dawhizkid

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by dawhizkid 11y ago
It's the crappy startups that will go away. That's a good thing for everyone, honestly.
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
LinkedIn is the king of "dark patterns" UI - every part of their website is optimized to trick you into doing something you have no intention of doing.
813.
by dawhizkid 11y ago
Really? They just settled a lawsuit for $13 million for spam: http://time.com/4062519/linkedn-spam-settlement/
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
I always find it ironic when I see people fundraising for cancer research by selling doughnuts.
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Homejoy back as Homeaglow(homeaglow.com)
55 points by dawhizkid 11y ago|50 comments
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
Yikes.
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Yahoo is letting employees cash out stock options sooner to stop the brain drain(businessinsider.com)
1 points by dawhizkid 11y ago|0 comments
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
crickets
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
I've been in the game for 3 years. I'd estimate I redeemed $40k worth of free travel last year between flights and hotels, including First Class on JAL to Tokyo and Suites on SQ to Singapore. Most underrated part of points is that
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
http://imgur.com/mHNm6ai
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
"Yet" is the keyword. I said "most to prove" not "headed to the Unicorn grave." My point is that social companies have the most to prove when it comes to their valuations (lots of users but questionable rev),
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
My guess is that Pinterest will have the most to prove in 2016 among the Unicorns. By far the biggest social network in terms of valuation with the least proven source of revenue.
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
You're assuming all late stage startups have ratchet clauses and using a single tech company (Square) to make your argument against joining any late stage startup. At a certain valuation, many late stage pre-IPO firms do start awarding
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by dawhizkid 11y ago
If you think your options will be worthless at time 0, why would you join the company? The right mindset IMO is to only join a company you think will make it big but be prepared to accept fate if it doesn't and your options are made wo