rwhitman

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   by rwhitman 16y ago

   Well, I like that I've been validated. I'll say that.
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   by rwhitman 16y ago

   So Yelp is valued in the billions?
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   by rwhitman 16y ago

   How bizarre, kind of sounds like he's trying rope him into a scam or hack attempt. I'd be cautious
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   by rwhitman 16y ago

   I think every product shutdown should be accompanied with a video. Granted, Gary is a pro, but it feels very personal and comforting to have the founder explain why it was shut down. Every time Google or Yahoo close down a product, they sho
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   by rwhitman 16y ago

   I've never worked for MySpace or Fox, but I've worked for folks who had just come from MySpace / Fox and I have to say it was really apparent how ingrained into the culture pulling all-nighters, working through weekends and holidays etc was
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   by rwhitman 16y ago

   Thanks for that. Yea, basically looks like "Quora meets Foursquare". Hmm, pretty hard to maintain stealth when the back door is wide open on one city...
7. 727.▲
   by rwhitman 16y ago

   I see. Yes, he did trade on more advanced information. And reading up on his case again, it was far more complex than a tweet from 50 Cent...
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   by rwhitman 16y ago

   Ah, so the problem is that he should have disclosed that he owned the stock?
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   by rwhitman 16y ago

   I posted this because my first web client was a journalist for the WSJ who went to jail in the 80's for insider trading, doing a similar scheme of buying stock in a company before he wrote a financial column about it. Paper comes out, stock
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    50 Cent Tweets, Tiny Stock Soars(articles.moneycentral.msn.com)

    89 points by rwhitman 16y ago|46 comments
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    The challenge is that though its a timesink, HN doesn't feel like a timesink, because its educational and for the most part work-related... All I know is if I billed for the time I've spent on HN they would owe me close to $50k ;)
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    When I was running my completely un-funded zero-revenue startup, college kids would daily send me emails begging me to give them a job doing non-technical BS work, often for free. Fortunately a non-technical rockstar (who is willing to wo
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Google Wave was awesome. I'm still irked that nobody else gave it a chance
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Wow. I learned a similar story firsthand from someone who got rich in their early 20's and blew it all on cars, trips to vegas and europe, parties etc. I had such a difficult time relating to it. I don't think I could ever spend that way if
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Something about the way this is written just seems to make it really confusing.
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Crap, I have an app that was build long, long before display guidelines existed (heck even hash tags didn't exist yet!). No time or energy to fix it. And honestly, that style guide is ridiculous. Way to alienate your earliest champions, Twi
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Rule #1: Never drive to meet someone if you're the seller. Let them come to you. If they can't, someone else will. Half of people on CL are flakes or cheapskates, you have to assume they will either never show up or lowball you
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    So this could be summed up as "secure sexting"?
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Note that this article is from 1999, which was probably the all-time peak for corporate identity consultants like this. Quoteth the article "Naseem Javed, president of ABC Namebank in New York, speculates that someday, historians will look
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Um, what was the unsubscribe rate on this particular campaign? While they converted 16% they probably alienated another 16%
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Very psyched, just reached out on LinkedIn. Thanks!
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Thanks for that! Yea the cash-eating qualities of NYC have kept me dealing with job hunt from the economic safety of my family home 3 hours away in PA. Not so easy to do under 2ft of snow ;) Definitely a little wary of super early startups
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    I've been trying to break into Product Management or UX. I'd say my personal interest is in community / social products. Kind of a weird situation, relocated from LA a month ago. I've been an independent contractor my entire career (10 year
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    I'm actually starting on the hunt for an employer in NYC right now, but there are so many co's hiring its somewhat daunting as to where to start. Is there any NYC-specific tech job board out there?
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Luddite client meets designer who has made their living wowing luddite clients with style over substance. Also note that movie websites have the same problem. For mostly the same reasons, though the organizations involved and cash transacti
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    I read an article a while back about an academic paper in which a new system of experimental government could be formed by a sort of international charter company on property leased from existing nations. Instead of building ridiculously co
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Its called Iceland
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Sorry, I think I phrased that wrong. I mean "paying their bills" in the sense that I discounted my work to help fund their company
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Yes. Exactly. When a potential client or employer offers you equity, you can't sit there and ask them for their financials. And for the most part, employees and contractors aren't very well educated in the risks involved with investing in a
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    by rwhitman 16y ago

    Yea I was just thinking about that.. And the fact I've definitely gotten people to work for me for free with no real agreement at all based entirely on hype... Guess I've been on the receiving end more than the hype end these days :)