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by nedwin 12y ago
How has Quora changed since they went into YCombinator recently?
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by nedwin 12y ago
Last time I tried to grab an Uber from the airport (around 4 weeks ago) it no longer worked. You could see rides in the area but if you tried to drop a pin anywhere on airport property it wouldn't let you.
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by nedwin 12y ago
What are you charging a client to build a site for them on Weebly?
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by nedwin 12y ago
Firstly the people running this are already incredibly wealthy by themselves. They more than likely funded the startup costs themselves, or through wealthy benefactors. They pay operational expenses from a percentage of the money they raise
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by nedwin 12y ago
I'd love to hear more about your experience in negotiation. What resources do you recommend? Has this mostly come from experience or elsewhere? If you want to take it off list: dwyer.ed@gmail.com :)
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by nedwin 12y ago
I believe if you offered market rates on these high risk loans there wouldn't be any profit. The default rate is too high to allow for market rates.
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by nedwin 12y ago
This is awesome. I have a feeling Instagram is going to be your biggest growth lever. No affiliate links?
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by nedwin 12y ago
You're assuming all startups pay below market.
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by nedwin 12y ago
jampoole is the original poster of the thread you're commenting on.
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by nedwin 12y ago
At what point do tech companies start making two factor authentication mandatory? It's one thing to say "We tell our users to use two factor authentication - it's their fault if they don't use it" but it's anot
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by nedwin 12y ago
The thing that I love about Assembly is that they're not afraid to take risks. There is a lot of unknowns about how this style of company might work and therefore a shitload of risk. The potential upside is huge if this works but eithe
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by nedwin 12y ago
My understanding is you don't "qualify" for rent control in SF. You automatically get it when you move into a building built before 1979. Then the landlord can only increase rent (as a general rule) by about 1% per year. So t
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by nedwin 12y ago
Interesting question. INAL but I would suggest it's not reasonable grounds for search. Either way in this situation the defendant not only allowed the search but pointed out where to find the drugs.
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by nedwin 12y ago
They're generating $1.8bn in business a year for contractors around the US. I assume this will be spent on fuelling growth and building a moat.
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by nedwin 12y ago
Loving the aesthetic of this site - breaking away from the mould of the billion other business podcasts. Having Keith Rabois for your first episode is a strong vibe too.
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by nedwin 12y ago
Well Amazon have started doing a local services marketplace. If they can become dominant they can start to control the flow of leads to these businesses and therefore control margins and pricing.
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by nedwin 12y ago
You're assuming the worst on all of these things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor Filling out surveys = providing your opinion. Could be completely anonymous. Writing descriptions for online shops
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by nedwin 12y ago
The challenge of not having taken funding as well is that you can't use your last valuation as a bench mark. ie they offer you $1m, you can't say "Well, that's far below our last valuation of $5m" or "in order
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by nedwin 12y ago
They say it's out there in a blog post, so it must be true.
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by nedwin 12y ago
Are you planning on moving out of teaching into development?
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by nedwin 12y ago
This is great. I love the idea of the salty old fisherman but would also love to see comedians, artists and amateur historians. Ricky Gervais' tour of the Vatican, Louis CK's tour of Brooklyn. Rev share for the artists.
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by nedwin 12y ago
"Number of nuclear energy companies in the current batch: 2" Awesome. I can't seem to find these two companies yet - have they announced or still under the rader?
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YC Portfolio Stats(blog.ycombinator.com)
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by nedwin 12y ago
Exactly. And if you're actively seeking out more candidates who are women you're likely to get a better gender ratio than companies who aren't as proactive.
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by nedwin 12y ago
It's relatively common for their to be a gap between local and remote developers. Buffer have been incredibly transparent about their approach to this: http://open.bufferapp.com/introducing-open-salaries-at-buffe...
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by nedwin 12y ago
It's the same as a Vegas wedding with an Elvis impersonator. Different strokes for different folks.
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That sounds incredibly high. What site is this on?
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by nedwin 12y ago
Bummer. I still use this to find clothes. Glad to hear they're going to bring back a slightly different version of it.
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by nedwin 12y ago
Hackpad is a good starting point for tracking but if you really want to know how well you're converting, and automate a follow up email, I recommend you try out ToutApp.com. Super simple, super effective for this kind of thing.
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by nedwin 12y ago
Not necessarily but finding civilian work as a returned service-person is not trivial.

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