medianama··on Ask HN: What Professionals Should be Hired to Sell a Startup?Depends upon the size of deal. You can do it yourself if it's in low millions
medianama··on Ask HN: A competitor stole my iPhone app content — what should I do?I have observed most such issues get resolved after sending a threatening mail
medianama··on Ask HN: Is hiring a PR company a good investment for a startup?No. You can do a much better job yourself
medianama··on Yahoo will kill MyBlogLog next monthWhy don't they sell it off? Its hard to believe there would be no takers.
medianama··on Ask YC: Why build a solid product?I think the developer is right. Why don't you use something off-the-shelf?
medianama··on Google Ad Planner has much better site traffic statsI've found stats from adplanner to be very accurate
medianama··on Ask HN: How can a startup create its own board of advisors?Ask them to invest in your company
medianama··on Morpheus: Y Combinator-Like Incubator in IndiaLooks like a scam. 4-8% of the company for no real money invested in the company.There isn't much to be talked about the background of founders.
medianama··on Ask HN: What's your startup's competitive advantage?source of sustainable competitive advantage... as they say
medianama··on Memo to Start-ups: You’re Supposed to Be Changing the World, Remember? <<Note to Self>> The objective of my business is not to impress Sarah Lacy and/or other tech bloggers/armchair critics.
medianama··on TC50 Backstage: Why PG Was Mean and Which YC Companies Will IPOThats a very good point. There is always a huge gap between signing deals/PR and booking revenue, more so when you are dealing with bigger players like operators.Its unfortunate that nobody here talks about real numbers...
medianama··on Facebook, TipJoy, the Deal that Didn’t Happen and the Hire that DidI would like to hear PG's (or other investors) views on this.
medianama··on Facebook, TipJoy, the Deal that Didn’t Happen and the Hire that DidThis is clearly a conflict of interest. The founder should have disclosed the terms of employment offer to the investors (if not general public)
medianama··on [dead]Why do you care about HN Karma? It has no impact on the value you derive from being part of this community.
medianama··on Gawker Media revenues up 45% in first halfIts the top line growth (and not bottom line)
medianama··on Ask HN: Entrepreneurs, how do you get introductions from investors decline?Don't be a pain in the ass... Move on. Its not very difficult to reach a VC, anyways...