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by MediumD 9y ago
There has been a lot of discussion over the fact they are direct listing, instead of a traditional IPO, and how that will affect the price. However, does anyone know their motivation for doing a direct listing in the first place? They'
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by MediumD 9y ago
I am not saying they will or won't be able to do it profitably, but saying they won't be profitable because their product is a commodity seems wrong. People need and are willing to paying for commodities, it's a matter of whe
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by MediumD 9y ago
Sure, but we need commodities and there are tons of profitable commodity businesses. If Uber is able to deliver ride cheaper than everyone else, they can make a ton of money, and the logistics and scheduling competencies can be applied to o
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Ask HN: Have you ever paid for a product that didn't exist yet?
1 points by MediumD 9y ago|1 comments
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by MediumD 9y ago
"Many investors, especially institutional ones have for years thought the stock market has been over priced but where else to park money because interest rates are too low?" What information are you basing this off of? I'm no
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by MediumD 9y ago
I disagree. You need to have someway of filtering out companies that don't have potential. These 'gateways' are vetting on behalf of investors who don't have the time/resources to perform a rigorous due diligence of
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by MediumD 9y ago
To add more information, I built something for a HackWeek at the company, that they now want to patent (with me as the named inventor). However, I have been considering quitting and doing a startup which would involve the thing they are try
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Ask HN: Can my company sue me, if I use a patent I signed to them?
12 points by MediumD 9y ago|16 comments
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Ask HN: How would you validate a B2B startup idea?
4 points by MediumD 9y ago|4 comments
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by MediumD 9y ago
Does no one else love idea #1? I would totally read that book
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by MediumD 9y ago
I think there is another piece to this. Buying a cup of coffee means I get a cup of coffee. Buying your $0.99 app means I have the right to trade my time for whatever your app provides. The reason I don't buy apps is because I don&#x27
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by MediumD 9y ago
If I understand you correctly: You whip up a bootstrap page that describes the product with a 'beta sign-up & pay' button, and if enough people sign up and pay, you build it? - What sort of demo do you have on the website? Or
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Ask HN: What APIs do you wish existed?
1 points by MediumD 9y ago|1 comments
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by MediumD 9y ago
Yeah, one of big reasons I preferred Uber over a traditional taxi was not needing to worry about how much I'm supposed to tip. I would much rather the driver make a fair wage, than have to figure out what to tip in each different situa
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by MediumD 9y ago
I agree with you 100%. However, the $INDUSTRY label that a company receives, is often a huge factor in its valuation. Compare the forward P/E of Netflix vs. other entertainment companies getting into streaming. Netflix receives a signi
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by MediumD 9y ago
At what point is Netflix no longer considered a technology company? Streaming the amount of video that they do is definitely a monumental technical challenge, but if content is the key to their future, it seems like they are an entertainmen
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by MediumD 9y ago
Unfortunately, this is a pretty standard fluff piece with not much information. Would love to know what Goldman actually thinks about the prospects of cryptocurrency and distributed ledgers, but"real dollars are at work here and warran
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Ask HN: Unique Thank You gift to engineer for work?
3 points by MediumD 9y ago|4 comments
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by MediumD 9y ago
You have any numbers to support that profitability claim? YouTube wasn't profitable when Google acquired them, and it wouldn't surprise me if they still were not profitable now. I'm sure they make substantial ad revenue, and
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by MediumD 9y ago
Kind of interesting that this article is coming from the WP, given their acquisition by Bezos. Note : Didn't read due to Pay Wall
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Ask HN: What slackbot do you wish existed?
1 points by MediumD 9y ago|0 comments
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by MediumD 9y ago
This is one of the funniest comments I've read on here. This deserves more recognition
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by MediumD 9y ago
I don't see how this is a good thing? If what you are describing is true, it ends in those rich enough to buy the majority of nodes in the network, being able to control the entire blockchain. Pay-for-power doesn't seem like a goo
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Ask HN: Why is Bitcoin surging in Price
30 points by MediumD 9y ago|14 comments
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by MediumD 10y ago
Competition isn't the only reason companies struggle. They often are solving an insignificant problem that people don't need a solution for.
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by MediumD 10y ago
It's not released yet, but I've been reading the early release version of Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann ( http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032175.do ). I've found it prett