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by adambenayoun 13y ago
You are completely correct that Stripe has no control over this and this is at the sole discretion of the issuing bank. I think I was pointing that the "you can't win intangible good chargeback" is not true anymore and if you
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
It's true that Stripe have almost non-existent anti-fraud tools. We've been using Maxmind's minFraud and have been building a bunch of filters and logic on top of it. We shouldn't need to do this but as a marketplace we
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Partners can't invest. 500startups mentors != YC partners - the closest to that is basically 500startups investing a follow-on, it has the same signal as YC partners investing in YC companies during the accelerator program. P.S: I&#x2
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Not paying yourself is bad since it constantly makes you worry - which in turn is really bad for your company. Figure out a fair and low salary you can pay yourself and be 100% emotionally invested in your company without worrying.
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How to ensure financial independence in the long run(helloimnadia.com)
5 points by adambenayoun 13y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Translating copy targeted to software developers to other languages
5 points by adambenayoun 13y ago|2 comments
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Holy guacamole - 110 applications have access to my facebook account. ...removing...
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Other people claimed that the Telegram team might find that bug to be outside of the scope of their bounty contest, so $100k is better than nothing (and to be frank I'm quite surprised they were _that_ generous). But you're right
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Best answer is - consult a lawyer! ;)
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
I'm not a lawyer and the advice listed below is just my common sense, I would advise you to consult with a lawyer regarding your question. In your case I would just license it - you can either put it under any of the open sourc
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
People will always complain - that doesn't mean the company aren't successful at what they're doing. I've been using nginx for a very long time and started when their docs were in russian and hardly translated into engli
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
I was actually talking about finding a balance between the community edition and an enterprise edition (see Nginx plus for example). As far as I would be concerned, Forums should be open to everyone (paid and non-paid) customers and support
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Michael No need to apologize :) As another user in this thread suggested - ultimately this is your company and you'll decide what is the best course of action to turn it into a profitable business. By all means do whatever is possible
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
@mherrmann - There are various ways you could monetize Helium and be open source - here are a few ideas. All of them assume that you will be open sourcing your code. The reason for open sourcing this would be to basically achieve wider adop
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Let's start with the fact that if that entry got 9 votes without anyone asking these questions it might means that most people got it and you were the only one not to understand the purpose of that website - that alone would be complet
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Comparing a large corporation to a startup and claiming they are more efficient and have more impact is dumb and is like comparing apples to oranges. If you look at the absolute value a corporation is creating, it'll always be bigger t
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Most of the investment were notes and I understand it is way easier - however the first investment from 500startups were shares. we signed on a SPA (stock purchase agreement) and did some other stuff as well. Most of it were done using Righ
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
They're price sensitive and are quite open about it - I don't see why it would create resentment? If they are approaching you and are trying to negotiate a lower price while other investors are on board on a higher valuation (I sa
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Most of it can be streamlined and re-used.
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Jeremie, I don't know if that is part of an agreement you have with your LPs that you need to have a lawyer doing due diligence for you and that require you to spend 2.5k-4k but allow me to propose a perspective of a founder who finish
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
I am a co-founder at a startup that just graduated from 500startups and as part of my fundraising process, I decided to approach Jeremie. I think what's this post is missing is some context, Jeremie is running one of the most active se
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Binpress (500Startups '13) - http://www.binpress.com/jobs - Mountain View, CA Binpress provides a platform for developers to build profitable businesses from working on their open-source projects in the same mold as My
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
99% of the time you'll die before reaching the peak due to lack of water or food.
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Bitcoin mining dispute ends with $1M settlement(m.cnet.com)
1 points by adambenayoun 13y ago|0 comments
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How Open-Source Won Over Free Software(binpress.com)
19 points by adambenayoun 13y ago|3 comments
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Actually there was a post from TC about this 1 day ago http://www.techcrunch.com/2013/09/27/not-so-vip/
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
The main problem with such a list is that the experience with an investor is very subjective and you need to get a lot more information about the said situation in order to assess what really happened there. I imagine people will likely con
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Amazing interactive table (Interactive Video)(blabla.nfb.ca)
1 points by adambenayoun 13y ago|0 comments
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Please stop creating throwaway account for the sole purpose of outing someone. If you want people to take you seriously - put your karma where your mouth is. p.s: I don't mean to shoot down your claim by the way
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by adambenayoun 13y ago
Indeed Israel would be impossible. Turkey seems to be the best option (but would require smuggling probably).

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