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by karthikb 8y ago
But those small increases aren't apparent unless you're using the product many times a day - chicken and egg. The issue is that for many products in this class, churn is so quick that you need to be convinced to stick around long
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by karthikb 8y ago
Social networks, but also automated manufacturing and cheap shipping around the world.
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by karthikb 8y ago
And the first impression does not have to be made by you! With several years of experience, you probably have a strong personal network. An introduction with a few sentences recommendation can go a long ways.
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by karthikb 8y ago
Unless that’s your brand - see Volvo.
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by karthikb 8y ago
I've tried to keep this top of mind for my team. It hasn't been perfect, but: (every 2nd) Mondays - Planning Tuesdays - some meetings for followups, sparingly Wednesdays - NO MEETINGS ALLOWED (screaming intentional) Thursdays - s
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by karthikb 9y ago
Not going to work for most founders. The point is that VC money chases where founders and their talent are, which is why the SF Bay Area has had such as stronghold for such a long time. As the US makes it more difficult for founders and tal
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by karthikb 9y ago
Don't forget - a US immigration system that makes it incredibly difficult, expensive, and time consuming for individuals from China (and India, which is following the same VC trends as China, just time shifted) to come and settle in th
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by karthikb 9y ago
Check out https://experiment.com/ for exactly this!
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by karthikb 9y ago
It's a bit more complex than this - since unlike a ground vehicle, many vehicles (especially those which are flying longer distances) can't just stop in their bounding box until the next one is free. And regardless of the vehicle
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by karthikb 9y ago
Take away the fridge, dishwasher, and the washing machine and now you need someone in the household to get perishable groceries daily, cook daily (no leftovers), wash dishes, and wash clothes. Add up these and gains from other appliance and
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by karthikb 9y ago
A^3 by Airbus (Project Altiscope) | San Francisco, CA | Full-time, ONSITE | https://www.airbus-sv.com/projects/5 Altiscope is creating the future model of autonomous flight that turns it from a dream into a common face
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by karthikb 9y ago
Unlike many other industries, textiles are all of: (1) relatively low capital to get started due to the relative simplicity of the equipment and the age of the industry and equipment designs (2) mostly low skilled, meaning that the governme
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by karthikb 9y ago
https://www.zillow.com/san-francisco-ca/home-values/ - 12.8% last year and projected lower this year. The reason I have a lower rent figure is that rents haven't gone up as quickly, as much of the new constru
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by karthikb 9y ago
If property value appreciation is significant (in SF, about 12% in 2017) the benefit of renting out (AirBnB or otherwise) may actually be minimal - as you said, the overhead of finding and managing the rental. $3k/month on a rental mak
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by karthikb 9y ago
From the article... "And even for highly technical aspects like deep learning, fast.ai has shown that people with 1-year of coding experience can become world-class deep learning practitioners; you don’t need to hire Stanford PhDs. &qu
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by karthikb 9y ago
> most electricity still comes from coal Highly dependent on location. At the end of 2016, CA was is less than 5% usage and 0.2% production of coal powered electricity. Many other places are following as well.
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by karthikb 9y ago
At a decade younger, you're talking a range of 11-19. At the lower end, hopefully not partying much. At 19, probably very similar to the 21 year old crowd.
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by karthikb 9y ago
The right way to deal with this is by adding more flights. United operates a seasonal sfo-muc during the summer. And the timings for this flight are quite different than the LH flight, giving travelers quite a bit of flexibility.
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by karthikb 9y ago
Because of prop 13, the ones who move in today will actually pay a lot more in taxes than the ones there today. Up to 2-3x - which means the newcomers will catch up to the older neighbor’ tax contributions within a few years.
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by karthikb 9y ago
Of course it is - but if Stanford build more housing for employees on its land, there would actually be less traffic since fewer people would be commuting to work.
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by karthikb 9y ago
Tons along 4th near UCSF and over across 18th in Potrero Hill.
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by karthikb 9y ago
But it does tend to be more expensive in cities, which is where these cars operate more.
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by karthikb 9y ago
The post explicitly says: "This means that the Senate has now made the tax reform bill a win for those who work in startups instead of a loss." Not the provision about options - "the bill." So he's clearly saying th
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by karthikb 9y ago
Project Altiscope, A^3 by Airbus | San Francisco and San Jose | Software Engineering and Wireless Architecture | FULL-TIME | Onsite 2-3x weekly, Remote rest of time We are building software tools to help regulators around the world design p
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by karthikb 9y ago
SFO - less than 60 minutes from SOMA to seat with (1) precheck, (2) no check in bags.
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by karthikb 9y ago
On the flipside, you don't know if someone's great until you have seen someone mediocre. They may be preventing all sorts of fires, but because you don't even know those fires could exist...
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by karthikb 9y ago
It's not just door to door time, but schedule flexibility. Not every route has a direct flight, multiple flights per day, etc. Many people schedule meetings to end right before they have to leave for the airport and catch the last fli
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by karthikb 9y ago
Yeah but you can solve one side (drivers) with money. With a social network that's not so simple.
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by karthikb 9y ago
Does NYC suffer from the "ghost train" phenomenon that plagues SF MUNI? The danger in waiting for a second train here is that there might not actually be one.
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by karthikb 9y ago
If you're following at a distance, you might see the Uber stop before you enter the crosswalk. The problem with nudging into the crosswalk is that when the light changes, you're now forcing pedestrians out into the lanes which inc

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