mayukh

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Starbucks vs Dunkin Donuts map(flowingdata.com)
1 points by mayukh 13y ago|0 comments
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by mayukh 13y ago
Its the bane of quarterly capitalism - once public, management focus is diverted to managing earnings and increased amount of transparency needs to be provided for the company's internal operations. Companies would prefer to stay priva
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by mayukh 13y ago
Option 1 if you're working 10 plus hours a day including being on call 24/7. See if you can get a contractor so you can try for a few months before deciding which way to go (Will be harder to get CTO type person for a shorter duration). Thi
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Reinhart and Rogoff Fight Back(advisorone.com)
1 points by mayukh 13y ago|0 comments
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by mayukh 14y ago
I actually see this as an opportunity for Google to experiment with customer support. Seems that a lot of people are willing to pay for some basic level of support - so why not test that hypothesis ? Setup a separate Customer Support organi
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by mayukh 14y ago
Funny, I wrote a note explaining my process a couple of days ago.. 1. What is the business, do I understand it? (If no, then less likely to buy) 2. Numbers (revenues, earnings, margins) over the last 5 years atleast 3. Piotroski score -- mo
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by mayukh 14y ago
That was atleast 9 years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kelly_(editor)
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by mayukh 14y ago
I find myself in a very similar situation (married/mortgage/kid) building product fulltime. I intend to go on till I get some evidence of traction before I see any investors. It sounds like your product is some sort of a marketplace where o
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by mayukh 14y ago
if you're interested in the tech scene, save yourself the tuition money. For a tiny fraction of the cost, spend a year building your own product/offering and you will learn more than in any b-school.
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by mayukh 14y ago
It gives them momentum to strike deals with other studios now.
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by mayukh 14y ago
Not just for voter turnout. Higher poll numbers are important for raising $$. People (especially those with large bank balances) want to back a winner.
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by mayukh 14y ago
"In general, don't waste your time creating A-plus work when B-plus is good enough. Use the extra time to create A-plus work where it matters most." I wish I did more of this ...
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by mayukh 14y ago
There's a difference between retail trader and retail investor. If Joe Schmo is a trader, looking to earn profits in the short term (days, weeks, < 6 months), the odds are heavily stacked again him, with HFT (i am kinda in agreement wit
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by mayukh 14y ago
Seriously, they'll begin to lose credibility here if you don't list your apps and link to some web-presence
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by mayukh 14y ago
I'm not sure what the proper etiquette (lot of upvotes but no one including pg has responded here) but I'd certainly be interested in a discussion around crowdfunding. My take on this: Crowdfunding will be hard to execute -- novice investor
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by mayukh 14y ago
I don't know your situation, but have you considered going to one of the developing markets in Asia? One: there's a lot of legal work flowing to that part of the world Two: As those economies grow and mature there's more room for businesse
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by mayukh 14y ago
The benefits are to bring a clarity and focus to the product development process not always enforced by a spec. Who are you building this for as opposed to what are the features.
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by mayukh 14y ago
they use still use a similar principle in India for a lot of travel -- its called a travel agency. I suppose flightfox is just making it very clear who the best travel agents are. Gluck, I'll give this a shot during my next international tr
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by mayukh 14y ago
And you are not the target customer (neither am I). They know who their repeat customer is and serve that segment well.
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by mayukh 14y ago
Here's one angle..MS has 2 large very different customer sets, the enterprise and the consumer and in the past it seemed that a lot of the UI was some sort of a compromise targeted to both. The consumer tech group is definitely getting stro
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by mayukh 14y ago
I have just started using them and agree its a solid signup process. Love the contact sorter game as well. Saw them present in NYC, spoke with the founder and think there is a strong enterprise play here.
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Yahoo unit loses data for over 5000 comapnies(zdnetasia.com)
5 points by mayukh 14y ago|0 comments
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by mayukh 14y ago
My favorite is google images with my almost 2 year old. He names an object/animal and poof it appears on the screen. Fantastic.
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Is Apple fragmenting the iPhone?(news.cnet.com)
2 points by mayukh 14y ago|1 comments
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Capitalism in European soccer compared to American sports(intelligentsoccer.com)
7 points by mayukh 14y ago|0 comments
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Ebook pricing case against apple(thenextweb.com)
3 points by mayukh 15y ago|0 comments
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by mayukh 15y ago
Got the same impression. The goal was X, realized that you first needed to do A,B,C before reaching X. Isn't that something we all do intuitively or intentionally all the time?
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by mayukh 15y ago
Who cares how much the cost to you was? All that matters is the market price, and you were lied to about that. >> I can't imagine the LNKD investors are too disappointed about a $300+ million payday. << That is exactly the s
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by mayukh 15y ago
Its a step in the right direction. Traditional responses to the market failures, corruption, fraud and general seediness of those in power has been more regulation. And that hasn't really worked too well has it.. What we need is transparenc
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by mayukh 15y ago
This is perfect. The alignment of terrifically smart, talented and passionate people to come together for a worthy cause. Congrats and wish you the best. With the recent startup boom, its sad to see some great talent spend time building lit

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