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Andrew Chen

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  • Summer internships start soon! For the next 8 weeks, I’ll be sharing my top 8 tips for how to best navigate your internships (some of these might only apply to technical internships), make a great first impression, and maximize your chances of getting a return offer. Tip # 1: The Art of Asking Questions 1. While asking questions should always be encouraged, it is also necessary to do your homework before you ask those questions. This includes doing your research (google search, checking stack overflow, and reading existing documentation). Use all the available tools at your disposal BUT rememb…
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  • I love sharing this chart with the founders in MediaTech Ventures' incubators because founders, generally all, want to show me their product, get fixated on traction, and feel it necessary to explain how it works. I can't count how many times I met someone at SXSW who then wanted to turn what should be a 3-minute conversation into a 15-minute chat so they could demo their product (and I often felt bad being busy and saying, "I don't need to see it, just tell me your pitch" because of the look of disappointment on founders' faces at hearing they can't show it off). Think about it... how will se…
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  • Is this ID going to be exposed to users? If so, how long does it need to be to avoid collisions? If we auto-increment it, are we worried about the visibility that will give third parties into our traffic patterns or the possibilities of users guessing the IDs to each others' data? If it's intended to be shared, is it convenient to type? If you print it on a business card or a flier, does it contain characters that you could confuse for each other (e.g., “1” and “I”, “0” and “O”)?
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