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by awad 9y ago
I'm getting this even while entering an email
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by awad 9y ago
Anecdotally, I believe the act of going through the exercise is important, even if the the precision is off. Perhaps not a deal breaker, but IMO shows that you're at least thinking about these things. As with everything fundraising how
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by awad 9y ago
iOS explicitly lets me give location access to an app only when it is open. I was under the impression that it's a literal definition and that apps can't track me in the background. Is this a mistaken view?
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Real-time online whiteboard, no signup required(witeboard.com)
3 points by awad 9y ago|0 comments
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by awad 9y ago
You betcha, sure thing. Like I said, I'm happy to see new entrants into the market and wish you the best of luck!
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by awad 9y ago
I applaud anyone trying to enter the market but the site as-is leaves a lot of questions open to a first time visitor. At first I assumed this was some kind of discounting system on top of the commercial operators. Reading through the comme
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by awad 9y ago
Larry was the original CEO until 2001. He was then CEO after Eric Schmidt, starting in 2011, until the formation of Alphabet in 2015.
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by awad 9y ago
Top of my head? Goldman Sachs, GE, Disney, Ford (maybe not as fair since the Ford last name gets you instant fame) In tech: Google before Alphabet, the former Yahoo, the former Sun. Twitter did their musical chairs act, as well.
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MoviePass. Premature Scaling?(25iq.com)
2 points by awad 9y ago|0 comments
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by awad 9y ago
In a way, these dynamics remind me of the movie theater business. Here's a good read: https://25iq.com/2017/12/30/moviepass-premature-scaling/ Given that music is generally not a substitutable good,
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by awad 9y ago
Understanding VC dynamics is good for founders and would-be founders
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by awad 9y ago
Given the state of the market these days before clicking in to the article I actually assumed the Plex Media folks were getting in on ICO madness
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by awad 9y ago
To answer the question, I would say yes that's often the case. Even very successful people, and perhaps especially very successful people, are prone to biases. It's hard to argue against your own biases, especially those that have
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by awad 9y ago
While it is common amongst companies to remove some % of lower performing individuals, or housekeeping as you have phrased, it is important to note that there is a distinction between being fired due to performance and being laid off. The f
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by awad 9y ago
This is nowhere near as black and white as sensationalist politicians and news publishers would like to make it appear. Apple is the biggest taxpayer in the USA at $15.8 billion for income taxes on $59 billion in operating income according
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by awad 9y ago
It doesn't say how much this actually cost but, as a taxpayer, I'm happy to see this development. One can only hope for more of this plus a combination of services of those that actually need the help. I think SF is far more com
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by awad 9y ago
The municipalities could allow building vertically for more dense housing in both SF and the wider Bay Area but NIMBYism is pretty strong out here so not sure why the commercial developers are being chastised. The reality is that the market
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by awad 9y ago
I agree -- and that's simply their 'big bets' if we give them credit for trying to do other things. The reality is EVEN their core business which, if we simplify to 'rsync that just works for people who have no idea what
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by awad 9y ago
Inevitably, someone will make a comment about how Dropbox is overstaffed and could do this with ~10 employees since 'they just sync files'. To save you the trouble, consider that they also need to hire support, sales, marketing, a
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by awad 9y ago
Perhaps he is referring to the long-standing habit of iOS to NOT drop the wifi until way out of range which would lead to an awkward hang. I think they fixed that in the last year or two, but it was pretty damn annoying.
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by awad 9y ago
Fun fact: while home runs are obviously the eye catcher...he's broken more bats than even given up runs
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by awad 9y ago
Don't have a good book but a quick search led me to this Wired post: https://www.wired.com/2009/03/pl-design-5/ Anecdotally, when I think back to images from the early century, I'm led to believe th
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by awad 9y ago
What sites do you trust?
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by awad 9y ago
Serious Q: how do you personally deal with the trolls?
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by awad 9y ago
Plenty of knowledge workers are able to effectively write off tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars if they so pleased. No different than making a fun {car|house|vacation} purchase. People are wired differently, right?
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by awad 9y ago
Technically the put doesn't guarantee anything since not everyone is too big to fail but for most purposes this is true.
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by awad 9y ago
Didn't play the game at all, but saw my entire office be captivated by the phenomenon. Pretty much everyone turned off the AR within a day. Not sure that ever mattered as much as the location aspect...which I think really speaks to som
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If they started in New York and their major customers tend to be other flashy companies I seriously worry about their long term viability. I know that tech folks like to think they have the answer to everything, especially with asset-light
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by awad 9y ago
Perhaps my memory fails me but weren't Jawbone one of the pioneers in bluetooth?
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by awad 9y ago
In broad strokes, you're pretty spot on, besides not mentioning the simplicity + usability of the software. Apple absolutely made portable music sexy (again) and reaped the benefits all the way to the iPhone juggernaut of today. Not su

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