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by johnrob 15y ago
Great example of why client side software is more exacting (and frightening) than building for the web. I wish I had more of these tales as ammo for future "native vs mobile web" debates.
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by johnrob 15y ago
I agree. I was almost going to make a similar argument a few days ago, but ultimately decided not to because the masses have effectively redefined what that term means. At this point, "Ponzi Scheme" has become a general term for financial
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by johnrob 15y ago
The Ponzi moniker is somewhat relevant in the sense that existing investors (angels and VCs) could cash out to the next series of investors (public market) before the company turns a profit.
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by johnrob 15y ago
I'd find the operating loss slightly disturbing, because it means they are relying on repeat business down the road in order to crank out profit. Not saying they are going to bomb, but as an investor I'd be more bullish if they could expan
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by johnrob 15y ago
It's a marquee founder trying to explore how to better involve technology in the restaurant industry. Not nearly as bizarre as the press apparently loves to paint it. This is borderline link bait.
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by johnrob 15y ago
Amazingly, it sounds a lot like a successful startup: 10 million in funding, 141 million exit. However, startups usually have to deal with a high probability of failure, while YC achieved this with a substantially lower risk (portfolio the
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by johnrob 15y ago
A very relevant application of this concept: the lean startup!
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by johnrob 15y ago
I detect sarcasm, and I agree to the extent that the public debate on this matter is sorely lacking any analysis of why the laws in question exist. Both sides of the argument seem guilty of this.
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by johnrob 15y ago
True - but a sales office is all they have to add. There's no shipping of inventory that Apple or Honda have to deal with.
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by johnrob 15y ago
What Zynga, Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon (and other current hits) have in common is that they have found a way to serve customers all around the world. How many business can really do that? It's easy to underestimate them because we forget
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by johnrob 15y ago
What is one of these time strapped guys supposed to do once he meets one of these girls? I thought he had no time...
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by johnrob 15y ago
Is the assumption that any company that wants to increase head count rapidly will treat their employees poorly?
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by johnrob 15y ago
If you're looking for a scandal, how about the apparent gross underpricing of the stock by linkedin's investment bank? Isn't the reason companies hire these "experts" is that they have a good idea what price people will pay for your stock?
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by johnrob 15y ago
MS has had its own video conferencing via MSN messenger for years. I don't see the value of spending 8.5 billion in order to get Skype's tech - I would think that money would be better spent on a very fat pipe on which to run the live vide
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by johnrob 15y ago
Given the recent trend of founders partially cashing out during larger rounds, there's a chance that the funding event alone could guarantee a million dollars (or something relatively close).
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by johnrob 15y ago
Why haven't they made a tool/framework for porting WebOS apps (non-native) to iOS & android? This would be a great way to leverage their superior developer experience to get more apps on their platform.
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Apple looking into senate request for DUI checkpoint app removals(appleinsider.com)
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by johnrob 15y ago
The interesting bit is that $9 million is a normal amount for one company's series B round. In this case, that money is going to (in theory) benefit 60 companies. That is a big change that could have a significant impact.
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by johnrob 15y ago
Google profited over 8.5 billion in Q1. There's no way food could be a relevant operating cost for them.
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by johnrob 15y ago
Wine appreciation depends on your experience. If you haven't been exposed to the higher end, you won't miss it and should be perfectly happy with everyday brands (like Charles Shaw). The more exploring you do, however, the more you'll app
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by johnrob 15y ago
It seems contradictory to get a rejection email that bemoans the idea - we keep hearing that caliber of the founders is all that matters.
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by johnrob 15y ago
You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. Life's too short, do what you love.
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by johnrob 15y ago
Because it was written by a journalist. Practically by definition, there will be an astonishingly large amount of incorrect data.
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by johnrob 15y ago
Is insider trading a form of wealth confiscation? The only way banks and hedge funds can be as successful as they are is via insider trading - not in the legal sense, but in the sense that they have info that the public does not. I don't
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by johnrob 15y ago
The investors are looking at this the wrong way. If buying employee equity doesn't seem like taking candy from a baby, then perhaps they should not be investing in the deal to begin with. I'd gladly buy shares in Groupon if the price look
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by johnrob 15y ago
Since this uses SSH, how do you deal with the fact that any user could login to the remote server? Is there a custom daemon running that implements the SSH protocol, or does the client use the real SSH daemon? If it's the latter, someone
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by johnrob 15y ago
This arguably could be reduced to: Are they using the product? >> Success. <<
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by johnrob 16y ago
This post reminds me of Paul Buchheit's definition of startup advice: Limited Life Experience + Overgeneralization = ADVICE The argument posed by the author looks good so long as he selectively chooses his examples (dropbox in this case).
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by johnrob 16y ago
I feel like part of a firehose when commenting on this thread, but I'll quickly add my 2 cents: How about showing points for top level comments (those whose parent is an actual posting). Any derivative comment has no visible score. This w
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by johnrob 16y ago
I know someone who was involved in that deal, and I remember hearing that the Flip folks were very happy to sell because they knew iPhone was about to add video support.

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