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user-inactivated · 3439 days ago · link · · parent · post: We need to talk about startups…

A billion dollars, huh? Man. I need to come up with a start up with the sole intend of selling out.

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Ezana · 3439 days ago · link ·

I tried to do that for a while. Worked on a news aggregator site with some folks a while back. I learned that you have to be able to write a little code to make something that venture capitalists will throw money at. :(

+discuss