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yaacovtp··on Do you have a backup plan if you don't get Y Combinator funding?
Oops, if only there were a "this looks like another article" warning button. "Are you sure you want to spam our readers?"
yaacovtp··on Verizon Admits that their Unlimited Data Plan is Limited to 5GB Per Month
And on a shared hosting account you can host unlimited domains. I won't name them, but on company with the word "host" in it's name spelled out in the T & C that each account is limited to 30,000 individual files. If each site only had one page/file how could I host an unlimited number of domains?

Anyone have the number for the FTC?

yaacovtp··on Getting Real: Free Book by 37signals
Control + minus a dozen times makes reading the online version so much easier/faster.
yaacovtp··on Has anyone tried providing a service to improve people's blog posts (e.g., in terms of grammar, style, tone, fact checking, etc.)?
Paid copy editors already battle with writers over grammer and word choice and you want to provide a service to casual writers?

Setup a package consisting of "The Elements of Style" and a link to copyblogger.com and one of two will prove beneficial for most bloggers.

yaacovtp··on The first-impressions game for web 2.0 startups (turn web site reviews into a fun activity)
New restaurants need anonymous and confidential reviews more than web 2.0 startups do. Aren't 1000's of blogs already writing about the latest web startup?
yaacovtp··on How to be an expert
Basically, do anything, keep learning and expanding on it and you'll be an expert in the field relative to most others you work with. Do it with something you love and you'll come out on top.

I'd love to see a salary polling site that mashed wages over time with a person's level of interest in the job and time spent learning and training more on the subject.

yaacovtp··on Ten Easy Ways to Make Money This Summer
I've already done "1. Start your own landscaping company" and it's definitely a moneymaker 8 months a year on the East Coast. Then I took what I've learned landscaping and started on "3. Start a website or blog" blogging about the landscape business. If there are any graphic designers looking for work designing flyers and logos let me know as google sends several people a day looking for landscaping flyer designs and templates.
yaacovtp··on Practical startup question: Do you founders pay for health insurance out of pocket while working full-time on your projects?
Group health insurance is one of the perks of having at least 2 founders. According to my insurance broker, we just need to people on payroll working at least 25 hours a week to qualify for a group plan. Healthy people in their 20's get better rates than the elderly. (Zuckerberg's real reason for only wanting to hire young people)
yaacovtp··on Seth's Blog: NOBS, the end of the MBA
Two years of Stanford business school - $150K + lost income (http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/financialaid/budget.html).

Filing fee to incorporate in Delaware - $89.

yaacovtp··on What the Web's most popular sites are running on
Can anyone make me a list of 6 microsoft powered sites and one ruby on rails site? This is too silly to have so many points.
yaacovtp··on Moonlighter's Dilemma: Guide to Starting a Startup PartTime
If you're an average American watching 4 hours of TV a day just swap that time for your startup and you'll be halfway there. After a month of part time work you'll be able to tell if you should go full time or not.

I'd rather be fully immersed in whatever I'm working and make great rice and beans.

yaacovtp··on "Do you have any ideas you consider patentable?"
My brother's friend is an exterminator and gave me an amazing mouse trap. You don't need something patentable to make a successful business. Sure, smart and creative people may be great inventors, but many times it's the copycats who execute better or have a strategic advantage. I'd rather have half of Toyota and a smaller market share than all of Ford and GM with their legacy problems.
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