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by ankeshk 17y ago
Thats actually a very good question. I can think of a few ways to make pirating unprofitable. Or dangerous. But unfortunately can't think of any non-violent way. * Equip all the ships with armament. The pirate teams are small in size.
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Thanks CodeMage. >Also, bear in mind that he wasn't charting the emotions of the protagonist, but the protagonist's fortune. Taken from the article: "Is she even sadder now? No, she’s already a broken-hearted little girl." "and she be
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Why chart the emotions of the protagonist to evaluate the story? The value of a story is not in how happy or sad the protagonist was - but how it makes you feel. If I had to evaluate stories, my vertical axis would have 4 parts. From top t
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Countdown to failure. Make it into a game. Rookie salesmen - the best instruction they receive is not: go and get 10 sales. The best instruction they receive is: go and get 30 Nos. The goal of 30 Nos means they won't give up before that e
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Invest in a small tech firm from a country where labour is cheap. India. Ukraine. Philippines. $50,000 = annual salary of 3-4 employee team. Get them to make iphone apps, android apps, facebook games. If you go with a 4 people team, the
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TechStars funded companies: Report Card(techstars.org)
2 points by ankeshk 17y ago|1 comments
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by ankeshk 17y ago
The article makes wrong conclusions. Money doesn't run the economy. Confidence does. Economy is and has always been a confidence game. If people in the baby-sitting co-op are confident to find / earn more scrips in the future, they will s
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Buy all the Russian school and college name domains. Allow members to add content to those domain names (Ning style) if they have joined that particular school group - from your social network website itself. Then do the same thing with Ru
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Collaboration doesn't scale. You can't have 500 people in a room all discussing one topic. Well you can - but it won't be efficient. And people will actually end up learning less. I think - past 30-35 people, collaboration starts losing i
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Edison: The worst fisherman that ever lived(productiveflourishing.com)
29 points by ankeshk 17y ago|7 comments
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Just videos = not worth $25 a month in my humble opinion - especially when the transcripts are not behind the pay wall. But if he adds a forum - he can create a good membership site out of mixergy. And $25 per month for it is doable. (I pe
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Idealistic. But not practical. Sporting events have just one broadcaster. One person who controls what you see. Online, everyone is a broadcaster. That changes the game. Not everyone will agree to such a policy. And you just need one p
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Fix and Hack things better with Sugru (A mix between glue and clay)(sugru.com)
1 points by ankeshk 17y ago|1 comments
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Case Study of a Business Model With Built In Exponential Growth Factor(successnexus.com)
5 points by ankeshk 17y ago|1 comments
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Two questions to drive your life - by Daniel Pink (2 minute video)(minddump.org)
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Research: Even obviously manipulative compliments are remarkably effective(scientificamerican.com)
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by ankeshk 17y ago
What would be the reaction if we learned that the CEO of Ford didn't know how to drive a car? Shouldn't confuse usage with fixing.
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by ankeshk 17y ago
>China does not. India has war, border clashes and terrorism, china does not. Thats funny (and inaccurate). Because a lot of Indian border clashes are against the Chinese. India and China have a long standing border dispute. Also - I'
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by ankeshk 17y ago
I am facing a similar problem. So had checked X.com - but discarded them. Because they don't work with credit card transactions yet - only PayPal. Which would mean at least half the transactions being lost...
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Ideally should not be done. But disclosure: I've done it before. And I've done it before because the first 10 minutes of submission seem to be very very important for the life of the submission. Ideally: it would be awesome if we could hi
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by ankeshk 17y ago
From a buyer's point of view: odesk.com and elance.com are pretty good. All the others - not so much. As a service provider - you will always get paid a bit less though - because of the real time competitive bids. When 15 coders bid for t
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Can music predict the stock market?(stuff.co.nz)
1 points by ankeshk 17y ago|0 comments
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Actually Joe Sugarman (the marketer who made the usage of 1800 toll free numbers in ads popular) tested this out a couple of decades ago for his entire company. Doesn't matter if people have organized desks or chaotic desks. Doesn't matter
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by ankeshk 17y ago
There is big picture. And then there are details. There is trending. And then there is individual timing. Bill Gates pointed out a trend. Before most others. Finding trends and patterns before others = you will usually not lose money. But
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by ankeshk 17y ago
This actually makes me sad. Most consumers don't even get to choose anything over 1mbps in India. 512kbps speeds is the norm (which is also like $22 per month in Mumbai - where I'm based. $22 for 512kbps!) On top of that, bandwidth capping
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Name has always made a difference. Do you know how many Indian programmers have American sounding pen names on freelance websites? They'll always get more work and higher per hour rates with an American sounding name than an Indian soundi
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Outsource it. Odesk.com or Elance.com. Can have a good unique design for about $250-500 or so.
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by ankeshk 17y ago
You need some kind of a security code / pin system to prevent against fraud. Venmo has to match the pin in the message sent along with the phone number the message is sent from. And proceed with the payment only if the pin matches. Venmo
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by ankeshk 17y ago
Go offline. 1. Find a list of bloggers in your niche. 2. Find their contact details. (Either their contact page, or their whois.) 3. Send them a snail mail letter explaining your offer. This seriously gets more high profile bloggers to revi
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by ankeshk 17y ago
I used to give free hosting to Indian bloggers and startups. (More bloggers took me up on the offer than startups though.) Tips from my experience: * I kept it as a first-come-first-serve thing. I didn't want to become the judge out ther

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