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by akg_67 10y ago
> The financial world is absolutely ripe for an overthrow... The implosion currently going on in fintech indicates otherwise: Lending (Square, Lending Club, OnDeck) and Investment (Robo Advisors) both are unraveling. A currency backed by
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Hedging on the Case Against Hedge Funds(bloomberg.com)
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Tech layoffs more than double in Bay Area(mercurynews.com)
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by akg_67 10y ago
One way to convert future interest income to capital gain is to buy notes on primary platform and sell notes on secondary platform at a small markup. I am able to turnover about 15% of my Lending Club portfolio this way and generate capital
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The B2C Robo-Advisor Movement Is Dying, but Its FinTech Legacy Will Live On(kitces.com)
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The Supreme Court Gets Ready to Legalize Corruption(newyorker.com)
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Leicester City championship costs big England sportsbooks $11.4M(espn.go.com)
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Opting Out of Coastal Madness to Live a Low-Overhead Life(theatlantic.com)
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Are Millennials Doomed in a Lower Return Environment?(awealthofcommonsense.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
I had bad experiences with users who used disposable email addresses to register for my service. Once a user went on a public forum to complain about our support. Turned out that he used disposable email address so there was no way to reach
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Building Failure into Your Process(awealthofcommonsense.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
See if you can solve this problem with software. The article and comments pretty well articulate the problem. Weeding the Worst Library Books https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11586061 A combination of data from Amazon a
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by akg_67 11y ago
Join any college program, convert to student visa in Canada. While on student visa, primarily focus on finding job (studies are secondary). Once you find job and get work authorization, drop out of college and start working. Go for your opt
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Japan's Growing Poverty Defies Glib Explanations(bloombergview.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
Go to Yosemite or Lake Tahoe for a week. Just be a tourist or camp in a tent.
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by akg_67 11y ago
I found this Moz blog post to be valuable in coming up with a cool name for project and making sure domain name is available. How to Hack a Dominating Domain Name for Your Website https://moz.com/blog/domain-name-hacks
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Why Luck Matters More Than You Might Think(theatlantic.com)
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You’ve Been Washing Your Hands Wrong(mobile.nytimes.com)
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The Disappearance of Public Firms and the Changing Nature of U.S. Industries(papers.ssrn.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
> I did a search and found out that everybody is recommending "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham. This book is too advanced for beginner level. As a beginner, you most probably will not like this book and reading it
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by akg_67 11y ago
IMO, these valuation write downs are not driven by the decline in the value of underlying assets but the lack of liquidity of positions in such assets. When the liquidity seized in high yield corporate bond market in Q4'15, it brought
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by akg_67 11y ago
The media coverage of this dispute, Sam Altman blog post, details of claims and counterclaims are doing nothing more than tarnishing YC brand. YC need to settle this dispute as quickly as possible. Protecting YC reputation as the ones in fo
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by akg_67 11y ago
Second this. This post from sama was very bad idea. It came across nothing more than vindictive and publicly shaming Jeremy because of sama's personal interest in seeing deal through. If there was any incentive for Jeremy to quietly se
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by akg_67 11y ago
Upstart abandoned ISA idea and pivoted to traditional loan products. Has something changed, since Upstart pivoted, to make ISA attractive? What are you doing differently that your ISA offering, compared to Upstart, may succeed? You both are
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by akg_67 11y ago
You most probably have decent chance with just being "AirBnB of tour guides" where Tour Guides are hosts and travelers visiting the town are guests. Like AirBnB, host guide showcases his preferred tourist spots in listing and trav
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by akg_67 11y ago
There are a few legal hurdles both from SEC and IRS. You will need to figure out way around them. There are limits on maximum number of stockholders in a private company (IIRC 500+). Once exceeded, private company is expected to do SEC fili
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MASALA Study Examines South Asian Heart Disease Risks(ucsf.edu)
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by akg_67 11y ago
Yep, one of my 55+ friend was laid off last month by a startup. While 20-25 year old coworkers in his group were being fed free pizza and Redbull to encourage working late in the night, he had to go to his family in the evening.
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by akg_67 11y ago
People hire people like them. It is not as much as the absolute age but the age group and difference in your age with rest of your peer group in the company. If you entered a field at 35 (appear 35) when most of the peer group in the compan
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by akg_67 11y ago
Your choice of what you should be doing after 40+ should be based on not only what interests you but also what your environment may expect when you reach 40+. Looking at what 40+ people doing at your company gives you a clue of what is expe

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