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by jammur 14y ago
I don't really see this lasting for very long. All it will take is one drunk, out of control idiot with a pocket knife to ruin the whole thing. I think most of us remember those two RIM employees who were so drunk they tried to chew their w
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by jammur 14y ago
While it may not have "inherent" value, it certainly has value. The attention of a user base can be extremely valuable if effective advertising is used. The majority of Google's revenue comes from advertising, and no one would claim they ar
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by jammur 14y ago
The big VC firms are increasingly trying to do early stage angel investments to get their foot in the door, so to speak. They will likely have better advice at the early stage than they would have a few years ago because they have more expe
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by jammur 14y ago
I'm not sure that's necessarily true, but in the context of creating a company around a product, I would say that selling is as important as creating.
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by jammur 14y ago
Saying that "Improving is not Apple-style innovation," seems kinda wrong. Yes, they've had a few brand new product launches, but most of their time has been spent improving existing products. The progression from the original iPod to the cu
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by jammur 14y ago
Considering their P/E is so low, AAPL is likely undervalued and so their stock is likely to gain in the coming year. A major reason for this current drop is that funds and institutional investors are trying to lock up profits before year en
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by jammur 14y ago
I think this is the problem that the "Lean Startup" methodologies aim to solve, enabling you to cheaply and quickly test out ideas in order to find the one that will satisfy the criteria you listed.
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by jammur 14y ago
You're correct about the current state of payments in Canada, but many Canadian banks are now issuing Visa debit cards similar to the debit cards issued by American banks.
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by jammur 14y ago
It's possible that he might have requested it if he expected to divulge some sensitive information.
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Pair 1.4 - Fast, Beautiful, More Features (blog.trypair.com)
15 points by jammur 14y ago|8 comments
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by jammur 14y ago
Can you elaborate on this, Fred? What's the benefit of having a round, over "a bunch of investors"?
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by jammur 14y ago
Unfortunately, "Dustin Moskovitz executes a pretty minor (and sensible) liquidity transaction" doesn't inspire people to click the link and view their ads...
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For Stripe Cofounders, Y Combinator Supplies Far More Than Mentoring(fastcompany.com)
8 points by jammur 14y ago|0 comments
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by jammur 14y ago
I have to imagine that a chunk of that money is to provide liquidity to the founders, which they very much deserve. I don't really see how this is a bad thing. They were very much profitable, and were likely able to dictate the terms of the
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by jammur 14y ago
I'm really sorry that's the experience you had. I can't say that the app is perfect -- we've got a decent bug list we're working though -- but I can say that it shouldn't be like that. If you have a couple minutes, shoot me an email at jami
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Pair (YC W12), The Social Network For Two, Launches An Android App(mashable.com)
68 points by jammur 14y ago|29 comments
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Pair (YC W12) raises $4.2M round of funding(techcrunch.com)
105 points by jammur 14y ago|34 comments
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by jammur 15y ago
I love it! Disclosure: I'm one of the co-founders of Pair :)
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Pair hits 50K downloads in 4 days(thenextweb.com)
10 points by jammur 15y ago|0 comments
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Zynga’s bid for Draw Something may top $200 million(gigaom.com)
7 points by jammur 15y ago|0 comments
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by jammur 15y ago
Part of the "scandal" the article mentions is the possibility that a portions of RIM's recorded revenue does not quality as such, since it could have been for Playbook's that could be returned to RIM.
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by jammur 15y ago
I'm shocked at the amount of xenophobia in the comments on the CNN site. Being Canadian, I have no idea whether it is representative of the population at large, but it appears that many Americans have been brainwashed into the thinking that
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Turn your iPad into a 3D controller(maideinc.com)
59 points by jammur 15y ago|11 comments
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Show HN: Control 3D CAD software with your iPad(youtube.com)
19 points by jammur 15y ago|1 comments
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by jammur 15y ago
Depends what the incremental change is. If the change results in increased conversion rates, then it sounds like a legitimate business to me. Most businesses would be more than willing to pay for a small change if it results in them making
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iOS users buy more apps and pay more for them(gigaom.com)
41 points by jammur 15y ago|17 comments
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by jammur 15y ago
I think the benefit is that in the first scenario, you have to maintain the server yourself. In the second, you only have to worry about the clients. It's definitely a trade off, but for some developers, the benefit of not having to maintai
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Dear RIM: Hire me as your Co-Co-CEO(blog.jamiemurai.com)
5 points by jammur 15y ago|1 comments
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by jammur 15y ago
“With the right strategic execution, significant improvements in the half-baked Playbook and a big dose of luck, RIM could keep its status as a tier-one smartphone maker.” I really take issue with this statement. First, what evidence is the
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by jammur 15y ago
I think that pegging RIM's future to QNX is a mistake. There is no single technology that will return RIM to it's former status. iOS isn't the reason Apple is succeeding, it's simply one piece of the puzzle. I keep hearing the same thing yo

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