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by takrupp 16y ago
Thanks for sharing. We've had a couple of additional web app ideas, and I think figuring out your user funnel is the most important part of deciding to move forward. After a bit of discussion, we've decided to identify a few key pain areas
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by takrupp 16y ago
The article is only looking at a few of the shops. The good ones pay their developers based on performance with some tied directly in to their group's PnL (top firms like Getco, Goldman [on their HFT platform only], Jump, etc) pay their ex
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Working with Recruiters for the First Time(constitutionllp.com)
1 points by takrupp 16y ago|0 comments
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by takrupp 16y ago
I am a recruiter in the Quant Trading space, we have a few clients hiring: C++ NYC/Bay Area - Should be very good in OOP with a couple years of experience in finance or large software projects. C++/Quant Chicago - Should have solid statisti
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by takrupp 16y ago
This was my thoughts. I don't think Microsoft is going to have a renaissance and overtake Google or Apple in the future, but I think the stock is under-priced relative to Google or Apple (or GOOG/AAPL are overpriced in comparison). Apple, m
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by takrupp 16y ago
I'm signing up for this. Its time we get a 1-800 number for my online retail business. I also agree with the article: I personally receive all of our customer calls (which happen like 3-5 times per week). Its a great source of information
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by takrupp 16y ago
Where's the "learn to live cheaply"?
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by takrupp 16y ago
An interesting piece of advice I got from my finance professor way back when: Put your money into either index funds (or the more liquid, cheap to get out of Index Future) or treasuries. If you are risk adverse, do more treasuries, if you
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by takrupp 16y ago
That's a pretty good addition, maybe added to the point of being able to sell 1000 units at $10 point. That point is the most abstract, Im not saying that your business model needs to fit those criteria specifically, just that 10k somehow
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by takrupp 16y ago
This article is pretty touchy feely to really make serious business decisions on. Here is my list (not just for tech startups): Is your business or product in a under-served niche (ie not a sexy industry that everyone is trying to get a pi
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by takrupp 16y ago
In what way? So you can be lazier while maintaining a larger social network? I think Facebook depersonalizes relationships even more so than the email/twitter/IM communication methods. I dont miss it. There are a few email addresses on t
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by takrupp 16y ago
I remember Alex Nagel from Honors Calc I at UW. Tough class. Its sad to hear about his colleague, but Rudin lived an amazing life.
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by takrupp 16y ago
Nice to see Sergey taking the credit on this. In reality, I think it speaks to geek think: "Why not collect all of the wifi data out there since you are trolling the streets anyways? Who cares what the application is for this, but more da
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by takrupp 16y ago
I think people are slowly realizing that social networks are going to be open and WILL use your data for whatever their business model needs in order to make money. Its still going to take some time though for that to fully sink in. I thin
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by takrupp 16y ago
Front running is at most a grey area, and what is front running to you, the trader, is different than what the legally malicious definition is. Don't get me wrong: These firms do provide liquidity, which is great for anyone trading in the m
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by takrupp 16y ago
Interactive Brokers has an internal prop fund, Timber Hill, that uses the trades happening on the brokerage to execute their trades (its a proprietary form of liquidity - every major electronic brokerage does this). Basically, you aren't j
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by takrupp 16y ago
The problem is access to liquidity. People do do it themselves, but they can only trade very small amounts of money and thus make only a little return (albeit with pretty limited risk). If you have a good brokerage account (like most prop
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Getting an Incubator on Governor's Island, NYC(takrupp.nomadlife.org)
1 points by takrupp 17y ago|0 comments
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by takrupp 17y ago
One the hats I wear is that of a recruiter (its business we operate here) focused on finance and biotech. I couldnt agree more: MBAs aren't that hireable right now, even in banking. In fact a good junior, with 2 years of experience, are m
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by takrupp 17y ago
We also rock the 3-partner model - No problems yet. Easy to mediate decisions. We each have our core focus and can make game time decisions ad hoc, but if strategy is involved or a big decision needs to be made, the third person usually h
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by takrupp 17y ago
If you have a new product though, it can be tough if there isn't a market yet. Its tough coming up with something truly new, but that's when I've been most excited. After that, listening is very important. Everything we have done with our