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by gatsby 11y ago
Would be nice if they gave receipts for tax purposes, like the Shyp/Goodwill partnership did: http://blog.shyp.com/goodwill/
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Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing(robgo.org)
1 points by gatsby 11y ago|0 comments
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Oscar Raises $145M at $1.5B Valuation to Build a New Healthcare, Insurance Giant(techcrunch.com)
8 points by gatsby 12y ago|3 comments
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by gatsby 12y ago
Congrats on the launch! Has it been challenging to get landlords to agree to a common rental application? What's the plan to differentiate from companies like cozy.co in the application/leases/rent-payment space?
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by gatsby 12y ago
I still don't understand why you think RE investment is morally wrong. Would also love to know how you came up with, "real estate investment...is THE major driving force for urban cost-of-living increases on both American coasts.&
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Startup Growth Calculator(growth.tlb.org)
1 points by gatsby 12y ago|0 comments
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by gatsby 12y ago
>If I could downvote the whole concept of this industry, I would. So, are you the one that downvoted most of the comments in this thread? >"income properties" and "real estate investment" are horrible things when i
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by gatsby 12y ago
This is really cool - congrats on the launch! Does all of the property analysis currently happen in individual reports? As a RE investor, I'd love some comparison tools to comp out similar properties side by side. Shoot me an email if
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by gatsby 12y ago
Really cool, Ritesh! How are you monetizing/planning to monetize? Also, how are you approaching the space differently from http://buildingrobotics.com/ ?
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How to Scale Change(firstround.com)
2 points by gatsby 12y ago|1 comments
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by gatsby 12y ago
>"Should I be honest and focus on my desire to work with people in the future?" Do this. Just because you haven't worked on a team in a while doesn't mean you're not a team player.
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by gatsby 12y ago
You're in luck. YC has a standard template that you can download here: https://www.ycombinator.com/documents/#sales I've also seen lots of sales contracts, so feel free to email me if you need help or get stu
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by gatsby 12y ago
No.
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by gatsby 12y ago
The cuts were made by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., a fascinating executive who made AmEx and IBM major players in the 80s-00s. Most of the layoffs happened in the summer of 1993, but in all, Gerstner reduced IBMs workforce by about 100k in a cou
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by gatsby 12y ago
In 2013 it was $14m. Source: http://www.forbes.com/profile/virginia-rometty-1/
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by gatsby 12y ago
That's really unfortunate. Sorry to hear that. Out of curiosity - where do you live, and what industry are you in?
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Policy for Growth and Innovation(blog.samaltman.com)
54 points by gatsby 12y ago|70 comments
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Ask HN: What's Your New Year's Resolution / Goal?
2 points by gatsby 12y ago|0 comments
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Redfin raises $71M to accelerate expansion, develop new technology(inman.com)
3 points by gatsby 12y ago|0 comments
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by gatsby 12y ago
Much more similar to private equity financing / bank loans, as opposed to traditional VC investment. WeWork needs lots of upfront capital to cover security deposits, build out spaces (tenant improvements), prove enough assets to take 2
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by gatsby 12y ago
I can only think of two: 1.) Mid-1940s - thousands of single soldiers came home to places like Detroit and Chicago after the war and wanted to buy homes and start families. Because housing development had slowed or been stopped for years, t
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by gatsby 12y ago
Yeah, I like Opendoor a lot. They have the potential to build a huge company because there's a lot of pain in selling homes. However, this doesn't do much/anything in terms of 1.) creating more supply to meet the current dema
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by gatsby 12y ago
True, all good points. Sama's second part of the tweet referenced above was, "homeowners don't want too see their home values decrease, and non-homeowners don't vote enough."
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by gatsby 12y ago
"[Almost any city with a real tech presence]'s Home Shortage Could Stifle Startups" Sama's tweet from about a month ago really resonated with me: "it's so unbelievably frustrating how hard it is to get lots of
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by gatsby 12y ago
Any time you're hiring an army of contractors across the world, you're guaranteed to have some problems. I'm impressed that after six years in business, tens of thousands of drivers, and a $40b valuation that one of the top-1
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Louisiana loses its boot(medium.com)
4 points by gatsby 12y ago|0 comments
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by gatsby 12y ago
I love Hosain's story. Until Startup School, I had no idea that the ideas for Jawbone date back to 1997, the company launched in '99, and over the last 15 years their team have endured some pretty crazy highs and lows - including
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A new team at Reddit(blog.samaltman.com)
368 points by gatsby 12y ago|352 comments
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by gatsby 12y ago
Very standard stuff: FB: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/0001193125120... (Page 18) Zendesk: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463172/000119312514
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by gatsby 12y ago
The comparison was meant to describe a speed to an average person - not a college athlete or professional cyclist.

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