itsprofitbaron

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by itsprofitbaron 15y ago
Heroku was acquired for $212MM with a 400x return to YC. I wouldn't exactly call that a baby buy with a small return from a $20k investment. With regards to the other acquisitions I was highlighting that YC is actually successful without th
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by itsprofitbaron 15y ago
I think you missed my point and sure companies fail every day but, Y Combinator doesn't actually need a Facebook or a Google to succeed. Sure, a $XX Billion IPO would be awesome for them but they're investing $17k for 6% of the company at t
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by itsprofitbaron 15y ago
You say that in YC you " see the same style of companies and no big winners cause its only selected by a few people " and that they " probably look for the same traits of people " As well as these points, I will also be addressing some of y
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by itsprofitbaron 15y ago
IMO, I'd highlight that its actually not their phone number rather its a Twilio number etc which is used to call them up. So I would change: we would give you a number for the other group, and YOU WOULD CALL THEM (not us) TO APOLOGIZE.
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by itsprofitbaron 15y ago
Having read a few comments regarding the valuation of Mashable at the $200MM range, I've decided to post my 2 cents here. Personally, I think the valuation for Mashable is achievable when we consider Mashable as similar to HuffingtonPost ra
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by itsprofitbaron 15y ago
I'm not 100% sure although if you email hello@izettle.com they will probably give you a better idea regarding timescales or may let you in on their testing in the UK - which I know they are doing right now
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by itsprofitbaron 15y ago
FWIW a 'Square' competitor are launching in the UK soon and they use Chip & Pin as well - http://www.izettle.com
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by itsprofitbaron 15y ago
When they all were taken mainly by domainers they were going crazy that they'd be the new LLL.com's where the prices went from $xxx to $xx,xxx in a very short period of time. However, what has happened with LLLL.com's is that they went very
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by itsprofitbaron 15y ago
For some ideas, have a look at: http://www.paulgraham.com/seesv.html http://scobleizer.com/2010/10/04/silicon-valley-places-that-... http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/things-to-do-and-eat-in-silico...