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by larrys 13y ago
"Jobs had the destructive habit of tearing people down for no reason, preventing them from liking either themselves or him. I knew him personally and I saw this behavior any number of times, behavior that had no possible positive outco
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by larrys 13y ago
"I'm currently a student " "I do work part time as a developer in a start up and can't help feeling i'm building a dream for someone else." "Not that the experience isn't really good, (It definit
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by larrys 13y ago
Would add to your point that having money also allows you to paper over any mistakes that you make using the above strategy. I was discussing this with my wife with respect to a vacation that we are taking. After noting that the airline (wh
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by larrys 13y ago
"We funded a guy once who looked like Mark but ended up doing badly, and when PG was asked by a reporter how to fool him, he said that apparently this was one way. His real point was that looking like Zuckerberg means nothing--that you
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by larrys 13y ago
"So then why not also include some initiatives to encourage more Asian, Hispanic, and Black men?" Honestly I think because the women's issue has been more front and center in attention as well as blog posts. So it's more
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by larrys 13y ago
I like this. Now I don't want to sound like the guy who said "who needs dropbox when you can use rsync" but I actually just implemented something like this using rsynch and file folders to organize random clippings and note
907.
by larrys 13y ago
"what an amazing and generous response from Fluke" Agree. And curious what the PR value will be vs. the cost of goods for Fluke (which is their cost, not the wholesale and/or selling price). Personally I think it's unfor
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by larrys 13y ago
There are ways around that though. They can offer to license the trademark. Apple for example licensed the "ios" trademark from Cisco. http://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco_and_apple_agreement_on_ios...
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by larrys 13y ago
"this could be rephrased as" Could also be rephrased as "I'm talking out of my ass because if I gave it any serious thought I would realize there was a big problem in putting all my 'change the world eggs' into
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by larrys 13y ago
"Spoken like someone who's never driven an oldsmobile." I actually have. So please explain what you are trying to say.
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by larrys 13y ago
That seems to be a benefit for consumers though. Imagine if google had dealers and they weren't able to so easily kill off a service that wasn't profitable because there was more of a unified voice against the action. (This is not
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by larrys 13y ago
Agree. Cars are an emotional purchase. The dealer motivated by profit serves a function in that process. That is one of the reasons that by and large fixed pricing hasn't worked with autos as much as everyone seems to think that it&#x2
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by larrys 13y ago
"Frankly, Ford doesn't need its dealer network any more than Tesla does now, or they shouldn't. " So you are suggesting that Ford is interested in replacing the franchised model and operating and owning the establishment
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by larrys 13y ago
Separately this messages needs to be carried front and center on the YC homepage and become part of an outbound marketing effort and materials as well as PR. If not how would someone who doesn't know about YC or follow it (or read this
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by larrys 13y ago
"Someone needs to show that you can actually make money with something like this." And interestingly it also seems to go against Mark Cubans SV hypothesis as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7430152
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by larrys 13y ago
"Also, kind of ironic to note that Cuban made most of his money by selling his company to Yahoo" An irony yes but doesn't detract at all from the point that he is making. One can recognize that something is wrong but still pl
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by larrys 13y ago
"there's strong evidence that Fluke is using excessive anti-competitive practices" That's a totally different "crime" if you want to call it that. Has nothing to do with whether a company has the right to trade
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by larrys 13y ago
Along those lines here is the actual speciment they submitted when applying for the trademark: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn75934005&docId...
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by larrys 13y ago
"The USPTO website doesn’t like hard links" For future reference, actually it does: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75934005&caseType=SERIAL_N...
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by larrys 13y ago
There is a saying in many businesses that goes like this: "price..quality..speed pick any two". I guess that could be modified to "price..quality..speed..personal attention pick any three". To me the personal attention f
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by larrys 13y ago
Because you said "No disrespect to Sam in any way" trying to head off (I speculate) people's immediate negative reaction in interpreting to quickly what you said as in some way being disrespectful. As if someone that is held
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by larrys 13y ago
I'm always fascinated how it's necessary to preface one's point by first saying something like this: "No disrespect to Sam in any way -- he truly seems like a brilliant guy with a chorus of influential people behind him
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by larrys 13y ago
Well fwiw Obama's father did go to Harvard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama,_Sr . I'm sure that factored somewhat in Obama getting into Harvard which of course led to a world of opportunities.
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by larrys 13y ago
True but being a good designer and being a good business person are two different things.
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by larrys 13y ago
Note: At the top it says "This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series How to Charge"
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by larrys 13y ago
"I find it kind of insane that so many people continue to expend any effort at all" Oh come on now. Totally unfair. "Unless they derive personal pleasure from it" What's wrong if they do? What do people gain from wa
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by larrys 13y ago
""turn off time" is inaccurately quoted" That is part of the problem with any analysis of what could have happened. We don't know for sure if all the input is correct as reported. The old garbage in garbage out. We
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To Dare is to Do(usv.com)
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by larrys 13y ago
A good idea. You might want to include the names of the principles on the about page.
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by larrys 13y ago
I clicked through because at the time (will change depending on when someone reads my comment) it had 104 points, 55 comments and was the top link. But I guess more importantly (and this is a lesson) the title was ambiguous enough to not le

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