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1. 151.▲
   by tomasien 11y ago

   Didn't say 50% of interactions, 50% of why I use it over other methods of chat. Other 50% is UX.
2. 152.▲
   by tomasien 11y ago

   Agreed. Read my other comments on this thread and you'd think I'm a super Slack fan, but be wary - other people's platforms when they're this young are opportunities but you don't know what the next few years bring.
3. 153.▲
   by tomasien 11y ago

   Have you ever even USED Slack? The apps are amazing, it's 50% of why people use Slack. There have been apps since I've known about it which has been almost since it launched.
4. 154.▲
   by tomasien 11y ago

   Slack makes a ton of money and it is unimaginable to me (and many others) that it's not going to be a massive force. It has been a revelation to literally every entrepreneur I know - and I'm from Virginia not SV (although I recent
5. 155.▲
   by tomasien 11y ago

   I can imagine a point for a highly active advisors pre-launch who has certain deliverables, but only then and definitely not more than a point.
6. 156.▲
   by tomasien 11y ago

   The only thing that bothers me about PH is one of my products was one of the most upvoted products of all time there in the early days, but I didn't submit it. It would likely get that status again (it's quite popular among the PH
7. 157.▲
   by tomasien 11y ago

   Startup advisors regularly take stakes in the full %'s? Since when? We have tons of advisors none of them have ever asked for a stake.
8. 158.▲
   by tomasien 11y ago

   Oof yeah that's not good. I think this is one of those things where you need to draw REALLY clear lines.
9. 159.▲
   by tomasien 11y ago

   In marketing material they use the word "accelerator" constantly. Poke around Twitter, you'll see it. Not cool IMO.
10. 160.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    I'm surprised people don't talk about this and Draper University more. Draper University has some interesting things about it (room / board / meals in SV) and the fact that it is SPECIFICALLY billing itself as a Universi
11. 161.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    It's much better than using account and routing numbers because you can change the password at any time. Account and routing numbers are static.
12. 162.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    Dwolla uses Yodlee or Plaid (I think Yodlee) to verify transfers and then moves the money. They're a payments service not the data side.
13. 163.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    Looks familiar ;)
14. 164.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    I've been using this the last couple of days, it is GREAT. I've been playing chess almost my whole life and I've learned so much.
15. 165.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    Oculus got acquired without having released a product to be fair, and that looks like a phenomenal acquisition. By the way, how good has Facebook been at acquisitions? Instagram alone has already paid off in gains all the total dollars spen
16. 166.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    This is the most HN headline of all time
17. 167.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    Love Codecademy and they're good natured about it and can laugh at themselves, but they WILL correct you if you say it as two words :)
18. 168.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    haha like codecademy before it! They get so mad when you say "Code Academy" too - still wonder why. That domain HAS to be available.
19. 169.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    I've gone to chessacademy.com before to see if this existed and it didn't. Thankful it does now!
20. 170.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    I've been using Plottable recently and it's great. Hope it gets more widely used so there's more material out there about it - it's SUPER powerful but the documentation is hard to understand if you're really trying
21. 171.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    GOTCHA gotcha.
22. 172.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    They make a ton of revenue....
23. 173.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    There are lots of businesses where it's really easy for founders to cash out - profitable businesses! I'm not even trying to be one of those HN commenters that bemoans the cashflow negative startup ecosystem (lots of ways to build
24. 174.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    Facebook notes were a huge part of the platform at first, died with expansion of the Newsfeed and the way statuses work now.
25. 175.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    Yeah that makes sense. Whether it was a hit piece or not is what I was encouraging people to avoid making a judgement on (echo-chamber risk, etc) but the fact that lacks substance is a fact.
26. 176.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    I really did not enjoy with or agree with this piece but I encourage others not to flag it due to eco-chamber risk.
27. 177.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    It went from a 4.5B company in their estimation to a 2.5B company in their estimation, still less than 3 years after it was founded. All projections were so far into the future already that they could swing massive %'s based on partner
28. 178.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    I think ADP and Gusto forced their hand. They realized they needed to be in control of this part of their business, and while before they had planned it as an "eventually" thing, it became a material risk that was no longer tolera
29. 179.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    The fact that the tone and method of delivery for various conversations affects who participates in them and how was lost on me for most of my life.
30. 180.▲
    by tomasien 11y ago

    According to accounts there were bidders from 2B to 3.5B and Fidelity came in at 4.5B at the last second to win the bid. The fact that they now wrote it down to the range others were bidding at is essentially meaningless.