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Andreessen Horowitz's Missed Opportunity to Change VC Fee Structure(fredlybrand.com)
2 points by flybrand 14y ago|0 comments
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by flybrand 15y ago
In textiles we see the opposite. Large capex businesses are still here in the US since depreciation is such a big portion of your cost component (think big battery separator, diaper or wipe production lines - 3 football fields long 24x7x36
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by flybrand 15y ago
Fair point, but saying that Dow Corning is not high-tech because it did not win the Apple iPhone business is akin to saying Foursquare is not 'high-tech' since FB also does location based services. The NYT article does not give any detail o
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Ask HN: Materials science collaboration software?
1 points by flybrand 16y ago|1 comments
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by flybrand 16y ago
Our site was at the center of uncovering an individual with similar behavior this time last year. There are several similarities that may be helpful in identifying if an online retailer is fraudulent.
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Warning Signs for the Likes of Vitaly Borker @ DecorMyEyes(blog.junonutrition.com)
1 points by flybrand 16y ago|1 comments
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by flybrand 16y ago
4 year old boy and 1 year old girl. Two things change; Time. I'd worked in banking fresh out of school - have a problem? Throw hours at it. +100 hour weeks were no problem. Not so now - much more than 60 and the big one will ask me whe
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by flybrand 16y ago
That is Nassim Taleb's website. Fooled By Randomness was his first trade book. Taleb is Mandelbrot's protege in financial circles.
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by flybrand 16y ago
I have my chartered finanial analyst (CFA) designation and the ti-ba II+ is the only calculator allowed for the 3 years of exams required to get the designation. It is a very simple device and this lock-in is the only way I would have paid
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Facebook at Center of Aussie Child Porn Ring(smh.com.au)
2 points by flybrand 16y ago|0 comments
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Scott Adams: How I (Almost) Saved the Earth (online.wsj.com)
122 points by flybrand 16y ago|48 comments
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Stating the JA-Problem(web.mac.com)
1 points by flybrand 16y ago|0 comments
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by flybrand 16y ago
Is this just an example of how 'big media' is often held to lower standards than a blogger? Blog posts are often labeled as flame-baiting or simply trying to promote self interest (eg - articles that knock 37signals / Calacanis / Apple fan
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by flybrand 17y ago
There are lots of one day training classes that are pretty effective taught by Miller Heiman, Huthwaite, etc. I took one in grad school, the professor's background is a huge contributing factor. Fortunately ours was pretty good and certain
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by flybrand 17y ago
Yes, you should absolutely contact the predecessor. It is good corporate diligence and failing to do so would be a bad decision on your part. Have a script put together of what you are going to ask; - Start with an overview. - Allow them t
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by flybrand 17y ago
VCs are market makers; they facilitate their LPs investing into their portfolio companies. Brand is applied in two directions; upstream to their LPs (who are upstream of them in the capital supply chain) and to prospective investment oppor
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Product Innovation in Materials Science: Promoting Musso(web.mac.com)
1 points by flybrand 17y ago|0 comments
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by flybrand 17y ago
Interesting. Hadn't thought about it previously, but a global version of Yelp focused on supply chain partners and their production facilities would be very valuable. You'd need to start with a narrow vertical (textiles, wire-bonding, non
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by flybrand 17y ago
These kinds of issues are very common in hardware; electronics (pure IC), devices, batteries, any kind of physical good with an outsourced manufacturer. Partner / Supplier diligence is just as important as a good idea. Techcrunch is hurtin
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by flybrand 17y ago
"without literally killing the single founder." is the proof that you note in the opening line. It's true based on your hit-by-the-bus risk alone. The catastrophic risk (something goes wrong with a founder, their family, etc.) is diffused
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by flybrand 17y ago
VCs rimshot
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by flybrand 17y ago
I run the US operations for a capital equipment company. We make equipment that makes nanofibers. This sounds high tech, but it isn't; our customers are textile, nonwovens, paper and filter companies. All of the modern pharmaceutical mir