sachinag

71 ms·

691.
by sachinag 17y ago
"If you want to build cool technologies, go to YC; if you want to build big businesses, go to TechStars." I would love to see a discussion around this quote.
692.
by sachinag 17y ago
See, I read that to make sure I wasn't crazy, and I just didn't see the distinction. I want to be clear: you're saying it's totally safe to get an MRI or a full body scan or whatever else as a totally elective procedure?
693.
by sachinag 17y ago
Please be aware that MRIs have an utterly massive amount of radiation. X-rays are almost always done first because of the risk of damage from the radiation. You really don't want to have an elective MRI. (That said, I'm aware of no kno
694.
by sachinag 17y ago
I love the example of "one provider blocking access to political content" - that was Verizon Wireless blocking text messages from Naral PCA. That moronic decision, more than anything, is why the wireless carriers are subject to NN. <ne
695.
by sachinag 17y ago
Julius wouldn't have the job if Obama wasn't certain this was the outcome.
696.
by sachinag 17y ago
"And if you can't code, and you can't get brilliant coders to like and respect you, you probably shouldn't be an entrepreneur." As a non-technical person, this advice is harsh, but it's true. Yeah, your life is much easier if you have frie
697.
Build Product, Not PowerPoint (Even If You're Non-Technical)(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
13 points by sachinag 17y ago|12 comments
698.
by sachinag 17y ago
I don't get this. Let me say this as succinctly as possible: it's not 2005 any more. TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Mashable, and GigaOm will not help you get users. We've been in those publications multiple times, and since I run Google Analyt
699.
by sachinag 17y ago
"When I point out that they’re all business people, and wonder who’s going to build the product, they almost always fall back on “we’ll get a couple of undergrads to do it,” or, “we’ll outsource it.” If I hear either one of those, I know th
700.
by sachinag 17y ago
Oh, totally: the VCs were smart enough to see that Google was different enough that both KPCB and Sequoia went in 50/50 on the first $25MM round. And Google had a totally failed monetization strategy (their intranet search appliances, of
701.
by sachinag 17y ago
It doesn't cover the advertising; it just pushes it down. There isn't enough room to go three wide (Google, WebMynd, and ads), so it's clearly the best balance of user experience/not being evil I can think of.
702.
by sachinag 17y ago
I think this is brilliant, and kudos on 1) getting the http://www.RedesignGoogle.com domain name and 2) getting TC on board as a judge. I do wish I could test redesigns without having to install another plugin (I already have WebMynd inst
703.
by sachinag 17y ago
Having the "stamp of approval" is a bare minimum requirement to go public; you can't find enough buyers of the securities without it. The pricing, as you say, is affected by the financials and (I dispute this, but hey, it's not germane) th
704.
by sachinag 17y ago
The FDIC insures deposits of depositors, not loans made by banks. Loans are where banks (traditionally) make their loans, and the banks themselves bear the risk (traditionally) of those loans. (I hate having to add the "traditionally" than
705.
by sachinag 17y ago
The issue with IPOs as the marker of "success" is that public market investors are much more hostile to companies without the VC stamp of approval - they're relying on the implicit due diligence of the VC firms to make sure that there are n
706.
by sachinag 17y ago
Angel investors are now, and always have been, the engines for innovation. Bankers - the old angels - funded Henry Ford. Back in the day, you could get a loan from a bank for a new venture. You can't any more; this, more than anything, i
707.
by sachinag 17y ago
We did exactly this for the two-month sprint for the initial code for Dawdle. I moved into the contracting firm's office, and we did this stuff all day long. It was great; they got a sense for what was "nice to have" and non-negotiable an
708.
by sachinag 17y ago
There are a bunch of issues with the proposal, but hey: #Let's say someone comes over, starts a company with $500K and it fails. Then what? Legally, they would have to leave at that point, right? If not, why not? Brad says no, they just
709.
by sachinag 17y ago
Honestly, those aren't even the right questions he's neglecting. For example, you can't just add PayPal integration and be like "now I'll get paid". The questions are: what's the MVP for the free app? What am I going to hold back for prem
710.
Adventures in Probability (Bulgarian lottery)(thisisthegreenroom.com)
1 points by sachinag 17y ago|0 comments
711.
by sachinag 17y ago
Where do you get your data from? Why would the colleges want to talk to you? I'm really curious; I actually really love the idea of the service - anything that does something to reduce the uncertainty around college admissions is all rig
712.
by sachinag 17y ago
The states don't all have the same population; Illinois' "fair share" would be 4% of dollars. Illinois is the 5th largest state in the Union: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territo... Based on the simplest ranking,
713.
by sachinag 17y ago
Thomas, I disagree with your proxy statement, but we can do that over IM. Also, why stipulate? We can look at the data to see if that's true (and I will). Again, I do believe the per-capita data is the correct metric, as that accounts for
714.
by sachinag 17y ago
No. Early-stage VCs look for 5-10X returns. Investors in this round are growth equity investors. They use IRR metrics. 30% IRR is generally considered a huge success.
715.
by sachinag 17y ago
Some VCs are good, some maybe not so much. Let's be honest: Kopelman is one of the good guys, and First Round as a whole is one of the great firms.
716.
by sachinag 17y ago
Wait, Rackspace is more expensive than their EngineYard costs, which were free . And, actually, processing credit cards yourself is cheaper than PayPal, but there's the setup step that takes time and up-front costs. And your last analogy i
717.
by sachinag 17y ago
MySpace can't use MT for the task because every picture sent to MT would be a potential "OMG PORN ON MYSPACE FILM AT 11" story. They have to keep their screeners in-house to deal with potential publicity issues. Trust me, the MySpace peop
718.
by sachinag 17y ago
The split probably was amicable, frankly. No one disputes that Rackspace can do things that EY can't at this point. People outgrow things all the time. You start just accepting PayPal, and then you add credit cards when enough users want
719.
by sachinag 17y ago
Their pickup in Chicago-area Starbucks is insane . I've known about it for a while, and on the rare occasions I deign to go into a Starbucks, I ask the staff there about HMS. Every single Starbucks has been a hit. It's crazy. If I were
720.
by sachinag 17y ago
Two words: survivorship bias.

More ›