jasontraff

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Shipwell raises $35m to centralize supply chains(techcrunch.com)
8 points by jasontraff 7y ago|0 comments
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KeepTruckin and Shipwell partner to create cutting-edge freight visibility(keeptruckin.com)
6 points by jasontraff 8y ago|0 comments
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by jasontraff 9y ago
Hi Jon -- we work primarily with businesses, but if you're shipping freight and have questions, you can always email us at sales@shipwell.com -- thanks!
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Shipwell – Helping every business ship freight as well as Amazon(medium.com)
45 points by jasontraff 9y ago|12 comments
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by jasontraff 11y ago
At your level, it sounds like you're past getting an MBA. You may find value in an Executive MBA, which are usually done part time and have an average age of ~40, later, but it would depend on a lot of factors.
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An Advance Review of Peter Thiel's 'Zero to One' Book(jasonshen.com)
2 points by jasontraff 12y ago|0 comments
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YC Demo Day Session 4(techcrunch.com)
76 points by jasontraff 12y ago|34 comments
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by jasontraff 12y ago
Sorry; wasn't trying to make that point at all. Instead, I was agreeing that I also was surprised with how much bandwidth Twitch takes up.
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by jasontraff 12y ago
I ran some tests a few months back on how much bandwidth I use up while watching Twitch. What I found is that if I streamed Twitch 24/7 that I'd hit something like 1.2 TB down in a month. By that logic, even just 3 hours a day wou
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Everything Old is New Again: Recycling Business Models(459pm.com)
4 points by jasontraff 12y ago|0 comments
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by jasontraff 12y ago
You are correct, and made me smile. Thank you.
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The Cult of 'Killing It'(459pm.com)
40 points by jasontraff 12y ago|13 comments
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by jasontraff 14y ago
This. Mostly. The idea of comparing insurance isn't new, but I felt that no one had done it well. Generally, either the results are biased because someone is trying to encourage you to pick one company over the other. Or when an agency is a
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by jasontraff 14y ago
I don't think it's currently possible to do entirely online at the moment. Your best chance would be with an independent agent at the moment (though we're trying to change that).
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by jasontraff 14y ago
This is very true, and actually had a strong influence on Leaky - especially in the early days. I spent a lot of time in the UK (and actually spoke at a price aggregation conference in London), and there are a few structural reasons for why
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Auto Insurance Comparison Startup Leaky Launches Nationally, Raises $670K(techcrunch.com)
72 points by jasontraff 14y ago|41 comments
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by jasontraff 14y ago
My wife dragged me to an appliance shop in the Mission (SF) and they had a toilet like this in their bathroom. At first I was shocked and appalled at how forceful the stream of water was - especially as I had it on the 'low' setting. Then I
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by jasontraff 14y ago
This is fantastic news! For too long have larger companies used the looming threat of legal action to discourage legitimate competition from smaller companies. I'd never heard of Chilling Effects before this, but now I'm tempted to put all
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by jasontraff 14y ago
The inferences he makes about political and religious beliefs as a consequence of evolutionary psychology is pretty cool. Gets a bit weird around here though: "Intelligent people are more likely to be nocturnal because humans are designed t
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by jasontraff 14y ago
Love these guys and the work they're doing!
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by jasontraff 14y ago
This is absolutely true. The opportunity to disrupt insurance is massive, and at this point, almost a certainty. Through Leaky, one of the things that we've always liked is that there's room for disruption in all parts of the spectrum. Cust
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by jasontraff 14y ago
Thanks! And no, we aren't using an API for these prices; they are just our own unendorsed/unaffiliated estimations :)
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by jasontraff 14y ago
Ah, hehe, yeah. That comes from comments I've heard from some of their employees about how well they've done against their competitors given their 'relatively smaller' resources/teams/ad spend.
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by jasontraff 14y ago
We'll check your entries to make sure that we've mapped everything correctly (zip code, vehicles, etc.). If there are any date-related fields (like speeding tickets) or discounts, we'll check those to make sure we've correctly applied each
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by jasontraff 14y ago
Hehe, we'd love to see that button too, but that's what we got in trouble for the first time! Also, _please_ email us at sayhi at leaky dot com with the email address you used on the site so that we can look into it; that difference is well
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by jasontraff 14y ago
All very true and good points from both of you all - we're currently working through a site redesign, and this'll be a big part of it.
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by jasontraff 14y ago
I think so - at least for now. Heck, I'd imagine that's a significant reason that Allstate ended up acquiring them. In any event, the pricing structures are different so it still makes sense to compare them separately.
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by jasontraff 14y ago
Thanks! Who'd have thought someone would say that an insurance comparison site has a 'fun to use' interface! We run lots of randomized test cases for our accuracy, if your prices have been off by more than 3% - please email us at sayhi@leak
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by jasontraff 14y ago
Thanks! (and I think they're #3, but considering how much smaller they are than most of the insurance companies - they're doing a pretty good job)
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Leaky adds Esurance to auto insurance comparisons(blog.sfgate.com)
34 points by jasontraff 14y ago|25 comments

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