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by loumf 11y ago
I am sure Trump paid estate tax on that $40 million. In any case, he used the money to get wealth and fame. It was clearly his goal to get fame, and that would not have been achieved by buying index funds.
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According to the article, he manages slightly worse than a simple algorithm. I agree that this is still more than any professional politician.
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I only attend civic hackathons that are run by non-profits and for the benefit of non-profits. They are not a competition. Stuff like: http://hackforchange.org/
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by loumf 11y ago
What are you expecting the result of the cease and desist to be? Is it likely that they thought they had the right to sell your software? If it is literally your bits (not a clone), a DMCA request to the host is easier.
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by loumf 11y ago
Raise your price (or take the hit) and move on. Your biggest problem isn't getting paid, it's getting anyone at all to buy anything from you, which needs (1) for you to make the thing (2) for you to get customers, but doesn'
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by loumf 11y ago
We probably need a little more information to help. In my experience, I got enough very close matches from past companies (1 or 2) that I didn't need to look at other promising candidates. The number of applicants is irrelevant -- wha
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by loumf 11y ago
Michael Bloomberg is probably the closest right now who has won an election that is high-profile enough to launch a presidential bid.
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I believe that they just added up acquisition amounts and the last funding rounds of each company. I don't believe that number represents what "they value" the portfolio at beyond that.
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by loumf 11y ago
From my anecdata, the acquiring company is using the earn-out as more of a test that what you are saying at acquisition time is true. It augments due-diligence. Meaning, if you are right about the business, these milestones are trivial to
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by loumf 11y ago
I ask people to turn their comments into answers. They usually do.
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by loumf 11y ago
This happens to me a lot too. Next time -- it's nice to ask the commenter to make an answer when they are correct. You give them the check and up-vote and you can always elaborate on their answer.
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by loumf 11y ago
I work at Trello, and the FogCreek, Trello, StackOverflow trio of companies (1) hire remote (2) even non-US and (3) pay US market salaries. See their respective sites for current openings. I found this job on Careers.StackOverflow.com (whic
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by loumf 11y ago
I use the Jobs-to-be-Done framework and its interviewing techniques. You can see more here: https://medium.com/the-job-to-be-done/a-script-to-kickstart-... Essentially 1. You want to interview people who have consumed
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by loumf 11y ago
Check the GH terms of service. They actually own the URL and might not allow selling it. For example, Twitter frowns upon this. If you offer a price, the company could send that email to GH as evidence that your account violates the ToS.
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by loumf 11y ago
If you all agree with all of those points then you have more than enough to get started. The main thing I would add is a way to improve your process (the retrospective meeting, e.g.). That way you can see if you still all agree and make sm
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by loumf 11y ago
Many times I prefer hand-writing because it's likely I need to add some kind of sketch (drawing, diagram, etc).
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by loumf 11y ago
I think you mean "too obvious" (can't be too novel) I think it would be a big mistake to admit that yours is the same, because if this doesn't carry you've effectively said you are infringing.
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by loumf 11y ago
It's a hard question (not a no-brainer IMO). Rather than look at floor coverers, I'd look at other creatives like movie/TV script writers. They are unionized, and what they do is hard to characterize as unskilled or commoditi
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by loumf 11y ago
http://www.ycombinator.com/docs/Series_AA_IRA.docx
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The terms are usually the same: invest at the new round's valuation such that ownership percentage is maintained. They will only follow, so the valuation will be set by others.
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by loumf 11y ago
Early round investors would be diluted by subsequent rounds, so they protect against that by putting the pro-rata provision in the contract that lets them invest in later rounds (so that they can reverse the dilution). In the past YC decide
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by loumf 11y ago
> Many new investors really like to see the support of existing investors. Right, because it's a signal that you think the business is worth this round of investment. Since you set this up as not being a useful signal, I think the
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by loumf 11y ago
There are startups focussed on helping kickstarters -- things like the rewards or customer service. Most that I have seen are targeting funded projects (for obvious reasons).
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by loumf 11y ago
allwrite.io is available.
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by loumf 11y ago
I liked "Programming Collective Intelligence" http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Collective-Intelligence-Bu... , but it might be a little dated (in not using the latest libraries). It's a good way to learn som
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by loumf 11y ago
Based on what you said you wanted it for (taking notes, battery life, worth the money), I would just use nice paper notebooks and pens. Do you have other uses where a computer is necessary?
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by loumf 11y ago
The OP is saying that Gordon Ramsay isn't to blame for whatever happens to restaurants after he leaves. The big show might not save Greece or the restaurant, but the original issue is not the big show's fault.
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by loumf 11y ago
A local (Springfield, MA area) entrepreneur started this non-profit http://thetechfoundry.org when he couldn't find enough people to hire (more sysadmin/IT Pro then dev, but still interesting)
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by loumf 11y ago
Most schemes have basic income replace other gov't programs as something far simpler to administrate -- so, it's probably net-positive.
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by loumf 11y ago
There is nothing equal about it. The poor are paying a higher percent of their income in VAT and the average rich person is probably paying more actual euros than the average poor person. You need an income/wealth based approach to get

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