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by akg_67 11y ago
Both Uber and Airbnb violated the laws set forth by the cities and states. The advantage for both startups was that the laws only extended to a city or state. So both still had 100s of other cities and dozens of other states, that were slow
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by akg_67 11y ago
IMO, the main problem is the success of Uber and AirBNB in flaunting the laws has led some entrepreneurs to believe that they can ignore the laws. They just don't realize that ignoring and fighting laws at municipal and state level is
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by akg_67 11y ago
At my last workplace, we had an interesting approach to interviewing candidate in person. We focused on personal compatibility more than technical skills. Our team view was that technical skills can be taught/learnt but social and emot
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by akg_67 11y ago
What does interest a computer literate 13 year old? You want to pick something that interest the kid and quick to learn and see results. Games - I don't have any interest in Games so can't recommend one. Coursera's Interactiv
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by akg_67 11y ago
And, how were wealthy able to carry their wealth with them? Primarily it was gold (compact and valuable), easier to carry. Look into history of Gold and you will learn much more about why and how Gold became the medium of exchange. Do you t
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by akg_67 11y ago
Ask the people who were displaced during WW1 and WW2. The ones who were able to migrate to safer places with gold, restarted their life much more easily compared to the ones who had nothing more than clothes they were wearing. Gold is still
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by akg_67 11y ago
Second this. I had similar experience in 2003-2004. I guess things haven't changed much in last decade. Another issue was the Canadian VCs being followers. It was funny when I was raising money in Canada. A few Canadian VCs I talked di
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by akg_67 11y ago
I don't believe gorgeous or ugly UI came into consideration when we switched payment system for my SaaS to Stripe. Our main consideration were ease of integration, payments transfers from Stripe to our Bank, and User payment dispute re
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by akg_67 11y ago
Wow, I never knew who was behind F'd Company site. Brings back memories. That site saved me lot of anguish and money from dot.bomb explosion in stock market. I wonder if the data from F'd Company is still accessible somewhere. Tha
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by akg_67 11y ago
Agree with you 100% and that is the point of my comment. Understand the tools, workflow and processes used by the employer first.
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by akg_67 11y ago
Based on your post, my concern is that you will stick out as a "sore thumb" insisting on using Arch Linux in a Windows shop. Basically, you are signaling to your employer and coworkers that you will be difficult to work with. Plea
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by akg_67 11y ago
If a company has a public competitor/comparable, you may be able to use comparables to estimate value of the company. Personally, if your only reason to take the job is how quickly you can make a buck through IPO flip, you most likely
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by akg_67 11y ago
This is actually very interesting and relevant problem. Govt seems to work with manufacturers of drones to create geo-fencing for important locations. But what can average people do to protect themselves from peeping drones? I started to th
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by akg_67 11y ago
Looks like both the links to Sand Hill Exchange blog post and Founders blog post are dead with just a mention of "censored". I wonder what SEC rules did they violate now, may be not disclosing publicly the terms of settlements.
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by akg_67 11y ago
It is just a simple case of bullying the little guys while SEC plays "you scratch my back and I scratch yours" with big guys.
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by akg_67 11y ago
No problem. Thanks for the clarification. I just didn't want readers to assume that Fixed Income always equates to low risk.
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by akg_67 11y ago
> when people talk about fixed income, they refer to the low risk government one I am sorry to say this is incorrect. No knowledgeable person will refer fixed income as "low risk government one". Fixed Income covers a broad ran
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by akg_67 11y ago
Yes, I hold variety of Bond ETFs in my portfolio including High Yield Corporate and Government Bond ETF (HYG), Emerging Market Bond ETF (EMB), Investment Grade US Bond (AGG), Inflation adjusted US Treasury I-series Bond. I believe in keepin
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by akg_67 11y ago
The likelihood of an angel stealing your idea is pretty low. If an angel really gets enamored with your idea, s/he most likely will try to persuade you to work with him. The possibility is very slim that an angel already has or can bui
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by akg_67 11y ago
I started out with flot after noticing the high cost of Highcharts. But now have been switching out flot with dimple.js and d3.js. The charts are much better with dimple/d3.
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by akg_67 11y ago
I second Namecheap. I use the same SSL certificate for my web service. I used to use free cert from startSSL but they declined to renew the free one and the cost was too high so I switched to Namecheap.
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by akg_67 11y ago
You don't need robots to have robocalypse. You can just segregate humans by their personalities. The lack of diversity will create short-term gain and long-term loss. A good somewhat similar case is Japanese industrialization.
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by akg_67 11y ago
Sensor networks. Interconnected intelligent self-adjusting self-responding devices. A marketplace of data generators and data consumers. Summarizing mountain of data, text, articles, detecting trends and responding.
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Amazon Is Killing My Sex Life(damemagazine.com)
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As other two comments mentioned you have two options, create a github repository of your code and/or create a web app for hiring managers to see and review. I believe ageism is prevalent in this industry. Most shops that have people in
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by akg_67 11y ago
It is not "stupid", it is simple and effective. I use the blacklist process to exclude disposable email domains (there are 100s of them and everyday new ones come up) from registering on my service. It is much faster and inexpensi
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Add Graphene to Spider Silk to Create the Strongest Fiber Yet(popsci.com)
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A Recipe for the 2008 Financial Crisis(stuartreid.co.za)
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by akg_67 12y ago
“HFM: But he’s the expert, right? It’s a tough thing. If you have somebody who’s really trained in the mortgage business, he’s been in the mortgage business for fifteen years, in equilibrium he’ll do a great job. He’ll be able to pick, of t
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by akg_67 12y ago
25 SD is exaggeration only for people who believe everything is normal distribution. I will suggest reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb's work specially The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness.

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