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theremoraon What system do you use for bug tracking?

There is a local company Assembla.com that has a basecamp like online project management service. it has Trac as one of the features. I am using it for our project, which includes a couple of developers in the Boston area and a couple in India.

theremoraon What is the standard for reposting anothers articles on your own site

makes sense, so maybe a caption, commentary and the link would be the proper approach

theremoraon Have you inspired a B-Candidate to be an A-Candidate?

nature vs nurture? In a start up, you don't have the time to nurture an employee. everyone is flat out doing what they do best, with little hand holding. B DNA will produce more B DNA.

theremoraon On Pricing Strategy

Pick a price you think is right. (It is random sometimes. Intel said how about $80 for the 8080 chip). get feedback. Sometimes raising the price increases market share ie... wine. For a web service there are no cost of goods or product costs to use as a basis and then add 100% margin. Unless you are going to turn off all your potential customers at once, which is unlikely, just do it and iterate.seems like it would be easier to lower price than raise it.

theremoraon What language is the majority of startups using today?

I am not a developer but here is what Tabblo's founder has to say about Django. Tabblo was acquired by HP 9 months after launch.http://theonda.org/articles/2007/07/02/now-with-django-power...

theremoraon Ask NewsY - How to handle early founder severance

do it now. when the money is on the table they will get greedy and this may potentially keep you from funding. ie legal issues.

theremoraon Y Combinator and CRV Quickstart Compared

the point is. the press compares the two but they are far apart in actuality. A VC emulating YC would be this http://www.hcp.com/news/newsdetails.php/id/49812

theremoraon Charles River Ventures QuickStart seed-level funding program FAQ - Very Interesting

http://buzzboston.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/i-know-y-combinator-and-crv-quickstart-you-are-no-y-combinator-it%e2%80%99s-hard-to-change-your-stripes/

theremoraon Paul Graham is Hurting the Children

No to both. I was responding to PG saying people did not like YC after they were rejected. So, you are proving the point that there is a network and relationship created, even after they dont make the cut. And that is the value I am speaking about. You dont need to defend YC. I am all for it. I am only pointing out that there is value in the people that participate, maybe even more than the ideas.

theremoraon Paul Graham is Hurting the Children

PG, Since the piece was mostly tongue in cheek I agree, not much thought went into it. But it would only make sense that some of the team members not making the cut ended up on a team that did. Also, it is common knowledge and confirmed by large companies such as Google and Microsoft that they sometimes buy companies for the value of the team rather than the product. So in the general sense, the logic works.

After reading some threads in your news-YC section, I did find that some of the companies not making the grade were ticked off. But, this can be handled by setting expectations and delivering the rejection in the proper manner. We all know that we desire what we cant have. Put it this way. I am sure that a recruiter that had access to the list of contacts amassed through your funding contests could show a fine ROI on your investment. No doubt there is value in that network of contacts.

BTW the article is Titled: Paul Graham is Selling our children