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721.
by arikr 9y ago
Exceptionally doubtful. My guess is that this is about monetizing YC. YC Core is relatively illiquid, while a $1b fund provides ~$20 million per year on management fees to be used for operating costs/salaries.
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Approx 15M American children are affected by inadequate sleep. [pdf](pdfs.semanticscholar.org)
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723.
by arikr 9y ago
Nice
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by arikr 9y ago
Is it legal? Seems like if you have more than 5 bedrooms for guests it may not be? https://patch.com/california/mountainview/hacker-hostel-ille...
725.
Let Me Convince You to Save Money(collaborativefund.com)
4 points by arikr 9y ago|0 comments
726.
by arikr 9y ago
Yes, due to tier.
727.
Launch Feed(launchfeed.com)
1 points by arikr 9y ago|0 comments
728.
by arikr 9y ago
Tell me more?
729.
by arikr 9y ago
I look forward to when in the future some automated system knows what everyone is doing in the upcoming week/month/yr and automatically shows them "things I wish" style things relevant to them.
730.
by arikr 9y ago
Benchmark Capital has a pretty small number of bets, and a pretty high hit rate, from my perspective. They certainly seem better at picking than most. Though I'd say a lot of that is of course positive selection - the best founders sel
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What important things should I know before investing in a tech startup?(quora.com)
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732.
by arikr 9y ago
Great thread, thanks OP.
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by arikr 9y ago
OP didn't claim that the cool kids always succeed, or that the uncool kids never succeed. Just that they have higher odds.
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Ask HN: What happens to convertible notes if a startup becomes a lifestyle biz?
1 points by arikr 9y ago|0 comments
735.
Ask HN: Is anyone working on CRISPR for happiness?
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Ask HN: What happens to convertible notes if a startup becomes a lifestyle biz?
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737.
by arikr 9y ago
Oh dear.
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by arikr 9y ago
I'm sure DBC has many good outcomes, but it's a fair comment.
739.
by arikr 9y ago
Not sure why you were downvoted, it's a good point. Many current bootcamps were duping students into promises of jobs, and making them pay large tuition fees up front. Very similar to what the scam universities are known to do - promis
740.
by arikr 9y ago
Fully loaded cost. See: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Vicarious-raise-so-much-money-... , https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-mean-cost-per-year-for-a-s...
741.
by arikr 9y ago
If Dev Bootcamp was unprofitable, are other bootcamps also unprofitable, or was Dev Bootcamp an exception?
742.
by arikr 9y ago
Hm, wikipedia lists 40 staff, and 450 students per year. Say 40 * $200,000 = $8mm/yr, plus rent. 450 students/yr ~= $6mm. This back of the envelope would point to them being unprofitable.
743.
by arikr 9y ago
No.^1 [1]: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...
744.
by arikr 9y ago
Of course. Though the existence of what seems to be a number of other bootstrapped bootcamps working fine confuses me. Also, pretty sure dev bootcamp was bootstrapped - if they didn't put in outside capital, then either they were profi
745.
by arikr 9y ago
e.g. Financial aid sponsored by dev bootcamp for some students, or even corporate sponsors for financial aid didn't work? There also seem to be a number of other bootstrapped bootcamps running that are doing fine, so this is confusing.
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by arikr 9y ago
"Hi Andrew, we had actually been working too find a sustainable business model since the very beginning. Ultimately we couldn't find one that didn't sacrifice on our commitment to provide the highest quality program possible
747.
by arikr 9y ago
Not my product, don't know anyone involved in it, just thought it was cool.
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Show HN: Narrate slides, create a video of it, push to YouTube(presentio.us)
3 points by arikr 9y ago|1 comments
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How to work out which problems you should focus on(80000hours.org)
1 points by arikr 9y ago|0 comments
750.
by arikr 9y ago
Many people are making suggestions, I'll make a meta-suggestion: Try and rank your options, and remember that it'll probably look like a power law distribution. See the two graphs under this section: https://80000hours.

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