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theprodigy
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theprodigy
16y ago
Rockstar energy drinks- it's like my coffee for the day.
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After morning work out meal: protein shake blended with bananna, blueberry, and flax seed oil Supplements: Multivitamin gummies Breakfast: Kashi + rockstar Lunch: I usually eat out- Subways, Thai, greek, sushi, Indian whatever my co workers
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Lunch and Dinner with friends just keeps me sane. I work so hard and intense during the work day that meals with friends is a great change of pace and keeps me from burning out.
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Microsoft is not in trouble yet. They still make huge amounts of cash so they can keep trying to gain share in these "disruptive" markets. Though they have failed time and again they have the money to keep trying and they just need to be su
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I would somewhat agree. In Asian culture losing face is probably the biggest social fear there is. Americans for the most part don't have this fear. Americans love the comeback story, the rags to riches, etc. We also have government incenti
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carlos is correct. An example of this is how America deals with developing countries that they are trying to rebuild. Countries that are addicted to American "financial" aid don't go anywhere, but countries that create an environment, enfor
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What sets America apart is we welcome innovative thinking and fund it more than any other country. We have private and public institutions that put down the momey for these people. This creates organic innovation, but also attracts the best
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Doing something you love to do, something that gets you excited to wake up everyday, with all your necessity needs taken care of (money, home, a wife, etc)
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isn't the argument like the gun argument, guns don't kill people, people kill people. The internet was not the problem it was person who immorally used it.
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I have facebook and don't really care for my account I am too busy to use facebook and don't have time to read about my friends status updates. Honestly if you are a serious business man you don't have time for facebook.
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I think idea generation/ creativity is a competitve advantgage because it is a skill that a lot of people don't have and it is essentially the ability to create "possible" new value. But as people mentioned they worthless if you do not exec
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You look really pretty and you know unix. I would definitely hire you.
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Information in social networks are so valuable.The information can be used to generate targeted ads to the user or better search results. Everything in the facebook world can be tracked and mined to generate some relevant information on you
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damn i didn't know people hated larry ellison so much. He did have a rough upbringing and didn't have the advatages Bill Gates had and founded one of the most successful technology companies in the world. How can anyone deny that he is a Si
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larry ellison is a true silicon valley hero and success story.
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Will this be a new hacker news meme or something? Being bored or current search tool on site is slow so I built (Insert Name) Instant.
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I don't get why this is being down voted, but i don't care. It will happen just wait.
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I think this is a natural step that youtube should be taking and I would say good bye to most of the online streaming sites. I don't think youtube will open up the live stream feature to the masses, where anyone can live stream, like ustrea
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I would go to college for the connections. Go to college with a good CS and business network, MIT, Stanford, Harvard, etc. Be friends with your professors especially. They can open doors for you.
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This is why facebook is worth billions. They can mine so much social data and deliver targeted ads to the proper influencers.
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It is pretty sad that this exists and there is demand for it. Anyways if it shows great numbers I am pretty sure there will be similar businesses all throughout Asia. I can't help but think of the potential in China with their lack of porn
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I would honestly look at your idea from a strategic and straight business perspective. Can you create something or have the secret sauce that is defensible and hard to copy from competitors? If your isound.com provides something that is a g
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you shouldn't care about the statistics of single founder success rates. If you have an absolutely dynamite, compelling idea and can communicate it your business will get funded. Investors do not discriminate against you just because you ar
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I think coal will last us for a while and we should over time be diversify our energy sources. Which America is looking to do more now. For instance, some of the power generated from coal should be generated with nuclear, solar, etc. This s
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I think facebook will make billions on this. Basically facebook will have the ability to track all your interactions in the facebook environment and develop good intelligence of your consumer preferences. Facebook will then create a targete
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my parents were middle class, but when I first got a computer my parents were lower middle class and my dad just got his first engineering job. I think it is either social class or your parents worked in tech and wanted you to learn about i
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I think the best way to make money blogging NOW is to get a lot of readers and become an expert around a specific topic. Then go around and get paid for speaking engagements.
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I agree. I actually now take notes with my live scribe pen while reading books and record myself giving commentary around important poiints. I go over the notes when I have free time. It seems that I retain a lot more when I do this.
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People are usually the highest cost for most companies. Reddit for sure needs admins, developers, sales, marketing, etc.
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This will totally help fight enemies in the 4th generation warfare. When the cost of these drones fall and can be equipped with infrared cameras we can keep eyes on the battle field constantly. We can see enemies moving and hiding in the ba
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