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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
In the U.S. you can parse through the Open Datasets from CMS at https://www.cms.gov
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> I don't feel like I have a good grasp on the process of developing a sound business strategy for a startup Business strategies are specific to the kind of business model/market/product/channel you have. 1. Do you kn
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> You gave these people a clear and reasonable way to succeed and enjoy life without drugs, effectively breaking the cycle. Makes a lot of sense to me! My hypothesis is that drug use is a proxy for the hormones released with productive a
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> The main goal is to find Product-Market fit as a first priority Agreed. I want to see whether you realize that in the "Product-Market fit", the only thing you control is Product - you can manage/change/affect it as
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
Hey! Thank You for creating datastation. Are there some videos that walk a user through setting it up to using it?
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
YouTube is promoting shorts hard to compete with TikTok. A lot of content creators are seeing short term spikes in their shorts engagement due to this YouTube promotion strategy and cannibalizing their channel in the process, focusing on co
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
What's the closest Tableau alternative that's OSS? PowerBI? Apache Superset? https://superset.apache.org
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> real irony in all of this is that it’s an open secret that many bigger farms hire illegals for their labor, pay them less than minimal wage, house them in leaky shanties, and basically hold them hostage by thinly veiled threats about c
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> I want to have opportunities to dive deep and become smarter, but realizing I don't really know how to best go about this. Do you want to become a SME with deep expertise in a certain vertical of software or do you really want som
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> I own a 100 acre hobby farm, and I am not permitted to house anyone else on my property. I would gladly trade farm work for housing, but I would be breaking the law I have the same exact problem here in California. It's almost as
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
This is very interesting! Why isn't this a popular method to "rehome" the homeless? Instead of paying hundreds of $$ min a day for a hotel in SF/NYC, why not create farms in rural areas for the homeless to work and rehab
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> midway through writing code I start rethinking the design and start over again from scratch What's the source of requirements you're building to and who verifies those? If you're creating requirements out of thin air, ju
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> I bet next recession companies extend their life by ditching the office and in extreme cases laying off staff and replacing with staff from lower cost of living areas who can work remote. Bingo. Remote working is a cost cutting measure
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> Next recession you'll see people return to the office for at least 3 days/week Next recession you'll see even more companies go remote as the recession forces cost cutting and rent/commute and their related insuranc
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> companies don't need product managers if they have great UX and tech people 1. if these great UX and tech people do the product management themselves? 2. who does product and customer discovery? 3. Is it highly likely that the UX
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Ask HN: Raising animals a good drug addiction cure the homeless have?
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> Keeping and manufacturing animals for the purpose of human emotional support is a mental illness. What if a solution to the homeless drug addiction problem is to give them animals to take care of and be responsible for?
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
Depends on the context and environment. If I am a cofounder at a startup where the market isn't even defined yet, my priorities are to help discover the market. Then build an MVP off the immediate needs of the beachead market. If I am
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
apache superset or its commercialized offer: ‎Preset (Cloud)
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> there is plenty of work for those who are old and mediocre. ;) Agree with everything you said including this one. The point I was trying to make isn't that there won't be plenty of work for us. There always will be existing
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
Fair. I just define Persona as "a specific way/why the consumer wants to use the Product" So that strongly aligns with your Consumer->Job->Product Here, you mention: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
Really appreciate your response - how are you finding it now? Enough to change over from MD?
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> Market, then Business model/unit economics Agreed and I recently mentioned it elsewhere: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30318531 > For example the same person may want a luxury meal in one situation and a
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> I'm a huge fan of markdown Have you looked into ASCIIDoc?
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> - Support for markdown Have you looked into ASCIIDoc?
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> You need to find the fastest and cheapest way to de-risk your startup idea. Agreed - but, if I were to break out startup risks into the following, which one is the highest? - Market - Product - Channel - Business model/unit econom
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
I see your point and want to follow up: > while maintaining a semblance of what it is used for. and how do you know how it will be used for and by who without actually talking to users and understanding if, why and how they will actually
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> How do successful founders/entrepreneurs come to a decision like this is my thing and I am going to work upon this? You attempt to test the hypothesis that the problem you're trying to solve resonates strongly with the curren
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> It’s fine to be an engineering individual contributor your entire career. Tech is one of the places where it’s possible to find well paid IC positions on a parallel track with management positions. Uhm - 30 years from today, with the e
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by MaknMoreGtnLess 5y ago
> IMHO its better to start with a UI prototype Right - I am assuming you are comparing to vs. starting with a backend heavy prototype where it could get very expensive before exposing to customers? > It's much faster and cheaper

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