weston

Hi there! My name is Weston and I'm looking for a role in customer service or customer success at a startup. FT or PT. Thanks!

Location: Houston

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: n/a

Resume/CV: linkedin.com/in/westonludeke

Email: weston(at)westonludeke(dot)com

I believe they're keeping the powdered option.

I believe it was. Also, anecdotally speaking, it's very common for people who don't get enough protein or fiber in the their diets to have some flatulence when they start adding more. After a short adjustment period their body gets used to it and the flatulence stops.

Yeesh! That's terrible. It makes iTunes look simple by comparison.

Just read your own quote earlier in this thread:

"By learning to code, my desire is to get to a stage where: a. I can converse with tech people who have been at this their whole live, b. gain the proficiency to build the mvp, c. become a team member with attributable skill set when company is formed, etc. Hiring someone is inevitable down the line, but I need to create the map for him/her to paint first."

Ignore that asinine article. Don't judge your success based on whether you started a startup or not. Base it on what you wrote above: Learning to code, having technical conversations, and being a better person than you ever thought possible.

(S)he just asked about creating an account, not about paying LinkedIn. You can still create an account for free.

Yes, that would most likely be a good idea... most recruiters and HR people check LinkedIn these days.

Awesome, thanks for the tip!

Hi AgentSaran, thanks for commenting!

• Without giving away our 'secret sauce,' the ViralRank is calculated based on a users actions on the original article. As an example: If you click on a link from SwarmSports and then Like the article on Facebook, we take the action into our calculations.

• That's a good idea about the upvoting/downvoting! For right now, we're simply trying to make sure the content is relevant and the ViralRank is calculating correctly. Eventually we'll add more stuff like upvoting/downvoting directly on our site. Thanks for the idea!

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• We actually come from an ad-tech background. We're avoided ads so far since we're still MVP. Once we get enough traffic, we'll probably ad advertising... or go the Wikipedia route and survive off of donations.

Thanks again for the awesome feedback! :-)

Clickable: http://swarmsports.com

Very, very helpful! Thank you very much!

We're currently doing some testing using images. We're still very early in our product development.

The new Digg does look great and very slick!

Very good feedback, we'll take a look at Google Pagespeeed. Thanks!

Wow, thank you! This is very good feedback. :-)

I agree with everything you've said so far. Also, every once and a while a dupe article slips through (ex: same URL, different title like you saw). We do our best to keep an eye out in case something slips through our dupe-detectors.

Thanks again!

Clickable: http://swarmsports.com

No problem! :-)

Hi Garry,

With all due respect, isn't your headline a bit backwards? Crowdtilt is just the platform. Soylent raised most of this on their own, due to their own efforts and the press they've been receiving. Even the original headline is: "Soylent raises $750k on Crowdhoster." Why switch that around?

I'm not trying to diminish Crowdtilt and their efforts, but your headline makes it seem like Soylent didn't do anything.

I can confirm both: Taormina and Catania are gorgeous, amazing cities. The whole island of Sicily is also a wonderful place to visit.... I highly recommend it!

With Google shutting down Reader, it wouldn't be that far off to say Feedburner could be next: http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/13/the-google-reader-shutdown-...

I haven't had a chance to read that New Yorker article yet, but who would you think would benefit from this bike article? Do you think it's a paid placement from a bike manufacturer?

(I'm not being snarky, it's a genuine question.)

When I moved out here two years ago, I figured 80% of the startups out here were in Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Cupertino. I was pleasantly surprised how many startup are in the city ("the city" is what locals call San Francisco).

You can't go wrong either or... it depends on your needs and there is no right answer. Both are good options.

A few tips: Try to be within reasonable walking distance of either a BART station or the Caltrain. This will give you an excellent public transportation option to easily bypass freeway gridlock when travelling between the Peninsula and SF.

Also, a good option may be a happy middle... such as San Mateo or Burlingame. There are startups here as well and you wouldn't be more than 30 mins on the train to Mountain View or SOMA, San Francisco.

EDIT to add disclaimer: I live in MV within walking distance of YC actually. It's very nice but also an hour to SF on the train.

Hey Salem, thanks for the blunt feedback! I certainly appreciate it.

I wrote this more to focus specifically on how to organize one's work. I agree that delegation is important, but I would consider delegation another topic in itself (how to delegate, whom to delegate to, what to delegate, etc.)

This isn't about delegating, but some quick tips on how to organize the work that you need to do yourself.

Yes, I use two separate programs because I have two separate uses. I need much more detail for work than I do for personal use. Of course, a reader can pick and choose what works for them. :-)

Thanks! Asana has certainly helped my productivity since I started to use it.

When doing Squats and Deadlifts, make sure you lift if your legs and not your back.

Don't be afraid to hire a (credible) personal trainer who knows how to do barbell lifts to coach you on correct form. It may take several weeks to get the form exactly right, but it's worth it so you don't get injured.

Gold's Gym on Shoreline in Mountain View next to Google. $20/month and plenty of barbells for the serious lifter.

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I consider a "Geek" anyone who likes tech things, they don't have to be technical.

You're exactly right... any founder would be just as good.

I didn't mean for it to come off as marketing for Ramit. He has written some good stuff and I got something out of it, so I thought I would share to "pay it forward" so to speak to other people.

While I specifically was writing about Silicon Valley, I think many of the lessons could be applied to other cities and other industries. If you can build your startup in Chicago and can be successful, like Groupon or 37signals, I applaud that as well!

Perhaps Bill Hewlett when Steve was a kid? He cold called him up when he was 12.

http://www.hp.com/retiree/history/founders/hewlett/quotes.ht...

I wonder if Bill mentored Steve later when Steve was at Apple?

Yes, there is a huge benefit for someone like me who has worked in many different cities. It allows me to keep in touch with people I've worked with and see where they get new positions. The key here is that it's a tool: it's only as valuable as what you put into it.

It has essentially replaced the Rolodex people used to use years ago.

If you aren't open to recruiters reaching out to you, you can make that plain and clear in your summary... "I don't speak with recruiters" or "Not looking for a position."