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MongoHQ is proof that a successful startup can be created anywhere and grow anywhere. Proud of these guys and they probably have the most unique office space/location of any startup in Alabama.


I don't think adopting a piece of someone else's best practices would.


Morten Myrstad: Google's Meat Loaf doppelgänger.


Which means?


$500K? I cant still remember the first time I saw this cover: http://workbench.cadenhead.org/media/businessweek-kevin-rose...


"But... the movie The Social Network told me and showed me that..." -The thoughts of too many HN folks


pretty sure there is logic in place that automatically grays out any post with the words "The Social Network" in them.


I built an online news service in 2002/2003 with zero coding knowledge, $100, and a bootleg version of Adobe Illustrator.

I put every spare moment I had into it, skipping lunches and dinners and sleep (though I never skipped church) all for the sake of keeping it lean before keeping it lean was cool.

5 years later I sold it for a paltry sum, mainly because I didn't add enough people fast enough.


so you never skipped church yet you had no problem stealing software. interesting.


Oh common now, we've all had cracked versions of Photoshop at one time. Had we not pirated it we never would have learned how to use it during the 30 day trial and later become loyal customers.



zing!


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