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by ayanb 15y ago
What are the features and parameters based upon which a score is being calculated(out of 10)? AirBnb is at 37, surely this cannot be based on consumer popularity. It could be a weighted mean of maturity + valuation + revenue projections + m
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by ayanb 15y ago
Being a programmer myself, I totally agree. I wanted to point out its not a linear comparison based on a money:equity parameter.
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by ayanb 15y ago
Now that would be an interesting study that would be quite oft-quoted.
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by ayanb 15y ago
Without having a bias towards the investor community, I think this comparison is only done from a money standpoint. Its also important to note what other value investor money and involvement brings to the organisation. Investors bring conta
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by ayanb 15y ago
The difference in features between the free and the paid ($9/app) plans are 1)Usage based pricing, 2) Infinitely scalable and 3) an SLA
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by ayanb 15y ago
Actually the RFS has changed a bit for winter 2012. There are new categories like "New Paths Through Product Space" and "Ephemeralization Apps" See Link - http://ycombinator.com/rfs.html
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by ayanb 15y ago
From the http://thepatentpledge.org/ website - --- These companies have agreed to be the first to publicly renounce aggressive use of software patents on small companies. Please join them! A Thinking Ape, Airbnb, Bump, CarWoo, DailyBooth,
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by ayanb 15y ago
"It will never work" is such a killer name for a possible cult classic on Investing and Entrepreneurship.
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by ayanb 15y ago
I like the second one better, its crisper. Font-size could do with a pixel less?
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by ayanb 15y ago
Also, the text beside the button could well be center aligned vertically.
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Python and JavaScript - difference in handing newlines and semicolons?(stackoverflow.com)
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by ayanb 15y ago
Absolutely. This explains all - "Barracuda Networks customers using the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall are protected from these emails."
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Differences between Mercurial and Git(rockstarprogrammer.org)
5 points by ayanb 15y ago|0 comments
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Prediction: Facebook Will Enter the Search Market Next Year(techcrunch.com)
25 points by ayanb 15y ago|21 comments
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by ayanb 15y ago
DoubleRecall and Parse are both YC S2011
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Mark Zuckerberg isn't Mark Zuckerberg(sethgodin.typepad.com)
7 points by ayanb 15y ago|1 comments
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Motorola smartphone ad banned after complaints from Samsung fans(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by ayanb 15y ago|0 comments
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Online Video Platform Company Brightcove Files For $50 Million IPO(techcrunch.com)
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New Swype Beta Gets an Official Release, Brings Gestures to Any Android(lifehacker.com)
8 points by ayanb 15y ago|2 comments
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by ayanb 15y ago
Infact, traction could be one of the key drivers behind some of the companies getting selected into YC.
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People, not industry, power innovation in Chile (washingtonpost.com)
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by ayanb 15y ago
Awesome work really, like the concept and totally love the speed of the site. Are you working on this full time?
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by ayanb 15y ago
Fire sales always have a novelty. Its not so much the price point but the innate human desire to pick up things at a price they otherwise could not have afforded or wanted to.
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Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads(techcrunch.com)
79 points by ayanb 15y ago|38 comments
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by ayanb 15y ago
HP has a highly distinguished board of directors. I find it strange that no one is highlighting the fact that Léo Apotheker is definitely enjoying the vote of confidence of the top level executives, otherwise this would have never been poss
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by ayanb 15y ago
> 'They never learned right in the first place.' I can relate this to a game of Table Tennis. A guy I know played lousy for two decades, his technique never improved. Then one day he got hold of a masterful neighbor who taught him how t
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Google buys android.me domain(pokmol.com)
2 points by ayanb 15y ago|1 comments
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by ayanb 15y ago
1) 'Get started by creating your first note' leads you back to the same page. I was expecting to land myself on the create note screen from here. 2) Yeah, something that indicates that the blanks need to be overwritten. 3) the size of the t
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Ask HN: Do you read analyst reports while researching a software purchase?
1 points by ayanb 15y ago|0 comments
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by ayanb 15y ago
Travel and accommodation costs are the downside. For two founders this could easily go upto 5K. Plus DEMO has an attendance fee. We are looking to understand what sort of return of investment we should target in terms of user acquisition if

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