beaudeal
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Comment · 17 years ago
Comment · 17 years ago
For me, the most important trait I look for in a co-founder is trust. If that element is absent, I think building a long-term partnership would be too difficult, no matter how wonderful they may be in other areas. They also need to be reliable, as you need someone who's going to stick it out through the highs and lows. Apart from that, I look for an overall high level of intelligence and someone who compliments my skill set (e.g. someone with a killer sense of design).
Comment · 18 years ago
As far as telling other people goes, I find that HN comes up most often when I tell my friends about the interesting stories I find here. The reaction from non-technical people is usually something to the effect of: "Where the hell do you find this stuff??" The reaction from technical people is usually something like: "Yeah, I already read that on HN." With regards to the first group, it seems that they always find the stories interesting, but never show any signs that they'll make HN one of their news sources, and I'm fine with that.
For me, things such as the meteor video or an article about the Broken Windows Theory are fine, and I don't foresee any "Karl Rove eats deep fried baby flesh" articles soon, but I'd like to keep it that way. The community at HN is the root of the reason I keep coming back.
Comment · 18 years ago
But he's also looking for "more deals and equal treatment".
It looks like YC was way ahead of him (Adeo) on this one.
- Reznor explains that since music is essentially free due to downloads, he doesn't feel it's necessary to require payment.
- When they offered the option to pay, only 18% of people did so. But, offering limited edition physical products worked out well.
- His feeling is that it's more beneficial for a greater number people to hear his music, even if it's for free, because the result is more ticket sales / merchandise purchases.
- They're looking to build a platform for artists to distribute their music which will give power to the artists. They're still playing with potential business models that are fair for the artist and fan.
- NIN is developing an iPhone app to connect fans by location, and will hopefully create a "live blog" of concerts for those who can't physically be there.
- They're continuing to work on Year Zero with either a serial TV show or graphic novel, which will integrate the album and ARG [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Zero_(alternate_reality_ga... ] that they produced.
- He has had some interest in live-streaming concerts, and is pushing for venues to have an open-camera policy so that fans all over the world can enjoy the experience, even if they can't physically be there.
I'm not a NIN fan personally, but it's nice to see a prominent figure in the music industry with their head on straight.