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Venture Capital Disintermediation is Coming (fixing VC for LPs and founders)(medium.com)
2 points by Geekette 11y ago|0 comments
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Chamath Palihapitiya: Venture capitalist that venture capitalists love to hate(wsj.com)
1 points by Geekette 11y ago|0 comments
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Uber to pay ~$100M to settle lawsuits with drivers seeking employee status(latimes.com)
1 points by Geekette 11y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 11y ago
There's been a lot of speculation about this being bad for other health related startups, etc. But I don't think so. To be a valid comparison, your startup would have to be perceived to have a confluence of factors shielding it fr
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How to take the bias out of job interviews(hbr.org)
2 points by Geekette 11y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 11y ago
It might also reflect over-confidence from a padded/privileged path: With a company that forges on for over a decade with questionable technology, $750M funding and a very politically powerful board, you might not feel the need to ha
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Theranos: How to destroy $9B in valuation in 6 Months(finance.yahoo.com)
26 points by Geekette 11y ago|7 comments
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by Geekette 11y ago
Edited title to reflect update at source.
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Goldman Sachs to pay less than touted $5.1B for role in subprime mortgage crisis(nytimes.com)
6 points by Geekette 11y ago|2 comments
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Sweden gets a national phone number: Call and get connected to a random resident(telegraph.co.uk)
5 points by Geekette 11y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 11y ago
I wouldn't participate in any conference that charges me to speak. In your scenario, not only do you provide free labour in preparing content and incur travel expenses, they also charge you? Nope. Even if paid by your company, conferen
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by Geekette 11y ago
The site notes that bathrooms aren't in the nest but on premise and renters can use them. How will you address the fact that while many people may be open to renting out an underused garage because it's somewhat detached from the
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by Geekette 11y ago
How would this differ or gain an edge on the several existing portals, groups and apps based on socializing? E.g. avenues like meetup.com, which has several groups, including some for different social needs. There are also many online group
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by Geekette 11y ago
That's an overly blanket statement. Contact need depends on transaction: For common needs like withdrawals and statement reviews, most find ATMs and online banking convenient. But for occasional needs like loans and mortgages, many wan
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by Geekette 11y ago
I see airbrush being applicable to application of dry materials like face powder or eyeshadow. But application for "wet" items like lipgloss, liquid foundation (especially for dewy finish) or liquid eyeliner indicate tooling for e
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by Geekette 11y ago
Is the physical manifestation of the product a "robotic arm" (to physically apply makeup) accompanied by software? In terms of makeup artists selling digitized looks to their fans via a digital makeup store: makeup already happens
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Bloomberg interviews Mossack & Fonseca, owners of firm hit by Panama Papers leak(bloomberg.com)
2 points by Geekette 11y ago|0 comments
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Martin Luther King's Economic Dream: A Guaranteed Income for All Americans(2013)(theatlantic.com)
2 points by Geekette 11y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 11y ago
Some MH370 debris has appaently washed up in Mozambique: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-24/debris-fou...
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by Geekette 11y ago
Lucky you. Although the open-seating scourge pervades all industries, I suspect non-tech environments have higher availability of private offices for employees.
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Ask HN: Do any companies still provide private office space for employees?
1 points by Geekette 11y ago|2 comments
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Facebook security exec:Why technical skills aren’t enough to be a great engineer(geekwire.com)
3 points by Geekette 11y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 11y ago
I hope AdBlock (and/or similar) works out a deal with respective companies involved (Mozilla, Apple, etc) in order to be pre-installed in future downloads of major web browsers. In addition to visual chaos and privacy concerns, the ris
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by Geekette 11y ago
The statement that he's critiquing does reflect the wider-spread, overly simplistic view of AI. Contrary to hype, recent events represent only partial development/peeling of the top layer from the AI onion, which has more known un
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by Geekette 11y ago
I imagine you're referring to high-roller passengers, who spend so much on a given airline they get extra perks like complimentary chauffered limo service and high-end hotel stays around all trips. For actual travel though, they still
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by Geekette 11y ago
Ah, the ad war wages on. I say no to ads because they exist in opposition to visually clean pages, no tracking, no malware. As a lot of online content falls under entertainment, if it came down to it, I'd be happy to unclutter my mind&
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by Geekette 11y ago
There would be nothing unfair about choosing to acknowledge and restrict your product to the actual market size for it - the paying audience of 5%. Currently, it seems the company acknowledges its current market demand is small and is using
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The case against tipping in the US(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by Geekette 11y ago|0 comments
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by Geekette 11y ago
If the things you learn from YC community usage is inapplicable to your target market, then that is not useful learning. It is useful for business if their use context overlaps with that of your target base.
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by Geekette 11y ago
I pondered the same point. If YC community isn't your target market, then this benefit is also of limited use or worse, damaging via creating illusion of demand which evaporates when you hit your target market.

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