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Ask HN: YC Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund: Why is #22 blank?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2960031I just came across the GiftRocket inforgraphic on PG's "Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund". Given it's been 3 years since publication and presuming GiftRocket's done their due diligence, why is there no serious disruption in #22?I'm shocked not only because I'm familiar with this very real problem from a user perspective, but mostly because it's a problem space I've actually worked on before and achieved some modicum of success/career advancement from it at one of the bulge bracket investment banks (which I won't name here for confidentiality reasons).I'm not here to boast, I just want to know what the HN community thinks about this problem and who would be seriously interested to work on this problem with me.I know there's been some HN discussion on this before. I've had a read through them and I've looked at some of the forays into this space (couldn't check out DabbleDB since they're shutting down). I don't think any of them hit the sweet spot as described.I read this list about 2 yeaSep 4, 2011 6:48 PM
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The Purpose of Mission and Vision Statements in Strategic Planninghttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8b4e87512c45959ffcba1302dc248e&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmallbusiness.chron.com%2Fpurpose-mission-vision-statements-strategic-planning-13161.html&c=6057204652049625043&mkt=en-usBusinesses often make or rewrite their strategic plans when the organizational structure is changing, or as a way to respond to changing market conditions. Change can be a difficult process and ...Jul 16, 2011 11:59 PM
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Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings. Inquire within.)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2767448This last week has been absolutely ridiculous for me. I'd like to make it up to myself by doing something meaningful for some strangers. I like this community a lot and want to see if there's anything I can do to make you a little more successful. No strings. To give you an idea of what I might be able to help you with, let me tell you a few things I've done to help others...- Last night, I volunteered at TEDxMIA's screening of TEDGlobal where I fulfilled their video stream management and multiplexing fantasies,- I've built network operations center monitoring software for proprietary wireless protocols. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnleO8H4lyY)- I regularly brainstorm with others in the SoFL entrepreneurial and tech circles as we look for ways to grow our community and attract talent to our market.- I'm an early adopter, enjoy playing with new tech and can provide strong, constructive, specific feedback.- I understand good design from bad design. Aesthetics are not lost on me.- I hJul 15, 2011 2:25 PM
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New documentary #killswitch exposes media consolidation and government collusionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2656444#killswitch The Battle over the Internet Educator and Writer Chris Dollar is teaming with filmmakers Ali Akbarzadeh and Jeff Horn of Akorn Entertainment to create the full-length documentary #killswitch. They are raising funds on KickStarter.com to produce the documentary so they can educate the Western world about the fact that big corporations will continue to have more and more control over our news and Internet… unless we do something now. Check out the trailer and learn how to become involved in this project here: (#killswitch trailer) (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/akorn/killswitch-a-documentary-film?ref=live) ____________________________________________Everyone who is a regular to Hacker News knows we have a culture of corruption in Washington and are in desperate need of media reform and legislation protecting Net Neutrality. So, why does mainstream media ignore the massive amounts of corruption and collusion between large corporations and big government, while also ignorJun 15, 2011 9:08 AM
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The Importance of Soft Skills in the Workplacehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a898043dda14ff8a5e4c1cd22ba4305&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmallbusiness.chron.com%2Fimportance-soft-skills-workplace-10111.html&c=17172126469652181780&mkt=en-usWhen it comes to skills in employment, the first line of emphasis is typically towards abilities, training and knowledge of specific skill sets. These are referred to as hard skills. Soft skills are ...Jun 7, 2011 12:00 AM
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Online Computer Science BS Degree?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2599618Does anyone know of a good online undergraduate Computer Science program? My girlfriend is almost done her Masters of Science in Nursing online at Vanderbilt. All her courses are online, she does clinicals at local hospitals and private practices, and flies to Nashville for a long weekend every couple of months. I've been looking for something similar for Computer Science, but can only seem to find programs at scam schools. If it's possible to get the credentials which will give you the ability to suture and prescribe narcotics online, shouldn't computer science be handled similarly?Yes, I am aware of the social implications (e.g. college is a great place to meet people, develop as a person, etc...). I did attend a traditional college, and have about 85 credits. The difficulty is, my business started making money, so I'm too busy to attend scheduled courses. The university wouldn't work with me, at all, so I stopped going. I see value in having a degree, and would like to finish, but iMay 30, 2011 3:28 PM
