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by nugget 7y ago
Yes this seems more like an attempt to capitalize on a negative trend (legacies no longer applying and matriculating) to achieve positive brand association (Hopkins is now leading the way towards a meritocratic future). I'd be curious
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by nugget 7y ago
Actually the opposite. If chips represent time, I'm advising that the seller force the buyer to spend time (in person) with them to reflect commitment. A classic example is whether or not the seller can get a meeting with the buyer&#
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by nugget 7y ago
Chrome could change their extension policies and put a severe damper on the business overnight. Consumers would have the option to use a different browser, but it's likely that many of the Honey users did not affirmatively register fo
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by nugget 7y ago
I've handled a decent volume of small tech startup m&a and I've never seen an escrow. Better advice is for the sellers to spend a decent amount of time in person with the buyers. Get to know who you are dealing with. It&#x2
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by nugget 7y ago
What are you willing to sacrifice to vest those RSUs, besides just time? Your mental health? Your physical health? Watching your kids grow up? Your marriage? Etc. As other folks have alluded to it can sound relatively trivial (and sometime
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by nugget 7y ago
If you build an arena and only use it for 15 games per year then the problem may be the poor design or under-utilization of the asset, not the asset in the first place. There is a huge and lucrative market for all sorts of private and corp
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by nugget 7y ago
I've hired numerous remote developers on an hourly basis and the process can be similarly incremental: 1. Screen for skills and experience 2. 15-30 minute technical interview over voice chat 3. Give them a 10-15 hour project (paid) tha
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by nugget 7y ago
Public accountability for terrible guest experiences, at least somewhat.
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by nugget 7y ago
#2 would only happen if entrepreneurial opportunities in tech dried up completely, which is a much more significant (implied) prediction.
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by nugget 7y ago
As soon as I finished this article I immediately thought of a thread from last week, "Focus has become more valuable than IQ" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21906727 Watching energetic young kids run around,
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by nugget 7y ago
In many areas of practice the US provides some of the best care in the world. Places like MD Anderson in Houston and Sloan in NYC attract sick people from all over the world for a reason. It's fair to credit these institutions for wh
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by nugget 7y ago
Another common misconception about medicare is that they won't deny tests or procedures that your physician deems medically necessary. Medicare can and does issue such denials. I worked next to a family medicine MD with a primarily m
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by nugget 7y ago
Certain individuals may not require an existential crisis to achieve the uppermost stage of conscious integration but for others (most) I believe it to be absolutely necessary.
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by nugget 7y ago
The article references the expiration of the Small Webcaster license and a casual web search seems to confirm this unfortunate news. I think it’s now exclusively a pay per stream model which is definitely a barrier to innovation.
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by nugget 7y ago
It’s cyclical. The stronger the economy is, the worse airlines and hotels treat their loyalty program members. When the next bad recession hits, they will open the “loopholes” back up and we’ll be adrift in a sea of unbelievable promos.
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by nugget 7y ago
Ignorance may be bliss, but only if you can remain ignorant until the absolute end. I see evidence of a paradox whereby the most powerful analytical minds are able to most effectively construct defensive counter arguments to their own inhe
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by nugget 7y ago
In my experience extreme workaholism can often be a way to avoid or defer major life decisions that someone doesn't want to make or even consciously recognize. High status careers are often structured, full of positive feedback loops,
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by nugget 7y ago
It's somewhat backwards in medicine. Many top grads stay in academics where the prestige is high but the pay is low. With the exception of elective plastics and dermatology, the highest earning physicians tend to be from middle of th
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by nugget 7y ago
Sometimes the hard part of the job isn't the number of hours per week at a desk but the need to always be on call to deal with problems. For me, being on call leads my brain into thinking about potential problems ahead of time, so the
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by nugget 7y ago
The white collar professionals who can afford these types of areas are usually much more like entrepreneurs than individual practitioners of their craft.
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by nugget 7y ago
You have to know when to buy AND when to sell. I bought Netflix in 2010, but I sold it in 2011. I bought Amazon in 2006 and sold it a few months later. When the price doubles or triples, it's hard not to take the profits and run. T
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by nugget 7y ago
As I watch pop culture media I can’t help but think that the desire for relative wealth/status is driven primarily by the desire to attract sexual and romantic partners. I don’t think people in their 20s and 30s are as worried about w
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by nugget 7y ago
I agree there’s a sourcing/matching problem that leads the administrators in these markets to capture a disproportionately large share of any value premiums paid.
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by nugget 7y ago
Great childcare and elder care is very expensive and the people who do these jobs well are, in my experience, quite well compensated relative to other jobs available to them.
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by nugget 7y ago
Isn’t one of the main benefits of open source projects - like Chromium - that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel, and can instead focus on innovation or differentiation beyond the status quo?
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by nugget 7y ago
One of the best definitions of “rich” that I’ve come across is a top 1% income based on a perpetual withdrawal rate of dividends alone (about 3%). This puts the wealth threshold around $15m for most US states and around $25m for the Bay Ar
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by nugget 7y ago
I'm optimistic about the next 5 years of SmartTV market evolution. It's a relatively new platform and as the devices reach certain market saturation points (and play nicer with phones) I think we'll start to see a lot of rea
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by nugget 7y ago
Digital advertising can be as addictive (and dangerous) as heroin. You give FB some money and customers start to show up - it feels like you suddenly have a real business. If your analytics are off or you don’t even have the right KPIs to
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by nugget 7y ago
Maybe I'm naive but I assumed the $120k banana "sale" was essentially a fake transaction intended to attract publicity and drive foot traffic to the venue.
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by nugget 7y ago
Some wannabe restaurant owners are better at operations (setting up a kitchen) and others are better at marketing (bringing customer orders in). Cloud kitchens make the restaurant business a bit less appealing to the former and a bit more

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