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by ForrestN 15y ago
They aren't planning to operate with greater expenditures for long, as they've stated. The plan is fast-growth in order to compete with clones to establish market dominance, and then to drastically cut back the marketing expenses.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
The competition for most outlandish criticism of Groupon is getting really boring. All of these articles ignore the same basic facts. Groupon is spending a huge amount on customer acquisition. They've stated numerous times that this is a sh
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Ashton Kutcher Could Face F.T.C. Investigation(hollywoodreporter.com)
1 points by ForrestN 15y ago|0 comments
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by ForrestN 15y ago
"Free" phones already exist in conjunction with calling plans. Video game makers have sold systems at a loss in order to profit from the games. Amazon is experimenting with reduced hardware cost for Kindles subsidized by ads. I am not sure
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by ForrestN 15y ago
It seems like trees are trying to maximize the density of leaves they can accommodate, balancing that against the decreasing usefulness of each leaf. I suspect using the tree placement you could produce much more energy per square meter of
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Wouldn't it be possible to track the sun with the tree model as well?
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Thanks! This study looks very small, but still came back with a healthy majority claiming that not only did it not harm them, but that they wanted to sign up again. It also says groupon's internal statistics (maybe they're lying, I guess) c
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I might have missed something, so apologies if this is readily available. Where are you getting the information that "For almost all businesses, Groupon adds negative value?" Is there any actual data on how businesses who use Groupon, in ge
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Lots of other people are digging into the arguments themselves. But it's not just about the superior analysis of the investors, it's about their superior access to information. The idea that two simple, broadly available pieces of informati
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by ForrestN 15y ago
The premise of this article, that Groupon is the next Madoff because it has already scammed many of its investors, is calling out some pretty powerful investors as idiots. This isn't saying just that participants in the IPO will be getting
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by ForrestN 15y ago
That's really interesting. If there is criteria beyond the solution you produce, they should really list that clearly on the site. If I don't know that and I'm applying, I might be only half-focusing while doing other things and take a long
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by ForrestN 15y ago
This looks really cool! A bit of design/copy feedback, none of it terribly urgent of course. Using Chrome 13 on OS X. - Copy problem on the main challenges page: "Solve challenging programming questions and land -on- your dream job." - On t
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by ForrestN 15y ago
You need to work on the language around what you're doing. When I read about "tiers" and getting a percentage of people I recruit, I think about pyramid schemes.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I'm not sure that when people say "you're born with it," they mean literally that it's genetic. I think they mean that it's innate, in whatever makes up a person's personality by the time they might be starting a business. Thinking that bus
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I think this is a smart thing to try, especially because the purchasers are likely to be parents who are used to blowing $2.99 on physical coloring books that last for one dinner. Unlike, say, college students buying games, parents who want
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by ForrestN 15y ago
The site design at least is very beautiful, congratulations! I especially like all of the extra content you've added, the store, the "freebies", etc. My only idea to make it even better would be eventually writing some kind of subtle animat
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I suppose I take a sympathetic attitude in general, but it's heightened because these guys are doing something I, and other people around here, aspire to. In a relatively minor way, I relate to them, and as I said I bet they feel awful. I
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I feel really bad for all involved, including AirBnB. They must feel awful, and this is obviously incredibly stressful. I agree with the consensus that they have thus far failed to use this as a marketing opportunity (a la Tylenol) or even
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I don't know if this is actually a helpful action or not, and what, if any, consequences will arise, but it's certainly good marketing for Anonymous. Much of the public don't understand their more nuanced reasons for attacking companies lik
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I would be really interested to read an informed analysis of these two cases in the context of public company shareholder dynamics. I think it's an understated advantage of Steve Job's ultra-centrality at Apple that shareholders tend to def
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I agree. Fun to imagine the software bugfixing future versions of itself.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Interesting idea! Definitely could be useful, as others have said, once you get enough listings. Some design/UX feedback to think about if you do decide to take it further: - First, biggest problem: I visit the site and I have no idea what
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Testosterone link to aggression may be all in the mind(nature.com)
1 points by ForrestN 15y ago|0 comments
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Still un-released tamagatchi engine that will probably never make a cent!
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Wonderful if it works as described! That's quite a bit of power. I'd be very interested to know comparisons in terms of how long a traditional power plant takes to become profitable, and also how much initial investment this project is requ
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Design: House N by Sou Fujimoto(archdaily.com)
2 points by ForrestN 15y ago|0 comments
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Can't reply to the reply for some reason, but duly noted. Thanks very much for the explanation! Obviously there won't be any need for me to post something like this again.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I see, thanks for your response. I think that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" makes sense. It's certainly true that the downside of this site is not that it's drawing people in who don't like it. I think the problem is that the pub
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Getting someone's attention is only one objective of a portfolio site. The most important one isn't as easy: convince people to hire you. Sure, many people are likely to scroll down. But his "argument" isn't compelling, nor is his work. He
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by ForrestN 15y ago
An edgy package for conservative, second-rate work. Not surprised you can't click on the thumbs.

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