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As much as I hate to say it, linkedin is extremely valuable for this. When we were getting our business off the ground I wrote connection request messages to the C level guys in large companies we were hoping to work with. I was honest and
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The last few insurance companies Ive delt with seem to act more like banks giving loans. Twice now, they have priced premiums for our company policy low in the first year before increasing them the following year based on how much was claim
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Ok, thats kind of fair. I should have been more specific. What they are on track to becoming (the we-chat, alipay of SEA), requires a high level of innovation in itself. As We-chats rise was very different to Alipay's - Grab & co&#
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Only on HN would you be confused whether the down-vote was for defending On-Demand services or talking about regulating them :P
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They aren't really the Uber of Southeast Asia. They are more like "the potential Alipay/Wechat" of south east Asia. And given those apps have managed to re-arrange e-comm, on demand, banking & payments industries ove
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:( I loved this authors previous blog posts but man this one has a lot of inaccuracies - People don't trust apps more than they do banks. Traditional bank accounts are expensive (for bank & users) and its this has been the primary
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They have higher income as the number of jobs available through apps is orders of magnitude higher than was available before they came along. Parcel Delivery, Shopping, Food delivery - all in addition to the increase in regular commuters du
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Actually I learned today that its maybe not a bad idea to broadcast public announcements through alternate channels like twitter. There was a quake here in Jakarta and the resulting hug of death took the governments site offline briefly - b
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In farms in Ireland its typically Breakfast - Dinner - Tea. Where your main meal of the day (dinner) is around 12-1pm and the evening meal (tea) is light. Your occasional cup of tea before bed is supper. Outside of farming people have thei
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Looking for anyone who is an expert in a domain your not familiar with is difficult. Especially a co-founder, as your success together will depend maybe more on dedication & your relationship VS technical ability. At a minimum, look for
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How to implement though? You cant just give Jail-time for data breeches. It would encourage cover ups and scape goats. Also never underestimate just how disorganised large organisations are, incompetence at addressing issues is systemic and
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I wasn't already aware - ill check it out - Thank you!
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A platform that allows a person's employer to assist them with obtaining a mortgage. For example streamlining the application process, loaning deposits, repayments directly from salary and subsidising repayments. Its a good employee re
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Ask HN: Experience with profit sharing?
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My first retina worked worked well for a few months. Until the screen started looking like it was being burnt by the keyboard (a now known factory defect ) My second one, around a year later, had the same screen problem! Not only that, it h
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by ian0 9y ago
Books & movies can help you connect with your location or situation, they don't have to be a diversion. When living in China I liked to watch dystopian sci-fi & anime based in large cities - Akira, Ghost in the shell, Oblivion
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Because it would be too tiring to slam on all the others.
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Upload them to youtube as private videos? Assume its the better player + there are plenty of tools to ease uploading. Also he likes leaving nasty comments theres no better place!
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For the last few years Ive used new 15'' Macbook pros. I switched to a 2012 macbook air a few months ago. Its been so good in comparison, despite the smaller screen, that Im now thinking of buying another and saving it for later u
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That is such a lovely service.
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I think this is where social safety nets (or the lack of them) come into play. The market can be short sighted when it comes to training and typically focus on younger generations where they do (large orgs sponsoring university courses etc)
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On the bright side I guess they did make a decision. Unfortunately this early stage venture was practically assured of founder conflict :P
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Super speedway endurance, to get the polyphony formula one car perhaps :) I also had the same strategy.. Very handy as the car was one of 4 randomly gifted and that was one boring track.
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Good point.
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I guess it doesn't make you feel better then :) Its subjective, but some can take comfort in rituals and beliefs that rely on a certain amount of doublethink. PS I don't think you need to compare and contrast, just go with say an
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There are lots of strategies which are rational, non-stupid, in a specific context but irrational & stupid if context is expanded. Eg. Paying it forward by advising a sociopath, working on something interesting despite it being damaging
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That result is pretty spectacular! I wonder if this is something general or related to their seemingly bespoke categorisation of movies.
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A tangent - but I live in Jakarta, Indonesia. Here around 2 years ago a local motorbike ride-sharing startup called Gojek so ago switched on a service called go-food. There legion of drivers would now pick up any food from any restaurant yo
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However much you need for your business model to forecast a future you would be happy with. So if contracting, enough to cover your cost of life, either from the outset or taking into account some forecast of growth due to experience or abi
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The acquiring bank provides merchants with an API to process payments, both their own cards and other banks, the latter of which are processed through the networks of schemes like Visa. They also settle with the merchants. WePay/Alipay

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