is that your book? He liked my brain. I knew it was time to get married about a week after we met. Everyone else paled in comparison.…
Hi, I'm also a big HN fan and I've been lurking around here for the last 10 years. Start your own firm, go get VC, someone will fund you. If you are at a well known company now someone will fund you. Otherwise, expect…
They are not required. Many more here who are successful do not have all or any of those things. They just don't talk much.
Have you ever heard of the term lipstick on a pig?
Have you ever heard of the term lipstick on a pig?
Upvote for Feynman, always
Founder, big data startup 4 kids in 4.5 years Lots of patents and nerdy stuff. I have no hobbies. I don't go to networking/startup events. I don't watch TV,Netflix, etc and I don't have cable. Rarely go on vacation,…
I'm surprised they kept her around so long. I am wondering why they just didn't bring her in, transfer her to a new team, and tell her she was no longer "a good cultural fit" with the team. In a at will:right to work…
The same could be said about the corporate raiders that run many tech companies. They leave ethics at the door "I'm just doing my job to support my family". I think people who start their own companies sometimes do so…
Founders don't start companies to live a "pretty good life in the top 10%". We do it because we are ambitious, want to solve huge technical and business problems, make our mark, and change the world. We usually have…
Work as an independent contractor. You are not an employee and even if you create IP for your client, they do not own your off time. For example, if you had two clients, they would not own the others ip. If they send…
A Tale of Two Cities, fiction by Charles Dickens
Yes, I believe this is what happened to my friend with the rare disease of late pregnancy. Even though she had a diagnosis, she was on a regular maternity ward. None of the nurses / Drs. Seemed to really want to learn…
Btw I'm no Dr. But I can read Google. Richard Feynman wrote about how when his wife got sick he figured out that she had TB, but because he was very young and a physicist her family and their doctors ignored him and his…
I recently diagnosed a rare disease of late pregnancy, Choleostasis, in one of my friends at 34 weeks. She had been complaining of itching. Google and reading a bunch of research papers made me 95% sure of the…
Go somewhere that has very little technology - maybe where there are a lot of older people or poor people. Analyse the market and see if you can automate something or streamline a process with technology. Look for…
Let all of us know! We will have an auction!
I recently tried the Abaris life expectancy app and was pleasantly surprised when they estimated I will live to be 96 years old. Even if they are off by 10 years, it's still pretty good. Assuming the last 5 years are a…
I'm curious about your experience selling patents. Are you an attorney or the founder of a startup? It is very rare to hear of anyone who successfully sold an IP portfolio, and I'm guessing you were either the inventor,…
I'm curious about your experience selling patents. Are you an attorney or the founder of a startup? It is very rare to hear of anyone who successfully sold an IP portfolio, and I'm guessing you were either the inventor,…
I understand. You carry your experiences on your back, in your mind. I wonder if you COULD document that in a physical way though, maybe build a website using a free host like Wix.com loaded with photos from around the…
Not yet. Every time I see someone at my local coffee shop with a real dead tree book I ask them about it. I just found a book today at the thrift store called "Women of the West" which is full of photographs and diary…
Also my dream. I already have a collection of about 5000 or so books taking over my house. There are bookshelves on every wall. If I ever cash out of the startup game I'm setting up a private membership library /…
Also my dream. I already have a collection of about 5000 or so books taking over my house. There are bookshelves on every wall. If I ever cash out of the startup game I'm setting up a private membership library /…