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by larrys 13y ago
"This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard." Agree. I'd love to see what happens to the vehicle and driver if the object (say an alternator) hits the tire instead of the under-body. Or skips up and hits the winds
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by larrys 13y ago
I think I will disagree. (Although for sure this is a definite matter of opinion it's not a science but an art in determining public perception). Anyway it's a bit of a Streisand effect. They are focusing on something and making i
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by larrys 13y ago
"because as it gets better known" The saying in traditional business could be "everyone and their uncle". You begin to attract people who apply for what might appear to be the wrong reasons. You run into this with physic
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by larrys 13y ago
"Downside is no prestige and of the few investors it does attract, they tend to be low quality by SV standards." Taking you at face value (meaning I don't know the facts and I'm relying on what you are saying..) that&#x2
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by larrys 13y ago
"then why YC?" This stood out in the post: "If I could only pitch you one reason why Y Combinator is worth it, it would be the people." Exactly. And along the same lines the reason that I always give for why it's go
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Facebook to use satellites, drones to spread the Internet(reuters.com)
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by larrys 13y ago
Well in case I wasn't clear let me restate my point. I think it's great and obviously a huge benefit to get into YC, Harvard, Wharton, or get funded by a top tier VC all of that. Or to marry a beautiful women, handsome man, someo
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by larrys 13y ago
I run into this attitude many times when helping people with negotiation. Where they are so psyched out they don't even want to attempt to ask for something. "They will never accept that". To that I say "don't do th
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by larrys 13y ago
It totally amazes me how brainwashing things like this are to young founders and entrepreneurs on HN. It sends a message that getting into YC is way to important to miss and if you don't get accepted you stand little chance of getting
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by larrys 13y ago
"and employees should always ask a startup how much runway they have. if they won't tell you, it's a big red flag." To me I remember Ronald Regan saying "trust but verify". While it's nice to get an answer
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by larrys 13y ago
"but somehow, VCs (like Altman) keep squeezing this image into their blog posts somehow." It is merely (or should be) a technique used to separate the "men from the boys" and the "women from the girls". For exa
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by larrys 13y ago
"rock solid 5-year SLA" File that with "will always be free we promise". Just so you know there is no such thing as "rock solid" with respect to legal contracts. There is always wiggle or weasel room. Better pr
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by larrys 13y ago
I noticed the same thing. Easiest thing for me was "view source code" and copy from there.
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by larrys 13y ago
"than these "we almost died" posts because they prove more instructional" Agree. Also noting that hotmail in particular (1/2 of the n=2) was a free service. There wasn't much that the customers who lost their m
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by larrys 13y ago
According this site 1500 ghana cedis is about $567 USD http://www.likeforex.com/currency-converter/ghana-cedi-ghs_u...
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by larrys 13y ago
"In electric RC heli circles" I was around when in order to fly an electric heli you needed to attach a power cord to a wall socket. I'm serious. Back when I started it was gas only (I made it up to 60 size). I remember seein
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by larrys 13y ago
"CloudFlare help" I'll leave it to others to answer this (for this situation) but keep in mind also that adding cloudflare also adds an additional layer that can fail for different reasons. That tradeoff may well be worth it
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by larrys 13y ago
"Worst thing is that 90% of customers have no clue what a DDoS is and how hard it is to handle." Otoh that's where the opportunity is. The fact that "customers have no clue". People pay you for something that they c
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by larrys 13y ago
"but everybody I ask to comment on the idea tells me about Grubhub and similar services, and they just don't understand why there would be other kind of service." Who is everyone? Is "everyone" the target customer?
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by larrys 13y ago
Totally misleading linkbait title. Sure they were "rejected" by NYC (for valid reasons - apparently treated very well) but then went into the Boulder program after applying. And no doubt the reference given by Tisch must have cert
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by larrys 13y ago
You are right of course but there is also the possibility of loss leaders. And many times in business things don't make sense on the surface but play out differently. Perhaps they will have add on items that will generate more profit.
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by larrys 13y ago
Found this about grubhub: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/08/12/211187343/food-d... http://iterativepath.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/should-your-re... Pricing
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by larrys 13y ago
"so while we are thrilled with the validation of this concept" When you say "validating the concept" what do you mean? That if you get a high amount of orders you can deliver? Because obviously you can't depend on
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by larrys 13y ago
Amazingly the restaurant I am referring to is on grubhub. So the questions is, why didn't I know that? Back when we were selling (in the early 90's) advertising to restaurants and shops we provided them with window decals and thin
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by larrys 13y ago
Might be a kickstarter opportunity for a device that does the following: Gets the caller id and when person who answers hits a button prints out an order form with the customers name. Later version could actually store info about the custom
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by larrys 13y ago
"It'd be a strange thing to pitch to investors too." I think there is something here actually. For example it's a constant annoyance to me that when I get chinese food or sushi from the same places on a regular basis I a
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by larrys 13y ago
"They're applying for YC though, so they're validating an idea." I suspect it's more than that (and I say that positively). A slow news day. They stand a good chance of getting attention which is of benefit in terms
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by larrys 13y ago
"I'm pretty sure davidw knows that" 35k karma (davidw) means more than "pretty sure" I'd say that's certainty.
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by larrys 13y ago
"I heard about a small business that makes bingo cards for non-technical ....created by some guy in Japan" Trying to say this in a nice way: I personally don't think it's good form to use these "insider" type t
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by larrys 13y ago
"The bravado of shredding the paper and loudly announcing the desired figure is a dead giveaway" You are right based on my many many years negotiating. Noting also that Steve used this with Heidi Roizen. While he may have also use

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