Democratization
Our product allows the general public to do something more easily than they could before, regardless of whether that involves democracy in any sense of the word.
Through our revolutionary web app, people can now sell their unused scraps of food online, thus democratizing the food distribution process.
ryporter over 9 years agoRockstar CEO
A title people give to above average CEOs to give attention to the fact that they and their company exist, usually in an attempt to increase their social value.
ex1: I just met Nancy, a rockstar CEO, whose company is building solar powered televisions priced at 10,000$ for people in developing countries. ex2: I've never heard Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, or Evan Spiegel referred to as Rockstar CEOs. You know why? Because nobody has to say something so corny to shed light on the fact that they are incredibly good at what they do.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoThe Crunchies
A tech award show held in San Francisco where Techcrunch gives trophies to millionaire entrepreneurs and investors in an attempt to mirror an archaic Hollywood practice.
Rob: I don't know why they gave us these things. It's like a statue to celebrate how much money we've earned? What did you do with your Crunchie? Martha: I gave it to my housekeeper's child.
yungsnuggie over 9 years ago
Christmas Party +1 Crashing
Crashing the extremely low security, high budget christmas parties tech companies throw as a lonely tech employees +1 and meeting people in sometimes their most inebriated state of the year.
I made friends with the C level staff of three companies this year's round of Christmas Party +1 Crashing. I didn't do with the intention of networking to be honest, I just enjoy Christmas parties with my friends..
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agoPG
I want to say Paul Graham, but I also want to know whether you're totally clueless and out of the loop.
"I finally met pg in person.
SENPAI NOTICED ME."
employeeNumbaOne over 9 years ago
A Berkeley 3O
The equivalent of a 4.0 GPA at the majority of top schools. Why the majority of Berkeley students have a hard time justifying their donations as alumni.
I gotta a 3O this quarter. I love Stanford.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoApple Newton
A discontinued personal digital assistant that Apple Inc. created in 1987 that is often used as a cliche to justify how companies fail before they are successful or are sometimes ahead of their time.
I created Grindr back in the early 2000s. It's incrediby popular today, but back then nobody thought twice of using it. It was our companies Apple Newton.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoApp Reskinning
Releasing a mobile game by using existing source code and gameplay mechanics but changing up the game art to make the game appear new and different.
Flappy Birds is doing really well on the App Store and I found some code online for creating a Flappy Bird clone. Let's release a similar game called Flappy Fish by reskinning this code.
zazpowered over 9 years agoInternet of Things
Everyday objects that are connected to the internet so they can transfer and receive data from other objects
I can now send recipes to my oven and have it cook meals for me automatically. Thank god for internet of things.
zazpowered over 9 years agoJanitor at startup
Sometimes startup founders or executives will use this as their title to appear humble but it ends up being super obnoxious.
Matthew: why are you listed as janitor on LinkedIn aren't you the CEO?
Kilim: Oh I just wanted people to ask me about it so I can tell them my real position.
zazpowered over 9 years ago
Resting and vesting
What you do after your Incredible Journey.
Accelerator -> Pre-Revenue -> Down Round -> Incredible Journey -> Resting and Vesting
employeeNumbaOne over 8 years agoUVic
A mythical University on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada where many good Engineers and Computer Scientists come from.
Jake: That new hire is really writing some beautiful code.
Pablo: He went to UVic. It's that laid back island vibe.
cheeseburger over 9 years agoI have noticed some engineers from there. Not as common as waterloo though for sure
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
for any readers wondering http://svdictionary.com/words/waterloo
LinkedIn Endorsement Flirting
Endorsing someone your attracted to for skills they may or not have to start a form of communication between the two of you.
Sabrina: Why did you endorse Zayn for Python. You're a lawyer, you don't even code. Jess: I was endorsement flirting with him. Even though I hate coding, dudes love it when you notice their code.
HalfLife3 over 9 years agoNetflix and Chill
Code for come over to my place and have sex.
Guy1: Hey dude, you wanna netflix and chill later?
Guy2: what?! No offense, but I'm not into guys.
Guy1: Wait, I thought we were just gonna watch netflix and chill...
Guy2: OMG, netflix and chill means let's have sex. you dumbo.
svhunt about 9 years agoTinder Ghostwriter
Someone who is hired to chat on behalf of others with the intention of getting their employer a date.
I've paid my rent this month by tinder ghostwriting for more than half of the engineering department. The hardest part is convincing them to take pictures of themselves without unlaundered hoodies and mom jeans.
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agoRubber Duck Debugging
A method of evaluating and debugging a set of one's code, where a programmer schizophrenically explains his or her logic to a rubber duck, line by line. This is delineated in a popular book called "The Pragmatic Programmer."
Ryan: I can't tell if Satish is crazy or if he's evaluating his Tinder clone app using Rubber Duck Debugging. Sasha: He's just crazy.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoUnicorn Graveyard
The metaphorical graveyard that is projected to encompasses the carcasses of tech companies that have raised VC money with high valuations, unable to deliver the value and results that they promised.
Alot of people think that Evernote, Dropbox, and Box will be amoung the departed dug deep into the soil of the unicorn graveyard.
yungsnuggie almost 9 years ago
LOL