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When building a product, are you user-led or vision-led?(buildingtolearn.wordpress.com)
1 points by varunjuice 12y ago|0 comments
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by varunjuice 12y ago
As internet shifts to mobile phones & apps become the dominant way to use the internet, it will automatically diminish the importance of Google Search, & the market will (is already) pricing this in. I think Peter Thiel alluded to t
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by varunjuice 12y ago
Fair point. When I say 90 days, I think if things are bad, it's typically easy to spot where the degenerate behaviors are starting, and correcting them. In 90 days, the leading indicators need to start looking good. It takes time for t
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by varunjuice 12y ago
You're right. My heuristic is not without exceptions.
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by varunjuice 12y ago
When you're hired as an executive, the state of affairs is either glorious or shit. If its glorious, its because the previous executive left. You in this case have the excellent opportunity of not screwing it up. Good luck, but it&#x27
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Principles for designing enterprise software(buildingtolearn.wordpress.com)
1 points by varunjuice 12y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Calculating utility of a new member joining a network
5 points by varunjuice 12y ago|1 comments
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by varunjuice 12y ago
FWIW I was let go many years ago. When I was interviewing for the next job, the hiring manager asked what happened at the last job. Before I could share the story, he interrupted me & said."its ok. sometimes life throws curveballs
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by varunjuice 12y ago
I'm latching, probably unfairly, to the comment about "market saturation". I give OP +1 for conviction, and -1 for lack of validation.
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by varunjuice 12y ago
Right on. Somebody should've told Mark about the saturated social media market, or Larry about the saturated search market. There are so many communication tools, surely its a solved problem right. Ask a knowledge worker today about th
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Ask HN: Know of any enterprise applications using gamification successfully?
1 points by varunjuice 12y ago|0 comments
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by varunjuice 12y ago
Has anyone tried to determine if the prevalence of H1B visas results in a downward pressure on salaries in the tech sector? In theory, it shouldn't because H1B visas are supposed to be filled when you can't find a citizen or a res
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by varunjuice 12y ago
I think acceptance by the community is essential for their business. If ones decides to shame Airbnb hosts in their buildings, it will present significant risk to Airbnb's business.
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by varunjuice 12y ago
re: So... why don't those spaces "belong" in the rental market too? That's a good discussion to have I think. But we are talking about Airbnb here. re: Ultimately, if market forces make it more profitable for rooms to be
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by varunjuice 12y ago
Anecdotal evidence here. The last person renting the apartment I rent in NYC didn't live in the apartment. She was renting it as two units on AirBnB (and lived in different building). She was kicked out when the landlord discovered it,
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by varunjuice 12y ago
I think they can build a lot of ways in which the "community" angle adds value to a guest. For example, they could encourage hosts to provide a list of top 3 things to do / eat / see, and aggregate this for guests. Based
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by varunjuice 12y ago
Thanks. This is helpful. Given choice, would you apply directly or through an internal referral?
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by varunjuice 12y ago
Non sequitur. The discussion here is about how AirBnB's unregulated supply of rental property is impacting long term rents in NYC. FWIW NYC has added 30,000 new hotel rooms since 2007. It would seem that AirBnB is adding nearly the sam
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by varunjuice 12y ago
Is it? Driven is a strong word. It suggests significant causality.
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by varunjuice 12y ago
I think its important to compare the AirBnB stock with the available stock of units, not entire stock. I would posit that rent is driven by marginal availability instead of total size of unit stock.
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by varunjuice 12y ago
This makes a ton of sense. Role and salary should be discussed up front, so necessary conditions are established. Follow up - what stops you, as a candidate, from discussing this upfront?
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Ask HN: What do you hate about finding a new job?
12 points by varunjuice 12y ago|23 comments
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Demystifying design for techies(buildingtolearn.wordpress.com)
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Lets not design things that are difficult to use(buildingtolearn.wordpress.com)
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What we see as shallow conveniences are life altering elsewhere(buildingtolearn.wordpress.com)
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by varunjuice 12y ago
This is just recognition of the fact that productivity is divorced from # of hours at the office, or # of hours spend "working'
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by varunjuice 12y ago
It's that sweet sweet recurring + expansion revenue. Edit: I should add -- this is what makes SaaS companies such a lucrative yet risky investment. It takes a lot of inside knowledge, and reading tea-leaves if a SaaS co will take off o
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by varunjuice 12y ago
This is great. Having helped create a SaaS business, and seen it through 5 years of struggle and growth, a few questions come to mind (especially for investors) 1/ The quick ratio is handy, but it merges new sales & upsell. The und
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Dividend vs. Deficit based thinking(buildingtolearn.wordpress.com)
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3 months at community college changed my life(buildingtolearn.wordpress.com)
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