jimhi

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by jimhi 5y ago
There is a plethora of valuable companies that did not do things in scalable way and only later sorted that out. Even a popular essay around here called "Do things that don't scale"
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Startup trends to not look for in 2030(mrsteinberg.com)
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Startups investing their seed money into (Un)Stablecoins(mrsteinberg.com)
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by jimhi 5y ago
Interesting, thanks. Is there anything you know of that does the opposite? Uses pressure to generate electricity?
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by jimhi 5y ago
> Ultrasonic scanners in doctors offices or ultrasonic motors for some camera lenses, or even those sound-playing birthday cards. I am confused by your statement on this one. Birthday cards use tiny batteries. > Yeah, but that's
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The known causes of electricity (2019)(mrsteinberg.com)
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by jimhi 5y ago
There's a million easy to use payment providers with checkouts in email, text, you name it.
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by jimhi 5y ago
Fast and Bolt are tried to sell one-click checkout as a service after the Amazon patent on this expired. They both seem to hire and raise a lot with very little market sure or even sense of how they will be profitable.
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One-click checkout company Fast is shutting down in 3 days(businessinsider.com)
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by jimhi 5y ago
I did not know this, thanks for the tip
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by jimhi 5y ago
An hour exercising is an hour you can't eat in addition to likely sleeping better and longer. You can see this people who hike the Appalachian Trail as well as athletes who train at least 4 hours a day. I have been experimenting with w
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by jimhi 5y ago
As I said, I could confirm they were. I was reselling their bikes to SE Asia in my last company. You can also google this: https://www.businessofbusiness.com/articles/peloton-in-housi...
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by jimhi 5y ago
Just to clarify they are in 4 countries. They also appeared to be doing the last mile delivery in these countries themselves (at least I could confirm in the USA) which probably helped with their premium brand. That said, I still agree with
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by jimhi 5y ago
I'm not the poster, but this is most of my career - check out my profile and website. The short answer is either: 1. Be willing to take a severe or entire pay cut at the start (i.e. Do it because you trust the person and believe the pr
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by jimhi 5y ago
I reached out to researchers for every renewable energy source to estimate the actual limits when we say renewable. Purely a thought experiment, renewable energy is necessary.
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How renewable is renewable actually?(mrsteinberg.com)
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Anonymous founder of 9 figure DeFi project connected to 9 figure Quadriga Scam(old.reddit.com)
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The Ass Cycle(mrsteinberg.com)
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by jimhi 5y ago
I don't really have an opinion on this but as a 2x YC founder, two assumptions are wrong 1. There are dozens of Stripe competitors funded by YC and new ones get accepted every batch from what I've seen. 2. VCs will ghost you last
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by jimhi 5y ago
This is a very optimistic view considering every part of her methodology was and always will be physically impossible without completely changing how we understand biology.
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by jimhi 5y ago
I have been in two lawsuits related to my startups. Your legal options depend on the country the company is operating in and the home of the person you are dealing with. You can't serve them papers without knowing their identity. Not k
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by jimhi 5y ago
Upon further research - this was written by a general partner at https://volt.capital . I assume they are trying to say it is possible to invest in decentralized companies with anonymous founders by their tokens and protocols. Li
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by jimhi 5y ago
Honest question, is this satire? The only hint is their mention of "KYC processes." As an investor, I am confused who would agree to this. I would like to hear from someone who has done this. Is there any binding legal action you
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by jimhi 5y ago
The submit your application is supposed to make it easier. One click instead of filling out all the information yourself. Most forms I saw had the option to just manually put it in too
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The Cola Wars(mrsteinberg.com)
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Apps Anonymous (2018)(mrsteinberg.com)
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by jimhi 5y ago
For reference, my company was only able to raise 10k at our demo day with a 6M Cap in 2018. This deal would have kept my cofounder and I from maxing out our credit cards & sleeping on our office floor for a year. We got acquired and I d
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by jimhi 5y ago
Many, many people are not in the Silicon Valley bubble and don’t get lucky enough to break in. I know tons of smart, coherent teams who struggle to this day or gave up. Every time I came into YC to interview (when it was in person) who did
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by jimhi 5y ago
Does anyone remember zug.com from the 90s?
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by jimhi 5y ago
The founder left then they were bought by Zynga and shutdown within a year. I agree. I loved the site and check up on the founder from time to time on twitter.

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