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by semerda 11y ago
Very insightful! Especially this: > Sometimes people who have never experienced a rapidly growing tech startup believe that you build by creating more and more things. Yes we all heard it before. But it astounds me how many startups just
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by semerda 11y ago
Love the book! Could founder success early on be broken into 2 parts?: 1. Founder EQ (internal + external) and 2. Market/Time. We know that in the wrong market/time startups have a hard time gaining traction. Sometimes you need to
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by semerda 11y ago
Float tanks rock! Note to newbies; you need about 3 sessions to really get into it and learn to let go faster. Forget sitting meditation. Flotation therapy is the easiest way to get a brain and body massage. There are also heath benefits fr
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by semerda 11y ago
> But what do you propose we do if a developer gets sick or has to travel? - don't run a skeleton crew dev team unless you are ready to handle the risks, - better project management upfront to cater for this risk - maybe allow custo
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by semerda 11y ago
Ditto. 15 mins response times are old statistics. "Since the 1970s, arriving within eight minutes 90% of the time has been the gold standard for determining the quality of an EMS system." "NFPA 1710 states that first responde
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by semerda 11y ago
“In a few years, people are going to be using Call9 instead of calling 911,” says Tenev. I doubt it. I would never put my life in the hands of an insurance like app which may or may not work; say where data is not available. You can call 91
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by semerda 11y ago
Not a new concept. Many have tried and failed. Even though the social cause is clear and many people will say great idea, very few will use it if their life is on the line. And even less will pay for it unless it's bundled with some so
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by semerda 11y ago
Does it have it's own sim card inside the OBD2 or a smart phone must be in close proximity? If latter than I do not see much value in what can be achieved by buying a $15 OBD2 bluetooth adapter from Amazon and a $5 app from Google Play
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by semerda 11y ago
"Stop paying up to $65 for every trade." I am assuming this is in reference to 10K+ trades not the average trade that last time I checked was around $19. Either way Congrats on the big raise. Good move on focusing next on a financ
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by semerda 11y ago
Australia is a financially savvy market. Most people I know there trade stock and have at least 1 investment property. Great move by Robinhood!
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by semerda 11y ago
I hope they do something more innovative than the other guys. Like bringing this collaborative notes feature onto the desktop vs another browser based notes sharing site. I use Dropbox on my computer as thought it's native to my OS. Wh
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by semerda 12y ago
Still I'd rather be listening to a 80db combustion motor spinning up and turbo whining, occasional back fires, flames from exhaust etc.. than a 80db electric buzz box ;-) I'm sure most race-car fans would agree.
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by semerda 12y ago
If you ever been to a F1 it is the sound and smell of burning fossil fuels that adds to the energy and excitement of watching the race. I would not pay to just watch electrics race. 3 years ago at MotoGP they had electrics race and it drew
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by semerda 12y ago
It's all relative. 80 decibels in the day isn't that loud. It's the sound of a vacuum cleaner. At night on the other hand 80db is loud. Considering that the F1 are 140DB the sound differences are massive.
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by semerda 12y ago
If that's true wouldn't it make sense for Dropbox to form some sort of a a whitelabel partnership with Amazon? Building cross platform reliable software to sync and method of storing data (ie. avoiding duplicates et al) is still a
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by semerda 12y ago
How about their MBaaS? I'm a fan of their Datastore API. Would welcome Dropbox expanding their apps ecosystem support.
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by semerda 12y ago
Are you on a mac? I have the same issue :( and only run Dropbox when I'm not engaged with my computer to let it do its thing. Saying that, as a paying customer, I still love Dropbox since it's sync quality & ease is outstandin
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by semerda 12y ago
Great points. Also people that have never experienced the other side of the coin assume the worst or recite some 140 char tweet as gospel. People need to face the fact that life (and business) is not static. It is constantly changing. Its h
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by semerda 12y ago
The brain is extremely active while you sleep. The brain never rests. It is always active. The question is how active is it under different situations. The brain can't tell if the information it is receiving is from a real visual exper
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by semerda 12y ago
Possible to export the data out of the EngineLink app? Make more sense to create your own and shoot that data to a box in the cloud for analysis? Or this already exists in some open source form?
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by semerda 12y ago
Interesting point you touched up on "the value of that money". The value is learnt through experience. But at who's expense. I highly recommend everyone get into investing their money so they can learn this value before they
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by semerda 12y ago
Cash rich companies can afford these experiments. A startup cannot. A poorly planned investment with great execution is a disaster waiting to happen. So basically to your point. Market fit is pivotal to the health of a startup.
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by semerda 12y ago
That's assuming the cofounder/s are not dictators. More common issue than you think. Ego issue of Power. Hence why I dislike titles (labels) when one is a small team. Market fit should be worked out ahead of the team by the cofoun
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by semerda 12y ago
Going to be very hard to get real long lasting traction. All these coupons are actually digital coupon codes (affiliate marketing). Very small margins from the affiliates. As a startup you don't have the marketing money to compete with
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by semerda 12y ago
Bike vs Car acceleration feels different on the driver but I echo your views. Cars have the advantage of back support which essentially feels like a plane taking off - pinned & safe. And if you have a bucket seat then it's more fun
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by semerda 12y ago
Thank you for your review. Just makes me want to own a Tesla now.. This is so exciting! So to compare how fast a S P85D is... Lamborghini Veneno is 2.8s 0-60 costs $4.5m. Porsche GT3 is 3.3s 0-60 costs $130k The S P85D is a sedan family car
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by semerda 12y ago
Yap I understand why Wankel didn't meet emission standards. But neither would have the standard piston architecture if it weren't for innovation i.e. extension of it's complexity. As a ex-fan of combustion motors for many yea
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by semerda 12y ago
It's not just air, its usually compressed air above atmospheric sea level (bar+). This opposed-piston architecture appears more complicated. Adding an additional crankshaft isn't a small feat. Removing valves that rely on the rota
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by semerda 12y ago
Is the AWS deal real?
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by semerda 12y ago
Well said! Just to add a few more points. On the technology side you want to make sure you have data encrypted "at rest" and "in transit". i.e. At rest means things like running AES encrypted drives for your DB data stor

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