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Stanford Ignorance
Not knowing simple everyday things because you attend Stanford all the way out in the middle of Palo Alto. This includes not being able to take a bus or knowing where the BART goes.
Jessica: What is BART? Were they talking about The Simpsons? Monica: Your Stanford ignorance is showing...
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoI Only Invest In "X"
Either it's true, the investor is not interested enough in your pitch to take a risk and go outside his or her comfort zone, or both.
Dan: I built a sick SAAS app that get's 20 users a month on subscription. Mrs. Investor: Sorry I only invest in Social apps that are growing at a 15% rate every 17 days.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoReddit Sticker Tryhard
Putting a Reddit sticker on your Macbook to appear more likable.
Alot of people who move to cities with alot of tech companies add a reddit sticker to their laptops to make a feeble attempt to fit in.
yungsnuggie about 9 years ago
Social Proof Hacking
Making your company or website appear more popular than it is by artificially modifying website and social media statistics.
Jack was more easily able to sign a big client after the company he was signing on noticed that their website's videos had over 10,000 hits. Some say Facebook used to do that early on as well.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoRelated term: vanity metrics
Hollywood Techie
Someone, usually from LA, who joins a tech company with the sole purpose of trying to get details right in a movie idea meant to pander to a techie audience. They have no real interest in tech otherwise.
That new intern Robert just spends all day at his desk writing his screenplay. I wonder what that Hollywood techie is writing about us.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoFounder Syndrome
The founder syndrome is when the founder starts thinking he is a rockstar and that the startup is still going because of his bright opinions in everything. He starts neglecting what engineering propose and put his nose in every single detail. It can also be called the "I'm like Steve Jobs" Syndrome.
Founder at early stage: Guys! let's work together and make it happen, we all rock.
Founder after the syndrome: No, just do it like I said, everybody is using this Ruby On Mails thing, we must use it too.
themsaid over 9 years ago
SAAS
Software as a service. These sorts of businesses rely on a subscription model. The unsubscribe button is their biggest enemy.
Janet made a pet analytics SAAS tool that requires it's users to pay 10,000$ a month.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoThe Internet of Things
All of your household applications connect to the internet and have the ability to change it's behavior based on big data.
Cisco's pitch on The Internet of Things basically says that if I forget my cell phone in the bathroom, I'll be able to tweet from my toaster instead.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoThe Multi-CEO Club
A club belonging to individuals who are the CEO of more than a single company.
Now that Jack Dorsey is about become the CEO of Twitter, he is about to join the Multi-CEO Club along with Steve Jobs and Elon Musk.
yungsnuggie about 9 years ago
Investor Netflix and Chill
When an investor says he wants to go out for coffee and discuss ideas.
Ever since our site hit 200,000 users we've been getting nothing but emails asking to investor netflix and chill.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoBoardroom Wingmaning
When someone loosely affiliated with a company joins a meeting to make the person pitching seem more likable.
Ping and Satish took a day off to boardroom wingman for Jason's pitch to Accel partners.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoThe Sharing Economy
The socio-economic ecosystem that focuses on using the labor or tools of a collective society. Basically empowers normal people to offer services easily without having to go through a company outside the application that is brining them together.
Uber is exploring uncharted territory by disrupting the Taxi industry and powering the sharing economy with respect to automobiles.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoInitially seemed revolutionary to bring better experience to customers and financial reward to value creators. Results are TBD.
3 Comma Swagger
Handling every situation like you're worth a billion dollars.
I make fun of Mark all the time, but he doesn't get mad cuz he has that 3 comma swagger
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoThat's awesome
It's alright. Almost meh. But you wanna sound interested and enthusiastic.
Hayden: I just built the android version to my new Flappy bird clone! Matt: That's awesome!
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoThis definition is awesome
I say this way too often.
Code Ninja Turtle
Someone who is lazy as fuck, but is also brilliant jack of all trades engineer.
Ryan slept the entire week and finished his part of the project the night before it was due. Our boss thinks he's a code ninja, but he's really just a code ninja turtle.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoThotline Bling
When a girl or guy you barely know likes your picture or sends you a message indicating they're interested in a booty call, but it'll probably never happen cuz you barely know each other and you're both too lazy to act on it.
I know when thotline bling, it could only mean nothing.
yungsnuggie about 9 years agoStartup Unicorn
A startup that is profitable and is relatively easy to understand.
Netfilx is a startup unicorn with a low price product, clear message, and high user satisfaction.
GoogleEngineer about 9 years agoWinter is coming
The fear of a major economic crash becoming imminent during times of relative prosperity.
Raise your VC money now. Any day this "bubble" may pop and it will be a cold winter indeed. A few unicorns will die and many will be seeking warmth in places they never even knew existed. Winter is coming.
GoogleEngineer about 9 years agoUndev
Short for: Undead developer
See related: Undead
A developer who is constantly in a braindead state, having become accustomed to a severe degree of apathy (causes may vary) and low motivation. Usually, groups of them are found in companies with a highly lucrative business model coupled with low competition in their segment of the industry.
Identifiers: Unable to think, learn, or communicate despite repeated encouragement, instruction, and subsequent reprimanding.
Some studies have shown that undev-ness is contractable, but the means by which it spreads continues to elude scientists.
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lloydmeta about 9 years agoAccurate
I've seen this with product hunt stickers in lyft cars and laptops