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Roadster to new-car buyers: Skip the dealer, we’ll haggle for you(sfgate.com)
18 points by sgustard 11y ago|16 comments
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DraftKings Leaves Door Unlocked for Barred Fantasy Sports Players(nytimes.com)
1 points by sgustard 11y ago|0 comments
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Palo Alto-based business aims to ease the pain of buying a new car(mercurynews.com)
1 points by sgustard 11y ago|0 comments
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Roadster launches marketplace to help new car buyers skip the dealers(venturebeat.com)
1 points by sgustard 11y ago|0 comments
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Roadster to new-car buyers: Skip the dealer, we’ll haggle for you(sfgate.com)
2 points by sgustard 11y ago|0 comments
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by sgustard 11y ago
It recommended a nearby elementary school which at 10pm is a reasonable suggestion for me to avoid other people, if possibly creepy.
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Don’t Bet on Direct-To-Consumer Automotive Retail Yet(medium.com)
7 points by sgustard 11y ago|3 comments
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by sgustard 11y ago
Here you go, $256 billion in farm subsidies since 1995. Do farmers pay market rates for anything? http://farm.ewg.org
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by sgustard 11y ago
In addition to the large legacy company alternatives (big tech companies, big car companies) there's lots of room for startups like Renovo Motors to innovate here. I agree the slower moving of those big companies has the most to worry
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by sgustard 11y ago
"Hospital Errors are the Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S." Add strains of super-bacteria that thrive there and I'd say that's a yes. http://www.hospitalsafetyscore.org/newsroom/display/hospi
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Tesla’s new autopilot technology prevents accident on slick Seattle road(geekwire.com)
3 points by sgustard 11y ago|0 comments
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Military Blimp Breaks Free from Tether in Maryland(abcnews.go.com)
3 points by sgustard 11y ago|0 comments
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by sgustard 11y ago
One such startup is Roadster.com. They aren't taking on the dealers yet, just making the process easier on the customer. Lots of dealers want to move more sales online and reduce spending on their sales staff.
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by sgustard 11y ago
I used www.roadster.com to buy a new car online for my father in law. It gives you a great price up front, and its experts do all the work of negotiating, handle your trade-in, and deliver the car to you, so you don't have to step into
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by sgustard 11y ago
You can; custom ordering is always an option. Most people don't like to wait, or fear they lose price leverage. Which is to say there's often a chance to save by taking a car off the lot at the end of the month.
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by sgustard 11y ago
Average 3-star Yelp review is likely a core issue. http://www.yelp.com/biz/homejoy-san-francisco e.g. "I have never had more problems with any service or company than I have with this business."
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by sgustard 11y ago
Here's a transcript of a Paul Graham speech. http://genius.com/Paul-graham-lecture-3-counterintuitive-par... So yeah, it's conversational in that he uses words like "noob" and "dude" and "
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by sgustard 11y ago
Every variant of Colgate has the same active ingredients. http://www.colgatetotal.com/health-benefits/toothpaste-ingre... The only difference appears to be 0.14% vs 0.15% w/v fluoride ion. The naturopathic folks w
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by sgustard 11y ago
TubeRed also looks like it should be pronounced "toob-ered".
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How We Grew Our Side Project to $60,000 in Revenue in 6 Months(medium.com)
1 points by sgustard 11y ago|0 comments
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by sgustard 11y ago
Amazon's profit per employee is about $2400. Not sure they can swing that. (360m/150k)
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by sgustard 11y ago
"Total investment income distributed for operations represented 26% of University revenue in FY14."
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by sgustard 11y ago
The Wired article says the change was made "in order to be allowed on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter" which led to the increase in audience. http://www.wired.com/2015/10/play
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by sgustard 11y ago
In Korean "mam-ma" means food.
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by sgustard 11y ago
My mistake, thanks. It looked and smelled and quacked like new content but did seem vaguely familiar.
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The Update, the Vent, and the Disaster (2010)(randsinrepose.com)
6 points by sgustard 11y ago|2 comments
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by sgustard 11y ago
He's not targeting engineers. He's targeting yuppies, fraternity punks, late-night bar hoppers, Yelp-adoring foodies, crowds of drunk people in baseball caps with money to burn standing in line for hipster restaurants and nightclu
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by sgustard 11y ago
US vehicle safety is governed by NHTSA, and they are already using this to push for further regulatory power. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/2015...
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Pure Storage: Beyond the Day 1 Drop(wsj.com)
1 points by sgustard 11y ago|0 comments
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by sgustard 11y ago
Similarly, his CEO announcement at Square was published in a series of micropayments.

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