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Even in the minimal example there are way more variables than it first seems.

1. How many shirts do we order? 2. When is it worth moving on to the next trend? 3. How should we handle shipping? Do we market globally or locally?

Even the smallest business require a lot of balancing of priorities and planning for the long run with uncertain returns

Does this support log aggregation from multiple pods?

This looks awesome. You should make a demo extension and open source it to show some of the applications that can be built on top of it.

Good luck to everyone. Remember regardless of what the response is, YC is only a nitro boost.

Everybody is racing to create the future and don't slow down just because you didn't get into YC.

Yes, we will be releasing our product (packaged in the platform) and then allow developers to add their apps to the platform too. We are even thinking of open sourcing our app to make it easier for developers.

I think the closest thing right now is Chromecast. But I think they are focussed on screen sharing to your TV, while we want to connect all your devices.

Our current plan is to have Android during launch.

We will support Smart TVs at the start, so you can download it from the app store.

I don't think this has a lot to do with good PR. It's a smart acquisition. Weather plays a big role in agriculture in Asian countries.

The next step would be cross reference this with GDP per capita.

If anyone wants to meetup the day before/after the event to discuss ideas/hear about my startup let me know. I am always excited to meet new people, listen to their ideas an give/get feedback.

Work great*.

This would be work great as a university course. New grads usually don't know a lot about designing and building a production system and this can certainly be a lot of help.

I see people are asking why build a website. Maybe they want to build a userbase and expand to other skips too(such as hulu skip).

This is great. I can see them going for a revision control system next and build the complete eco system.

Isn't it similar to what LSA(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_semantic_analysis) does?

Curious as to what training algorithms you used for Sentiment Analysis? Also can I add my domain specific training set?

Definitely a linkbait headline.

Decide if somebody else is doing it, and if you think they’re doing it well, go help them do it

Only if no one else has started to build that thing should someone head down the startup path

I think these are fair points. My only question to Moskovitz why did he start Facebook/Asana when similar products did existed? He could have helped Myspace instead.

Maybe you're right. Now I'm curious as to how he bought his shares back from his ex-partners.

"Dumb mistakes that cost me close to $5 million dollars when it came time to buying out ex-partners."

If it's just affiliate revenue there is no way, the company had $5 million dollars in cash. He couldn't have sold shares since he said he has "total 100% ownership" of the company. He also mentions he never got a loan or an investment. Maybe it's just a missed business opportunity.

How about creating a wiki page with the project architecture? It will definitely help me understand the code much faster.

If you pay the employees $80k/yr on average(which is pretty high especially considering its based in Malaysia), wages amount to $8 million. Assuming the costs of running the business is $2 million, the founder still pockets a cool $5 million.

Lots of assumptions, but just trying to show there is enough space for founder to earn 7 digits. But even if it's not, I am sure he's more than happy doing what he wants to do.

Maybe you should link to your products page (http://www.insetlabs.com/products/automation) instead of homepage? I need to know more about the app before signing up.

Kickstarter is still a relatively new company and as the company matures, I am sure they will come up with better ways of dealing with these things.

Not surprised, it's a business and like every other business it is trying to protect its interests. The good news is now we know Google's stance, so it's upto you if you still want to get to Fiber.

Thanks:).

Can you send me one? pasupalaks at gmail

If you want to build just workers who get your job done, I am sure Home office might produce better results. But if you want creativity in the office, come up with new features/products and be more than just a normal worker who gets his job done, home might not be the ideal place.

I don't think it's supposed to help the host(SXSW). It's expected to help the guests of SXSW plan their day while at SXSW.

Everyone in life deserves a second chance. Creating products to help the society progress and move forward is one of the more practical ways to atone for one's sins.