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Show HN: Startups follow pinterest's lead(online.wsj.com)
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Silicon Valley recovering economically faster than the rest of US(online.wsj.com)
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
I used to be in the fashion business for a while. I owned and operated a number of brands, sold to major national/international retailers. However, from my knowledge the major issue with ecommerce is stock/inventory. Inventory is a huge pro
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
https://www.nordstromsupplier.com/NPG/EDIcompliance.html It's basically Electronic Data Interchange through which they make orders, track shipments etc. Here is how a typical one looks like: http://www.nordstromsupplier.com/Content/sc_ma
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
In clothing there is a standard wholesale markup, which is 2.0-2.5 of manf costs, and a standard retail markup which is again 2.2-2.5 of wholesale cost. This means that they are selling it to the retailers at around 60 bucks or so, and then
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
The hardest thing is logistics: delivering product orders on time as a small brand which outsources manufacturing is really hard. Big retailers, like Nordstrom or Macy's will give you a window of a week (maximum) and will not accept your or
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
I think the problem is more nuanced than that. The regulatory ability of the government is a premise of governance; governments are designed to invoke fear of a Leviathan force so that the polity does not fall into a state of nature. The ar
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Con Artist costs Google millions(online.wsj.com)
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
I just got an email for the Machine learning course as well. I think they are delaying all the courses. They still are not giving an exact date for the start of the courses, which would be nice. However, considering this stuff is free I am
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Show HN: Stanford class Jan 2012 email update
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Ask HN: Does anyone know how to find the right data plans for GSM/GRPS devices?
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
It really depends on what level of Economics understanding you currently possess. For a complete newbie to economics, I would definitely recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Economics-N-Gregory-Mankiw/... It is a solid book, and yo
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Video Games are the fastest growing form of media(economist.com)
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
Google is starting to behave exactly how Microsoft did in the late 90s and early 2000s. Let some startup validate a market by creating a good product. And then copy, paste and use their financial prowess to try to takeover the market.
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The current Mobile Web in numbers(royal.pingdom.com)
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Reveal: NYtimes Labs Mirror for the future(nytlabs.com)
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Sub-$100 Chinese tablet (pcworld.com)
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Why China's Economic model is superior(online.wsj.com)
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An appeal to save the Eurozone by the Polish Prime Minister(economist.com)
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
It really does depend on the idea, but I think a good rule of thumb is to try to have something in the hands of users between 2-3 months. 1. Map put all the ideas for the product on paper 2. Build a basic form of a UI through wireframes (Ba
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
So do you guys make all the apps that you sell through your platform? In either case pretty great concept
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Shufflr.fm the Flipboard of Music for IPad(techcrunch.com)
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
I thought it was more confusing trying to figure this out then reading an article regarding the whole crisis. The Economist has some great coverage on the whole crisis unfolding for this who are interested: http://www.economist.com/node/21
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
My question is how does time dependency work in this case. I am trying to wrap my head around how a prediction engine would work when your assessing students on the basis of not just past/current performance but also how much time their tak
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
I think your idea is already a movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efNzhEKm3w4 I don't know which came first, your idea or the movie ;)
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
If you really want to have this argument with me: lets do it privately, my email address is in the profile. I will even invite some economists into the midst for some discussions, and you are welcome to invite whoever you want. I always app
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
I am not saying producing is not important, my point is that you cannot just demote consumption to an unnecessary side variable, because even when you trade your surpluses, you each are the market for the other. Does that not make consumpti
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
I am not trying to be dismissive, but I am trying to talk with some theoretical base. Initially Nirvana derided my claims, in my opinion, without producing an actual theoretical base for his claims. He also said I should learn economics fro
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
Well of course there is that other Austrian Economist, you know the one produced the Chicago School of Thought with Milton Friedman: Friedrich Von Hayek, who is one of the biggest reason that monetary economics came to the fore. And with al
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by ahsanhilal 15y ago
Actually that is NOT at all what my argument is. My argument is that people can produce as much as they want, but you still need someone to consume your product. Just being productive gives you only the supply side, but what about demand, w

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