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by epa 12y ago
Nothing will ever get built then.
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A $1M software bug(winnipegfreepress.com)
1 points by epa 12y ago|0 comments
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by epa 12y ago
The most important figure to look at here is the cash flow statement. Consider that they are actually cash positive from operations, but are spending more than 1.5x the cash they get from operations on buying companies. Consider also that a
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by epa 12y ago
Yes, technically, but your example is too simplistic and the year by year can fluctuate. But the specific capital items we are talking about today that are not purchased do not contribute to the IS. The effect is just existing capital items
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by epa 12y ago
Good point but this is a separate discussion, R&D must be expensed up to a certain point, so reduction in research would improve the statements..
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by epa 12y ago
Investments in capital items are shown on an income statement expensed over the life of the asset. Decreases in investment have no impact on increase in profit (only the opposite is true, increase in investment will add a decrease in profit
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by epa 12y ago
Hey James I have been following you guys for a while, great concept and looks pretty smooth. Reminds me a lot of Habbo Hotel, great market with lots of revenue potential. Keep it up.
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SF Bay Area Housing Crash Continues (2006)(www-formal.stanford.edu)
40 points by epa 12y ago|27 comments
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by epa 12y ago
I don't really understand what you guys do. Are you just a cloud database for account balances, and we send you journal entries? And then you process the financial statements? I assume you don't automatically process the notes to
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by epa 12y ago
The idea that patents are not necessary, useful or relevant in today's society is childish. Patents still play a very key role is spurring innovation and allowing innovative players to profit off of their development and creation of ne
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by epa 12y ago
People don't do it because there is very limited ability to do so currently. Only certain websites accept it and it only works with certain financial institutions.
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by epa 12y ago
It depends who you are, i think this is all relative. Not talking myself explicitly, but for some people graduating high school is a major accomplishment in their life and is something that took a multi-year effort and was completely option
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by epa 12y ago
Ironic that i'm reading this at work.
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by epa 12y ago
Call me.
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by epa 12y ago
How do you feel after each of those meals though? Also what time of the day do you eat and does it affect your 1-3 hours after.
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Chilling Effects: A searchable database of cease and desist notices(chillingeffects.org)
1 points by epa 13y ago|0 comments
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by epa 13y ago
"Versace/Starbucks/Cadillac generates revenue by psychologically manipulating customers into spending money in order to .."
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by epa 13y ago
What takes more time though? Quickly reviewing a listing of 20 expenses that an employee made on a trip and signing off, or getting an alert 5 times a day for 4 days for an expense that needs to be approved. I think you guys under estimate
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Ask HN: What is the next opportunity as Internet speeds increase?
1 points by epa 13y ago|2 comments
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by epa 13y ago
Although, scary business model if you lose that customer
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by epa 13y ago
Unfortunately because it is not taxed at the personal level, it does not need to stay out of the country and makes it very easy to bring back in the country. This may also depend on the financial institutions and regulation over reporting o
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by epa 13y ago
So the owner/CEO's lawyers form a holding company in Switzerland which gets paid management fees from the French company to hide it from 'salaries'. The owner pays the personal taxes on the income at lower Swiss rates an
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by epa 13y ago
Interesting
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by epa 13y ago
YC Equity stakes are likely unable to be diluted. Not all shares can just get 'diluted' aka expanded.
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by epa 13y ago
If you have to ask....
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by epa 13y ago
Nice information, but what would be more useful is to add a line showing gross profit. We would amuse that profit would be low in the first few years and then increase as the years pass, showing the decline in the money spent on engineers a
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by epa 13y ago
The name, logo, and branding of your identity means a lot. Although the service you provide will likely matter more than these things, you need to be aware that a customers first impression of your company is huge. I find it so odd that all
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by epa 13y ago
Good point.
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by epa 13y ago
These start ups get massive investment, IPO for retarded valuations, and all the venture firms/owners cash out leaving the market and institutional investors holding the rest. Slowly these companies die.. but the original people have a
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April 5, 2007: "Show HN, Dropbox"(news.ycombinator.com)
518 points by epa 13y ago|178 comments

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