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Murder, She Read(nymag.com)
1 points by mifeng 10y ago|0 comments
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The worst mistake NFL coaches can make(theundefeated.com)
1 points by mifeng 10y ago|0 comments
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by mifeng 10y ago
100% agree. The biggest mistake that Theranos made was over-promising. Startups in other vertical do it all the time, but you can't get away with it in consumer healthcare because lives are at stake.
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by mifeng 10y ago
Just like in engineering, the initial investment into a go-to-market strategy is only the tip of the iceberg; it's the maintenance and support required to make it successful that kills you. At both my former and current company, I&#x27
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by mifeng 10y ago
From the website, it looks like you're taking a direct-to-consumer approach by selling a $250 device and a $15 monthly subscription service (Uber for blood testing!?). Can you explain why you chose that go-to-market strategy? I don&#
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by mifeng 10y ago
As a product geek, I love this. It's an awesome application of computer vision to solve an ancient and expensive problem in a new way. Just building the product and getting enough labeled data to a level when you can demonstrate proof
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by mifeng 10y ago
That's a weird statement given that this group are mostly former RethinkDB folks.
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by mifeng 10y ago
But if you listen to his interviews, it's clear the guy has a nuanced, clear understanding of the technology and business model behind both Tesla and SpaceX. He may not be able to do every job, but he can do the job of his direct repo
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by mifeng 10y ago
This is why, all other things being equal, it's better for an engineer to work for an engineering driven company (Facebook) rather than a sales driven one (Oracle). The opposite is probably true for a salesperson.
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by mifeng 10y ago
As a former startup founder, I totally empathize - it's always clearer with hindsight but it's important to honestly reflect so you can apply the lessons learned to the next turn of the ferris wheel. > We set out to build a goo
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by mifeng 10y ago
Startup equity is just an at-the-money call option. Worth something but not a ton on day 1. Due to tax guidelines, companies are highly incentivized to grant employees options struck at the last 409A valuation price. For companies who have
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The future of front-end development is design(techcrunch.com)
2 points by mifeng 10y ago|0 comments
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by mifeng 10y ago
No, you're not crazy. While I disagree that managers will be less important, I think that you're making a good decision because technically differentiated managers will be more valuable. Even if you go back to PM, the ability to
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Show HN: A Trackable Embedded Document Viewer(doxiq.com)
2 points by mifeng 12y ago|0 comments
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How to Capture Leads on Ungated Content(doxiq.com)
2 points by mifeng 12y ago|0 comments
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Anatomy of a startup pivot: lessons learned from our radical change in direction(doxiq.com)
9 points by mifeng 12y ago|1 comments
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by mifeng 12y ago
The issue isn't so much YC's investment in projects that may not have scientific rigor, but that of individual investors via crowd-funding platforms. At an extreme, this results in a company like GoBe raising $1.1 million on Indi
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by mifeng 12y ago
While prefs and commons certainly differ in value, I don't think it's matters much given that the goal here is to give employees a fairer, more transparent way to allocate between cash and equity compensation. The valuation differ
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Enterprise Sales Hacks: Writing a disaster recovery plan(usedox.com)
1 points by mifeng 13y ago|0 comments
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by mifeng 13y ago
I would flip this question around and ask: why should it be hard for a startup to reach a cash flow positive state? We are lucky enough to live in a world where the fixed costs of starting a technology company are virtually zero, while the
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by mifeng 13y ago
Makes sense. As a political number cruncher, people are really only interested in your opinions once every four years. As a sports analyst, people care about what you write every day.
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by mifeng 14y ago
Totally agree. His argument basically boils down to this: because the banks can't rip off retail investors by making at least $0.25 per share traded, they can't be bothered to trade and issue research on smaller stocks. Boo-freaking-hoo.
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by mifeng 14y ago
I do like where you're going... just had to edit a Google doc spreadsheet on my phone (painful). As a long-time Excel user,I just can't imagine giving up keyboard shortcuts, etc.
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by mifeng 14y ago
I like the design, but the thought of using a spreadsheet without a keyboard makes my head hurt.
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by mifeng 14y ago
I used to build structured credit risk models at JPMorgan and other banks. A few observations: - Excel models are usually built on a pre-existing template, probably created by someone else. Any errors/hidden assumptions carries through.