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by seanmccann 12y ago
If there's truly a need and the product is a 10x improvement on the competition (even for a small niche), you shouldn't need to pay people to work on an open source project like this. There are plenty of niches, and the main one I
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by seanmccann 12y ago
Which is increasingly important because that "far date in the future" of October 1, 2015 in less than 12 months away. On October 1, 2015 "Liability will shift to acquirers for domestic and cross-border counterfeit fraud card-
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by seanmccann 12y ago
Really cool, but I can't help but think this is too little too late. With Apple Pay set to launch this month, this feels lackluster.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
The "less than $500k in revenue" requirement is more limiting than one would think.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
Many folks do it full-time because it pays more than the their other job. There are also incentives if they driver full-time hours.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
It's great to see how easy it is for drivers to switch networks if they are unhappy, but drivers have to understand that prices are going down and they'll likely earn less money over time on all networks. When articles are posted
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by seanmccann 12y ago
The value is in the network of riders and drivers not in the software. The big value for the drivers comes when you can minimize the time gaps between rides, and for riders to be able to get pickups down. Lyft was actually the first mover o
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by seanmccann 12y ago
What Dropbox did for storage, but for CPUs. The classic business example would be that you have to to process a large Excel doc and are willing to pay extra to speed it up. With fast internet connections and cheap online storage, it could b
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by seanmccann 12y ago
I went to high school in Canada where we had to take a standardized exam for each course at the end of the semester. For our math course we were allowed to use an "approved" graphing calculator. Our teachers told us not to buy any
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by seanmccann 12y ago
The Uber kit includes an iPhone 4S and the UberDriver app is an enterprise "in house" app, not available on the app store. My guess is that the original team used iPhones, preferred that platform and it has stuck. Uber likely buys
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by seanmccann 12y ago
You're right, if you want to build a lifestyle SaaS type business, you probably don't need to be here. Folks here have bigger ambitions and want to change the world. Some do, most don't. Lot's are just delusionary. Chang
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by seanmccann 12y ago
North Bay is one of the least assessable places in the Bay Area (to SF, PA, SJ). Oakland has a lot of "room" to grow.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
SF neighborhoods like Richmond, Sunset, etc, really bring down the density. When I think of the Manhattanization of SF, it's really just the 2x4 NE corner. The density of the Tenderloin is 71k/sq mi.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
They're not working 24hr straight. They can only work 12 hours.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
That's about $50/hr (before medallion or car costs). I wouldn't call it astonishingly low.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
Just don't surprise people. If somebody is going to be charged for something, allow them to be able to know that ahead of time.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
This is actually really dangerous advice in my opinion. While it's important to define performance expectations, performance can be subjective and this agreement could leave well performing founders in a bad spot. Seek proper legal adv
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by seanmccann 12y ago
Well that's a giant 180.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
I live in the US and have never had to deal with this and live a normal life. I am by no means defending this, in fact I think it's disgusting and awful, but it's not happening on every single street in the county. Yet.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
Up to 1m impressions, or $6000 per month.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
I'm sure this is against the terms of service for drivers. I recently asked a Lyft driver about in car ads that's what he told me. The reason we were talking about it was because he had his car wrapped with a Desk.com ad. He said
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Ask HN: What business credit card do you use for your startup?
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by seanmccann 12y ago
Joke: To prevent the other internal Apple app teams from cheating!
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by seanmccann 12y ago
Agreed! But don't over estimate the burden of debt. You might be able to wipe it quickly if you get the right job after graduating.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
There are businesses that should raise VC and those that should not. Odds are most people's business are not high growth, VC fueled rocket ships that fit in that model. Some businesses are not possible without a large capital injection
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by seanmccann 12y ago
They use Sabre (like others), and it's an archaic holdover from when phones didn't have Qs or Zs.
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by seanmccann 12y ago
This is not true. They perhaps contract with them to set minimums, but Uber does not own the cars.
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by seanmccann 13y ago
"couldn’t be happier" — don't people want to build companies anymore?
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by seanmccann 13y ago
It's the risk of the credit card charge, not necessarily the actual transfer of money itself to the merchant. It takes likely takes Stripe a few days to get the money, and in order for them to operate the way they do (sign up and charg
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by seanmccann 13y ago
Wire transfers in the United States are immediate as well. This has nothing to do with wire transfers.

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