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by mfrommil 9y ago
The biggest mistake was the assumption that he could ship 700 copies in a couple months. It seems this was based more on what he needed to pay the bills, not in any way tied to what demand would be. This is a fundamental mistake in setting
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by mfrommil 9y ago
"but neither they nor FreedomPop can record or monitor calls as long as only FreedomPop users are participants." If Freedompop has a couple million customers, chances are that 95+% are not calls only involving 2 Freedompop custome
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by mfrommil 9y ago
Missing one of my all-time favorite dead products: Google Wave
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by mfrommil 9y ago
Have you sold your "automated start a startup" app as a service to others in your situation? There must be plenty of other people in the same boat as you.
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by mfrommil 9y ago
Thanks. Didn't see that post yesterday before posting this one.
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Tesla Model 3 Hits Production(mobile.nytimes.com)
401 points by mfrommil 9y ago|209 comments
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Ask HN: Creating funnels in Firebase Analytics
1 points by mfrommil 9y ago|0 comments
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Uber's head of communications is leaving the company(techcrunch.com)
319 points by mfrommil 9y ago|309 comments
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by mfrommil 10y ago
A "1 hour daily standup" is not agile. The point of a stand-up is just that... everyone can stand because the meeting is so short. Ideally 15 minutes max.
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Data viz of searches shows Americans changing eating habits over the years(rhythm-of-food.net)
6 points by mfrommil 10y ago|0 comments
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by mfrommil 10y ago
Calling bs on "uber as a company is very ethical" and "nothing nefarious is going on": Spying on a journalist: http://www.businessinsider.com/ubers-new-york-manager-invest... Tracking celebrities and sha
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by mfrommil 10y ago
Hey Andrew, Appreciate the thorough response. I definitely think you guys have a unique value proposition. I still wonder if it's enough to justify switching costs for a large enough # of customers (e.g. re-setup bill pays, stored card
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by mfrommil 10y ago
If there's an annual fee, most customers expect either excellent rewards or top-tier customer service (e.g. amex). Hard to justify $50/yr for neither of these.
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Netflix's New Speed Test Shows How Much Your ISP Is Screwing You Over(gizmodo.com)
4 points by mfrommil 10y ago|0 comments
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by mfrommil 12y ago
PCI deadline for US retailers to implement chip + pin is October 2015. Mentioned in the Home Depot link above
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by mfrommil 12y ago
If you click through to EA's site - the catch is very apparent: new games aren't included: "If you’re an EA Access member, you can download upcoming EA games five days before the release date to play for a limited time."
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by mfrommil 12y ago
Although having a 3% (or greater based on what happens in the future) shot at your startup becoming worth $100M has got to be significantly better than the odds of any other startup reaching a $100M valuation.
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by mfrommil 12y ago
Lately there's been talks by high demand restaurants to charge a fee just to make a reservation. It will be interesting to see if Priceline pursues this as a revenue stream with OT.
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by mfrommil 12y ago
Agreed. There may be cases where a hamburger menu makes sense, like a news app where you can switch between sections. The article shows a solution with the search bar moved to a more prevalent position and other menu options dropped to th
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by mfrommil 12y ago
"We recommend testing only one difference between the A and B groups. When there are several differences between test groups, it’s difficult to figure out which change impacted your engagement." A/B testing may be better to f
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by mfrommil 12y ago
"no distractions, no internet" I know there's browser plug-ins to turn off specific sites or the web as a whole... it would be interesting if microsoft included the functionality in office. Would have made for much more prod
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by mfrommil 12y ago
Would be great if the settings menu expanded with hovering instead of a click (similar to the 3 buttons on the bottom). It's far enough to the side that accidental hovers could be avoided, while saving a click.
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by mfrommil 12y ago
I really like the transition from normal search -> images & videos. Wish there was a way to have news embedded in search results similar to google, though.
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by mfrommil 12y ago
I've always thought of upvote/downvote as a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" - do I like your comment? Sounds like the new algorithm penalizes disrespectful/spammy comments, rather than the "difference i
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by mfrommil 13y ago
They can get it right (figure out how to increase order sizes, order frequency, margins, etc.) and then expand; or they can expand and try to figure all of those things out. With their main business they chose to grow as fast as possible an
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by mfrommil 13y ago
I think the point was "so simple a child could explain it".
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by mfrommil 13y ago
Amazon needs to scale Fresh in order for it to be more successful. On a micro level, scaling could come in one of 2 ways: (1)increase order frequency or (2)average order size. (1) Order frequency - Right now, a typical customer likely pick
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by mfrommil 13y ago
Would be nice to see the "before and after" example of this after they do make the changes, and other customer feedback they used to make it.
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Amazon planning free streaming service(online.wsj.com)
5 points by mfrommil 13y ago|0 comments
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by mfrommil 13y ago
Both Hotmail & Ironport reacted with a customer-centric focus (e.g. Hotmail: "How do we recover their emails? What else can we provide customers in the future? What steps will we take so this never happens again?") I would g

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