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by justinbeaver 13y ago
The chart at the bottom is the most interesting part of this blog post. Rap Genius has raised $15M from a group of premier investors including Andreesen Horowitz and yet their comps (according to Rap Genius, themselves!) are a bunch of blac
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
When it comes to ISOs, are there any tricks/loopholes to avoid the cash commitment required for early exercise but also somehow become qualified for long term capital gain tax treatment at the time of liquidation? I understand that is
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Growth Hacking the Enterprise(growhack.com)
1 points by justinbeaver 13y ago|0 comments
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
In fairness to Crazy Eddie, they're prices were INSANE!
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
Pretty sure data scraping is their pivot, as articulated in this article.
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
Not only are these Mattermark posts becoming quite boring and repetitive, but for the company's sake it's time to move on. Readers of HN aren't going to make a purchase. And if entrepreneurs/hackers are the target mark
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
Not exactly. Here's a quote from the article: "The watch is lovely. Truly. Considering that I paid $125 for it - a reasonable price considering its potential - I'm happy with it and would recommend it." http:/&#x2
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
This comment is terrible. For one, it's purely anecdotal with no evidence to support the statement "NYU is a school for rich kids". Have you really seen the wealth distribution of these individuals? Second, that very same
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
Agreed on the growth capital point completely. Was referring specifically to early stage capital in my comment - should have been clearer. Thanks.
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
Dear dumb entrepreneurs who want to raise VC: bootstrap instead. VC forces you into a 'go big or go home' strategy. There's nothing wrong with going big, but just do it the patient, more sustainable way. And then you never need to worry abo
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
perhaps even worse than privco's non-stop rubbish "research" is the naive reporting on this story without seeking a second source to verify "the facts". would it have pained the writer to at least request the so-called "financial documents
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
The "aww shucks" card isn't going to fly. This is very much a content marketing campaign and HN is the soapbox right now.
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
All the points regarding why this post is so ridiculous have been thoroughly covered. I'm just pulling back the curtain on your exploitative use of HN as part of your grand marketing plan (in case it wasn't obvious).
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
This is an advertisement for an eventual product. We may as well be discussing the merits of Ron Popeil's latest blender infomercial. So let's stop voting up every ridiculous article submitted by this blog already and get back to real conte
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Ask HN: is it ok to accept an offer without knowing your equity?
3 points by justinbeaver 13y ago|0 comments
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by justinbeaver 13y ago
Having personally attended numerous Bloomberg press conferences in NYC (through his affiliation with the local startup community), let me paint perhaps a more objective picture from which this article arose: This press conference likely had
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by justinbeaver 14y ago
It appears that the company behind this study is running a business selling data - that's why.