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by stevenj 9y ago
Very interesting, thanks for responding.
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by stevenj 9y ago
Are most angel investors focused on finding the 1000x companies (i.e. the NBT) that VCs are? I guess my question is what's a practical, good outcome for an angel investor when a company exits? Or what rate of return do the most success
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by stevenj 9y ago
Interesting read. I'd love to hear from other angel investors with (perhaps) different experiences and opinions.
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by stevenj 9y ago
I thought several of the questions asked were unique and interesting. It would have been nice to hear Marc answer them in more detail.
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by stevenj 9y ago
Question for the Sourced Adventures founder: do you know what happened with LivingSocial's acquisition of Urban Escapes in October 2010? https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/livingsocial-buys-ur...
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by stevenj 9y ago
A part of me thinks that the VC industry will see a flight-to-quality type of event sometime in the near future. In this scenario, I think it'll be increasingly hard to raise a series A (and later) round. Instead, firms will back more
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by stevenj 9y ago
I think Snap's stock price will continue to fall (to under $10) and then at some point it'll be acquired, possibly by an asian company or investment group.
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Tencent Dominates in China. Next Challenge Is Rest of the World(bloomberg.com)
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by stevenj 9y ago
What do you think is a realistic goal for its production (numbers wise) of the Model 3 by the end of the year?
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by stevenj 9y ago
The sexual harassment allegations that have pervaded the tech industry this year is really awful to see. I hope each and every person is exposed and held accountable for their actions. It's inspiring to see all the women who are standi
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Jeff Bezos has advice for the news business: 'Ask people to pay. They will pay'(cnbc.com)
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by stevenj 9y ago
Holy shit! I thought this guy was making 50k, maybe 100k at most. But 4 million - wow. And that was an interesting interview, thanks for the link.
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by stevenj 9y ago
At first glance, this seems silly and something that is unlikely to ever take off. But feeling that way, at least initially, about a startup that becomes big often seems to share that characteristic.
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by stevenj 9y ago
Is there a live blog of this happening anywhere that I can read later?
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by stevenj 9y ago
About $200k per year. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14438221
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by stevenj 9y ago
Paul's thoughts after his first three years angel investing (2011): http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2011/01/angel-investing-my-...
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Show HN: I wrote an eBook on Life & Love
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by stevenj 9y ago
"It took Amazon 18 years as a public company to catch Walmart in market value. It took less than another two years for Amazon to be worth twice as much." That's astounding.
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Amazon is now worth two Walmarts(recode.net)
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Berkshire Hathaway 2017 Annual Shareholders Meeting Podcasts(itunes.apple.com)
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by stevenj 9y ago
I think the design of this is really interesting. It's designed in a way to make the user (e.g. anyone who likes music) just want to play with it in a way that's very intuitive via its simple, visual layout. And it provides instan
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by stevenj 9y ago
I think it's important to note that Ted's bet was in fund of funds, which require additional fees that would negatively effect his investment return regardless of its performance.
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by stevenj 9y ago
I'd love to read another edition of Founders at Work -- it's one of my favorite books. Some of the companies I'd be thrilled to see included: Airbnb Stripe Uber Lyft Slack Robinhood Palantir Snap Instacart SpaceX GitHub Draf
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by stevenj 10y ago
He is. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alankay1
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Uncovering the Secret History of Wall Street's Largest Oil Trade(bloomberg.com)
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by stevenj 10y ago
I'd love to have a Techmeme for the finance industry.
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Berkshire Hathaway owns 133M shares of Apple(cnbc.com)
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by stevenj 10y ago
Yes, it was really fun. On a related note, I came across a website several years ago that has a lot of info from the annual meeting Q&As, as well as other interviews, etc. It's quite long, but I found it very enjoyable to read. ht
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Ask HN: Best wireless bluetooth earphones?
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Why Data Nerds Struggle to Gain Power at Hedge Funds(bloomberg.com)
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