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by larrys 12y ago
"If someone is paying the bill, do they really care?" So you could cross reference names of the people raided with payment information of the VPS providers (usual suspects or top "n" providers let's say). Of course
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by larrys 12y ago
Wanted to add that what you said above such as "this maybe a bit of a cludge" seems better than "only half serious" as a preface because you are acknowledging the possible problem in the idea procactively if you want t
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by larrys 12y ago
"but that doesn't stop some people jumping down your throat if they think you're suggesting it in earnest. " Or downvoting as they have done with my comment.
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by larrys 12y ago
I take as a given that people will make comments that are self serving unless I have info to the contrary. Not that you have to of course (good enough to just relay the information which is definitely helpful in many contexts obviously) but
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by larrys 12y ago
"Again, I am only half serious" (said two times...) Why say that at all? Is it a way to fend off ridicule? Or does this show a lack of confidence in the idea and what you are saying? Reminds me of comments that start "Am I th
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by larrys 12y ago
As long as you are mentioning your company it might be a good idea to detail the advantages of why you are a viable option to the 3 choices that you list. Next let me give you some marketing advice (which is one of my specialties). As long
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by larrys 12y ago
The list is helpful but the truth is it's hard to believe that someone who says: "There’s lots of advice on the internet, mostly bad. Our new series, “Tech Law Link Lists” picks out the more useful guidance for startups." ...
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by larrys 12y ago
"It would be great to highlight founders who have gotten into YC who don't "fit the mold" so to speak. " My personal feeling (per my other comment below) is that weeding out people that are easily scared off (or nee
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by larrys 12y ago
I don't see it as a "look at the data" thing I see it as a human behavior thing. I think it's actually a decent barrier which may correctly hold back people who are easily scared off (or who read situations wrong) at wha
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by larrys 12y ago
"Thousand of servers, thousand of employees that could be bribed" A great point but I would argue that there might be enough "n" at a company with only, say, 500 employees. On a different note, I'm not sure the best
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by larrys 12y ago
"Many papers own their printing presses" Ownership of the press is really (in this day and age or even 20 years ago) not that important. There are plenty of web printing houses that would be glad to print your newspaper and use so
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by larrys 12y ago
Thiel fails to mention that at the time that air travel was regulated airlines did make money even though they weren't a monopoly and had competition. http://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/031714/why-airl
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by larrys 12y ago
"This just show how evil for-profit medicine really is. The fact that the pay is so high in the west is disturbing. " Pay for which workers? More than Physicians are involved. I would say that the average billing clerk in the US a
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by larrys 12y ago
I liked this: "But for me, it's all about the Milanese bracelet, baby. The fact that Apple even knows what this is is remarkable. I promise you not a single other tech company in the world would've spent the time to make this
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by larrys 12y ago
"Or waited a while after?" Perhaps they think that there is a money tree that you just shake to pay employee salaries. I think a comment like the parent (or perhaps that attitude) comes from a failure to realize that in the tradit
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by larrys 12y ago
Experience starting quite a long time ago. And geez there's a boatload of things to take into account and they have to become second nature (like playing a sport or self defense) so you just have to spend time and practice all the time
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by larrys 12y ago
Legally binding (if so) is not the same as something will actually happen. It's an important distinction. Don't confuse what the laws says can happen with what will happen. Look people don't need much of a leg to stand on
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by larrys 12y ago
Practice. Lots' of practice. And practice in cases where the outcome doesn't matter even if you have to make up situations to practice on or negotiate for others. In addition to my own deals which I obviously work on, I also, some
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by larrys 12y ago
A great observation and one of the ways that I rationalized the loss was by saying to myself exactly the same thing.
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by larrys 12y ago
"but simply disregarding the time frame seems pretty safe" All depends. Once again you could be right but I could also argue under the theory that "once you make a sale you close and get your ass out of dodge". Because t
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by larrys 12y ago
"in case they don't get into the (obviously) best one, YC." How exactly did you determine that may I ask?
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by larrys 12y ago
"A dear friend and excellent negotiator told me that when he gets any kind of short-term exploding offer, the first thing he does" As someone who considers himself an excellent negotiator (and gets paid to do negotiating) [1] I&#x
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by larrys 12y ago
Commons sense has been brainwashed out of people by popular culture and marketing. You know "I'm not only the hair club for men's President, I'm also a customer" or a car company CEO driving their own cars (no matte
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by larrys 12y ago
There is a saying "ask 10 doctors or lawyers get 10 opinions". Well this is my opinion based on 35 years of business experience and having graduated from an Ivy business school as well. And reading, operating and observing busines
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by larrys 12y ago
You know what? Amazon, Werner and/or Benedict Evans can spin it anyway they want (like the kid who gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar) but the bottom line is they aren't making money and haven't pinned to a date they
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by larrys 12y ago
While it doesn't really matter how in the end, after all he has the money and neither of us do, [1] however what got him to be "Bill Gates" was that his mother was on the board of the Red Cross with the Chairman of IBM [2] wh
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by larrys 12y ago
"Don't base your entire business on another business' product. " Well another angle to that could be it's ok if you plan on getting out while the going is good by selling to a greater fool. This is one of the detrim
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by larrys 12y ago
Although I've had good luck with HP Printers mysef (still own several 4250's higher speed and do plenty of output with high quality) sounds like similar comments I've read about recent HP products.
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by larrys 12y ago
I still use paper file folders to organize "deals" that I am working on. Complete with labels and several file carts. However I rigged up a shell routine that grabs the lp printer file on my mac in a way that I can then use spotl

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