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Are you still going to use your product after the SaaS version is shut down?
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What exactly is an innovation crisis? And how is that the country containing silicon valley has one?
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A feedback loop is probably the best analogy. I've been wondering about the living cost disparity for a while. So far, there's no evidence of trouble. I think it would be a reasonable move, however, for several big companies to
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That is possible, but it could easily be the reverse. It's a chicken/egg scenario.
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Build a version 1. If you can't do that, go convince a prospective customer to give you a check in advance. Either of these will greatly increase your odds. If you can't do either, why would anyone invest?
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The conclusion is very reminiscent of http://www.paulgraham.com/13sentences.html (see the last two paragraphs). As it should be, because identifying game changing features is tantamount to understanding what people want.
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One change is the willingness to pay workers as contractors. This saves quite a bit of money in terms of insurance, payroll, and taxes.
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The co-working trial is a two way street. Wouldn't a good developer want to make sure the new co-workers are also good?
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Corollary: Beware of unintended business ramifications when doing a code rewrite (i.e. putting coffee back on the menu might cause revenue per table to drop).
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Your questions are interesting, because (outside of the startup world) they are based on sound logic. The basic rules of expected value don't apply to startups, because the present value is not a good predictor of future value. Some
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Could this be a 'software eating the world' effect: tech is now a part of all industries instead of its own?
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This article was from about 3 weeks ago: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ripping-off-young-... Short version: The government makes money off student loans, and there is no defaulting on them (unless you
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It depends on the price of the mortgage. In silicon valley, they are insanely high and absolutely a barrier to starting a company. However, there are other parts of the country where mortgages are less than San Francisco parking spots.
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Crowd dynamics is a factor missing from the list. In my opinion, the best time to do a startup is when few others are doing them. I actually think now is relatively bad, because pretty much every endeavor has become difficult due to compe
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The logo blog post may have been a clever PR stunt. If so, the press is biting... and bringing much needed attention back to Yahoo.
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Yahoo needs a lifeboat, not a logo(bloomberg.com)
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Reliable software has more to do with proper testing than proper engineering. Rather than license engineers, they should license QA methodologies.
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I worked from home for almost a year. It was a great thing for me, because ever since then I consider an office a perk and not an obligation. My reasons are below. Everyone is different, and for many people offices are a great thing. - I
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At some point, society needs to digest this 'sharing economy' and understand its pros/cons. On one hand, it provides a way to make money. On the other hand, the laborers are often putting themselves in situations where lega
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It might be effective though. An occasional 'Ask PG' is better than an occasional security breach.
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With that many red flags, why would anyone accept an investment and enter a relationship with such an organization? The things people will do for funding... I'd rather have a day job or a consulting gig in a heartbeat compared to a si
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There's probably room for a startup, but not a very big one. Otherwise it will have to compress the images...
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This absolutely captures their strategy. They are clearly building a walled garden for their own benefit, while selling it as the user's benefit. I can't imagine users complaining about having the option to switch to android.
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Got it - I missed the bit about it dropping since the previous high.
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By 2005, however, 73% of buyers paid above ask. Is 73% a typo? It seems like it should be lower based on the tone of the sentence.
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I wonder if this is due to the subtle similarities between the Maserati and Tesla logos? http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.... http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:&#x
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It's actually a lot more. 4.31% per year is likely what the US government reports. They traditionally under report inflation (although to a greater degree over the past 20 years). The bundle of goods used to measure inflation does n
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A classic pivot: "This gold mining thing isn't working out, perhaps we should just sell goods to the other miners".
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While we are getting more and more advice about "how to raise money?", the startup community really needs to raise the prominence of another question: "should I raise money?". If properly addressed, I think the latter w
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Startup valuations are not accurate. Your comment essentially proves the point: If an investor is going to fund a company at valuation X, they prefer that X is a combination of cash and stock and not purely stock. This implies that a doll

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