The article is just general YC advices. I was hoping to read more about visa issues, funding issues as international founder, building teams in US and Norway etc.
Actually industrial design doesn't mean the design will work for mass production. Usually they should think about the manufacturing part as well. That step is called Design for Manufacturing (DFM). Usually the mechanical engineer works on the DFM part.
Due to the map issues. Uber drivers always call you to ask where you are. Which is a huge issue if you don't speak Chinese. Uber is powered by Baidu map data in China.
We've made an mobile shop on iOS with integration to Shopify. We are planning to open source it once we release our own shop. Let me know if anyone is interested in trying it out.
I just had an awful experience with Airbnb a month ago. I rented an apartment in Maui for two nights. We arrived really late in the night. When we were in the apartment, we found out that it wasn't cleaned. Used bed sheets were on the floor and still on some beds, tables were dirty. The host obviously forgot to clean it. I contact the host, but couldn't get hold of him, since he's in another time zone. I called Airbnb and send them pictures of the place, and asked what to do. The Airbnb support guy basically told us that the apartment was clean enough to stay for the night, and we have to resolve the issue with the host ourselves. That was the first time I have talked to Airbnb support, and the experience was just awful. We ended up staying at hotel for that night on our own dime, but the host was kind enough afterwards to refund the booking fee.
>> I think a major differentiator is that in the EU credit cards are a lot less common and even debit cards aren't used for most transactions (e.g. even at the supermarket most people seem to pay cash).
Definitely wrong. In Denmark I never carry any cash. In US I have to carry at least some cash. Why are there no bigger bills than $100?
They just changed it in the new developer agreement, that you probably agreed to if you logged into your developer portal.
It's under "Information Deemed Apple Confidential".
"Further, Apple agrees that You will not be bound by the foregoing confidentiality terms with regard to technical information about pre-release Apple Software and services disclosed by Apple at WWDC (Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference), except that You may not post screen shots, write public reviews or redistribute any pre-release Apple Software or services."
While you are at can you change the date format as well? DD/MM/YYYY instead of MM/DD/YYYY (US). It should go from small to big. The other way around makes my head hurts every time.