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781.
by ponker 6y ago
Would you say the same about much smaller cities like Paris or Berlin?
782.
by ponker 6y ago
It was useful. All of the early customer feedback came from those conversations.
783.
by ponker 6y ago
Lyft was actually the first entrant in their market.
784.
by ponker 6y ago
There are three guidelines. Some are per flight, some are per operating hour, and some are per calendar time.
785.
by ponker 6y ago
When I had a startup I did personally email every user until we got to about 10,000 or so. Didn’t use a template, fired off a new email every time.
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by ponker 6y ago
Before anyone gets too excited, keep in mind that the homicide rate for the US is 5 per 100,000, El Salvador (the highest) is 52 per 100,000, and Puerto Rico is 30... closer to El Salvador than to the US which isn't even that low.
787.
by ponker 6y ago
Research at most US major universities is funded from federal grants, not from tuition. A place like the University of Florida, MIT, Michigan State, whatever, is conducting research with government money in a manner very similar to a nation
788.
by ponker 6y ago
Running one of the world's most important communication platforms.
789.
by ponker 6y ago
Twitter's blue check is a growth hack, not a notary public.
790.
by ponker 6y ago
Weird, so the Hooli analogy is very strained.
791.
by ponker 6y ago
I don’t want to talk to them I just want to feel like someone is in the room.
792.
by ponker 6y ago
Based on his LinkedIn, it seems like it might be Cisco.
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by ponker 6y ago
The margins are pretty fat ($25/mo for hardware that costs $200) and unless they have a particular knack for finding petty thieves I expect that they will lose fewer than 1% of their tablets to fraud.
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by ponker 6y ago
Revenue growth is great but enterprise tech companies can grow revenue long after they are as dead as a doornail. Lotus Notes (!) posted revenue growth in 2008 (!). Intel in some serious shit and the revenue numbers don’t change that.
795.
by ponker 6y ago
For the sake of my mental health I hope it succeeds. My mental health has been in severe jeopardy just being in a room talking to coworkers just during specific topic-oriented meetings.
796.
by ponker 6y ago
You're being very polite to people who are being very rude. This gives me confidence in using you as a vendor and helps your brand immensely.
797.
by ponker 6y ago
please post the writeup instead of DMing!
798.
by ponker 6y ago
"I will never purchase a tampon, therefore tampons are a terrible product with no purpose."
799.
by ponker 6y ago
You can dream up all of these scenarios. But if you have a healthy business then a small number of people scamming you for Galaxy Tab's doesn't kill it.
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by ponker 6y ago
What kind of company do you work at?
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by ponker 6y ago
Inuit people have terrible life outcomes with disease, alcoholism, and suicide, and while there might be a lot of reasons for this, I would still take any of their examples with a grain of salt.
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by ponker 6y ago
I am a big fan of Alexa. It helps me keep track of things like timers, to-dos, grocery lists, etc. while taking care of a toddler and an infant. Is it World Peace or the Cure for Cancer? No but it's pretty cool.
803.
by ponker 6y ago
You have to pay for this? Where is this on the page?
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by ponker 6y ago
Who is "our"?
805.
by ponker 6y ago
Adorama is a huge company. Must be a top 1000 e-commerce vendor.
806.
by ponker 6y ago
Emojis have their place, but this article uses just literal emojis right next to the actual word they represent. It's pretty much the most pointless use of emojis that I have ever seen.
807.
by ponker 6y ago
How did the founders get so rich if they sold for pennies on the dollar to Conde Nast?
808.
by ponker 6y ago
What changes to the neighborhood could cause that?
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by ponker 6y ago
The line that NIMBYism doesn't cross is the property owner / renter line.
810.
by ponker 6y ago
Well then you are NIMBY, just for some things and not others, like every other person.

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