Startup Social Anxiety Disorder
What do an irrational fear of rejection, the inability to talk to girls at a bar, and a startup in “stealth mode” all have in common? I was riding the
Read More »Someone Else's Shoes
I was at a talk, recently, where the speaker mentioned “a lot of data driven people fall into the trap of wanting more information to make a decision. The problem
Read More »How cheap should we be?
As Baydin has started, I’ve heard a number of different voices on how cheap a startup should be. Those voices have almost universally concentrated toward the extremes – they advise
Read More »Effective Phone Interviews
Alex and I spent some portion of our time phone interviewing potential interns for the summer. Unfortunately, the resume is often an inaccurate indicator of one’s programming ability. In a
Read More »When You are THE MAN
Our friends have asked us if we were nervous about going out on our own, especially with the economy as it is. Alex and I have wanted to do our
Read More »Desktop Search: What hasn’t changed
A few posts back, we talked about why search on the desktop works a lot better than it did just a few years ago. In this post, we’ll talk about
Read More »How do you feel about… telepathy?
Whenever I ask friends what superpower they would most want, one person would say “I want to read minds.” This can be a double-edged sword. Baydin will get you more
Read More »How do you transfer knowledge and experience?
As we start Baydin, we wrap up work at our old jobs. I’ve spent the last three weeks trying to “transfer” everything I’ve learned in the greater part of a
Read More »A Brief History of Search on the Desktop
Desktop search has come a long way in the past few years. In this post, we’ll explore how the technology behind all of the major desktop search options has changed
Read More »Whoa, no way… someone’s actually reading this? Sweet! Over the next few months, we’ll be using this blog to describe the development (both the software and the business!) of Baydin,
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