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   Show HN: A daily collection of business journal articles(daily-business.herokuapp.com)

   2 points by theodorewiles 11y ago|1 comments
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   by theodorewiles 11y ago

   This is my weekend project, an attempt to break up my RSS feed of academic journal articles into more manageable bites and identify articles that are actually useful/interesting.
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   by theodorewiles 11y ago

   This was my weekend project. I have a huge RSS feed of academic journals, thought I would open my project of reading through the abstracts to find interesting ones open to all!
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   by theodorewiles 11y ago

   Glad you found it useful. Another reason technical debt is useful, as touched on elsewhere, is that it's something of a real option. Options have value - think e.g. Oil futures which are the right but not the obligation to purchase X a
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   by theodorewiles 11y ago

   Try framing it as interest payments: When you get X customers, you'll have to commit Y resources to fix this one thing. Taking on technical debt is a smart thing in early stages because it's essentially low-cost, non-dilutive fina
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   by theodorewiles 11y ago

   I agree on the turboprop; was looking into services for some New England travel recently, and I thought a service like this would be useful for that.
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   by theodorewiles 11y ago

   I think the real threat is the investors demanding outsize returns. I have read elsewhere that Pao might have been a sacrificial lamb - make some changes, get fired, changes stay in place. I'm sure that the board has significant change
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   by theodorewiles 11y ago

   I agree that just equating Commission / OTE = FYE / TAM seems pretty arbitrary, I was unclear how this was "optimal". In my understanding, commissions are used when effort is not observable but outcomes (i.e. closing a s
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   by theodorewiles 11y ago

   As a lib arts graduate, I might be biased, but I believe that it's still the best education for the type of decision-making that's most useful in real-world business decisions: ambiguous and incomplete information from a variety o
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    by theodorewiles 11y ago

    Thanks so much for your 2 cents VoiceClonr! After talking to a lot of people, I agree that: - Most people treat groceries as JIT - Most people see the value of real-time cross-store comparisons There have been other apps & services that
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    by theodorewiles 11y ago

    Wow. This is next-level feedback. I posted my MVP to show HN and got some sign-ups, but unfortunately limited feedback. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9708353 Very, very valuable to see your thoughts on other projects
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    by theodorewiles 11y ago

    Nope, this will work anywhere.
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    by theodorewiles 11y ago

    We're collecting prices now, for people who are interested in participating in our MVP: http://pricegrocer.com/beta
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    Show HN: Grocery Shopping? Price Grocer helps track your prices(pricegrocer.com)

    5 points by theodorewiles 11y ago|5 comments
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    by theodorewiles 11y ago

    I think it's only positive that academics are realizing they can take advantage of this new, low-cost method of information proliferation. Had a brainwave about putting small-scale humanities discussion with the power of MOOCs: http:&
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    by theodorewiles 11y ago

    This is a summer project I'm working on. If anyone has any questions, feedback, or wants to get involved please let me know.
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    Show HN: A Minimal Open Online Course in Reasoning and Critical Thinking(theodorewiles.github.io)

    1 points by theodorewiles 11y ago|1 comments