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Ask HN: What's a good long term incentive plan for a bootstrapped team?
1 points by porter 9y ago|0 comments
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by porter 9y ago
Famous NYU valuation professor on how to value bitcoin: http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-bitcoin-boom...
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by porter 9y ago
There have been many questions about how these crowdfunding sites compare to a vanguard REIT index. Taxes haven't been mentioned. Don't be so pedantic.
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by porter 9y ago
Spot on. Taxes have been missing from this entire HN discussion. A primary reason for investing directly in real estate (even in a syndication as a passive investor) is to get the tax benefits. For example, with the "eREITS" from
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How to Value Bitcoin from NYU Valuation Professor(aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com)
1 points by porter 9y ago|0 comments
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by porter 9y ago
Shows how brittle the network effect really is. No such thing as a permanently durable competitive advantage.
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by porter 9y ago
Doesn't that assume zero student population growth?
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by porter 9y ago
How do you measure time online?
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by porter 9y ago
Are you looking for more django work?
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by porter 9y ago
Sounds like they are changing their target companies to send their students to from startups to existing incumbents. I'm sure all those old 1990's software companies would love to recruit junior programmers but otherwise find it d
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by porter 9y ago
or as pg says if you don't want to die then don't quit.
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by porter 9y ago
I'd be interested in testing: A01059323A68F78E9A9B638C3D9553858EC44ED4
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by porter 9y ago
You can download the Brave private browser at www.brave.com. The Brave browser automatically disables all ads and tracking when you browse any website. The founder of Brave also created JavaScript.
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by porter 9y ago
can anyone recommend a good intelligent robot arm kit for building myself?
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by porter 9y ago
What kind of environment do these special people thrive in? What specifically did your boss do (or not do) so well that you appreciated him so much?
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by porter 10y ago
Back in 2010 I quit my banking job and took all of the undergrad computer science courses at a state college. This was still at the bottom of the recession, before all these coding bootcamps got started. I learned a ton and taught myself py
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by porter 10y ago
Spot on. How else are we all supposed to rack up HN Karma points?
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by porter 10y ago
Well, they are telling this to VCs afterall...
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NEW SILICON COWBOYS TRAILER CHARTS THE RISE OF COMPAQ(nerdist.com)
1 points by porter 10y ago|0 comments
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by porter 10y ago
no idea why this is getting downvoted.
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by porter 10y ago
Awesome kid, but how was this risk only worth $10k to facebook? Needs a few more zeros behind it.
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by porter 11y ago
There is no myth. I'm not sure why anyone would think starting a company would be passive for very long. Even if you're successful and generate revenue, hire employees, and take market share, someone still has to provide leadershi
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by porter 11y ago
The reason why these complex products win isn't because of their design, but instead because they have moats around their business. Craigslist has network effects and photoshop is an industry standard product. The author is confusing e
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by porter 11y ago
Just because a job ad asks for a degree doesn't mean the person hired actually has one.
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by porter 11y ago
Did you ever use WACC, or is that not realistic?
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by porter 11y ago
I'm curious - how did you determine defensible discount rates at McKinsey?
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by porter 11y ago
I've noticed lawyers are good at this. They have a mastery of deductive logic and ask you to agree with what appear to be obvious statements. Then from those obvious statements they deduce an airtight conclusion. It's a brilliant
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The Book of Graham (2014)(leveragedsellout.com)
7 points by porter 11y ago|1 comments
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by porter 11y ago
The odds of a smart middle class entrepreneur making a successful business are actually way better than making it to the NBA or NFL. To say these are equal odds is misleading.
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Glamorous tech startups can be brutal places for workers(economist.com)
13 points by porter 11y ago|5 comments

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