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The Happy Planet Index (HPI) Makes Me Unhappy(globetrooper.com)
2 points by todsul 15y ago|0 comments
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The Happy Planet Index: An Alternative Measure of Well-Being(happyplanetindex.org)
1 points by todsul 15y ago|0 comments
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by todsul 15y ago
I don't understand: if the demand is international and there are plenty of viable US options, why build another US-only product? Someone recently suggested checking out paymate.com. Yes, they're international and best of all, they say they'
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by todsul 15y ago
The guy in the video sounds Australian, but for some odd reason he says 'math' instead of 'maths'. So you're probably right... boo. Looking forward to the day when people don't stay in one place and startups begin catering to us itinerants.
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by todsul 15y ago
There are a few ways you can look at this 20% discount rate: * Cost of capital for the fund * Cost of capital for investors in the fund * Cost of capital for the business If you can't earn 15-20% on a business, you really should
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by todsul 15y ago
Good point. I think a good strategy would be, * Spend an entire night reading the term sheet yourself. Your interests in a good outcome (as founder) may uncover details others have missed. * Ask other founders (who've previously taken inves
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by todsul 15y ago
Finding accommodation is one of the toughest parts, but I think it teaches you how to be resourceful. When in a country with a different language and non-latin script (e.g. Russia, China, Japan), you really have to hustle and work with loca
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by todsul 15y ago
It took us about 6 months to really find our groove and work efficiently on the road. Now after more than a year, we settle into new places pretty quickly. It takes a day or two to get fully productive, which is pretty negligible out of 3-6
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Startup Founders: Don't Defer Long-Term Travel Till Retirement(globetrooper.com)
41 points by todsul 15y ago|34 comments
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by todsul 15y ago
On one hand, you can do nothing and potentially get sued and go broke. On the other, you can spend thousands on a lawyer and (maybe) reduce the impact of a lawsuit. So it depends on your budget, risk appetite and appreciation of the legal s
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by todsul 15y ago
I think it's hit and miss like everything else, but maybe a little more 'miss' in this case. I just spent 5 months in India working on my startup. I'm not Indian, but I absolutely loved it. New York is a bore compared to the sensory overloa
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by todsul 15y ago
Not all customer development, but the flavour we practiced, which mostly involved just asking people how/what/why they did what they did. Imagine a scale that represents the strength of positive signals you get from data collected during
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by todsul 15y ago
Agreed, nice post. I ask myself this question (i.e. what I'd actually pay for) when trying to gauge if customers will pay for something I'm building. At first I often think "Yeah, I'd pay for this", but then reality sets in. Even making thi
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by todsul 15y ago
I'm sceptical about the usefulness of the dataset. One of the first things we learn as startup founders (or interns for Dr House) is that if you ask a person to analyse or predict their own behaviour, chances are the answer is way off. Even
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by todsul 15y ago
The difference between Apache and Nginx is that out of the box, Nginx is built for speed. Both are capable of thousands of requests per second, but Nginx arguably does it better with its event-based architecture (opposed to Apache being pro