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by sama 15y ago
1. yes, although that gave us some advantages as well. 2. not for our core loopt app. 3. i think in general location services have lost some luster over the last 12/18 months, but i also think a lot of the things that we've been doing--real
842.
by sama 15y ago
not true at all.
843.
by sama 15y ago
We realized that to be really successful, we needed to be about finance and payments as well as location--I think the most interesting things will happen when those two come together. We talked to a number of companies and were most excite
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by sama 15y ago
Happy to answer any questions I'm able to. Looking forward to the great stuff we're going to do at Green Dot!
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Scenes from Earth on the Voyager Spacecraft(voyager.jpl.nasa.gov)
113 points by sama 15y ago|61 comments
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Thanks, Steve(samaltman.com)
335 points by sama 15y ago|1 comments
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How to get into Y Combinator(samaltman.com)
182 points by sama 15y ago|53 comments
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by sama 15y ago
The reason the Start Fund works is that the terms are so good--uncapped and no discount--that if you're planning to raise money at all, you should take it, and so the investors get a real index, including the potential home runs. These term
849.
by sama 15y ago
wow. justin looks like he's going to mess somebody up. and i wore that exact same shirt this weekend.
850.
VW's new "temporary autopilot"(singularityhub.com)
3 points by sama 15y ago|1 comments
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Hacking, Marketing, and Sales jobs at Loopt(jobs.loopt.com)
1 points by sama 15y ago
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Making u-Deals work for everyone(blog.loopt.com)
55 points by sama 15y ago|16 comments
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by sama 15y ago
3 was a major bug. We've pulled down all deals until we fix that--it should say "pending merchant approval", with an explanation, not a tip counter.
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by sama 15y ago
If we have a lot of users sign up for deals that don't go through, that hurts us a lot. That's the reason we pre-set the discounts at levels that make sense for each category of business, and why we're reaching out to businesses early in t
855.
by sama 15y ago
I've sent apologies to the companies that were at all upset, and I apologize again here (and we're working to get the companies that are excited about this up and running as soon as possible). They've been understanding. I think if we use
856.
by sama 15y ago
We're certainly trying to figure out how to make this work the best for businesses. Certainly helping better utilize resources is part of it, and so is driving repeat visits.
857.
by sama 15y ago
We're trying something new and innovative, and of course we'll have to iterate on it. We're moving as quickly as we can to fix this and make it work for consumers and businesses--obviously, it doesn't work for us unless it works for both o
858.
by sama 15y ago
our hope here is that this will bring a higher quality set of new customers in the door. word of mouth referrals tend to be pretty good. if i create a deal at a place and share it with my friends to get critical mass, that may be a better
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Loopt Tries a Groupon in Reverse(blogs.wsj.com)
100 points by sama 15y ago|52 comments
860.
Hack at Loopt on the future of local data and deals(about.loopt.com)
1 points by sama 15y ago
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Hack at Loopt
5 points by sama 16y ago
862.
Nothing is ever as risky as you think it is(unschooled.org)
89 points by sama 16y ago|21 comments
863.
Loopt--web developer for new project
7 points by sama 16y ago
864.
by sama 16y ago
Loopt--Mountain View, CA Here are some particular areas we need help with: http://about.loopt.com/jobs/ but we're always looking for anyone smart. email sam@
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by sama 16y ago
This is one of the cheeriest buildings I've ever been in. I remember an automatic mood uptake walking in the door for each weekly dinner.
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by sama 16y ago
I've had a MacBook Air since the day it originally came out, and it's been my favorite computer ever. This addresses all of my issues with it. As long as you don't need extreme computing power, you should get one. It's one of those cases
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Loopt looking for VP Engineering
4 points by sama 16y ago
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by sama 16y ago
We've been quiet in the press but hard at work. The three biggest things on our plate right now are 1) growing as fast as we can 2) integrating Facebook Places and doing interesting things with the data (eg, what places around me do my fri
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Virgin America/Loopt--free flights to Mexico
1 points by sama 16y ago|0 comments
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by sama 16y ago
Requiring someone be in a certain place for a certain amount of time is pretty stupid, but it's worth pointing out that it's very difficult to point to successful startups where the founders were telecommuting in the early days. I only care

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