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by mikeg8 12y ago
nailed it.
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by mikeg8 12y ago
Everything you described is actually called a "clock". Watches were the evolution from pocket to wrist, nothing more than that.
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by mikeg8 12y ago
Thanks for your reply. Apple, and even Google, don't seem nearly as similar to Amazon in the question I asked. While they both invest heavily in R&D and other capex's areas, they also store a lot more cash (at least apple) and
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by mikeg8 12y ago
I've never really thought of it like this – interesting. Are there any other examples of large/popular companies on par with Amazon"re-invest" mentality? I can't think of any off the top of my head but would be inte
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by mikeg8 12y ago
I think this is very clever, I've never seen anything like this. Great work, your site does a nice job of explaining itself quickly.
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by mikeg8 12y ago
Looks very cool! Well done.
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by mikeg8 12y ago
I love how "only has the brand" is used negatively here. Having the "brand" is having everything. You can have a worse or more expensive product with "the brand". People will love/obsess over you from &quo
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by mikeg8 12y ago
did you even watch the video? Trello uses lists (to mimic SCRUM), this uses days (to mimic a calendar). Not that similar.
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by mikeg8 12y ago
Thanks for the comment – my partners and I could not agree more and that's one of our goals with Medko. Patients that would like to go abroad can use our search to find English speaking doctors in LatAm. They can also send them a messa
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by mikeg8 12y ago
Yes, we were in generation 6.2 from Feb-Aug, 2013. We remained in Santiago longer than any other international team from our generation and still have most of our team members in Chile. If you have any questions about the program, I'd
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by mikeg8 12y ago
Thanks for the comment and totally agree. I'm one of the founders and we would love to get our actual doctors up there as soon as possible.
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by mikeg8 12y ago
Do you have any resources you'd recommend to get started learning this? It's a nice feature and I noticed it when the new YC page first loaded but have never investigated it myself.
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by mikeg8 12y ago
no tool tip for me in chrome.
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by mikeg8 12y ago
This is cool, I haven't seen this on a HN poll before. Thanks
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by mikeg8 12y ago
I think your points are pretty spot on and you don't seem to be exhibiting "exceptionalism". Just wanted to say.
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by mikeg8 12y ago
I totally agree with you from a statistical view-point but there are definitely cultural, social, educational differences between Americans and non-american that may give us the upper hand in founding companies (as evidence by the founders
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by mikeg8 13y ago
bingo.
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by mikeg8 13y ago
That one looks much less realistic to me. There were no long streak from drops that slid all the way down.
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by mikeg8 13y ago
An idea-stage startup should not be paying a FTE 120k. That is lunacy and engineers need to start to understand this. More equity, lower salary until there is money coming in would help more companies survive longer while they look for pro
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by mikeg8 13y ago
Can you cite a few examples of companies they funded with substantial revenue? I'm very curious to learn about which ones they were.
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by mikeg8 13y ago
I think your math is off. 5 NP's per batch * 50k = 250k from teespring which makes your point even stronger.
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by mikeg8 13y ago
The 120k for 7% is a great middle ground. Trying to raise that amount on your own isn't going to be easy or net you nearly the same valuation as this deal and re-investing every penny is wise but it may take several months/a year
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by mikeg8 13y ago
Completely agree with you.
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by mikeg8 13y ago
>An official executive statement on almost anything is a sign that X is a big problem. Otherwise they'd be focusing on something else. I disagree. I think his point was that he is choosing to focus on culture over other tasks beca
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by mikeg8 13y ago
Its's an internal letter, hopefully everyone who received it already knows the values and has a sense of the culture. Having to spell it out for everyone (assumingly again) would have meant things were much worse off.
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by mikeg8 13y ago
Understood. Will not be commenting like this again. Thanks for the warning dang.
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by mikeg8 13y ago
Damn dude, I think you forgot to take your Midol today.
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by mikeg8 13y ago
Your example looks fucking delicious... (currently living abroad and missing double doubles more than ever)
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by mikeg8 13y ago
> The numbers are what really matters. To survive, yes. To make the the deepest impact, no.
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by mikeg8 13y ago
If by "better deal elsewhere" you mean access to the same high quality advice, mentorship, and support the YC community provides (as expressed in this article and the tons of others like it), the answer is no, you cannot get tha

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