mjnaus

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by mjnaus 18y ago
Yes, I have. I have placed certain bets against the dollar. There is not a single doubt in my mind that the dollar will keep loosing it's value - with some minor exceptions in the short term. With all the billions of fresh created money (cr
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by mjnaus 18y ago
What you just said means absolutely nothing: "backed by the taxing power of the US government". First and far most, when everybody comes running to the US government to cash in on their dollars, there is no taxing power between heaven and e
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by mjnaus 18y ago
And what logic and evidence exactly are you referring to?
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Ask HN: Any successful entrepreneurs out there with a business degree?
4 points by mjnaus 18y ago|0 comments
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by mjnaus 18y ago
I think that largely depends on what product is being sold and what market you're in. Cloud9 sells software to tour operators and other travel suppliers and, unfortunately, our potential customers are not very internet savvy, making it rath
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by mjnaus 18y ago
What exactly are you selling? Our company sells software the SaaS way and distribution has never been as easy!
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by mjnaus 18y ago
>>Success or failure at anything is all about making the right tradeoffs. Advice should focus on helping you weigh those tradeoffs intelligently rather than dictating absolutes. Very well said indeed!
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Yep, unfortunately addressing key issues won't make any president popular with the ruling elite in the U.S. And since those are the ones providing most of the campaigning funds for presidential candidates, guess who Obama will be loyal to..
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Bla bla bla.... What I just heard is a whole lot of nothing. Building a "green economy", very nice and all but it's time leaders in the U.S. start addressing the bad underlying fundamentals (greed, the sick focus on bigger and better, a deb
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by mjnaus 18y ago
They probably picked up some 10+ million $ in VC money, were instantly covered by Techcrunch as the next big thing in URL production and will soon get bought by Yahoo.
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Is there anything that sets you aside from the hundreds of other intern sites out there?
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by mjnaus 18y ago
It looks like they copied the content from a post on Smashing Magazine from last year: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/23/online-calendars-...
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ScreenToaster: a browser-based screencast tool(screentoaster.com)
1 points by mjnaus 18y ago|0 comments
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Guess there is only left to say that when and if Yammer's model works, Twitter only needs to copy it and call it a day. By the way, I am thinking about implementing a similar model for my soon-to-launch Twitter for the homeless (incl free i
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Is USA the new Google killer?
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Damn, did someone actually read this whole thing?
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by mjnaus 18y ago
The title should have been: "Freemium might not be a good business model for most consumer applications". That title would have made sense...
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by mjnaus 18y ago
It's so funny, it deserves to be put up twice!
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by mjnaus 18y ago
The author clearly mentions this in his post, so I don't see why that is an issue.
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Amazing... the sheer volume of news.YC folks jumping on the defense wagon here. If I wouldn't know any better, I would say that 37Signals personally offended some you. To do some reflection... I can't help but wonder how many adjustments a
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Correction, your interpretation is that it says: Economic conditions vary. In bad times you can't take as much risk. Bad times are here. Stop taking risks. That said, the presentation says what it says; it talks about the what happened, how
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by mjnaus 18y ago
After only looking at your the title: the world changes every day... go with it and get used to it!
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by mjnaus 18y ago
1) Loving what you do will definitely make it a whole lot easier to stick with your project and reach your milestones. However, it says absolutely nothing about how great a business your idea will make. I am sure a bunch of kids loved makin
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by mjnaus 18y ago
I think Stan is just pointing out that a startup which is not making money should not be called a business. And when we consider a startup to be a "young" business, the author has a good point. 90% of the "startups" we see passing by here o
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Are you not living in the same world as I am? Didn't the Nikkei index loose close to 10% again yesterday? Panic doesn't restrain well unfortunately... When someone falls for a scam, you blame the victim for not figuring out he was scammed s
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Startups, it’s Time to Stop Calling Yourselves That(mashable.com)
12 points by mjnaus 18y ago|13 comments
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Photoshop CS3
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by mjnaus 18y ago
If you need your investors to tell you to buckle up and cut costs because hard times are ahead, you're probably not the most suitable person to run a company and you might want to consider getting out asap...
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by mjnaus 18y ago
Well, one benefit could be: homeless people waiting in line at a local shelter can update each other on how the line is coming along and how many more are going to get a place to sleep that night at that particular shelter. Another usage co
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by mjnaus 18y ago
By building a Twitter for the homeless

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