andrew_yates

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by andrew_yates 19y ago
http://byiq.com/1m1m/
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
Count the profit difference from changes you made in your business. Million Dollar Experiment: I haven't heard of this, but you're exactly right. I'm glad I core dumped this idea here first. Wow, risk is hard in practice as a tech guy.
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
My email is andrew.yates@byiq.com. Thanks for the tip.
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
www.byiq.com The DNS will be resolved by sometime Monday.
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
Haha, yes, deliciously bubble-tastic. Also, "VC firm" means something else that we're not doing. This is an angel fund run by bored geeks in silicon valley. That's it.
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
Clarification: Pledge profits "in spirit" in a collaborative effort to actually build something that makes money. If it can be done for hacking projects, it can be done for business.
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
Pledge profits "in spirit" in a collaborative effort to actually build something that makes money.
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
I'm in a hurry. I'm making this up as I go. I'm in the luck business of diversifying risk over lots of stupid ideas very quickly.
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
Haha, good point. You keep your own money. Think "walk miles for cancer research" drive. The catch is that what creates the profit needs to be made / done this month. It's against the spirit of the contest to log income from elsewhere. Also
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
"from scratch" is not specified. Part of the challenge, I assume, is not inventing assumptions that don't exist. I'll see how much capital I can get on short notice. Seed amounts (a few thousand for equipment like PCs and office stuff, base
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
No. ;)
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by andrew_yates 19y ago
Yes.
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