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by akg_67 12y ago
As you most probably know there are several stakeholders in business purchasing decision, which stakeholder you were talking to will be the key to figuring out how to answer this objection? And what is your value proposition. A potential re
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by akg_67 12y ago
From Cash Flow statement in AMZN 10-Q: Last Quarter (June 30, 2014) Amazon had a net loss of $126M, generated $862M from its operations, invested $731M in its business, paid off debt of $189M and only spent $17M of its cash and cash-equival
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by akg_67 12y ago
My end goal is to learn more about online advertising so that I can make better decision on what online ad avenues/strategies to adopting depending on the goal. It is not about making a decision in isolation whether to focus on lead ge
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Ask HN: Online Advertising Resources
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by akg_67 12y ago
I am not an accountant so take my advise with grains of salt. I learnt this working for an enterprise software, hardware and services company, in MBA Accounting class, and having my own startup and side business. If you want to understand t
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by akg_67 12y ago
I use LightPaper and like it a lot. The features I like most are side by side preview and editor window and export to PDF and HTML. Previously I was using Mou but gave up after stability issues.
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by akg_67 12y ago
Good point. In my testing of CF, I couldn't get my requests route to nearest datacenter though CF status page indicated green for datacenters near my request origin. It always routed me to SJC irrespective of which location the request
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by akg_67 12y ago
I really liked your write-up. As natch mentioned, it will be great to include more details in the article. I like the detail level of Digital Ocean articles. It seems based on my recent trial experience with CloudFlare that both CDN startup
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by akg_67 12y ago
> the future seems very unpredictable Future is always unpredictable. It wouldn't be future if it was known. > how would you invest your money nowadays in a clever way You invest your money today as you did yesterday, last week,
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by akg_67 12y ago
Harvard has an EMBA program? Must be a new program! A few years ago when I was researching, only top institution that didn't have EMBA program was Harvard and MIT just had launched their EMBA program.
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by akg_67 12y ago
>Why did you enroll? In hindsight, it was a mistake. I should have listened to one 'lone' dissent voice from a Wharton EMBA graduate who had said that I most probably be disappointed with the program if I am expecting to meet i
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by akg_67 12y ago
Based on my own experience in EMBA program and then finally dropping out 2/3rd of the way. I also know several people who have gone to top-rated EMBA program and have good idea of their results before and after EMBA program. Goal ----
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by akg_67 12y ago
I use the free basic SSL certificate from StartSSL for my crowdlending analytics site PeerCube. I haven't had any issues or need to look somewhere else. I am actually thinking of getting another one for a new site I am building.
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by akg_67 12y ago
I am open but companies are not :-(
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by akg_67 12y ago
My dentist actually mentioned that she can't charge less than what she bills to insurance company (at least on the books). It appears that if a dentist is part of an insurance network, by agreement with insurance company, s/he can
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by akg_67 12y ago
The most common objection I have heard in past six months during my job search. Another two objections that I have heard are "too much experience" and "your past salary was too much, we don't want to offer less but can&#
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by akg_67 12y ago
COBRA is not only for health insurance. It also includes other insurance such as dental and vision. ACA only covers health insurance. COBRA is still relevant for health insurance if you employer offers to cover part of health insurance prem
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by akg_67 12y ago
I went through layoff six months ago. ACA definitely has helped with health insurance. If you are unemployed (no income), you are most likely to get subsidy as it is income based. Our premiums after subsidy is little bit higher than what we
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by akg_67 12y ago
Have you researched the Libyan addressing system? A quick google search gave quite a few results. First you need to confirm the existing system and how people find a business. I can understand asking people for directions once in neighborho
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by akg_67 12y ago
Sorry, we are not a good fit. Good luck with your search. /s
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by akg_67 12y ago
Just mention PhD on your CV and job application as "deferred" and number of years completed or remaining. I do the same on mine with MBA. It makes for interesting conversation during interview as I only had two more quarters to co
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by akg_67 12y ago
Sorry, I didn't really investigated project based Python books. I considered Python/Django for another personal project recently. I started with Adrian Holovaty, Jacob Kaplan-Moss The Definitive Guide to Django Web Development Don
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by akg_67 12y ago
A lot will depend on your background and what is your preferred method of learning. Do you learn by learning the basics/fundamentals first or by walking through a complete project and along the way picking up fundamentals? I am in the
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by akg_67 12y ago
The (mis)Behavior of Markets, A Fractal View on Risk, Ruin, and Reward by Benoit B. Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson. You may enjoy this book if you are interested in Financial Markets, have some knowledge of Efficient Market Theory, and aw
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by akg_67 12y ago
Assuming PNW = Pacific Northwest US. If you are in Seattle area, you may want to consider attending a few data analytics/visualization meetups and build network. I know Seattle useR Group meetup is quite active. Also UW data science an
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by akg_67 12y ago
>How to be more zen about this situation Worry about the things that you can control and ignore the things that you can't control. The things you can't control is how your coworker and supervisor will behave. Can you control th
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by akg_67 12y ago
I used to wear navy blue sports jacket, blue trousers, white/light blue shirt and tie for tech interviews. But recently I stopped wearing tie for interview. A navy blue sports jacket if cooler weather else just a blue shirt and khaki t
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by akg_67 12y ago
You are missing quite a few local startups such as Qumulo. How are you collecting your list of startups? You may want to consider extracting startups from Greekwire and FormD to build your list.
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Inside Monsanto, America's Third-Most-Hated Company(businessweek.com)
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by akg_67 12y ago
I am wondering what is the purpose of such "Ask HN" question. Is it just your way of showing off that how good you are in picking stocks? Don't confuse luck for skills in the market.

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