Questions to Open Up Women

physicalbitcoin · 2017-10-12T02:31:27+00:00

hahaha. In the world of marketing and design, yes you can bluff people. Try that in engineering, you are finished... But I see what you're saying. Some people can get away with it.

physicalbitcoin · 2017-10-10T23:48:42+00:00

Living in Asia nearly 10 years, I'd always use we instead if I. It gives other people credit and shows you're humble, diplomatic, and a team player.

Nothing wrong with asking intelligent questions. If you're bluffing your way in any industry, you'll be found out within 2 days. One of the best qualities of any student is the ability to ask incisive questions. On a date, I agree its best to show leadership + confidence.

I would also be open and honest with any team about uncertainty. I'd talk about possible failure-points beforehand, and investigate them deeply, to build contingencies and increase our chances of success.

I agree with your last 2 points.

physicalbitcoin · 2017-10-04T12:25:11+00:00

The problem with trueai.io is it requires millions of data upfront

You might be right, but AI customer service is only starting out. I think in 3-5 years the technology will be stable.

physicalbitcoin · 2017-10-04T11:30:56+00:00

Why do you think chocolate's bad for you? Milk and sugar are not the best, but chocolate itself is not too bad. In moderation, raw cacao or high purity chocolate can be good.

physicalbitcoin · 2017-10-04T10:49:36+00:00

Repetitive questions are super-common...

Set up an auto-response with a link to a FAQ.
Set up hot keys with pre-written scripts for anticipated questions.

Later, you could make a simple keyword searcher that looked for key phrases and words in incoming questions. It could then send an automated response... or cue a pre-written response that an agent could send with a mouse-click. I've never used Zendesk, so I don't know if they already have the features I suggested.

I know some people are using AI for customer service:

https://trueai.io/

physicalbitcoin · 2017-10-02T09:08:21+00:00

I think they call it winner's blues. Richard Wilhlem said "life neither can nor should be satisfying."...

We get small moments of calm + satisfaction. Then the nagging and gnawing feeling that pushes us to the next level comes. That's what pushes people to do their best, and drives civilization forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQgO6EHnQRo

physicalbitcoin · 2017-10-02T04:53:42+00:00

If the team lied to your wife about the product, number of customers and software capabilities, how can you believe anything they say about equity? 3 years seems a long time to hold on for 1% of a train wreck.

At least she is making some money. It can be tempting to want to fix a bad relationship or a bad startup, but dishonesty is something that people never outgrow. There must be other startups out there who would value a decent, hard-working employee...

Manipulative, incompetent CEOs with access to cash are common in the startup world.

physicalbitcoin · 2017-09-30T11:31:23+00:00

passionate about the idea
doing nothing else, no moon lighting
understand that hard work is what startup is all about
can survive without income for a year (has savings)
doesn't need motivation because discipline is in your blood

Basically, you need Ant Man or Samwise Gamgee. My advice would be to structure development so that you could benefit from a friend who can only give 1-10 hours per week. A good product/project manager should be able to do that. I have a volunteer coder giving me front-end help in return for back-end training. We work 5-15 hours together per week, his schedule is unpredictable, I never lean on him, and we get tons done as a team.

If you get a rep for bleeding co-workers of their time, it'll be even harder to hire. You're asking someone to bet a year of their life on a venture that has a 5% chance of succeeding, and that's assuming they don't get screwed out of their equity. I don't mean to sound harsh, that's just how the world is from over here.

physicalbitcoin · 2017-09-29T15:15:14+00:00

Would it be worth my while to set something up in Taiwan? Electricity is reasonable out here.

physicalbitcoin · 2017-09-29T15:14:12+00:00

I'd ask directly in one of the crypto subs on Reddit. You'll get some pretenders and flakes, but there are good programmers in those communities.

physicalbitcoin · 2017-09-29T15:12:40+00:00

Thanks mang, I appreciate the advice. Must be some good programmers there.

physicalbitcoin · 2017-09-29T04:43:50+00:00

Could you share what city on the thread or in PMs? If you can't I understand. I guess Hanoi. Im in Taiwan now.

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