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oxyona

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groups.google.com 16y ago

Bup 0.07: backups can now recover from file corruption

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stackoverflow.com 17y ago

When random isn't fair

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lwsmith.ca 17y ago

Death, Doom, and Disaster - and why that's not the state of the economy

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www.advogato.org 17y ago

Specs vs. Constraints

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www.advogato.org 17y ago

Roadblock analysis and the 80/20 rule

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alumnit.ca 17y ago

Microsoft played Yahoo, and they're totally playing you too

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alumnit.ca 17y ago

Newsflash Telecommuting actually works... sort of

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alumnit.ca 17y ago

The future is... boring

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alumnit.ca 17y ago

Your SATA RAID has a 56% chance of data loss

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www.advogato.org 17y ago

How ACPI really works

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www.startupnorth.ca 18y ago

StartupCamp Waterloo 3 Recap

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www.advogato.org 18y ago

Zen, Betty Crocker, and End-to-End Testing

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www.advogato.org 18y ago

Git is the next Unix

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blitzweekend.com 18y ago

Top 10 reasons to be at Blitzweekend

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paul.kedrosky.com 18y ago

Microsoft makes in profit what Google makes in revenue

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www.military.com 18y ago

How "work at home" scams actually work

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www.colijn.ca 18y ago

Web applications don't follow Moore's law (Google developer)

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www.colijn.ca 18y ago

Web applications don't follow Moore's law (Google developer)

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www.advogato.org 18y ago

Zen, Betty Crocker, and end-to-end testing

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alumnit.ca 18y ago

I made the Fido lady cry: fanatical support in a bureaucracy

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alumnit.ca 18y ago

Holy owned subsidiary, Batman!

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www.instigatorblog.com 18y ago

How are companies in Silicon Valley hiring?

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www.montrealstartup.com 18y ago

Are VCs inherently evil?

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alumnit.ca 19y ago

6 Steps to write a better Windows setup.exe

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alumnit.ca 19y ago

Understanding illiterates: people that would rather have "meetings" and "facetime" and "phone calls"

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alumnit.ca 19y ago

Zen, Betty Croker, and end-to-end testing

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alumnit.ca 19y ago

Specs? Who needs specs?

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So, you don't need the money but people might want to give you some anyway? That sounds like a great problem to have :)

The worst thing you can do with a VC, or with any potential client or partner, is to give them a bad experience. "Sorry, we don't need any money right now, but we'll keep you in mind," is a great answer. "Here's a half-baked business plan (or product) that even we don't like yet," is always a terrible answer. "Here's a good business plan, but we don't need any money so we're not really excited about proceeding," is pretty bad too.

Just brush them off nicely. Take them to lunch for a chat if you want. Make it clear you're not looking for funding right now, but you might be eventually, and you'd like to get their input right away. Wouldn't you think it was great if a VC did that to you?