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by dkrich 14y ago
That's pretty ridiculous. The marketing department of GM isn't worried about the best deal. It's great if they can save money, but how much could GM really be saving with, oh I don't know, let's just say, Google? Keep in mind they spent $10
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by dkrich 14y ago
Well if Facebook ads DO work (at least for GM) I don't believe they would have pulled their campaign no matter what ulterior motives they may have. Sales are sales.
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by dkrich 14y ago
You are missing the point of his post which I believe is valid- that programming in and of itself is nothing but a skill to carry out a task. He isn't dissuading beginners from learning to code or suggesting that people shouldn't. Just that
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by dkrich 14y ago
I couldn't agree with this more, especially the bit about how software developers are software addicts. A lot (not all) believe software is the cure for all ills and any endeavor that doesn't have software at its core is not worthwhile. Cod
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by dkrich 14y ago
It's no more dangerous to "do a startup" now than it's ever been, it only seems like it's harder because everybody is doing the same stupid fashion/flash sale/monthly curated box of shit startup ideas. A successful business finds a need or
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by dkrich 14y ago
I agree with everything he wrote, except for the predicted outcome. With the housing crisis, there was a bubble that burst because the credit markets froze and suddenly nobody had access to capital. That is what caused home prices to collap
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by dkrich 14y ago
> To be able to come up with ideas, to be able to have a vision, to be able to have taste, to be able to drive a product, you do have to have an educated mind in that domain, you do need to know what is possible, you do need to be able
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by dkrich 14y ago
What difference does it make? Jobs didn't make his name as an engineer. Technology of any kind is a means to an end. Knowing how to code a site is very much like knowing how to lay brick. It's a specialized skill to complete a certain task.
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by dkrich 14y ago
I don't have any connection to YC (other than this site) but I don't agree. I think it is belittling to say "that other place that takes equity."
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by dkrich 14y ago
Heh, as a developer with business credentials as well, I find it somewhat ridiculous that it takes such a hostile tone towards business people towards the end. You do realize that 1) many businesses are needed for which designers/developers
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by dkrich 14y ago
There's a reason he's a CTO and not an attorney. As is probably been mentioned a million times, it sounds like you absolutely had a contract. It need not be written. If you have emails or some documentation implying a contract between you a
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by dkrich 14y ago
Heh, I called up once for help with the sandbox and the CSR told me that I was mistaken- there is no sandbox or any way to test transactions on the site. They must have a very rigorous training program there.
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by dkrich 14y ago
Mark Cuban is a clueless publicity whore. But he does have a lot of marketing ability because of his fame. There is a pervasive misconception that if somebody is wealthy, then whatever they say is right, regardless of their domain expertise
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by dkrich 14y ago
The fact that you are suggesting that the U.S. should fight to maintain its deficit. You seem to be confused.
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by dkrich 14y ago
Well my point was that if you can't raise money and you aren't making profits, then your business sucks. That was poorly worded, but Amazon and Twitter never had a problem raising capital when they needed it because there was a huge amount
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by dkrich 14y ago
I'm not sure what your background is, but I get the sense that you don't really know what you're talking about. > The reason behind that is actually fairly simple and comes from the sectoral balances, which state that the balances of al
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by dkrich 14y ago
When has Amazon or Twitter ever had any trouble raising cash?
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by dkrich 14y ago
> Let’s say Angel and VC money dries up, and Series A funding also dries up. You then have a bunch of start ups that don’t get funded at all, or who burn through their first Angel/VC raise, and then can’t get any further funding. They t
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by dkrich 14y ago
Agreed 100%. This is not a bubble that is going to burst because this "bubble" consists of VC's, angels, and private investors putting their own cash into the businesses. These people are already wealthy. If they stop nobody will notice exc
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by dkrich 14y ago
I think in this day and age it's best not to ask those types of silly questions.
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by dkrich 14y ago
Heh, funny how the bloggers over there seem to be extremely concerned with the $70 million valuation because of the lack of substantial revenue for TC and Engadget but don't seem so worried about every other startup they cover.
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by dkrich 14y ago
I agree. I'm actually worried that it sets a bad example for people who think it's okay or necessary to go hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to make some kind of trinket to sell. There should be some kind of warning in between segmen
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by dkrich 14y ago
This show is so ri-goddamned-diculous that it is entertaining. Maybe two of the "sharks" have any experience running actual businesses day-to-day and as such, the questions they ask (or at least the one's shown) are completely idiotic. I kn
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by dkrich 14y ago
Upon reading this again I realize that you must not understand what a deficit is. A deficit occurs when you spend more than you make. It is the opposite of a surplus. If you earn $5,000 a month but spend $6,000 a month, you are running a de
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by dkrich 14y ago
Do you really need me to substantiate why it is bad to spend more money than you make? I guess I took for granted that the fundamental laws of economics were understood. I guess that was a mistake. Everybody agrees that running a deficit is
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by dkrich 14y ago
I think there is an ongoing obsession in this country to always live in fear and convince oneself that things are always at their worst and the bottom is always about to fall out at any moment. Maybe it's human nature. But I just don't buy
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by dkrich 14y ago
When you say profit, do you really mean profit? What is one to make of those numbers in that spreadsheet? Surely there are hosting costs and processing fees that eat into that. Or do are those numbers figured after costs are taken into acco
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by dkrich 14y ago
Um, that's not a competitive advantage. Patents, huge barriers to entry, distribution channels. Those are competitive advantages.
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by dkrich 14y ago
> I do not know about medicare per se, but when social security was designed to support people 65 and over, I think life expectancy was around age 62. So it was designed to support a relatively small number of retirees in their extreme
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