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by kul 19y ago
No :(
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by kul 19y ago
obviously it was a joke.
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by kul 19y ago
yeah like wtf. Have emailed Tim to fix.
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by kul 19y ago
the semi-inside story on our sale. the pre-edited version lives here http://blog.auctomatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/bbc6.h... . Usually they get it right, but this one seems sensationalist.
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From Oxford to Silicon Valley, part six(news.bbc.co.uk)
53 points by kul 19y ago|9 comments
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by kul 19y ago
charging $1-$2 would help by cutting out the noise he receives, much like the listing fees on eBay stop spammers.
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by kul 19y ago
anshu jain, who runs Deutsche Bank's investment banking arm had 2 full time PAs who read his email and filtered accordingly. They were paid 7 figures and were very smart. The top business people, I presume, don't read their email directly.
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by kul 19y ago
One of the things that drove me to leave Deutsche Bank was that I had much less choice in who I got to work with. This is actually a big deal. By and large, in a startup you choose who you work with (either by hiring them, or being picky ab
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by kul 19y ago
<3 Taleb. What's surprising is that people are surprised by this latest crash. Banks, throughout history, have never made money. I worked in credit structuring for Deutsche Bank and saw first hand the manipulation of credit ratings to e
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by kul 19y ago
Taleb vindicated. Again.
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by kul 19y ago
put as many of your costs into $ as possible (hosting, etc) so you're hedged there.
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by kul 19y ago
incenting is a word? i always thought it was incentivizing. in any case, both are ugly words.
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by kul 19y ago
campaign monitor makes me happy
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by kul 19y ago
nice post Mike. think having a regular release day is a great idea. well done.
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by kul 19y ago
i do. felt tingling in wrists so decided to switch in may. PC also uses it. It wrecked my brain for a while. i use it with the kinesis keyboard.
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Startup that Predicts Success of Other Startups(nytimes.com)
30 points by kul 19y ago|40 comments
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by kul 19y ago
there's an obama sticker on his homepage
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by kul 19y ago
Take the money.
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Arc's Unicode support (by the news.yc patch writer)(collison.ie)
39 points by kul 19y ago|14 comments
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by kul 19y ago
i haven't read this, but can confidently answer "no".
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by kul 19y ago
it gets worse: http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-y-combinators-graham-... Now apparently UK entrepreneurs suck.
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by kul 19y ago
There are several UK startups funded by YC, so we exist! Auctomatic, Sitepass, Songkick and a few in the new batch. Visas are difficult but otherwise I'd recommend moving to the Valley, or at least visiting. How about getting together at t
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by kul 19y ago
Meeting Ev in Oxford in November 04 was one of the catalysts to me leaving my banking job and coming to the Valley. For that, I'll always be grateful (and that he invited us to work in the Obvious offices for YC).
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Google: A Druckerian Ideal?(businessweek.com)
3 points by kul 19y ago|0 comments
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by kul 19y ago
brilliant! well done guys.
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Some thoughts on all this Bubble talk(kulveer.co.uk)
6 points by kul 19y ago|0 comments
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by kul 19y ago
this scares me. but it's needed.
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by kul 19y ago
Hmm, I'd guess it's harder than that. Being energetic and determined may be a necessary condition to change the world but it is not a sufficient condition. There are plenty of energetic and determined people who won't change the world. Thou
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by kul 19y ago
brill!
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by kul 19y ago
you probably don't bond with people in any other job or activity the same way as you do in a startup.

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