Maven911

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by Maven911 14y ago
Yeah Ive seen videos of their management and its definetely a hippie-style cultish cimpany, that doesn't mind starting their prices at 90$ for a pair of pants! And women love paying that since its stylish and hifgg quality
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by Maven911 14y ago
If i understood the numbers correctly, newsblur has went from 1500 paying/50000 free users to 6500 paying/110000 free users?
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by Maven911 14y ago
Hi, So i have noticed that you are very forthcoming with data, such as providing the number of premium users on your webpage, and I hope you continue this - I really hope you become more succesful with this Google Reader debacle going on. 1
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TechStars reality show(businessweek.com)
1 points by Maven911 14y ago|0 comments
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by Maven911 14y ago
Hi, I just signed up, sounds like a neat service, but when I look at the lowest price plan, starting at 29.99 is pretty steep. Though not comparable, there's a reason why dropbox starts at 9.99$ a month, and salesforce starts at 5$ a month
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by Maven911 14y ago
Just so its clear, the Wii was a resounding success. Nearly 100 million sold vs 75 mil each for the ps3 and xbox 360 No one could have predicted this level of success, in fact many were complaining that the Wii had low graphics capabilities
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by Maven911 14y ago
I strongly feel that EA suffers from a big company, we-are-never-wrong syndrome, and instead of a sincere apology, the fans get PR copy
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by Maven911 14y ago
I have another post for reasons why health care is so expensive in the US (a recent infographic time magazine): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5382451
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by Maven911 14y ago
I see your point, but I see a lot of non-tech news here. And this opens our eyes to an industry that might need changing (sort of like when pg mentioned that Hollywood is in need for disruption one year ago) You have some big companies like
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What makes healthcare so expensive (Infographic)(healthland.time.com)
3 points by Maven911 14y ago|1 comments
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Bitter Pill - Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us Part 1(videosift.com)
1 points by Maven911 14y ago|0 comments
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Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France(washingtonpost.com)
43 points by Maven911 14y ago|91 comments
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DevBootCamp interview with Dan Rather(youtube.com)
1 points by Maven911 14y ago|0 comments
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by Maven911 14y ago
I still think that we are a long way from a heavy technical society Why is it that in a 100 person company, you only have 5 IT ppl and the other 95 seem to have secured jobs? It may happen one day, but we'll still need plenty of accoutants,
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SimCity Update 2(simcity.com)
7 points by Maven911 14y ago|2 comments
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Simcity's senior producer finally releases a statement(forum.ea.com)
6 points by Maven911 14y ago|11 comments
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Amazon has re-decided to sell Sim City V again(amazon.com)
5 points by Maven911 14y ago|0 comments
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by Maven911 14y ago
NO Longer Valid - Amazon smartened up (in terms of running a profit making business) and decided to resell the game, its the number 1 seller now after all
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Hugo Chavez dead(cnn.com)
6 points by Maven911 14y ago|0 comments
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by Maven911 14y ago
Well as i learnt in my strategy class, EverY business should have a strategy, whether its consulting, or even a small one person web dev shop
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by Maven911 14y ago
60 minutes had a segment on Mercy Ship, which was really interesting and gives hope there's people ready to make change in this world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPojrMobnyI
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Why Micheal Dell had to take Dell Private(businessweek.com)
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by Maven911 14y ago
What usually happens is that a private equity firm may purchase a public company and turn it private again. I can recall Burger King being one of those companies, but they've re-entered the market as a public company again
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by Maven911 14y ago
a P/E of 9-10 is pretty low, compare it with other large companies and you will see
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by Maven911 14y ago
wasn't me, I don't even have enough karma to downvote : )
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by Maven911 14y ago
Aapl does pay dividends now And based one of the most important metrics, price-earnings multiple, apple stock is a steal Dont let the four to seven hundreaad price tag fool you
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by Maven911 14y ago
Thanks, givewell seems like a neat website!
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by Maven911 14y ago
The book is a bit dated (1971), and from what I understand, it is promoting vegetarianism. I'l still take a look at it : )
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by Maven911 14y ago
In management accounting theory there are 3 main categories of expenses: 1) Direct Materials 2) Direct Labour And 3) Overhead - basically what doesn't fit in materials and labour that is not tied directly to the company's product or servic
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by Maven911 14y ago
Hi, thanks for your very insightful post. It's too bad the director didn't pursue the novel idea further, but I think he was also thinking about how hard it would be to actually implement and get companies on board. I do like the idea thoug

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