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What are some qualities of a CEO that you wish to look for in a startup founder?


The only universal job description of a CEO is to make sure the company wins. We look for people who are going to make their company win--compelling vision, clear communication, determination, intelligence, "good at business", etc.


Why would somebody buy this? It just sounds like a step backwards in keyboard design to make keyboards that contribute to noise pollution. I hope Apple does produce more ergonomic keyboards in the future. In my honest opinion the Microsoft Natural Keyboard is probably the best Keyboard created thus far and I have yet to see anyone innovate any further since it was released 10 years ago: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-A11-00337-Natural-Keyboard-E...


@tryitnow, I agree, I remember the days when many were afraid that outsourcing IT jobs to India and China would have offset the rising salaries for software engineers. That hasn't factored in much for US software engineers since.


I was curious to see where enrollment was at considering the 94% job placement that NYU CS grads are now experiencing (http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/business/2012/01/07/harlow-...)


Very interesting post nhashem. Btw, what was the second idea that got rejected from YC, any possibility you can share?


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