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by stevenj 15y ago
To those who are thinking about shorting it when that becomes available: If you buy LinkedIn at $100, the most you can lose is $100. But if you short at $100, your loss can be infinite. As a short seller, you could run out of money before t
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Hipmunk CEO on Today’s Climate: Yeah, Entrepreneurs Think It’s Getting Wacky(pehub.com)
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Poll: Display points on comments (round 2)?
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by stevenj 15y ago
I prefer HN with points displayed on comments.
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I prefer HN without points displayed on comments.
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What LinkedIn used to be worth(finance.fortune.cnn.com)
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by stevenj 15y ago
Two quotes: "Let's start by defining 'investing.' The definition is simple but often forgotten: Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future — more money in real terms, after taking inflation into account." [1] -Wa
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by stevenj 15y ago
I know it's cliche, but what I got most from this article is that traction matters most. Growth is the lifeblood of the industry. To get that, you have to make something people want. Everything else is pretty insignificant. Simple, but not
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by stevenj 15y ago
Really cool to see several YC companies listed. I really wish I could invest in YC. I bet YC will (still) be a notable player in the industry 20 years from now.
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Amazon. Its product pages provide way too much information upon arrival. And its typography is quite excessive.
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by stevenj 15y ago
Clarity of purpose. Focus on functionality. My favorite sites get this right: Hacker News, Facebook, Google, Craigslist, Techmeme, Berkshire Hathaway, Dropbox, Espn (though I can't stand its automatic video play function). Imo, many areas o
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by stevenj 15y ago
Perhaps. But it's also the "help" link that is provided when you edit the about section in your profile.
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by stevenj 15y ago
All that post really said was: "We're still alive." Edit: I expected some insight into where it's going, given the headline.
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Ask HN: How do you make URLs in your profile become links?
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Max Levchin's Early PayPal Photos(levchin.com)
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ShoeDazzle Walks Away With $40 Million from Andreessen Horowitz(emoney.allthingsd.com)
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Keep calm, carry on. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1571427
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For those who are interested in business news, I just relaunched http://forlue.com : HN for Business News.
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That's true. Though he also said this (it was paraphrased by a reporter, so it's not a direct quote): Shareholders benefit more from leaving their money with him and reaping a handsome return than by getting a regular payout and depleting t
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by stevenj 15y ago
“I think the day Berkshire declares a dividend is a day when the stock goes down,” he says. “As it should.” -Warren Buffett http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/live-blogging-the-ber...
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by stevenj 15y ago
At a certain level, dividends seem like they could be pretty valuable. Is such an arrangement rare because the amount of dividends in this type of situation is just too small? I'm curious if an alternative (and effective) use of one's capit
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Ask PG/YC: Angel Capital Funds?
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This reminded me of a pg quote: “When you’re forced to be simple, you’re forced to face the real problem. When you can’t deliver ornament, you have to deliver substance.” http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html
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If you have a source, I'd love to read that story.
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Wow, that was a good interview. I haven't seen Jason talk so openly about things before. He was really relaxed in the video. I came away very impressed with him. He seems like a great guy.
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by stevenj 15y ago
Yuri Milner (as an individual and not via DST-Global), along with SV Angel's Start Fund, invested in the individual companies that participated in YC -- not in YC directly. Though Sequoia Capital is a LP in YC. - - - http://news.ycombinato
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What makes a market unusual?
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by stevenj 15y ago
I wish I could invest in YC.
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What are YC's weaknesses?
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by stevenj 15y ago
The headline on the article's page says "nearly $8 billion".

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