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by kennethologist 10y ago
Any books you would recommend for reading about these techniques?
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by kennethologist 10y ago
Which bootcamp?
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Tips for Co-Investing(techcrunch.com)
2 points by kennethologist 11y ago|0 comments
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Why Bitcoin Can't Help the Poorest, Yet(techcrunch.com)
37 points by kennethologist 11y ago|50 comments
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by kennethologist 11y ago
Who did you use instead?
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by kennethologist 11y ago
This can become prohibitively expensive even for a small web scraping job that you're required to do everyday. Say scraping a news site for articles. The tooling and intuitivity is awesome but besides that at the heart doesn't it
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by kennethologist 13y ago
So I've asked for 5x loan. After several phone calls this afternoon we've agreed to 2.5x with payments to start next week for 9 months ($13.8K per month). Thanks to everyone who took the time to give feedback.
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by kennethologist 13y ago
I agree with you in retrospect and most certainly if make an investment in the future will structure it much better. With regards to the repayment of the loan. No. If the the business had failed I would have written off the money.
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by kennethologist 13y ago
I felt that would not have been unfair. Also I felt that owning 50% of the company wouldn't give the founders enough skin in the game to really give the idea their all.
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by kennethologist 13y ago
No. I don't see it IPOing as don't think it can no more than 20-30 Million Revenue Company. Don't see it being sold as it's very specific to a particular subset of people.
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by kennethologist 13y ago
Thank you for your input. Just a little more information don't know if it changes anything but the startup came to me with nothing but an idea. No proof of concept only an excel spreadsheet with potential revenues etc. The money I loan them
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Ask HN: Gave loan to startup which is now profitable. What should be repayment?
5 points by kennethologist 13y ago|22 comments
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by kennethologist 14y ago
This quora thread provided a great deal of illumination for me on the question "Is getting rich worth it?" http://www.quora.com/Wealth/Is-getting-rich-worth-it Top answer summary: Here's my answer: being rich is better than not being rich
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Andrew Sullivan’s Ad-Free Experiment Sees Six-Figure Revenue In First Six Hours(techcrunch.com)
7 points by kennethologist 14y ago|0 comments
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by kennethologist 14y ago
Congrats Nathan! Has anyone gone through the material completely and can comment on the quality and utility of the book? I'm considering purchasing (I'm a developer with no design skills) and was wondering how hopefully this will be to me.
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Reports Claim Forstall And Browett Were Asked To Leave(techcrunch.com)
0 points by kennethologist 14y ago|0 comments
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by kennethologist 14y ago
Are you limited to offering this service to users in the country that Stripe is currently available (US & Canada I believe) or anyone in any country?
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by kennethologist 14y ago
Best quote I've read/heard all month "...but passion burns out, whereas greed is sustainable." I identified with the author and it's one of the major reasons I didn't pursue other career paths even though I could have (Lawyer, Doctor etc.)
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Google's Code In Contest for High School Students(techcrunch.com)
2 points by kennethologist 14y ago|0 comments
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by kennethologist 14y ago
It may be as easy as approaching a local bank with ecommerce facility with a large sum (500K-1mil) explain to them your business model and negoiate the best rates. I think a lot of it will hinge on your ability to prove to the bank you will
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by kennethologist 14y ago
Hopefully a payments provider can come to the Latin America and Caribbean Market soon...
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The Economics of Crime(chicagomaroon.com)
1 points by kennethologist 14y ago|0 comments
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Markupwand (YC S12) Takes The Pain Out Of Translating Photoshop Files To HTML(techcrunch.com)
64 points by kennethologist 14y ago|17 comments
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Ask HN: How to price domain?
5 points by kennethologist 14y ago|2 comments
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by kennethologist 14y ago
Sorry to hear this news. My sympathy to his love ones. Unfortunately, I've never read "7 Habits" but after reading all of the positive comments I will definitely get a copy this week and give it a read.
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How I Learned a Language in 90 Days(lifehacker.com)
2 points by kennethologist 14y ago|1 comments
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by kennethologist 14y ago
This article has changed(or at least I hope) my life. I'm installing Vim today on my Windows Laptop. Does anyone know of a good guide for beginners?
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by kennethologist 14y ago
I've purchased a copy. Been looking for something to replace N++. This seems like a great alternative. Happy to support other professionals.
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by kennethologist 14y ago
I like the short, one focus per video format. Consumption is quick and effective.
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The Facebook Fallacy: Facebook is just another ad-supported site. (technologyreview.com)
5 points by kennethologist 14y ago|0 comments

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