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by gatsby 8y ago
These companies are massive and meaningful because they've had time on their side...who's to say that Frey isn't the next Tide? Is that a small market? Not a user of Frey, but your examples are really poor: --Twitch started w
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by gatsby 8y ago
I'm a YC founder from S15 and was working at another YC company as an employee when we got the idea to apply to YC. Not exactly the same situation, but I've been here, and several founders in our batch went through similar situati
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by gatsby 8y ago
Reading this on mobile I got really confused: this was published in 1995.
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Who caused the Bay Area’s housing shortage?(extras.mercurynews.com)
1 points by gatsby 9y ago|0 comments
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The Man Who Knew Too Little(nytimes.com)
4 points by gatsby 9y ago|0 comments
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by gatsby 9y ago
Can't answer the age factor into YC's acceptance decision, but as a YC founder, I have met many founders in their 50s and 60s in the last few batches. You should definitely apply to YC regardless of your age, circumstances, etc.
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Money Laundering via Author Impersonation on Amazon(krebsonsecurity.com)
210 points by gatsby 9y ago|90 comments
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by gatsby 9y ago
This will not end well: “He believes there’s an energy behind the brand, and he’s gotten people to invest at that valuation. He has not tried to explain it in traditional financial terms.”
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The Suicide Prevention Hotline is pinned to the top of r/cryptocurrency(reddit.com)
29 points by gatsby 9y ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: Best books you read in 2017?
13 points by gatsby 9y ago|14 comments
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Forget Bitcoin, these guys invest in Magic cards(kotaku.com)
2 points by gatsby 9y ago|0 comments
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by gatsby 9y ago
“Social media: not that bad!” -Facebook
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Man collapsed with ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ tattooed: Doctors didn’t know what to do(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by gatsby 9y ago|0 comments
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by gatsby 9y ago
Indeed.com | Assessment Content Development Managers | REMOTE | Full-time Assessment Content Development Managers design and build every assessment we offer. It’s a highly creative role that will challenge you to repeatedly dive into new s
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by gatsby 9y ago
Formal business plans (at least for internet or saas companies) are wildly over-rated and increasingly unnecessary. They may provide more value in other industries (I have no/limited experience outside of internet/software). Proto
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by gatsby 9y ago
If you have a term sheet from a great/good investor, you don't say who it is because all good investors talk and the investor you're trying to get a term sheet from will just call the investor who gave you a term sheet. Worse
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by gatsby 10y ago
This is a great point. There are absolutely candidates who are "good interviewers." I think one of the most helpful methods of determining a good interviewer vs. a good future employee is taking a structured, situational interview
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by gatsby 10y ago
Laszlo Bock (former SVP of People at Google) did a great job summarizing decades of research around structured interviewing in his book 'Work Rules!' For a quick reference, the two defining criteria for a structured interview are:
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George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’(electrek.co)
330 points by gatsby 10y ago|473 comments
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CA DMV Reports of Traffic Accidents Involving Autonomous Vehicles(dmv.ca.gov)
6 points by gatsby 10y ago|0 comments
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Airbnb Raises $555M in New Funding(fortune.com)
22 points by gatsby 10y ago|5 comments
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by gatsby 10y ago
Eh, sort of. In my state (and many US states), the first rule that dictates short-term is whether a transient/occupany tax is paid (which it generally is, by Airbnb for their hosts: https://www.airbnb.com/help/arti
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by gatsby 10y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted, but this is a very good point. Companies like the National Multifamily Housing Council, National Apartment Association, National Association of Regional Property Managers, and various Realtor affili
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The most exclusive restaurant in America(newyorker.com)
4 points by gatsby 10y ago|0 comments
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by gatsby 10y ago
Amazing that repricings like this are so rare that even investors like A16Z never / rarely see it: >>“This is a unique situation, we’ve never seen it before and we don’t expect to see it again,” said a spokesperson for Andreessen
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by gatsby 10y ago
I was curious, so I looked up what the press has reported on each company's most recent valuation (and therefore, these numbers could be off, because they don't factor in reported write downs / markups from individual investo
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by gatsby 10y ago
Exactly right. Bank of America alone spends $420m every year on Bloomberg terminal fees. http://nypost.com/2016/01/14/bank-of-america-set-to-cash-on-...
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Can Using Artificial Intelligence Make Hiring Less Biased?(fastcompany.com)
1 points by gatsby 10y ago|0 comments
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Guillory, who says he was ousted as Cruise co-founder, files counter-complaint(techcrunch.com)
85 points by gatsby 11y ago|4 comments
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The Science of Smart Hiring(theatlantic.com)
3 points by gatsby 11y ago|0 comments

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