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   by murtza 15y ago

   Just to clarify I was not a financial adviser. I worked in the corporate strategy group that oversaw all the financial advisers and how the division ran.
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   by murtza 15y ago

   Sorry if you received a 500 Internal Server error when trying to load my site. I just installed a Wordpress caching plugin to handle the increased load on the server. The site should be working now.
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   by murtza 15y ago

   This post was about me evaluating my life during this past year. I got laid off and that would suck for anybody, but I am sure given enough time I could have found another job in the industry. But I do not want that. This is my chance to go
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   by murtza 15y ago

   You are right. There are other companies working on the same problems as Elon Musk. However, what really impresses me about him is that he invested all the cash he made off of PayPal into the companies he's working on now. He could have sto
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   Elon Musk is pushing the human race forward(murtza.org)

   127 points by murtza 15y ago|56 comments
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   by murtza 15y ago

   JetBrains RubyMine is setup for Rails 3, and it seems to be liked by the users of HN and Stack Overflow.
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   by murtza 15y ago

   I think retail clients are not willing to pay for information. They are already overloaded with "free" information from so many different sources. I think you want to target institutional clients like hedge funds, who are more than willing
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   by murtza 15y ago

   StockTwits is the biggest player I can think of in this space. I like the idea of focusing on negative stock recommendations. There have been studies that show Wall Street research analysts have a positive bias in their recommendations beca
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   by murtza 15y ago

   Thanks for sharing the video. That guy is an amazing salesman. It reminds about the mantra: It's not about the idea, it's the execution that matters.
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    by murtza 15y ago

    Thanks for the link to the licensing requirements. To comply with the law, I think we will call whatever we are selling artwork, so we do not need to get a permit. I like the poem store idea.
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    by murtza 15y ago

    Some other ideas I brainstormed: 1)Roses, 2)Guy Fawkes Masks, 3)Create and sell a guide. Maybe a "Guide to NYC Public Restrooms"
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    by murtza 15y ago

    I am sorry that you got conned, and I hope that did not ruin your NYC experience. We aim to be white hat street hustlers.
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    by murtza 15y ago

    Thanks for the tip. I will read some episode summaries of the show to see what they sold.
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    by murtza 15y ago

    I agree. We spend a lot of time working on developing products. We just want a productive outlet when we decided to take a break.
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    by murtza 15y ago

    We took food/snacks off the table because it requires health permits. Plastic rain coats / umbrellas are weather dependent, but a good idea.
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    Ask HN: What can I sell in Times Square?

    18 points by murtza 15y ago|30 comments
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    by murtza 16y ago

    It's called the Espresso Book Machine.
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    by murtza 16y ago

    Village Voice is good. They have a listing of different shows on their site. You could probably data mine from there.