stevenj

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by stevenj 9y ago
That's because Steve is gone.
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How Not to Price an I.P.O.: A Couple of Lessons from This Week(nytimes.com)
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I think they meant it's because traders knew that these brokers wanted to buy (to hedge), so the price was only going to go up further.
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by stevenj 9y ago
Tim Cook said it was due to China.
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by stevenj 9y ago
Wow, that sounds awful. I wonder if many people have had problems with TransferWise or think it's a bad product. I've never used it.
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by stevenj 9y ago
He may have been paid for it.
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by stevenj 9y ago
What's a problem that you (or one of your partners) have that you wish there was a good solution for? Aside from that, I'd like to see the social stigma around mental health eliminated. It's viewed as a positive thing to care
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by stevenj 9y ago
Some things to consider about Flattr: you have to install a web browser extension; the extension requires access to your full browsing history; it was bought by the parent company of Adblock Plus, Eyeo.
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by stevenj 9y ago
I'm still shocked, and amazed, that Jack is the CEO of two public tech companies.
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by stevenj 9y ago
>I never understood why the Zune never succeeded. It was a great little player. I think it was primarily due to three things: (1) it didn't get released until 5 years after the iPod; (2) while many people loathe iTunes it was widely
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by stevenj 9y ago
Just out of curiosity, how did you find out about HN?
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Mergers and acquisitions often disappoint(economist.com)
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by stevenj 9y ago
The rate at which these security breaches are happening is very alarming to me. I don't know what the effects are of them (including this one), but my gut tells me they'll only increase over time; perhaps the severity of them as w
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Katzenberg’s Big Ask: $2B for Short-Form Video Project(nytimes.com)
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by stevenj 9y ago
Is there a way to see all the guests you've had on the podcast -- just a simple list without having to scroll through all the pages?
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Email from MSFT's Jeff Raikes to Warren Buffett on MSFT's Business [Aug 1997] [pdf](tilsonfunds.com)
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by stevenj 9y ago
I remember reading "fornicates" as well when I read the book. While I'm not able to find a direct online source to the quote, I did stumble upon this old HN thread where multiple people quote the same thing: https:/&#x2
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Mass Psychology Supports the Pricey Stock Market(nytimes.com)
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by stevenj 9y ago
As a side note Matt Levine's column is my favorite thing to read each day. It's often funny and quite informative.
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by stevenj 9y ago
>How do you get the word out about your product or service if you have only $1,000 in the bank? In the words of Seth Godin, "by giving people an abundance of confidence which will create an abundance of value and all I’m asking in r
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Lilium, a Flying Car Start-Up, Raises $90M(nytimes.com)
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Juicero, Startup with a $700 Juicer and Top Investors, Shuts Down(nytimes.com)
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Day Trading in Wall Street's Complex 'Fear Gauge' Proliferates(nytimes.com)
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by stevenj 9y ago
Why do you think Stripe will get acquired (and soon)? I personally think it'll stay a standalone company because its founders already have plenty of money (from Auctomatic and presumably from taking money off the table during Stripe&#x
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by stevenj 9y ago
>the company is literally re-writing all of its code Wow. >An early version of the new design, which we saw during our interview, looks similar to Facebook’s News Feed or Twitter’s Timeline: A never-ending feed of content broken up in
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by stevenj 9y ago
I use Venmo at least weekly, but I didn't think it was owned by PayPal. But then I looked it up and saw that Venmo was bought by Braintree in 2012, and Braintree was bought by PayPal in 2013. TIL.
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by stevenj 9y ago
I wonder if they talk to Jeff regularly, or have direct access to him if they want to discuss something.
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by stevenj 9y ago
That series was really well done.
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by stevenj 9y ago
Interestingly, I just listened to a decent podcast with Ed Thorp (an interesting man in his own right) who briefly talked about his work with Shannon. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2017-07-14/ed-thorp-t
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by stevenj 9y ago
Good writing is great editing.

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