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A Lost Decade? We Should Be So Lucky(bloomberg.com)
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by akg_67 10y ago
I liked a co-working space SociLabo in Sendai, Japan that was like what you are describing. Most people quietly worked on their laptop or studied. Super cheap 100 Yen a day. Just a room with few chairs and tables and 50Mbps Wireless Interne
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by akg_67 10y ago
Thanks for sharing examples. These along with music related examples appear to be of one quick transaction of a fixed specification product with no commitment of ongoing support unlike 'longer duration' courses from Coursera or a
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by akg_67 10y ago
Are there any successful ventures with such "pay-what-you-like" pricing strategy? Having unsuccessfully tried such a pricing model myself, I have serious doubt about it's viability. Majority will not pay anything, very few wi
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by akg_67 10y ago
The networking is the personal insurance policy by your cofounders against startup failure. The people connections built during networking events will land these cofounders leadership/management positions at other companies if and when
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New York Above 800 Feet(nytimes.com)
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by akg_67 10y ago
My first experience working in shared offices was at co-working spaces in Tokyo, Yokohama, Sendai, and Sapporo. I really liked working at coworking spaces in Japan. Once I came back to US, I tried several coworking spaces including WeWork.
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No Venture Capital Needed, or Wanted(nytimes.com)
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5 big takeaways from the most thorough review of GMOs yet(vox.com)
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Isn't porn a type of movie?
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I don't believe anything has been introduced yet. DO is just collecting user interest in Block Storage. I applied for couple of weeks ago, only thing I received a survey about what I might use Block Storage for. I wouldn't be surp
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Ask HN: VR Apps not related to gaming and movies
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The weird thing that happens when you put more women in the boardroom(washingtonpost.com)
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At one of my jobs, we used CPU (pre-Intel design), made by a defense manufacturer, in our control systems. When mfr. decided to discontinue CPU manufacturing, we bought all the inventory from last few production runs. AFAIK, we are still ru
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by akg_67 10y ago
It sounds like Cray is selling their hardware with several open source big data software installed and pre-configured and ready to go.
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A Rare Look at How Insider Trading Works(cbsnews.com)
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Ethical Amnesia(qz.com)
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by akg_67 10y ago
> Meanwhile, LC was alive in '08, and you can look at how their notes performed. Investors lost single digit percentages. In other words, they beat S&P by a lot. Comparing performance of 2008 vintage loans with 2008 S&P may
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by akg_67 10y ago
You might want to try out my project PeerCube https://www.peercube.com , a side project that became full-time job. We provide lots of analytics and automation for Lending Club and Prosper platform and work with both retail and in
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What Was the Greatest Era for Innovation? A Brief Guided Tour(nytimes.com)
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Consultants: Recommending Consultations for 100+ Years(daily.jstor.org)
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New from Credit Suisse: Bonds for Self-Inflicted Catastrophes(wsj.com)
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by akg_67 10y ago
The FORTRAN code that I wrote in 1996-1997 for Distributed process control systems is still in operation controlling several multi-billion dollar manufacturing facilities.
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From clicks to bricks: Why online retailers are setting up shop(geekwire.com)
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> the whole thing transfers to a trust, 'Portfolio Financial Servicing Company (“PFSC”)'[3] to continue collecting from borrowers and paying lenders. The "paying lenders" part is partially correct. Only the Lenders th
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by akg_67 10y ago
Nope. If you are retail lender, you are actually lending to Lending Club and not to borrowers. With this structure, you will be an unsecured creditor to Lending Club in the event of LC going out of business. I like to call it that you are b
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Deconstructing 30 Year Stock Market Returns(awealthofcommonsense.com)
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Fees and More Fees: How Private Equity Abuses Limited Partners and US Taxpayers(cepr.net)
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Silicon Valley’s Dumb Money(awealthofcommonsense.com)
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by akg_67 10y ago
You may want to consider putting a page about the team on your site. You most probably targeting scientists, highly educated segment of the market. You need to build trust before you can sell online to them.

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