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by orky56 6y ago
The gig economy is part of the larger sharing economy where assets that were traditionally viewed as fixed (e.g. cars, residences, labor) are now seen as variable based on the predictable and limited nature of consumption. Companies appreci
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by orky56 6y ago
Consulting as a service may not be but remember when times are tough companies like to reduce capex and enjoy short term flexibility with opex. As those synergies between consulting and product disappear then those clients may jump to IBM&#
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by orky56 6y ago
Rates are low now but it will take time for this to get reflected in VC/PE/corporate dollars to invest. The addressable market of consumers/enterprises that are willing to spend money on non-essential products/services i
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by orky56 6y ago
The artificial safety net provided to states as opposed to corporations is for the fact that it is important for all states, even the most underperforming to have a standard level of infrastructure and overall competitiveness. The whole con
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by orky56 7y ago
A rent the runway for art would be an amazing idea. It would require a large deposit to cover the initial art piece but provide customers with a dynamic art collection almost similar to how museums have visiting exhibits. I'd be happy
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by orky56 7y ago
One quick way to clean up the whole site is to have a toggle to show prices as upfront or in installments. This way you remove the noise and cater to your target demographic. UI becomes cleaner and both demographics feels like the experienc
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by orky56 7y ago
Yelp is accused of predatory practices on business owners including pushing them to sign up for a paid subscription to hide negative reviews on their Yelp page. Otherwise, you are vulnerable to their algorithm which hides/shows reviews
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by orky56 7y ago
To succeed in social, you need to exploit network effects to scale your user base. You might get a flash in the pan with some seeded content or go viral for a brief second. In the long run, you need to spend big and more than established co
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by orky56 7y ago
That potential new blood is just years away from being acquired or morphing into the same poor options.
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by orky56 7y ago
How is it predatory? The person who is renting likely does not have the ability to purchase and you adding another rental to the market drives rental prices down and provides another rental option (albeit insignificantly) thereby helping sa
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by orky56 7y ago
This seems like a dangerous justification for the sunk cost fallacy. If you get in early on an investment, you become partial to the company based on the relationships you have created and your understanding of the market. Although that mig
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by orky56 7y ago
This is amazing especially with the vegetarian options. I saw some comments about issues within a meal. I find it to be a creative way to get outside my comfort zone. However I do see 2 meals in the same day that are too similar. Some days
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by orky56 7y ago
My boss expects me to work on flights with my 15" Macbook Pro, economy seat, and poor WiFi to use SaaS applications. My productivity is dramatically less but that's when I have the most downtime.
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by orky56 7y ago
How do you know everyone is on amicable terms? A press release is definitely not the place to determine the reality of the situation.
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by orky56 7y ago
Flooding and other symptoms of climate change are externalities that countries & corporations are not acknowledging let alone paying for. Who's responsible for compensating the businesses of Venice who are effected? Is it the gover
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by orky56 7y ago
It would be ideal if Apple could figure out a way to make a magnetic USB-C port. At the end of the day, the USB-C cable brings much convenience but it is loose and constantly comes out, just slightly to lose the charge.
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by orky56 7y ago
With income inequality rising, the revolving door between public/private sector, and lobbying, the power of the citizenry compared to the wealthy individuals is becoming smaller. An individual can make a single post and get a single li
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by orky56 7y ago
Through ads, political parties don't necessarily have to use true statements. In addition, they can target specific groups of users based on demographics and other attributes Facebook provides. The issue is that regular users who post
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by orky56 7y ago
Go on. How so?
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by orky56 7y ago
I did this the other way around. Started with a Mi Band that did HR/sleep tracking and found it to be great value for its price. I used it religiously for 6 months and figured that was justification to get an Apple Watch. Despite its l
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by orky56 7y ago
We also have high turnover so maintaining direct deposit info doesn't make sense either. It ends up being around $10/mo per employee for a low-end payroll service which includes direct deposit/year end taxes/forms/e
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by orky56 7y ago
We have a small business and print checks manually for employees. With 50+ employees and majority of them working less than 10 hours per pay period, the per employee cost to use a direct deposit/payroll service is cost prohibitive. Wit
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by orky56 7y ago
Screenwriter/Director/Cinematographer - It would take time & money to get good but I would enjoy it on day one if money wasn't a concern.
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by orky56 7y ago
-Heroku (36) -Constant Contact (60) -Github (Free) -Box (10) -Asana (Free) -CRM (built in-house) -Accounting (built in-house) ~50 employees ~1mm ARR
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by orky56 7y ago
Collaboration Tools & Best Practices, Staying Productive being remote, Avoiding isolationism/loneliness, etc., Finding coworking spaces or other places to work remotely, ROI/TCO to show why remote work makes sense
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by orky56 7y ago
This is part of WeWork's expansion plan. People aren't going to switch fo full remote work overnight. As companies sprawl from the top 100 cities to the top 500, WeWork's additional locations will address this so that employe
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by orky56 7y ago
Sounds like something to do with Russia, US, and the presidency...
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by orky56 7y ago
A larger market doesn't solve the inherent problem: people aren't interacting with your product. So first off, why aren't people interacting with your product? If you strip away all the supplementary features, you're lef
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by orky56 7y ago
I'm doing that in Orange County at the moment. John Wayne Airport is a pleasure to fly out of. Newport Beach offers the beach home life and Irvine/South Coast Metro bring the big city tech offerings. Other responses go for more co
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by orky56 7y ago
I was up and running very fast using OneMonth Rails. It oversimplified some things but ensured I had a running app pretty quickly. It got me over the hurdle of being stuck in books and videos and instead had me tweaking something I could be

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