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   by random42 16y ago

   at startup has to sell for $10 0 million without taking any more investment for it to be worth it, which is considered a very big exit.
2. 362.▲
   by random42 16y ago

   Yes, but after 1 year cliff, it would/should be much more than $3M.
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   by random42 16y ago

   If I were him, I'd sell/sold all my MS stocks (its just 3M), to avoid all the FUD being created around it, and all the energy going in PR and possible scrutiny by the authorities.
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   by random42 16y ago

   Does not still prevent anyone from selling books.
5. 365.▲
   by random42 16y ago

   ... or, at-least to reduce the acquisition price and/or put money in the escrow.
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   by random42 16y ago

   If you can code, create a few good paid apps and start generating passive income. This is certainly one way (and a valid way), to do it. But not everyone wants to/can sell . Its a completely different skillset and not everyone is good at
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   by random42 16y ago

   Can we stop saying monkeys? This attitude does not help. A software business needs people with skills to make stuff as well as people with skills to sell that stuff. Neither is more important than other, nor can exist without the other.
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   by random42 16y ago

   Can you please put a link here?
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   by random42 16y ago

   < pedantic > Wakefield was struck off the Medical Register in May 2010, and cannot practise medicine in the UK </pedantic > (Genuine query )Should he still be addressed as Dr. ?
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    by random42 16y ago

    Well, Revenue does!
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    by random42 16y ago

    He meant to convey, that person X, when acting as your VC , is not your friend. More clearly noted here, when he writes about not confusing a VC's good behavior, as their personal trait. ... they add tremendous value to your startup (recr
12. 372.▲
    by random42 16y ago

    Anyplace I can find _small_ free web spam dataset? ( for commercial use, sorry :( ) All the datasets I found on www, are Huge (in double digit GBs..).
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    by random42 16y ago

    I'd prepared (based on other datasets) a smallish movie tweet dataset. You may find it useful, if working with tweets and/or reviews. https://github.com/mohitranka/TwitterSentimentCorpora
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    by random42 16y ago

    This looks very polished for a 4 hour effort. Congrats on being profitable. :)
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    by random42 16y ago

    > Presenting your competitor's clickstream as your own takes it to a new level. Clickstream is still of bing toolbar users.
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    by random42 16y ago

    How should the deletion system be designed?
17. 377.▲
    by random42 16y ago

    Google, you are embarrassing yourself.
18. 378.▲
    by random42 16y ago

    Bing responds. http://searchengineland.com/bing-admits-using-customer-searc...
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    Bing Admits Using Customer Search Data(searchengineland.com)

    2 points by random42 16y ago|1 comments
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    by random42 16y ago

    I like to give feedback (eg dont mind signing for services), but do not like to get spam (no offense) emails.
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    by random42 16y ago

    I agree with you 100% if that's the case, ( and matt Cutts ' comment suggests it is) . My argument were for the case if Bing were to crawl google results page, (programming equivalent of Searching on google and feeding results on own db as
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    by random42 16y ago

    Except the algorithms are not really different. one algorithm is just a wrapper over the second algorithm. the crux of the matter is really in just second algo.
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    by random42 16y ago

    > People obtain data on their competitors' performance all the time and tailor their products accordingly. It's not theft, it's competitive intelligence. Yes, but in this case, its more like claiming competitors product (the search resu
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    by random42 16y ago

    > We take your privacy seriously and will never allow anyone to access your contact information. It will only be used to inform you of your invitation, and our quarterly newsletter. Why not make quarterly newsletter opt-in?
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    by random42 16y ago

    You are misunderstanding the word, 'Copy'. Here, it does not mean like "3-D movies is a great idea, lets copy it from avatar" . Its more on the lines on "This code is great, lets copy it" . Copy == getting inspired by brilliance of an ide
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    by random42 16y ago

    If I were you, I'd delete the post ASAP, before google bots reach, I edit were not possible anymore, and start a new thread. (Copy all the important/helpful suggestions). A person's reputation can be destroyed very easily on the internet. (
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    by random42 16y ago

    You are assuming that the company has 0 revenue/profit.
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    by random42 16y ago

    > I've said this to enough bosses that, this is a huge appeal for me. If you check my performance reviews they all list "has a problem with authority". I dont understand why you are seeing it as a positive thing? Do you think entreprene
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    by random42 16y ago

    Thanks for saying it.
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    by random42 16y ago

    Is XML considered a failure? (Not being snarky, just that I find it in use everywhere .)