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New comment by daveschappell in "What is the difference between Keto, Paleo and NSNG diets?"

daveschappell — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 01:39:42 +0000

It wasn't meant to be an ad -- I wondered about the differences myself, and figured other people may as well. But in reading about the alternatives, it became a little bit more clear why NSNG has worked for me where other 'diets' have been too difficult to stick with. Anyway -- definitely wasn't intentional. I'll try to add more substance to future posts -- this one was just a quicky, trying to share some of what has really worked for me. Onward... PS just noticed your username -- we have a fawn frenchie named stella :-)

New comment by daveschappell in "Dog-Friendly Workplaces Make Life Better"

daveschappell — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:33:01 +0000

Any headline with 'dog' in it grabs my attention. In this case, I couldn't agree more -- had 1 or more dogs at TeachStreet for many years, and I know it kept things more casual and low(er) stress. As one of the key dog-owners, though, I do admit that the need to take them out a few times per day can turn into a bit of a distraction, especially if you finally get in the zone and then have to break it up -- I know everyone says that it's good to walk/relax, but I'm not sure they're the ones who are supposed to be running the show. Anyway, love the article.

New comment by daveschappell in "A Better Way To Travel"

daveschappell — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:19:18 +0000

This was a fun week's worth of work for Team TeachStreet. Felt good to get everybody working on a single project (we've spent many months working on lots of different areas of the site, and working with different partners). It was really refreshing, and you could almost 'feel' morale climb, as we all had a chance to just have fun for a few days!

Chris Pirillo’s CDN in a Box looks to make Web sites hum at ‘Google-like speeds’

daveschappell — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:35:19 +0000

Seattle super geek Chris Pirillo has a loyal following who love his offbeat musings on technology. But sometimes Pirillo’s network of sites, including LockerGnome.com, get overloaded with traffic. Faced with that challenge, Pirillo and his team have developed a new service called CDN in a Box that’s designed to handle huge traffic spikes and accelerate page loads to “Google-like speeds.”

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2579952

Points: 14

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New comment by daveschappell in "Mark Suster on Seattle and how a few key people can transform a community"

daveschappell — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:06:33 +0000

you mean, like an Amazon? or a Starbucks? :-)

or, if you want to be cynical that Amazon's a long time ago... how about like an AWS, or a Kindle? The innovation's here -- we just need to get more commingling going on

it's going to happen -- if you're in town, reach out, please -- would love to have you help

New comment by daveschappell in "Mark Suster on Seattle and how a few key people can transform a community"

daveschappell — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:55:45 +0000

No, I don't think that's it (having lived here for 13 years). I think it's just more that people are focused on their own thing, by and large, vs. getting out with a small % of their time and building a community for the greater good.

This 'problem' is so fixable; we just need another catalyst (like what www.GeneralAssemb.ly and New Work City are doing in NYC... and what TechStars did in Boulder, Seattle, Boston and NYC, and many other examples).

We're just a few nudges away, and there's no doubt we'll get there -- we just need to keep focusing on the good stuff, and it's going to happen.

New comment by daveschappell in "Mark Suster on Seattle and how a few key people can transform a community"

daveschappell — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:30:30 +0000

I'm fired up by Mark's idea, to much more deeply engage with our local leaders (Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, etc) -- think every geography has these, and presenting it how Mark does makes it so much more compelling. Everyone benefits from these relationships, and really, the Bay Area has crushed it in this area (think growth of Zynga and others on Facebook... the wave of startup involvement with iPhone/iPad Apps store launches...) -- I look forward to helping make that happen, more quickly

New comment by daveschappell in "The only wrong answer is 50/50: Calculating the co-founder equity split"

daveschappell — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:42:45 +0000

People also forget that in short order there will be other people holding varying % ownership stakes, that makes 'control' much more about persuasion/consensus building.

Plus, you can always start at 50/50 and allocate more to the person bringing more financial support (or work-for-free-ness) to the venture, as that's pretty darn valuable in the earlier days.

New comment by daveschappell in "InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship"

daveschappell — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:30:14 +0000

This is awesome. When I was in college (1986-1990) internships were a pretty new concept. Then when in MBA (1997-1998) it obviously became a bigger deal. But now, the practice is very much becoming the norm. But, the tools for students and companies to find one another are still archaic (school recruiting systems... and afterthoughts on Monster, etc).

