jordancooper

Do I need the desktop client to access the product on mobile?

Hackernews module is coming in next release...you'll be able to add it to your Wildcard feed. Happy to talk product if anyone wants to dig in

Happy to talk about it if anybody is interested...

really detailed description of what cards are, why they matter, and directory of resources/content on the subject

This is a really straight forward explanation of how to implement cards in Twitter. Each social platform (Pinterest, FB, Goog Now, Twitter) requires a different implementation to achieve a similar goal. This is a good nuts and bolts view of what you need to do in Twitter to make it happen

hey, i just want to be clear. i wasn't writing that post to you. I've been to demo days from a bunch of accelerators, so i'm drawing on datasets beyond just YC and YC Dday...but in your case, i'm not suggesting that you tell people to quit, but i do think there should be a group who are told "you're not there yet, you shouldn't try to raise capital now" or something like that. Let them work through and get to a point where they are confident in their businesses before they raise, etc...

hey...no specific program...almost all of them follow the same format (which i think is largely influenced by the success of YC)

thanks :)

PG, it's not just YC that I'm talking about, it's lots of other accelerators...but i do have multiple concrete datapoints from investors who committed on the spot across accelerators post demoday...

re: 3-5 yr commitments: that's how long it takes to exit a company. As a founder, I view the acceptance of outside capital as a commitment to return their investment. emotionally, i think you are signing up for the long hall when you accept investment

re: Greplin, i agree, perfect example of someone who actually didn't try to raise a big seed round at demo day, but capitalized over time after demo day, once he was more sure of what he was doing...i think that's the model to follow, not just raise because it's demo day, right?

peep that API: http://hyperpublic.com/developers

definitely agree, explicitly soliciting feedback and input is better than just hoping for response to updates. but even if an investor has 10's or 100's of investments, reading and replying to updates is the minimum commitment they should make to their companies. if they are to busy to read and reply to their portfolio entrepreneurs, they shouldn't be making new investments...

the dude who wrote that started jaiku...fyi

early API key available here... http://hyperpublic.com/developers

who else has done awesome challenges? Greplin had a cool one...seatgeek...who else?

dude, I'm a product person, don't have marketing bone in my body...

heh

really...it's a filter...meant to weed out people like you and surface people who we actually want to work with. go work at IBM

who else do you think are important big names?

i like that

i generally agree with this, except when there is a serious information asymmetry between the publisher and the consumer. Sometimes the loudest voices are the ones that are heard and believed, if you have the information to level that asymmetry, why not share it. that is also what the interent is about, no?

images are a big piece, but what i'm suggesting is that it will get to a point where you can actually interact with your dead grandparents. think about predictive AI on these data sets... it's going to be way more rich than images alone...

best of luck in all your endeavors

you shouldn't...go sign a term sheet with someone you can't trust to be reasonable in round 2 negotiations because I'm not a good speller... i love it when snarky people on hacker news diminish honest and candid advice through the criticism of inane points.

the more i think about your comment, the more i'm not sure you become a "rainmaker" by executing...rainmaker is really a term for the guy who brings in the business...often that guy as a sales bent and thinks big, but isn't great on execution...every rainmaker needs a strong team who can execute...but i don't think the two are as closely tied as you suggest

thanks man

you're a lawyer? anything I missed or was wrong about?

i like the sentiment of all your comments...i just tried to articulate challenges, not at all justifying them...

thanks for this...maybe you're right re: founder v normal...maybe its more just distance btwn your and the other party's worlds

totally agree...it's just there aren't any crystal clear one line answers...

i think that depends on whether you're building a consumer application or an enterprise application...