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Hindenburg Omen Triggered(finance.yahoo.com)
1 points by bmr 16y ago|0 comments
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by bmr 16y ago
I've done grunt work on some deals and seen multipliers in the 6-14X range. But the multiple was of EBITDA, not revenue. If you talk in terms of revenue, multipliers can vary as wildy as companies' margins do. EBITDA (or one of its zillion
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Baidu may press claims over hackers(us.mobile.reuters.com)
1 points by bmr 16y ago|0 comments
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by bmr 16y ago
My understanding is that you can use Wufoo and PayPal Pro to keep users on your site AND not worry about PCI compliance. Seems too good to be true. Am I misunderstanding this page? http://wufoo.com/2009/10/08/say-hello-to-paypal-payments-p
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by bmr 16y ago
I see no evidence that the upper crust actually has become homogenous. Whether defined by education or wealth, the "elite" probably contains more unlikely members today than ever before.
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by bmr 16y ago
I couldn't agree more. And don't think your personality isn't a fit. Several of my less outgoing (and in one case, downright awkward) roommates from college entered sales and came out more engaging and gregarious than I could have ever im
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by bmr 16y ago
Assuming you've looked into it, how impossible is it to license all of a school's admission data (i.e. every applicant's GPA, SAT, and admission status) in some anonymous format? I would have loved a tool that that would let me enter a GPA
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by bmr 16y ago
The analytical training a lawyer receives could be invaluable to a startup if that lawyer can break out of his extreme risk aversion. In my experience, a good lawyer will truly impress you with his ability to think through a problem, but
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Ask HN: Viable business behind single, better-mousetrap product?
4 points by bmr 17y ago|3 comments
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by bmr 17y ago
Hackers have now solved every problem they face? None left? This sort of awe-of-our-own-brilliance seems more likely to retard the progress of this community than advance it.
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by bmr 17y ago
Am I the only one who doesn't want to see this succeed? A business that can't control its cash flow should fail. Yeah, shortages happen. But the complete exhaustion of credit makes me think this isn't the first time they've reached the brin
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by bmr 17y ago
As mentioned, legal language is (supposed to be) clear and concise. You'd have a strong argument that the merger doctrine should apply. The merger doctrine holds that when there is only one way to say something (or a limited number of ways)
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by bmr 17y ago
I agree. He seemed to think better of it as it came out and went on a riff about poker players.
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by bmr 17y ago
On a scale of 1 to douche...
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by bmr 17y ago
Membership fees are possible, but I get the sense that users would balk at paying "entry fees" for their dates. It's also possible that local restaurants/attractions could sponsor certain dates (i.e offer kickbacks), but the site would have
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by bmr 17y ago
The chicken and egg problem is alleviated by the model. We needn't supply each user with a huge pool of profiles from which to choose - we only need to supply each user with ONE other person also willing to go on that date. In theory, the s
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Ask HN: Evaluate my start-up idea - A new take on dating
10 points by bmr 17y ago|10 comments
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by bmr 17y ago
Very similar to Brian Garner's writings and his push to simplify legal writing. He recommends four stages of writing: Madman - put ideas on paper with no regard for formalities Architect - organize ideas into a a rough outline Carpenter - "