briantmaurer
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Comment · 6 years ago
Now, software eats the world.
Next, security, privacy, and trust eat the world, and Keybase is in the perfect position.
Comment · 7 years ago
"The escape key is back, which is great." 2 minutes into the video.
Comment · 7 years ago
What if you were paid some/all of the profit via micropayments when people used your tesla/modem hotspot?
Comment · 7 years ago
Here is the zero-sig account they transferred the Lumens into: https://stellar.expert/explorer/public/account/GALAXYVOIDAOP...
Comment · 7 years ago
From http://paulgraham.com/ds.html —
"There are two reasons founders resist going out and recruiting users individually. One is a combination of shyness and laziness. They'd rather sit at home writing code than go out and talk to a bunch of strangers and probably be rejected by most of them. But for a startup to succeed, at least one founder (usually the CEO) will have to spend a lot of time on sales and marketing. [2]"
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"[2] Thanks to Sam Altman for suggesting I make this explicit. And no, you can't avoid doing sales by hiring someone to do it for you. You have to do sales yourself initially. Later you can hire a real salesperson to replace you."
Comment · 7 years ago
As not-a-female, what can we do to learn from this community?
Comment · 7 years ago
I had not seen this video, but it clarifies my thoughts on this topic quite a bit. Thanks for sharing!
Comment · 7 years ago
I personally like these questions together:
• If you could have the resume you want, what would it say?
• If you could write your eulogy, what would it say?
(As the company/manager/advisor: How can we help you to get there?)
Comment · 8 years ago
Ex SWE at AWS (2013-2014) – I enjoyed working with the team I was on and I learned a lot. It was a great experience, but I've always wanted to work on some ideas I'd written down. I resigned as soon as my student loans were paid off and I'd saved enough money to pursue those ideas for a couple years.
One of the most memorable days of my life was the day after I resigned from Amazon.
For most people, their decisions, stressors, happiness, etc. are largely defined by external forces – whether by school, work, finances, family, etc. For me, this was much more true than I realized. I had always thought of myself as someone who was highly independent. But, that following morning (and most mornings since) I woke up with a feeling of nearly complete autonomy. That feeling was much stronger than I expected. It has been incredibly freeing and has significantly affected how I approach life.
Since, I moved back to Minnesota and am currently working on my second project – https://mutambo.net. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible to play recreational sports. We raised a small seed round and our remaining runway is a little over 1 year.
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My first project was put on pause after teaming up a with co-founder (Ex Google) and choosing another idea. I would like to finish the first project some day.