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by timfrietas 14y ago
Honestly, and sadly, MS Word. I have a template for startup ideas that is many questions long. It is still easiest to fire up that document and go, where everything is set up with well-laid formatting and bullet points. I am probably bias
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Single digit margins on $14 billion dollars in quarterly sales is still lots of money. 2.5%, as an example, is 350 million dollars a quarter, which is still 1.4 billion dollars a year.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
It's not immoral that the parent company was invited to the panel because of their hard work or even possibly paid for their slot (excuse my ignorance, I am not a marketer) and someone comes in and before their message is even delivered the
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Spotlight is an excellent search product in my view.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
I interview a fair amount of people (3-5 a week), and most of this is solid advice. However, I'm not sure I agree with the section Getting Prepared for the Questions will Make you Sound “Rehearsed”: Wrong! I generally know when an answer
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Can you explain more why? My monitor is 16:9, my iPad home button suggests is should be held 3:4, and at best is 4:3, which is not as well suited for side scrolling as modern monitors, which are wider than they are tall.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
I think they've taken shots across the bow. Charging 30% for IAP right as they released iBooks was pretty squarely aimed at Amazon.
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Where do you get it? I couldn't find it on the site...do you have to file a FOIL request with them?
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Agree with you totally, although I'd argue that mobile is most definitely the essence of Uber's business. If it weren't for the app I wouldn't use Uber; being able to see how far away my ride is and where it is right now is the only thing
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by timfrietas 14y ago
Amazon is a giant company, so this statement is kind of broad, even in the context of engineering groups. I know plenty of engineering groups with people who have worked there 5-10 years, while others are a sausage factory of oncall hell,
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by timfrietas 14y ago
"So far, Facebook has defaulted to the laziest of all revenue models: ads. It is clear that Google is the king of ads, and this is because intention beats behavior." A well-turned phrase, but actually Facebook has intention in
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by timfrietas 14y ago
I think the author would argue it's a chicken and egg problem and that there are not as many because there's not good funding here. Having lived in both the Bay Area and now in Seattle I think he's right--there's lots of talent here and mu
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by timfrietas 14y ago
If prime were available here, I would rarely go into a store except for groceries. Of course, in the Seattle area Amazon offers those, too: http://fresh.amazon.com/