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by bksenior 8y ago
If you dig in, a lot of the advantage is niche specific knowledge and experience. So a first time entrepuner who knows his corner of the world exceedingly well is more likely to succeed than a 30 yr old Babson grad who learned about the pr
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by bksenior 8y ago
Honestly the bigger problem is that it DESTROYS value for middle men so badly that there are a ton of reasons not to do it. In any consumer product that sells a story or a history the idea of checking ones work has only potential destroy v
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by bksenior 9y ago
Yea, the Microsoft anti-trust years would love to have a sit down with you.
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by bksenior 9y ago
Facebooks real existential threat is just that . He thinks that having everything he wants now is correlated to the future. He should call his bud Billy Gates and see how not playing 5 moves ahead with the government worked out. Facebook
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by bksenior 9y ago
This is terrible for a hotel. Charge back % spikes is a great way to get dropped by a credit card company.
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by bksenior 9y ago
Given enough time one-side ALWAYS wins out. Those that are desperate and have nothing to lose.
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by bksenior 9y ago
Please, nobody would ever know how difficult it is. The problem is that a century of draconian enforcement has created a MASSIVE private complex that feeds and pays so many people that the interests have rooted in the system. Don't be
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by bksenior 9y ago
Unpopular Opinion (but similar): If the ISPs win and the rules get rescinded, I think we are looking at their ultimate poison pill. An egregious push like this ends up stoking an unprecedented backlash at about the time that we see a bit
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by bksenior 9y ago
This martyr narrative is tired. The truth is that most companies once they get to series A fold for much more binary reasons that are almost never saving a few $1000 a month on the founders salaries. Additionally there are easy ways to tur
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by bksenior 9y ago
I skimmed the cover page. If you shower at night are the advantages tracked to be local to only that moment or does it have a prolonged general benefit?
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by bksenior 9y ago
The invention of TV dinners and the preservative revolution is the best parallel ive seen compared to the invention of the internet from a regulation and unintended consequence perspective.
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by bksenior 9y ago
He didnt read the article. Dont feed the trolls.
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by bksenior 9y ago
Not really, you are a Pavlovian animal in every aspect of your life. Everyone is. That fact is not mutually exclusive to having integrity or living a thoughtful life though.
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by bksenior 9y ago
She and the majority of investors that write about founders have the "company purpose" thing backwards. Almost all the CEO/Founders that speak of deep purpose have arrived via a strong path of revisionist history. I'm th
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by bksenior 9y ago
LOL. Have you seen Twitters business. Seems like it's pretty clear where the drag is.
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by bksenior 10y ago
Hah. It becomes a problem for it's users. When they are chasing quarterlies and the focus shifts from providing a good experience to making numbers, you'll feel it. Most companies DNA is pretty baked in by the time they offer p
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by bksenior 10y ago
10/10 pun
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by bksenior 10y ago
This is the only important point. The question is 1% technology and 99% audience.
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by bksenior 10y ago
I'm sure you appreciate how easy selling diamonds makes avoiding taxes. Diamonds and High-End Art make it nearly impossible to not help launder.
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by bksenior 10y ago
No theyre not. Google earns 90% of it's revenue from essentially the same intent based advertising model across platforms.
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by bksenior 10y ago
There was a big change to consumerism around the second WW. I cant recommend this doc enough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s&feature=youtu.be
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by bksenior 10y ago
Please, explain to me why your so certain these are empty statements. Im genuinely curious. If I recall correctly, the first stage of the "moon race" was more generalized, especially to the press. Also Musk himself has a pretty
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by bksenior 10y ago
Is this the inspiration for "Sidd Finch?"
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by bksenior 10y ago
LA is on on point with New York as well for tech opportunity.
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by bksenior 10y ago
You do know the point of a prison is in fact not to punish. It is to rehabilitate and a sentence is supposed to be a reflection on how much rehabilitation is necessary. It's sad, prisons should have the same rights as eeryone else le
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by bksenior 10y ago
You're talking about a general business cycle. Even if they owned the products say like (No Fear Clothing), the company is vulnerable to changing tastes, production problems and general operator disinterest.
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by bksenior 10y ago
You must also be bearish on; uber, Facebook, Yelp, Ebay, etc... Network effect + brand recognition is worth a TON. It's why you're probably wearing Nikes right now and not generics.
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by bksenior 10y ago
Why? Demand is demand. It doesn't care where or what it is demanding.
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by bksenior 10y ago
Indirectly the whole messaging and social media culture is built on this simple premise. There are a ton of companies doing it, just not how you would expect it. Note: I know it causes more lonliness
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by bksenior 11y ago
Not sure you read the article. Comcast as expected created a new tier of service to qualify that was grossly expensive. They abused the system and the intent to spur investment in infrastructure was sidestepped.

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