Startups Wiki: Ask YC Archive

This page is an archive of quality Hacker NewsAsk YC” posts grouped by subject. “Quality” means posts that are a) generally relevant to startups and b) contain a decent amount of useful discussion/advice. All posts on this page have been looked at manually. Within groups (and sub-groups) stories are sorted in descending date order because newer stories are more timely (in addition to often having more comments). When referencing this page, don’t copy and paste the links to table of contents sections, as they are numerically designated and thus subject to change. Instead, copy and paste the relevant individual links within sections, or point to the overall page and suggest particular sections textually.

Must have reference of curated posts to Hacker News. Seems to cover pretty much any aspect that you will run into in the daily life of a startup.

What is Common Between Software Development, Cooking and Music? » e27 – Discovering Web Innovation in Asia

What is Common Between Software Development, Cooking and Music?

posted by Sneha Menon on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 5:57pm
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DanielRaffelThe answer for the question would be – Daniel Raffel. Being jack of all trades is a good quality to inculcate but to be a master of them requires, a special grey cell. Dan Raffel has many such trades to boast about. He is the creator of Yahoo Pipes and Songbird, co-founder of two record labels and a chef in a restaurant at New York!

He is now a senior product manager at Yahoo, working on Y!OS. He has ten years of leadership experience taking software products from initial concept to highly successful product lines and what’s more, he is one of the keynote speakers at echelon 2010!

via e27.sg

This is a post on one of the keynote speakers for the upcoming echelon 2010. There are still tickets available for those that want to go for the conference even if you are not demoing.

Investing in SaaS Ventures (Part 5): The 5 Cs of SaaS Finance | Venture Hype

Investing in SaaS Ventures (Part 5): The 5 Cs of SaaS Finance

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water paint c 200x200 Investing in SaaS Ventures (Part 5): The 5 Cs of SaaS FinanceThis is the final installment of our series on Investing in SaaS Ventures. Which was born from a question and suggestion from a dear reader, Taliba M.

Taliba is a new angel investor who’s ready to make her second investment. She wants to place a bet on a SaaS startup but feels that she can’t make an informed decision due to her lack of experience with SaaS ventures. She wants to know what we think and we gave her our thoughts in Effective Ways to Invest in the Unknown.

Below is the rest of the series:

* This series isn’t investment advice and it’s by no means a comprehensive guide to SaaS. Read Effective Ways to Invest in the Unknown for the purpose of this series, which is purely informational.

This is the last article in the SaaS investment series (see the others in the linkage quoted above). This one covers what is probably the most base metrics that a SaaS company should know. I for one am looking forward to being able to quote these as something other than 0.