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the headline is a play on obviously eating brains and a subset of VC's wasting entrepreneurs brain time by taking meetings when they have no plans on considering investing...

super constructive. thanks.

Definitely. Thanks for this. The post was specifically early-stage - and it isn't the VC that would steal it - it's the HIR and EIR - the VC would still fund it, but just their guys/gals. But everything you said makes a lot of sense.

hacker in residence can do a bunch of things. build new website for them, build stuff on portfolio companys APIs, start building their own project. depends on the vc and what they want. Also depends on the hacker and what they want.

entrepreneur in residence is supposed to be working on a startup- while also participating on investments- they can bring in deals, help portfolio companies, vet imminent investments, etc.

helpful?

Makes sense.

Awesome post!

I think it was a pun and shot at Square and SBux deal. Not sure though...

save money, make money.

great post

It was real small. The first two posts I emailed everyone I knew to let them I was starting to blog. It also pressured me to keep it up (no one wants to look like the idiot that says they are going to do something and don't keep it up). But once that faded- it was maybe 0-10 unique visitors a day for a bit. It kept growing and now I see a minimum of 100+ unique visitors a day (days I post). I'd recommend experimenting with the titles. Titles make a difference in this age.

:) reason #1,230 of why not to write a blog post at 1AM on saturday night.

paid SEM.

yes meant paid SEM.

and by happier- I mean, make more sense?

Change SEO to paid SEM. Happier?

I learned from this that if you find a vehicle, produce decent content, you can find a niche for yourself (I am the write though).

good catch- updated.

Genius he is

but that's the point. the post wasnt about a specific experience. The experience led to the post- but the experience isn't worth calling someone out on.

Sorry buddy. International is very much on our mind- but we are trying to stay focused on US right now. We love Canada though :)

Yea there are things- like Checks, Paypal, ACH, and others. We tried to build the cheapest and easiest thing possible to help merchants pay out.

Yes. US only.

Good luck. Definitely a creative attempt to land a client :)

Doesn't seem like he needs help attracting readers. #1 on HN.

read comments. it changed because of feedback :)

Your argument is logical. I will change "most likely" to "possibly."Most likely is more sensational. Thanks for the comment. Also- I don't think mentoring is useless and I think school is important.

I'm a mentor for one. But haven't gone through as a startup

ALSO- not sure if you know, but there were incubators and accelerators pre-2005 (year yc started)...

Have you gone through any accelerator programs? From some friends I hear the mentorship can very much slow you down- constant meetings. Maybe they just did it wrong, but I hear accelerator programs can slow you down in certain scenarios.

Company's are not random. They are mainstream consumer apps. The next big consumer app = mainstream. Does that not make sense?

Yes coincidence. I have no affiliation with YC. Okay so take the biggest consumer apps in the past 5 years- Instagram, Spotify, Pinterest, foursquare, tumblr. They all pass the smell test. I threw in FB, Youtube, Twitter (on the bubble of pre/post accelerator), and a few others...