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by bsirkia 13y ago
Thanks for the reply. I think that all makes sense and it sounds like you've gained some great perspective from the experience. Good luck on your next venture, and definitely stay idealistic.
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by bsirkia 13y ago
Great point, I guess they're not so different...
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by bsirkia 13y ago
They definitely are, I'm going to do my best to fight the urge.
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by bsirkia 13y ago
LinkedIn is definitely a funny beast. My favorite thing about it is that, unlike other social networks in my life, it's only there when I need it and I don't check it compulsively. If I want to check if I know someone at Company X
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by bsirkia 13y ago
I think this debate a great idea in principle, but unfortunately they both lost me around 10 minutes when they both decided to totally pigeonhole the other industry into the worst possible view: Schiller (paraphrase): "Finance must be
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by bsirkia 13y ago
This reminds me of the main points of Built to Last, mainly that you need well-defined, consistent cultural values that go beyond profit, growth, or perks. That will create buy-in from all stakeholders, from employees to shareholders to cus
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by bsirkia 13y ago
What do you think is a good minimum threshold for number of tweets for this to be interesting?
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Ok, so the main thing I missed is the preferential terms that investors get in the event of a sale, namely that they will be the first money out.
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Hmmm, he does say "If I put a hundred million dollars into Snapchat today at a 3 billion dollar valuation, three things can happen:". Doesn't that roughly mean he owns 3.3% of the company, so would be entitled to only 3.3% of
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by bsirkia 13y ago
Sorry can someone explain a bit more about the Small Win Scenario and how you still get all your money back? Say Snapchat IPO's for $1B and you invested $100M at a $3B valuation, wouldn't you only get $33M of your money back? Or i
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by bsirkia 13y ago
Really interesting read, it's a weird feeling to 1) to see a very similar startup in the same space make "evil" choices you turned down and 2) frustratingly see them be more successful than you. I'm working on a startup
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I did not know that, I'll definitely check it out.
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Reddit and HackerNews x-posting: Who gets there first?
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The biggest question for me is if it will be cheaper to have same day or same hour delivery by drone than just walking or driving to the store and buying it. I use Amazon now because for almost every single item, Amazon is the cheapest plac
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Right, it's easy to look back at the good 'ol days and talk about how great they were, but really overall quality of life on aggregate is empirically improving.
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The hardest thing for me is that I'm super aware of how fucked up things are, but not totally sure what can done so just say "this sucks" and go back to work and whining about healthcare and listening to Slate podcasts. If I
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by bsirkia 13y ago
Jack, you need to finish Bioshock, one of the best story-lines in a game I've ever played. My top 3 games: Red Dead Redemption Deus Ex (the very first one) Bioshock I also think this is why I find myself enjoying good TV so much more n
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by bsirkia 13y ago
What differentiates this service from either a) just throwing up a Wordpress or SquareSpace site or b) using a service like Launch Rock? Having to pay $99/month just to have your logo displayed seems pretty steep.
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by bsirkia 13y ago
Definitely all good points, only quibble is that not everyone has the option to work for the their first company for free or would have to take a second paying job to make it work. That limits the amount of time you can spend on your own pr