kareemm

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I’m a boring programmer (and proud of it)(m.signalvnoise.com)
2 points by kareemm 10y ago|0 comments
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by kareemm 10y ago
> Except, any company making a deal with Cuba is automatically banned from dealing with the US. Can you be more precise by what you mean when you say "making a deal"? Does flying to Cuba constitute "making a deal"? A
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by kareemm 10y ago
Thanks, will look. Last I checked you could put a tracking pixel on the confirmation page that appeared after a purchase was made, but not in the intermediate checkout steps. If this is possible it's another example of poor product mar
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by kareemm 10y ago
Shopify is the best, but it's not a high bar. I've been on the platform for almost 7 years. I have two major issues: 1. They're still lacking some major features imho (ability to sell in multiple currencies, can't put
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by kareemm 10y ago
When companies have wide-ranging impacts on real-world events (governments, economies, land use, etc) they tend to get regulated. I would be shocked if the large tech co's weren't subject to increased regulation 10y from now.
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by kareemm 10y ago
If you look past the ad, the author's main point is a great piece of advice. A task takes time, so if you're going to do it you should schedule it. It's easy to put something on a todo list because you're not committing
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Ivy League research says there are only three types of friendships people make(qz.com)
3 points by kareemm 10y ago|2 comments
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by kareemm 10y ago
Too late to edit but if it wasn't I would have corrected the above to "what they're getting is MORE valuable than what they're getting."
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Silicon Valley Helped Create Trump, and That’s Bad for It(nytimes.com)
3 points by kareemm 10y ago|0 comments
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by kareemm 10y ago
Ignore this feedback. You have validated that customers will pay what you're charging, which means what they're getting is less valuable than what they're paying. Keep it up!
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General Electric Buys Vancouver Startup Bit Stew for $153M(theglobeandmail.com)
6 points by kareemm 10y ago|0 comments
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by kareemm 10y ago
We are social animals. Close social ties are one of the biggest predictors of happiness. I'll just leave this here[1]: > The upshot of 50 years of happiness research is that the quantity and quality of a person's social connect
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by kareemm 10y ago
> a tax on unused but already zoned residential land would be more effective than one on "empty" homes. Don't know how much you know about Vancouver's geography, but there's not much of this kind of land. > Th
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How to Use the Burndown Framework to Build Better Products(seekingwisdom.io)
3 points by kareemm 10y ago|0 comments
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by kareemm 10y ago
I worked at ESPN from 2002-2005. ESPN execs have been aware of the problem since at least that long ago. Subscriber fees are where ESPN makes most of its money, so the execs have been understandably loathe to cut the cord. Even back in 20
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by kareemm 10y ago
The difference between ESPN and Netflix is that you have (tens of) millions of people watching an event at the exact same time . This is a similar problem in nature, but the simultaneous nature of the problem mean your solution will be di
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by kareemm 10y ago
That's true for subscription SaaS, but it's not necessarily true for other business models.
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by kareemm 10y ago
I don't think we were even in danger of losing the deal because we always moved when the seller said no to terms they didn't like. We never stood firm and forced the seller to move on their position.
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by kareemm 10y ago
Yep, we're all equal partners. Figured it's a lot easier that way. But I've seen a couple situations where one partner brings the asset and the other brings sweat and they've been quite fruitful. One in particular I&#x27
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by kareemm 10y ago
Yep, we acquired the assets with a Canadian entity. We had this problem with a previous business when we moved from a US Stripe account to a Canadian Stripe account (when we started the original business Stripe wasn't available in Cana
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by kareemm 10y ago
I'd read a few prospectuses and make sure you understand them (especially the profit and loss statements - lots of info online about these). Sign up for FE's mailing list to get some prospectuses. Otherwise, it depends what you w
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by kareemm 10y ago
Why pay more when you can pay less? ;)
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by kareemm 10y ago
The issue is that to a buyer, the inputs don't matter. We're buying the outputs in the form of business results. If Codetree was doing $120 in ARR after 2y of FT development, he's not going to be able to sell it for 2y * sal
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by kareemm 10y ago
Not sure, the seller's the one who pays commission.
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by kareemm 10y ago
> Is it common to have to fork over all cash for these sized deals? Is it possible/acceptable to finance? What alternatives to seller financing have you seen? I don't imagine it's possible to just waltz into your local ban
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by kareemm 10y ago
Thanks. Hadn't seen anything like this either so wanted to share :)
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by kareemm 10y ago
Thanks!
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by kareemm 10y ago
> what are your thoughts on aqui-hiring a side project instead of just purchasing a side project, but incorporating the sole developer(creator) too? I'd want to feel good about the reasons the creator wanted to sell and keep working
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by kareemm 10y ago
Ha, thanks for not making a competitive bid :) Appreciate the kind words.
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by kareemm 10y ago
Hey Alex, in transactions of this size (sold through a broker like FE), valuation is often based on earnings.

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