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   by priv_acy 13y ago

   which I think is a little ironic because the overwhelming mentality on tech forums is that MBAs are idiots with more money than brains that get paid absurd amounts of money to play golf and talk about synergy who could never do what we do.
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   by priv_acy 13y ago

   In the aerospace business there is a guy known as the Mass Properties Engineer who gets to rule the project with an iron fist. He is responsible for knowing the estimated, calculated or measured weight of every part on the spacecraft from c
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   by priv_acy 15y ago

   Amazon has a $90B market cap. Google's is $173B. Google can't afford it without taking on LOTS of debt, which ain't going to happen (note that neither company currently has any significant debt).
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   by priv_acy 15y ago

   You could flip it and it would be just as true (that is, not at all): Speaking as a business guy, my default position is to be turned off by co-founding with a technical guy unless they have an amazing track record. I like the advice of ear
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   by priv_acy 16y ago

   I had two of the best years of my life at B School. I met lifelong friends, learned a ton, and got to push the reset button on my life. But business school is a bit of a scam, and the willing victims are the students. They sell glamor and w
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   by priv_acy 16y ago

   I've got both - I need something that can make espresso.
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   Ask HN: What is a good espresso machine?

   12 points by priv_acy 16y ago|23 comments