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541.
by pclark 16y ago
a mediocre .com beats a decent non.com
542.
by pclark 16y ago
I have heard kidnapping is hugely lucrative in certain parts of the world - a friend of mine worked for an ex-special forces team that founded an anti-kidnappign organisation. Fascinating world.
543.
by pclark 16y ago
Even the slightest delay in any single part of the Apple supply chain could cause millions off dollars in delays. Honda for example would helicopter late parts to factories to prevent delays.
544.
by pclark 16y ago
Same in the UK. You have to hit the url twice to get it to work. Cannot believe they didn't test it.
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Seamless for iOS: Instantly transition music from Mac to iOS device(fivedetails.com)
3 points by pclark 16y ago|0 comments
546.
by pclark 16y ago
Can anyone argue that the time spent upvoting a reddit story of injustice provides negative net value to the world?
547.
IPhone keeps record of everywhere you go(guardian.co.uk)
8 points by pclark 16y ago|0 comments
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Starcraft’s “Destiny” Talks eSports and Gaming for a Living(blogs.forbes.com)
3 points by pclark 16y ago|0 comments
549.
by pclark 16y ago
What is the typical circumstance where you tell the founders to quit?
550.
by pclark 16y ago
If owning 10% of Twitter users results in a mere $50M pay day, Twitter has serious problems.
551.
by pclark 16y ago
If an investor quibbles market size its usually due to lack of traction and velocity of traction.
552.
by pclark 16y ago
What is your project?
553.
by pclark 16y ago
Build his own credit card reader into the iPhone?
554.
by pclark 16y ago
More people have credit/debit cards than smart phones. There is no reason why Square couldn't support NFC eventually, but I think for the next decade, retail purchasing experiences, will involve consumers with credit/debit cards.
555.
by pclark 16y ago
I don't understand why you'd be star struck if you'd already raised funding from Chris Dixon and Ron Conway.
556.
by pclark 16y ago
You can imagine Twitter in the early days saying along the lines of "Twitter relies on SMS almost more so than the Internet, and there are over 3 Billion SMS users in the world."
557.
by pclark 16y ago
like what devices? not doubting, just curious
558.
by pclark 16y ago
How much could you do with this? Also, why does Apple allow Square into the app store when it does this?
559.
by pclark 16y ago
I do, I don't see anything wrong with it. I like stuff. I like not having to ask permission to do audacious things. I think $100M is the low bar for me.
560.
by pclark 16y ago
Often having a large sales team (and operations in general) is as challenging as the technical hurdles, if not harder.
561.
by pclark 16y ago
I think that a good route to go if you get rejected is use this time between now and winter 12 yc batch to charge forwards - it demonstrates fabulous determination and tenacity in the face of rejection.
562.
by pclark 16y ago
I am in the UK :)
563.
My WakeMate: 1 year, 4 months, 12 days in the making.(plc.vc)
12 points by pclark 16y ago|8 comments
564.
by pclark 16y ago
> Balpa, who commissioned the report, is warning that problems with fatigue could get worse under European proposals that would see the maximum flying time for UK pilots going up from 900 hours in a 12-month period to 1,000 hours 1,000
565.
by pclark 16y ago
do you think #1, #2 and #3 would really make a difference? I would have thought most users (including me) when it comes to payment are simply thinking "blah blah blah take my money"
566.
by pclark 16y ago
whats your masters in? if you're a software engineer my buddy is hiring in cambridge.
567.
by pclark 16y ago
Yes. The Huffington Post, Business Insider, GigaOM, The Bleacher Report and many more have. You have almost 0 chance of raising money until you have a serious sized audience though, unless you have a rockstar background like being Editor in
568.
by pclark 16y ago
What is different? Your tour is just pitch speak.
569.
by pclark 16y ago
Erm, the VC should come to you .
570.
by pclark 16y ago
Did it take from October to raise $375,000? was that with a single guy on it dedicated or part time fund raising?

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