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by dirtyaura 8y ago
I forgot one approach: Charge content creators. An example: Soundcloud. This was very much touted as the best strategy during the Web 2.0 era by thinkers like Joi Ito. However, I haven't seen it working well for generic social networks
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
Background: I worked in a social networking startup Jaiku (acquired by Google) in the early days of social media boom (2006-2007) and have thought about these things since. Trying to monetize social network service through subscriptions or
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
I would make it clear for other founders that their role in the pre-product startup is to 1) continuously (daily) interview potential customers BEFORE the MVP is ready (and document their findings) so that you as a team have clear understan
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Ask HN: How to model numerical energy data in Wolfram Alpha -style?
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
Thanks! (I’m CTO, SW at Oura, but not an Oura founder). New firmware and Android release coming soon that likely will help with your issue
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
Not necessarily. In my opinion, core metric should be a proxy for the value the product provides. For example, for us at https://ouraring.com , people buy the ring before using the product. Tracking revenue only would not reveal
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
I didn’t know about 2WD bikes existed! I’d love to try out to experience how it feels to drive 2WD. The Lefty design also looks very interesting, do you have practical experience with it? What an amazing comment full of new eye-opening info
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
When the crash happened, most funding round discussions were halted. There was a huge uncertainity about what will happen in economy in general for several months. I believe every crash is like that: there is huge uncertainity and at that m
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
You are going to a war-time scenario (desperate crunch mode to ship a product), don’t start to establish peace-time practices like code quality at the same time. First, make sure that the situation is a war-time scenario: hard deadline (the
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Product Manager Role in Big Companies vs. Startups by Google PM [Video](youtube.com)
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
I disagree. It is in no way unethical: Disclosure was made and the reader can use his judgement. In contrast, many post on HN are veiled promotions of products by startups, and a clear disclosure is often missing.
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
Maybe for English-speaking countries. But iZettle is market leader in Europe and LatAm, so the counterargument could be that iZettle is more visually memorable and easier to pronounce than e.g. Square if you are not a fluent English speaker
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
Just benchmarked a couple of web-based diagramming tools: LucidChart and draw.io Both work, I ended up choosing LucidChart and we are now testing it with the team
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by dirtyaura 8y ago
Healthcare digitalization and consumer devices as medical devices is the next huge market that Apple is going to with Wearables. You can clearly see it from their actions that it is a part of their future strategy. Apple is so big that it n
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IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016)(rogerschank.com)
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Introducing the New Oura App(blog.ouraring.com)
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by dirtyaura 9y ago
As a long time HN user may I offer a shameless plug about our product related to the Sam's sleep quality tips: If you are interested in improving sleep, our Oura ring ( https://ouraring.com ) is a beautiful smart ring that he
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Themes: A Small Change to Product Roadmaps with Large Effects(articles.uie.com)
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Tesla to open R&D plant in Greece(theguardian.com)
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A UI Experiment with the iPhone X’s Front-Facing Camera(fastcodesign.com)
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by dirtyaura 9y ago
Oura Health | Python Developers | Helsinki, Finland | Onsite, Full-time | https://ouraring.com Oura ring is the world’s first smart ring and app that shows how your body responds to your lifestyle by analyzing your sleep, activi
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by dirtyaura 9y ago
First, a big bulk of Berkshire value is not in public companies. They are valued at 500B, their cash + public stocks are half of that. Even if you look only their public stocks, Berkshire has certain advantages compared to individual invest
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by dirtyaura 9y ago
Maybe Intel? I couldn’t easily check their full profit history but it seemed that since early 80s they had only one year without profit - 1986. Intel is in many ways Buffett-style bet currently - long history of profits - Low valuation by t
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by dirtyaura 9y ago
He has worked as a researcher on a research project by Aalto University (leading technical university in Finland), Ministry of Finance and a few companies that is researching blockchains and their potential effects on society (see e.g. htt
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Why Technology Prophet George Gilder Predicts Big Tech's Disruption(forbes.com)
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by dirtyaura 9y ago
This is not true. Nokia sold over 450M phones per year in 2007-2010, but started to lose marketshare quickly, and from 2010 onwards the number of phones sold dropped fast. Then Nokia sold it’s phone business to Microsoft. Now it is returnin
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by dirtyaura 9y ago
I assume battery sales for energy producers will play a big role in Elon’s plans. Is he right? Maybe, if there is political will to fight climate change.
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by dirtyaura 9y ago
EU cookie laws might feel silly, but I’m really glad that EU politicians are erring on that end of the spectrum than taking the path the US has been walking with net neutrality and surveillance.
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Massive robot-powered drones(qz.com)
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Rodney Brooks' Dated Predictions for Next 32 Years(rodneybrooks.com)
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