jusben1369

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by jusben1369 14y ago
This is one advantage of a B2C vs B2B model. If Yahoo was a B2B company its customers would have stopped doing business with it years ago forcing an acquisition or bankruptcy. However, this really doesn't impact all those folks who have it
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by jusben1369 14y ago
Correct I suspect. Something to do with admitting guilt (open up to lawsuits?) vs not admitting anything. It is odd in the article how they discuss "He'll mention an illness he recently discovered" - Perhaps chronic heartburn.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
My only issue with your comments was here: "I certainly don't see an issue (yet) with Apple blocking alternative browsers. Don't like it? Buy an Android. Or a Windows Phone 7. Or a Blackberry (OK, I couldn't keep a straight face with that l
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Here's what surprises me: Miso - Hey, is $10K really worth having a disgruntled ex employee out on the streets bad mouthing us in the community (even if you assume he/she doesn't go public with a post you know the story makes it around to 5
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by jusben1369 15y ago
I agree with your general thrust. I believe their founder, when asked why he wasn't moving the company to SV, replied "We could never have launched Dwolla in the Valley" Dwolla is "old school" start up. Taking on big, entrenched, B2B proble
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by jusben1369 15y ago
I wonder what happens when a site wants to use the service but already has an existing payment gateway/merchant account? I think they'll need to de-couple, or offer alternatives, if they want to go further up market.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
I'm always interested/a little depressed when I see Europeans telling Stripe to hurry up and get there. I've seen this comment many times now but have never come across a European saying "Will someone hurry up and do a Stripe here in Europe
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Yes it's a great point. Too often we try and reduce things to black and white when nearly everything is a shade of gray.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
What I love about these lies - if this one in particular is indeed a lie - is it's a textbook exmample of why you don't lie. Everyone fixates now he's a CEO. However, he probably introduced that little "stretch" when he was a relative nobod
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Thanks for that. I too remember Inktomi much more as the "cache kings" with licensed search a secondary focus.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
I think the disconnect, and then perhaps vitriol, comes from the fact that these are small, stand alone companies. Large companies take this strategy all the time with a new group or division "Don't worry about revenue yet. Build a great pr
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Me too! I hate it when those investigative journalists try and cover a serial murder investigation. I only want to hear from other serial murderers on the topic. Writing about serial murder is just not the same as having actually been one.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
That's really not the reason short term and long term are taxed differently. It's based on a perceived notion that we want to reward long term investment as a preferable activity over shorter term speculation.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Well I applaude you gdb - Stripe is a very well regarded startup so you're doing a lot of things right. Doesn't your "Veto" though negate the ability to ensure they're rejected for the right reasons? If you feel as though a Veto is for the
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Yes, when you add in the "Sunday test" it seems as though an unintended consequence of this approach over time is a lack of diversity (in thought, not biological or cultural) and healthy tension.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Hah! Very true. Very inward looking right now. What's the world coming to when the ROI touted on the homepage is "I saved $45 a month!" Well, that sounds too snarky. I'm sure this will be valuable to a lot of folks.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Isn't this similar though? You could argue "Well, only a couple of % of Gmail users at best will use the service. Google will be just fine in the big picture". I'm actually impressed that several people objected to removing an ad-supported
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Surely you're not equating "removed" with "ignored" right?
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by jusben1369 15y ago
That's interesting. If you DVR a show do you feel obliged to sit through the commercials? This feels somewhat similar.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Fascinating. I assume this is self publishing (vs this article which is about the large publishers?) When you mention 35% royalties are you saying that Amazon gives you 70% of the street price you set to them? However, if your street price
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by jusben1369 15y ago
The problem is that industry executives got together to fix prices and raise them by 20 - 30%. I'm all for innovative people but struggle with the logic of "We're ok with crony capitalism because it drives innovation!" Surely free, transpar
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Parallel processing? To make a comparison, just because the siding on your house is badly in need of repair doesn't mean you stop doing the dishes for two weeks until you've replaced all your siding.
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by jusben1369 15y ago
I'm not sure of your point here. Your opening sentence appears to question antitrust laws? Yet your Friedman quote seems to support antitrust laws and just argue that the Valley really shouldn't get too spun up about MSFT because by the tim
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by jusben1369 15y ago
I think the process is like this: - Publisher says "I want $10 for this e-book. You distributors can decide the actual 'list price'" - Amazon starts selling at $9 as losses $1 per book - to help drive Kindle sales - Publishers freak out, no
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by jusben1369 15y ago
Yes I think ktsmith has hit the nail on the head on synergies.