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by jsonne 5y ago
Shake down is sort of a silly phrase but I mean I run an adtech startup and the space could use more regulation to be sure. Right now its not really serving anyone except the adtech companies themselves. Neither consumers (privacy violation
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by jsonne 5y ago
Giving up that 7% functionally doubles the valuation you can justify at a seed stage and saves you months in fundraising efforts. That time is valuable and if you plan to raise a lot having a low dilution matters quite a bit.
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by jsonne 5y ago
There is plenty of anti science attitudes all over Europe. It simply doesn't manifest in the same way as it does in the US.
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by jsonne 5y ago
That's just not at all true. If you've ever worked in / around law you'd understand how it's less about right and wrong and more about risk management. Non guilty parties settle all the time. (I have no idea if that
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by jsonne 5y ago
If there is anything covid has taught me its that collective action isn't something we can rely on and is a lot more wishful thinking about the state of humanity rather than a sober look at the reality. Governments need to tax CO2 emis
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by jsonne 5y ago
Yeah I was born in 89 and growing up middle class in a more rural American small town we didn't get internet until the late 90s and didn't use it with any regularity until the early 00s. I got my first laptop when I was going to c
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by jsonne 5y ago
Fwiw I grew up in a fairly small town in Illinois a few hours outside Chicago and though I was born in 89 I grew up without computers until I was like maybe 6 or 7? So not quite all my childhood but we didn't get internet until maybe t
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by jsonne 5y ago
Do you have a source? That's wild if true.
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by jsonne 5y ago
Can't tell you what a lifesaver this is and we're so excited to give it a shot. One of the challenges of adtech is there's a lot of bad actors trying to defraud ad platforms and a non insignificant amount of our time is think
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by jsonne 5y ago
Just one example. The Mormon mission program is quite possibly the best sales training program in the world. If you can go door to door in a country that isn't your own, in a second language, selling religion then enterprise SaaS is re
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by jsonne 5y ago
Ironic because Utah is becoming a tech hot spot driven in part by the large Mormon presence.
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by jsonne 5y ago
> The author likely comes from a structured, religious background and prefers the “certainty” of a corporate environment. I'm a practicing Catholic and have worked either as a freelancer or a startup founder for >90% of my career
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by jsonne 5y ago
Agreed. My Bose Noise Canceling 700 headphones have possibly been my favorite purchase ever in terms of day to day use and also quality of life increase. Absolutely essential while having a toddler and working on the road.
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by jsonne 5y ago
Most of the bigger and better DTC marketing agencies I know are making the same move as your concept. Buying or starting internal brands as they can scale them better and more effectively than their clients can. Why are you different /
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by jsonne 5y ago
Seriously. It has a lot more to do with the idea too that if you look similar to other big companies who are using it then you'll get a modicum of a trust factor out of the gate than some nefarious psy op.
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by jsonne 6y ago
Google isn't the only one doing this though. The Trade Desk and the wider programmatic industry seem to be somewhat pushing to unify around Unified ID 2.0 especially as they released it to the public. (Eg one company isn't the gat
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by jsonne 6y ago
Robinhood canceled my GME calls orders at 1am and sent a message confirming that I canceled them (I didn't). Doesn't matter if they're technically in their rights or not the trust is shattered and I'm closing my accoun
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by jsonne 6y ago
This is certainly part of it too and something I wish I expanded on more. When you can make so much money without really doing much hard work can seem like a suckers game.
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by jsonne 6y ago
"I also don't agree with the Wallstreetbets culture. I'm just trying to explain it."
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by jsonne 6y ago
Some of the gun subreddits mimic this language as well. Particularly weekendgunnit before they went off platform.
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by jsonne 6y ago
Mostly a fringe benefit I think or some sort of minor act of rebellion against the system they feel screwed them over rather than some sort of organized protest like Occupy.
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by jsonne 6y ago
Good idea. I'll do a quick ninja update.
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by jsonne 6y ago
If you don't have enough money to pay your rent but winning means getting a Ferrari then yes. Losing means nothing and winning is everything. At least that's the point I was trying to make.
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by jsonne 6y ago
You get it.
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by jsonne 6y ago
The former is how they view themselves in a tongue and cheek fashion. The latter has more to do with how much the community has grown and how many people this community apparently resonates with.
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by jsonne 6y ago
This Bloomberg article actually inspired me to write this and provide additional context on the "why" this place even exists in the first place.
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The nihilism of r/wallstreetbets(jeromysonne.com)
173 points by jsonne 6y ago|272 comments
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by jsonne 6y ago
I've heard they're a great airline also. Hope to fly with them some day.
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by jsonne 6y ago
Emirates or Etihad or something? Some first class cabins seem to have nicer food + wine than most restaurants.
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by jsonne 6y ago
The bigger effect is that many journalists get their scoops from Twitter. The legacy media would have a difficult time.

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