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by hko 13y ago
Braintree is not a great example of a company that "didn't take VC." According to Crunchbase they raised a $34 million series A round and a $35 million series B round. BigCommerce also raised a $15 million series A round an
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by hko 13y ago
Perhaps she meant ſlashdot.
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by hko 13y ago
I realize this is a subtle point but I think the more accurate verb in this case is mandate rather than provide. I.e. countries don't provide maternity/paternity leave; they require employers to provide it.
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Big Diamond Heist at Brussels Airport(online.wsj.com)
1 points by hko 14y ago|0 comments
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by hko 14y ago
That list is a bit out of date: http://gigaom.com/2012/07/09/github-finally-raises-funding-1...
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Venture Capital: What is the worst part of being a VC?(quora.com)
12 points by hko 14y ago|0 comments
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by hko 15y ago
The last 2 sound good.
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by hko 15y ago
Really? "Nerds?" I think the word you're looking for is "experts."
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by hko 16y ago
Do they have a competitor whose angle is customer-powered support? I don't know anything about this business, but this sounds like a response to a competitor.
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by hko 16y ago
"it's hard to determine which course of study is most infested with cheating. But I'd say education is the worst."
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AirDropper lets people put files into your Dropbox without signing up(downloadsquad.com)
16 points by hko 16y ago|1 comments
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Rethinking Einstein: The end of space-time(newscientist.com)
6 points by hko 16y ago|0 comments
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by hko 16y ago
Have you attended any planning hearings in your town?
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by hko 16y ago
Odd. There are on Yahoo image search: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9G_bDiWzT...
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Facebook Games May Lead Payment Startups to $3.6 Billion Market(businessweek.com)
2 points by hko 16y ago|0 comments
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by hko 16y ago
Can anyone figure out who the VC was? Would be interesting to know.
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Why iPad apps won't help magazines(slate.com)
2 points by hko 16y ago|0 comments
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by hko 16y ago
Last sentence: "Granted, I haven't been to Austin and haven't spent a significant amount of time in Silicon Valley..."
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by hko 16y ago
If there is a significant trend here, it would be better to explore it than to try to suppress exploration with dismissive witticisms.
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by hko 16y ago
He did do more. He deleted his account, and told everyone on HN he had.
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U.S. Air Force Reveals Operational Stealth UAV(aviationweek.com)
4 points by hko 17y ago|0 comments
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Five Publishers to Build Digital Storefront for Print(adage.com)
1 points by hko 17y ago|0 comments
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by hko 17y ago
The guy sounds unnecessarily harsh. He could just have said "Congrats on the article. How's the company doing?" I don't think I'd want him as an investor.
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Chinese challenge to 'out of Africa' theory(newscientist.com)
4 points by hko 17y ago|0 comments
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What's replacing P2P, BitTorrent as pirate hangouts?(computerworld.com)
1 points by hko 17y ago|1 comments
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Seeking Energy Savings at the Heart of the Internet(nytimes.com)
10 points by hko 17y ago|0 comments
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What Caused the Sidekick Failure?(hiptop3.com)
2 points by hko 17y ago|2 comments
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From Birth, Engage Your Child With Talk (nytimes.com)
2 points by hko 17y ago|0 comments
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Informed P2P User Act to clamp down on filesharing software(arstechnica.com)
1 points by hko 17y ago|0 comments
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Percentage of Internet Users Clicking on Display Ads Down by 50% from 2007(seekingalpha.com)
2 points by hko 17y ago|0 comments

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