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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
Think back to when COBOL actually changed. This is when the PC was becoming more common. So people would tend to use whatever came with the PC. Basic was the most common language. If Apple and Commodore had opened up into a COBOL interprete
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Ask HN: How long should it take a single developer to develop a single app?
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Idea: a site that collects all the deep dive articles and groups them by topics/tags. Why? Because when you are out researching the next piece, someone else's article is being read. That way you build an audience. Wait, you say. I
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
You need volume for liquidity which you need to execute the arb. So, for instance, cryptoA trades for $99 on exchange 1, but $101 on exchange 2. Quick, buy on exchange 1 and sell on exchange 2! Congrats you made $2 on each trade x 5 cryptos
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
I don't know if generic advice is really helpful to founders. I am contrasting generic advice that is applicable to any founder with specific advice to founders in a particular situation. For instance, you don't really know if you
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
Questions: 1. How did you know you would be terminated? 2. How long do you estimate you would have lasted before this expected termination? 3. If the expected termination did not bother you, why did you refuse the job?
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
Yes, or is there a version of this policy -- say remove very poor performers from time to time -- that is effective without having to fetishize being "tough"
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Can anyone person from any country in the world apply after sitting for the exam?
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I did the same thing -- a summer in grad school doing research -- but I did think it was a great opportunity to learn German.
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I would have to guess that the best value is Germany. Darmstadt is a lovely little fun, hip town and they have a reputable engineering school at TU: https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/studieren/abschluesse/bachelor/e
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
Focus on sales growth to the exclusion of (almost) everything else. If you focus on the product, change the features to increase sales. If you hire a new tech person, you do it because you need a feature that was asked for by a customer. As
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In one sense, almost everything was done before. But not in the reinforcing way. The cell plan lets you download songs over the air. That lines up the two business deals you made. http://theconversation.com/understanding-the
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There were also many key business innovations with the iphone: - convincing mobile providers to provide data plans - Wrapping up the price of the phone in the data plan (i.e. providing financing) - distribution with their own stores - event
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For the ipod, I don't consider the device to be the invention. There were many music players around at the time. The invention was itunes -- an easy way to buy music. And that invention required cutting deals with all the music studios
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They should get rid of ads for Prime members. OR else, create Prime Plus for $0.5/month that shows no ads Or else, raise prime by $6 and remove ads for prime members. I know some of you are mad that I am suggesting they raise the cost
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
I don't disagree with most of what you said, I was using "short form content" as shorthand for the business model, however: But Hollywood has remained skeptical in the year since he announced his venture. Several executives
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
That is a good point on the size of the machine. It would be crazy -- I mean in a cosmic way, not talking about any particular person -- if it were possible to get a decent MVP if it were slightly larger and took in slightly more blood. The
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
I have not seen her current response to the situation. Does she hold out examples? I don't know of any under delivery of this magnitude. (I think even webvan peaked at $4.8 Billion in value. It eventually had peak sales of $178million)
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
I should also point out why the "Lean Startup" is more relevant than ever: Theranos. (The other story trending in hacker news). After reading Bad Blood, I am not convinced that Holmes (at least initially) intended to perpetrate a
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
I thought the whole idea of the "lean" methodology is not to waste the dollars you raise. Even if you have raised $2 billion, shouldn't you know if people want short form content? Actually, isn't it more important to k
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
I haven't done an official count (comments plus the site) but a very strong showing for full stack Rails or Django, and when people do stick in a front end it is usually React or Vue.
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Do you use a framework? Do you do everything server side with Go or do you have a JS library on the front-end?
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Just to underscore the argument that they want to diversify the economy, about 45B of SoftBank's massive fund is from SA's Public Investment Fund. https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/09/how-softbanks-100b
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Yes, and there are often transaction costs. The bankers that introduced the buyer to the seller, the lawyers that have to go over the deal terms, and the accountants and due diligence people.
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Quick math here: “the aggregate value being paid for FanDuel “is approximately $465m”.” “2014 and 2015 respectively led $70 million and $275m” (345 million) “Mr King is expected to receive a payment of up to $11.3m as a result of the Paddy
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
The issue with all the ideas to make programs easier to understand is that they require time and work. If I had more time and energy there are plenty of things I could do: refactor, make comments, change variable names or try literate progr
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
There is a lot riding on the word “shouldn’t”. She sounds like she is saying we should structure society in such a manner that this is possible. She’s not saying individually you could try this at the present time.
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Ok, what if you carbonate juice, add ginger, and call it Kombucha? Is it healthy now?
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This is how it begins. You want a simple blog just to share your ideas and that’s it. Okay, will add one email sign up form so people can know when I update the blog. Oh, if they prefer Twitter I should have a link to my twitter so they can
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by startupdiscuss 8y ago
Consider this alternative theory: the change ("breaking") you see, the preference for a timeline, is actually caused by the advertising model. To advertise, you have to have people come back to the site frequently and check the si

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