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Free Business Plan Templatehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a24b580a14be78b2db3ea203db2b7&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scu.edu%2Fmobi%2Fbusiness-plans%2F&c=15608740439579477457&mkt=en-usThe primary value of your business plan is to create a written resource that evaluates most aspects of your new business including a description of your target customers and markets, profitability, ...May 9, 2011 6:13 AM
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Ask HN: Is that important for a developer to have an impressive personal page?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2407157I am a Python developer with good design background. I am willing to expand my freelance activity in Python web development area now. I have seen tons of visually appealing impressive personal pages of web designers. Those that are more web graphic designers working with HTML/CSS/JS than hardcore programmers. I bet you saw much of them too on the web. They have professional look and feel giving you an image of the person. I tried to find something similar for the programmers to inspire myself for creating my personal page. I searched for 'web developer portfolio', 'web developer personal page' and some other keywords on Google. I didn't find anything as impressive as web designers' pages. All I could see were some boring CVs or something like CVs, sometimes with a small photo of a person and more or less average look. Obviously everyone is the best at what he is the best and programmers sell their technical/analytical skills. They can show perfectly structured code to impress a potentiApr 4, 2011 4:15 PM
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Why isn't Singapore as entrepreneurial as Israel? [Part 1 - Technology]http://geekomaniac.com/Over the next few days, I hope to publish a 4-part series on answering the question: Why isn't Singapore as entrepreneurial as Israel?It is a mystery, especially for a Singaporean like me. Both nations have limited natural resources, rely heavily on its manpower for its growth. Yet, why is it that the Singapore government is struggling to make its citizen create its own jobs?Back in May 2010, I had the opportunity to embark on a 10-days trip to Israel, to investigate the reasons behind its entrepreneurial economy.Introduction:From my internship stint at the Singapore's Ministry of Trade, I learnt about successful Israel’s Yozma fund, and unsuccessful TIF Ventures in Singapore. Ever since then, I realized that the Singapore government has been mimicking what the Israeli government does. I signed up for Israel BSM to find out the real reasons behind Israel’s booming entrepreneurship ecosystem and why Singapore is not on par. On the 26th April, as I boarded the plane to Tel Aviv, all gearMar 8, 2011 8:32 PM
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Show HN: Edit Text, See Relevant Images. ~200 Lines Of JavaSripthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2112230I was experimenting with different term-extraction API's and I came up with this simple HTML5/CSS3/JS thing that shows you relevant images as you enter text. http://bupad.agen.si Basic scenario- User enters text- Terms are instantly extracted from content via Alchemy API- Google Image search is used to find relevant images on Flickr- Images are shown in the backgroundThere are some minor perks like the fact that the image searches are rotating around the color wheel (Google let's you specify a desired color of the image), and content is also stored in LocalStorage.The prototype has a "bug" (HTML5 ContentEditable isn't a good enough replacement for a WYSIWYG, only works in Chrome in Safari) and a few "missing features" (Enlarging images and so on).Right now it's pretty much client-side, everything happens in JS (OOP Prototype and jQ for Cross-site JSON-P requests): http://bupad.agen.si/javascripts/application.js Reasons for posting:I want to gauge the potential and get some feedback. I Jan 17, 2011 2:33 PM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85dc6c58f54919a4c4434ccbb65d20&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85dd8d3d714dc1aa0eef2f1e04f7e4&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e093f2194f3fbebc2002da0500da&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85de84dccd4cd6904986038ea2e4d4&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d7d0d8284d21a882a7629d294cc3&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e1d0684a4f28b5da92ad166a91cb&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d959fe2142f28b62d2dbc69338ee&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e2c30302453c918710cb0d8cd0ed&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d75ec97049bcbf637063a0a9aae5&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Man Creates Huge Online Museum for Vintage Calculatorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e4d8b0684f1ca9a8c86028835c51&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2f2010%2f08%2fvintage-calculators%2f&c=1057143736412449380&mkt=en-usFive hundred eighty-three calculators, 128 brands and one man who has painstakingly cataloged them all. Emil Dudek, a technology enthusiast who lives in South Wales, U.K., has spent the last eight ...Aug 30, 2010 12:00 AM
