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by sachinag 17y ago
Hey, did Jason leave Chicago to help get Sauce Labs out of beta?
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by sachinag 17y ago
This is the question I always ask: do you want to be an entrepreneur or do you want to work for yourself? Being an entrepreneur is about being so passionate about a product or service that you, and only you, can produce that you're willing
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by sachinag 17y ago
That's actually a pretty wonderful e-book. I would change "credit card processor" to "payment gateway" in the subhed on page 14 to match the language throughout the rest of the book. Also, why no love for PayPal's Payflow Pro as a small b
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by sachinag 17y ago
There's actually an element that's way overlooked: peace of mind. Let's say AWS goes down. 1) You can't do anything about it, so while you're upset, you're not losing sleep driving to your colo and back at 3am. 2) Many, many other compan
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by sachinag 17y ago
If the studios are smart, it's Blu-ray. If they're not, it's streaming. BUT I'm willing to take the long bet and say DVDs last longer than two years, regardless. If you are willing to take the other side, let's make a bet.
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by sachinag 17y ago
The issue is the costs, as always. Are they fully loading their salary and overhead costs? Of course, I have crazy love for niche online marketplaces like this, so I congratulate them for seeing the competition and doing it anyway.
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by sachinag 17y ago
If anyone knows a way to take the over on this, please let me know. Even if the claim is that DVD rental revenue will be streaming revenue just for Netflix, and it's not a general industry claim, I'm still taking the over. I can buy claim
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by sachinag 17y ago
Is this essentially the Ask MeFi for HN? I'm confused.
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by sachinag 17y ago
These organizations thrive in those geographic areas where you don't have a critical mass of angel investors amongst whom you can syndicate a deal. It's really quite that simple. Here in Chicago, DePaul University puts on an annual event t
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by sachinag 17y ago
Wait, WTF? Isn't getting bitten by SuperTick exactly the sort of low probability, high cost event insurance is for? Just because something is chronic doesn't make it low cost.
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by sachinag 17y ago
Online banking is most certainly not the hill I'd like to die on w/r/t arguments with my wife.
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by sachinag 17y ago
I think you misunderstood me - I'm not talking about policy/legislative changes. I'm talking about having their office fight, as your wife does, with the insurance companies on your behalf. This is what "constituent services" does .
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by sachinag 17y ago
In the UK, postcodes - unlike US ZIP codes, they're not free Retail product data - books, movies, music, games, electronics, etc: you can kinda do this through affiliate programs, but it's not great Drug companies - studies can be killed if
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by sachinag 17y ago
I am assuming you are an American citizen. If you haven't already, you need to: 1) call your Congressperson's local office (not DC) and ask for someone in constituent services who works with health care issues. Do this tomorrow. If your
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by sachinag 17y ago
I have never, ever, heard of a law firm turning down a new client. Now, WSGR can decline to defer expenses at their discretion, but surely anyone can engage WSGR to do the basic incorporation work for a reasonable fee.
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by sachinag 17y ago
And Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, and pretty much any maker of any complex app. Hell, I bet that's even true for Basecamp.
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by sachinag 17y ago
Here's the Junod profile of Mister Rogers (it's never, ever "Mr."): http://www.thedqtimes.com/pages/castpages/other/fredrogersca... It will make you cry.
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by sachinag 17y ago
I believe this, but I've never found articles that discuss it. Do you have a few example cites? Thanks!
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by sachinag 17y ago
Technically, that depends on the individual judge's ruling, but either way, the relevant result - the ability to re-sell DLC - remains. Which (in my opinion) is a good thing (if we can get there).
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by sachinag 17y ago
I totally disagree - Palm's biggest hit in years was the Centro. The Pixi is the replacement for that. All the stuff with their App Catalog and the Pre were just training wheels for the real mass-market product: the Pixi. Remember, the fi
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by sachinag 17y ago
That's the beauty of EULAs in the US: if there's a clause in there that's unconscionable or illegal, even if you agree, it's not enforceable. We already have a well-established first sale doctrine in the States. I could see - but I wouldn
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by sachinag 17y ago
Huge, huge news - this may be the decision that helps us get first sale doctrine rights for DLC.
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by sachinag 17y ago
Perhaps. But smart people know that this is good analyis: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/10/the-cohort-analysis.html
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by sachinag 17y ago
Honestly, this makes no sense. It doesn't matter how famous you are - if your product sucks, people won't use it. Look at Ashton Kutcher's Blah Girls. It's a miserable failure - even though he's much, much, much more famous than a mere K
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by sachinag 17y ago
Wait, I thought Aaron was still in Cambridge. Did he come back to Chicago?
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by sachinag 17y ago
I absolutely agree with the bootstrap comment. NYC, in my six years there, compared to my six years and change in Chicago/Aurora, is substantially warmer in the winter.
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by sachinag 17y ago
AdSense is a toughie. Yahoo has a competitive analytics package ( http://web.analytics.yahoo.com/ ), and really, Bing results are generally just fine. Sure, it'd be harder , but that's the point of the experiment.
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by sachinag 17y ago
It would be really interesting to hear 1) how you measure - what data do you track, and what tools do you use to do so and 2) how you analyzed (simple Excel, something more sophisticated?). I imagine it's not simply RescueTime. I think man
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by sachinag 17y ago
Let's be clear: Facebook is cash flow positive entirely on advertisements. No one is right about everything, all the time, in all circumstances. This is why we even have business schools. You learn about a ton of options in a ton of sit
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by sachinag 17y ago
The important point of Dave's screed is at the bottom (and it's something every single person who has ever worked in VC and made the jump to the light side says this): for your first company, don't hold on too long - it's OK to sell out. Su

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