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by mediaman 17y ago
You are very correct with that -- consumers place a large premium on the optionality of convenience, even if they may rarely use that convenience. This even extends to people who buy e.g. large SUVs, because they like to know that on the ra
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by mediaman 17y ago
Thanks Miles and Prakash for the pointer to Markenomics. I pointed some of my friends in banking that way and it seems to be circulating with some of the Wall St. crowd, although they tend to be more viewers than engagers.
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by mediaman 17y ago
Indeed, accountants looking at this from an accrual perspective would dispute that he made much money at all.
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by mediaman 17y ago
Clickable link: http://www.perqworks.com
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by mediaman 17y ago
Not very useful commentary. All they are saying is that like Wal-Mart, Google is big, which they have done by offering things people want. A much better comparison to Wal-Mart is Amazon, which at least is in a similar industry, engages with
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by mediaman 17y ago
Jason's referring to the web software. Pie is referring to the digital boards on walls. I think "he" may have been referring to two different people
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by mediaman 17y ago
I think that's largely an issue of working out deals with local wireless providers. On a PC, I doubt -- aside from language localization -- that it will be nearly as much of a challenge for them to bring it global.
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by mediaman 17y ago
Wonderful commentary, thank you! Can you describe some other techniques used to eliminate unobserved variable bias, or do you know of a resource that describes these? I remember in one of the other studies on the impact of "elite" education
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by mediaman 17y ago
If anyone is interested in how to motivate employees without resorting to cash -- which doesn't work well -- I would highly recommend "Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow" which, of course, is heavily based on Maslow's work
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by mediaman 17y ago
- People prioritize those who they have met in person: it's why in-person meetings are so important in sales. - There's a higher likelihood they share networks, or have the potential to share networks, which provides additional incentive to
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by mediaman 17y ago
That's funny. I worked at that company for a period of time, and left a couple years before the crash to start my own company. It has done well, but at the time I assumed the startup route was much riskier.
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by mediaman 17y ago
You are agreeing with bonaldi, though your statement appears as though it doesn't intend to.
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by mediaman 17y ago
I read through the link a few times and it seems not to support your point at all. This bank is not actually a ful-reserve bank; they still issue loans, and therefore the deposits immediately available are less than the total deposits owned
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by mediaman 17y ago
Agriculture. I'm studying an agricultural products distributor, and as much as automation has helped reduce the reliance on labor in the agricultural sector, there are still many areas hugely reliant on inefficient labor -- and many busines
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by mediaman 17y ago
That subsidized price being determined by a calculation of how low it may be and still return a sufficient lifetime profit given the recurring revenue thereafter; should litigation costs rise, the price at which it is offered will adjust to
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by mediaman 17y ago
And no business should ever get a loan?
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by mediaman 17y ago
I think the "race to the bottom" was due to the initial confusion of the marketplace and lack of discipline. I am noticing many more apps charging greater than one dollar (usually 2-5) now than before and I expect the trend to continue. I a
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by mediaman 17y ago
I wonder why on earth someone would burn through $500k in less than a year to develop a class notes sharing site, given the developer abstractions available today. Maybe he tried to launch a blitzkrieg marketing plan in many different unive
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by mediaman 17y ago
Then it's information asymmetry. It's tough to get around and sucks for the person on the losing end. Suppose you can buy one of two used cars. One is a nice Lexus and one is a nicer Ferrari. They both cost the same, but the Lexus has a det
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by mediaman 17y ago
He clarifies what he means by spam immediately after the sentence you quote: "So the main problems for geeks are that they’re signed up to so many services that they get inundated with notifications, monthly newsletters, automated messages
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by mediaman 17y ago
patientslikeme.com is doing crowdsourced "scientific discovery." I use quotes because of the obvious difficulties in having proper scientific procedures in crowdsourced efforts, but nevertheless I think it's useful.
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Ask HN: Impossible to successfully make big software?
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by mediaman 17y ago
Do you disagree with those who say dynamic languages are bad for big projects, which the author appears to concede by arguing big projects are bad in the first place?
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by mediaman 17y ago
There are a lot of people who really enjoy this sort of thing. For example, there are online forums for skyscraper enthusiasts that attract pretty big audiences. I think given the interest out there, it will be successful regardless, for mu
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by mediaman 17y ago
Works in Firefox on Snow Leopard, but not Safari.
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by mediaman 17y ago
Only true for a narrow spectrum of startups. There are many highly lucrative niche opportunities (that can still scale to $10mm+ revs) that would be impossible to identify or execute on without an inside industry expert who knows the big pl
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by mediaman 17y ago
I think it would be interesting to hear more discussion on HN regarding these different types of problems. Just as we can all learn about optimal web promotion strategies, or the right development framework to use, so too should we learn fr
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by mediaman 17y ago
Good catch, I'd forgotten where I'd read that story.
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by mediaman 17y ago
I agree. I started a company that has nothing to do with the web at all. After a few years, it has done quite well. It seems that many believe here that the only form of entrepreneurship worth pursuing is web-based apps, or, failing that, a
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by mediaman 17y ago
The threat of vilifying anyone who commits any sin -- no matter how ethically good their average performance -- is that it decreases the incentive to strive for good behavior. There's a huge perception gap between being perfect and being ve

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