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by boling11 12y ago
Woah I'm taken aback at how hateful this comment is. What did these guys ever do to you? At the bare minimum, Rap Genius is a huuuge step up from all the other lyrics websites out there.
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by boling11 12y ago
IDology and the major credit reporting agencies (experian, equifax, and transunion).
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by boling11 12y ago
I agree with most of this post, except square and paypal play in pretty separate parts of the payments ecosystem. Square isn't at all competitive with PayPal's core business atm.
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by boling11 12y ago
In your example, the insult is clearly directed at the third person/party. This isn't at all contradictory (or relevant) to what he's saying.
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by boling11 12y ago
It's a merchant cash advance. The cost is higher than a traditional loan that you'd get from a bank, because most of the merchants that get these loans wouldn't qualify for a bank loan. The fees can be pretty outrageous (15-8
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by boling11 12y ago
Dwolla accounts are still funded over the ACH network (requires account/routing number). The exciting thing here is you only need a debit card number to send money.
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by boling11 12y ago
There's no way to map debit card numbers to routing/account numbers (afaik). They're probably using the ATM network primarily and another method if it's not supported.
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by boling11 13y ago
xapo.com is insured by Meridian group. There's also one in the UK that's insured Lloyd's that I'm drawing a blank on. Have you looked into either of them?
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by boling11 13y ago
He also had a successful exit in Zip2 (acquired for $300mm) before Paypal.
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by boling11 13y ago
Out of curiosity, which other service did you end up using?
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by boling11 13y ago
Venmo has a $5k per week limit on payments as well as cashouts.
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by boling11 14y ago
Thanks Jacob-- I found these useful.
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by boling11 14y ago
>I have this burning suspicion - borne out by my own anecdotal experience - that the most important thing distinguishing the median Harvard undergraduate from the median Good State School undergraduate is a capacity to absorb the tuitio
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by boling11 14y ago
He's been working on this for over a decade. It's a bit unfair to assume that his motivations are purely monetary and reputational.
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by boling11 14y ago
Perhaps he agrees with most of a bill but wants parts taken out. Threat of a veto allows him to have some influence over the specifics.
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by boling11 15y ago
Sorry that should've been updated. There isn't actually a min price.
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by boling11 15y ago
Thanks for the heads up! Fixed!
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Fixing the Book Market, Pay What You Want for Chpt 1 of Brad Feld's New ebook(crumbb.com)
9 points by boling11 15y ago|5 comments
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by boling11 15y ago
Was there any type of vesting agreement in place?