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Sean Tierney
Personal blog · scrollinondubs.com · on HN as scrollinondubsstartupsbusiness
Sean Tierney writes Scrollin' On Dubs, a personal blog at scrollinondubs.com about startups and business. Since 2007, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 24 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-08-30, and you can follow it by feed.
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exactly. The true costs of each burger are deferred from the McDonald's counter and amortized over a lifetime and a population in the form of Medicare deductions on your paycheck. This article is timely as I had written this blog post last week suggesting a fast food tax: http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2009/09/01/fast-food-tax/ It wasn't an optimal solution but it at least attempted to redirect the costs of poor eati…
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on “Majority of US Healthcare Costs Are Caused by Bad Eating Habits”Submitted 12 things I learned from pitching VCs this past week as a story · 39 points
HN discussionsure, in generic terms. Our lawyer was instrumental in getting 3 - we splurged a bit and hired a very reputable firm in Palo Alto that is well-connected. We paid more than we would have liked for the legal work a year ago but it's paying dividends now in terms of introductions. The other intros came from just random networking. We live in AZ but I drove my truck up to SF and couch surfed the past month just going to…
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on “12 things I learned from pitching VCs this past week”Submitted Chase Bank: check out anytime you like but you can never leave as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSolid list. I've read maybe 1/5th of those. There were some glaring omissions though: -Strategy & Innovation: to leave off Clayton Christensen's "Innovator's Dilemma" and "Innovator's Solution" books is sacrilege -Psychology: Roger Dawson's "Power Negotiating" audio series is a must-listen for pysch and negotiating tactics -Business History/Ref: Founders at Work by YCombinator's own Jessica Livingston is a must-read…
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on “Best Business Books”Submitted BofA mails your PIN to the same address as the card it unlocks as a story · 12 points
HN discussionCamtasia is the de facto one for PC. I use iShowU on the Mac and produce it in iMovie. The default settings in iMovie hose it (i wrote a short tutorial here with the settings I've found to work best-> http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2007/06/12/produce-a-clear-scr... ) I've also heard that Snapz is good on the Mac but have not used it personally. sean
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on “How do you make a great video demo?”Submitted HNSort.com: Hacking Hacker News to make it sortable as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted The startup I would invest in tomorrow if it existed as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted TDD for product dev: Where we're going we don't need... roads as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The spreadsheet browser extension I would happily pay $50 for as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons learned from 30 days of going carrierless as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted [Startup] Blueprint for disrupting the banking industry as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Our startup's takeaways from "Getting to Plan B" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Feints and Disinformation as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using persistent RSS search in Twitter to generate qualified sales leads as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What I learned from running 1000 miles as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Email now suffers the problem of carrier pigeons as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A how-to for creating DIY inexpensive wall art as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted “New York, New York” moments and getting one shoe on as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to compensate for your deficiencies as a startup outside of the Bay as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to keep playing Scrabulous if you're in the US or Canada as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 10 lessons I've learned from running Adwords for our product as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted "The Innovator's Solution" & interpretations as it relates to web development as a story · 1 points
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