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by Sealy 13y ago
I just found an old post titled "Ask HN: What do these startups need so much money for?" There are some great responses so check it out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=455687
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by Sealy 13y ago
How do start-ups justify spending that much when there is not the same amount of profit generated per month? Are the VC's they guessing what the potential revenue will be?
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by Sealy 13y ago
The ways I've done this in the past is to find a good community of people who you would consider potential customers and market directly to them. I would do this by browsing for property related forums and discussions and building a re
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by Sealy 13y ago
I believe this is the point which the IRS should (if at any point) tax. They can't tax bitcoin yet as they haven't even officially declared it as legal tender. They have to agree what it is first and declare it as a currency befor
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Bitcoin In IRS Crosshairs(forbes.com)
38 points by Sealy 13y ago|51 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
I just spent the last couple of minutes digging through links trying to understand what your product is and does. I would consider finding a simpler way of explaining your product in one sentence. The blurb above and the link to your other
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by Sealy 13y ago
Little affect these days. There are other brokers out there which helps stabilise the price of bitcoin.
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Ask HN: Creating a Pitch Deck
2 points by Sealy 13y ago|0 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
Similar to the comments below, all of the companies I have worked for (global banks) use an amalgamation. <Location> - 3 letters (city) <Build> - OS <Environment> - Dev/UAT/Prd/Sit <Number> - Server re
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by Sealy 13y ago
This highlights a good dilemma. It sounds like people who want to keep more of their company, do it at a cost that will reduce their expansion but keep the founders rich. With outside investment, a lot more people want and push for the comp
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by Sealy 13y ago
My thought. If somebody does not have a job, all they look for is a job. Most people in this economy do not have the luxury of choice. If they do have choice (lucky them), the salary offered will most often decide which job they choose. Not
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by Sealy 13y ago
Maybe this could explain why hackers love to code late at night. I'm definitely more productive at night then in the day time.
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Ask HN: Search engine submission?
2 points by Sealy 13y ago|1 comments
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by Sealy 13y ago
Yes thats correct. And yes, in a sentence you've described a simple but profitable strategy, one of many :).
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by Sealy 13y ago
Yes it would. I don't run them anymore though as I decided to concentrate on bitcoin ventures that would help the bitcoin economy grow! (Disclaimer: I hold a fair amount of bitcoin.) And don't be put off by the hundreds of bots on
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by Sealy 13y ago
To answer a few questions: I actually ran 2 different bots with a few variations of each (for different brokers). My first bot was an arbitrage bot running on different markets, USD, GBP and AUD. There is still huge opportunity to make mone
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by Sealy 13y ago
How many hits did you get?
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by Sealy 13y ago
I made a lot of passive income by coding trading bots for bitcoin. Its a steep learning curve but if you are willing to learn, it can be very profitable. Like you, I can code confidently so during my morning commute I would read books about
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by Sealy 13y ago
You're asking two separate questions here. Try not to merge them into one. Try this. During your start-up phase, on average, how many hours a day do you spend on: a. Coding b. Non-coding activities (related to your start-up) That way y
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by Sealy 13y ago
I find that my patterns of productivity when varies a lot when coding. Occasionally I get in 'the zone' where I have laser like focus and can knock out hundreds of lines of code in a night. Other days, I have no inspiration and wr
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by Sealy 13y ago
I'd start with those who you would like to hear from. My list started with: @paulg | Paul Graham @ycombinator | Y Combinator @a16z | Andreessen Horowitz @BillGates | Bill Gates (because of his involvement with charity) @fredwilson | Fr
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by Sealy 13y ago
Its difficult to get funding or backing from a VC if there is no business sense to the project. Think of some way of monetizing the product. Usually this is by selling the product, or by using the data collected to sell? That could potentia
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by Sealy 13y ago
I only need 1. San Fran. (no, I'm not from there)
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by Sealy 13y ago
Looks like an interesting concept. What are your project's goals? Are you hoping to make money out of it because I can't think of many ways you could monetize something like this.
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by Sealy 13y ago
If a customer requires more RAM, how do you 'sell' a ram upgrade knowing that its so much cheaper elsewhere?
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by Sealy 13y ago
I agree with the comments below. I went into an apple store recently and asked the technician for some advice. He openly admitted when I questioned his sales techniques that they are not paid on commission. He said that he would rather me n
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by Sealy 13y ago
Apologies, I missed your original point. What jurisdiction do you live in? I ask because in the UK, individuals are protected by the Data Protection Act. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998 On the wik
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by Sealy 13y ago
Why is it relevant to you? Here's a handful you should consider: Do you use Facebook? Do you use Apple products? Have you used Skype?
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by Sealy 13y ago
How sweet (but geeky)
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by Sealy 13y ago
I think 'top' lists have their purpose but with the addition of a 'time decay' factored in. A perfect analogy is the Hacker News front page to rank trending stories. Over time, the posts will drop down the list based upo

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