Plus, it's just as important for companies to provide killer internships (to get the best students, year after year) as it is for students to perform.

It's an ideal way to recruit, and find great companies, and a space ripe for innovation and investment.

Very excited to see what the team comes up with (and yes, I'm a fan and advisor -- my enthusiasm runs deep, and is very genuine)

New comment by daveschappell in "Untitled Startup has a title: Simply Measured"

daveschappell — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:19:41 +0000

It's been awesome to watch RowFeeder's progress -- nice to see the product(s) going post-beta, in a complete package. Onward...

EveryBlock now includes Local Continuing Education Classes

daveschappell — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:12:55 +0000

Article URL: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/local_continuing_education_classes_now_included_in.php?sms_ss=hackernews&at_xt=4d3f2eb5b0eadfa0%2C0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2140630

Points: 2

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Mahalo Pivots to Focus on Video-Based Learning

daveschappell — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:14:06 +0000

Article URL: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mahalo_learns_to_pivot_pivots_to_focus_on_video-ba.php?sms_ss=hackernews&at_xt=4d3f12e8c8f43479%2C0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2140144

Points: 2

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New comment by daveschappell in "Show HN: cubeduel (our side project)"

daveschappell — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:00:08 +0000

I think this has huge implications, not just in this space, but in others (which restaurant? which vacation? other facets of favoriting co-workers? ways a person could improve) -- ties in very well with Jon Bischke's article on Reputation Graph:

http://jonbischke.com/2011/01/07/reputation-graph-one-of-the...

New comment by daveschappell in "Best Practices for Hiring and Firing at a Startup"

daveschappell — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:47:07 +0000

This is a great point -- this was originally (and still is) a deck geared to founders. The large issue is to try to find people (as employees) who would prefer less short-term salary for more longer-term equity. Not only because it saves $, but also because it shows the right owner mentality.

New comment by daveschappell in "Peter Cooper will teach Ruby programming on CodeLesson in January"

daveschappell — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:36:32 +0000

i'm so taking this class!

New comment by daveschappell in "The 18 things you must do when launching a new website"

daveschappell — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:08:22 +0000

this is an awesome list -- we've been at this for almost 3 years, and while we had most of them, I just realized that we never set up Bing Webmaster Console -- given their continued rise in % (combined with Yahoo), it can't hurt.

other great recommendations as well -- we're also SEOMoz subscribers, so some of this is also just a great reminder about tools we're probably underutilizing

New comment by daveschappell in "Tumblr Doesn't Leave Posterous in the Dust"

daveschappell — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:34:04 +0000

great graph overlay/transpose -- i've found posterous to be much faster in my infrequent use of both tumblr and posterous -- also, i'm not a fan of the commenting mechanism (reblogging) from tumblr -- for folks who use it often, they love it, but i find it to be really nonintuitive. makes me think that the early adopter's love it, but to go mainstream they'll need to shift it, which will turn off the early folks. posterous, by comparison, just does things fast/elegant, which seems more broadly appealing. time will tell.

New comment by daveschappell in "No, You can't retire rich at 30 if you sell your startup"

daveschappell — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:59:21 +0000

I think the 'retire' desire is more of something that first-timers or non-wealthy (at some level) most aspire too. I've realized that it's more about getting comfortable to the point of being able to do things that you're passionate about, and being able to say no to the opposite, that's most important.

Add logs, pour fuel (VC money), light match (beta release day)

daveschappell — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:46:25 +0000

Article URL: http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/07/07/add-logs-pour-fuel-vc-money-light-match-beta-release-day/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1494844

Points: 12

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New comment by daveschappell in "LeadsCon: a crash course in “show me the money”"

daveschappell — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:53:53 +0000

I'm a big fan of lead-gen of late -- that said, I'm not such a big fan of what many of the higher-ed lead gen providers are focused on, which is volume for volume's sake.

We'll be seeing the fallout of that approach in coming months & years, as the education loan default crisis comes front and center, as graduates of online colleges find that their earning potential doesn't meet their loan payback schedules.

IMO, they should spend more time on how to attract higher quality students for the programs (that is, students who complete the programs and go on to increasing their earning potential), and in the process, they'd build truly sustainable long-term businesses.