Big time developers have always said that OS X is a better Unix development environment than Linux. Dell is smart to come out with a power Linux development station. My friends have been replacing their unix workstations with Macintoshes. Mac OS X is basically plain Unix -BSD flavor. Now Dell is going there. Smart by Dell
thanks for pointing that out we are not doing that on our end so wanted to let you know that..it might be coming from another source...i'm investigating
LobbyCon is the best action for data ...it's all about the hallways. I will say that lots of folks know each other online so meeting face 2 face is a fun time to bond and party rather than info gathering which conferences are not good for anyway (due to the real time web)
Investors get a free look at the execution savvy of the founders and their idea in the new seed marketplace ...so it's more efficient for the VCs thx to the ycombo and other incubators...people can slam all they want on incubators but its a nice working model...gets more ideas exposed and funded...
This is part I in a multi-part series. Mike is a good guys. It was great conversation especially on some of the haystack work to how they are hiring.
Other parts coming soon
FB Engineering vision
Haystack project
Hiring integreted engineering disciplines
FB as an OS
Open source role within FB
How to get more out of Memcache and MySql
His vision of cloud computing
How involved is Mark Zuckerberg in engineering
FB buying spree how do you integrate companies
Lessons shared from his work at Mozilla and FB
Advisory boards are window dressing yes but I would say that scoring good advisors speaks to the influence of the entrepreneur and the merit of the idea.
In general most investors understand advisory boards are more of show but to me they demonstrate the kind of "company the startup intends to keep".
Ultimately advisory boards are endorsements - plain and simple.
Totally agree with Mark in the post that active advisory boards will require more discipline by the startup teams and equity compensation for advisors.