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by veteran 17y ago
this might be helpful http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/22/sold-to-the-highest-bidder...
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by veteran 17y ago
I don't understand why publicly lynch some company? why not market let work out its dynamics -- if it is not worthwhile people won't buy it. I am saying this because I have attended Keiretsu forum meetings and these are very nice people.. t
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by veteran 17y ago
Also a lot to do with inflow of online ad dollars in finance vertical..look at bankrate.com earnings/stock history.. btw, speaking of minimal functionality required and just doing what is necessary for successful business - look at bankahol
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by veteran 17y ago
Ideally, the presenters should have ready answers for most of the questions that were posed after the presentations ..wasn't there a selection process per se? it was odd that many presenters were not prepared for answering market size/dist
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by veteran 17y ago
what's up with the acquisition price ..Intuit's recent acquisitions - paycycle, homestead, and now mint.com all acquired for 170 millions!
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by veteran 17y ago
Although this message is comforting in my IMO the comparison is not that relevant. There is difference between digital and physical goods when it comes to marginal cost, complexity, and other limits in serving each additional customer.. Al
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White House says it did send unwanted e-mails(news.yahoo.com)
1 points by veteran 17y ago|0 comments
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by veteran 17y ago
are you selling assets/domain? or folding into another venture?
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by veteran 17y ago
Here is something for you to feel good -- http://patrick.net/housing/crash.html
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Microsoft Acquires Greenfield Online for $486 Million(mashable.com)
1 points by veteran 17y ago|0 comments
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TechCrunch now 10%+ of TechMeme Stories..(techmeme.com)
1 points by veteran 17y ago|0 comments
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$2.4 Billion in Grants to Make Cars a Bit Greener(nytimes.com)
1 points by veteran 17y ago|0 comments
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HP's Huge Salary Cuts Forcing Out Old EDS Employees(nbcbayarea.com)
23 points by veteran 17y ago|9 comments
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by veteran 17y ago
I guess that hacker is really mean spirited..knows how to torment not only twitter but also everybody else in tech community by getting the monkey (techcrunch) drunk ..with this monkey getting high now there is going to be shit (these kind
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by veteran 17y ago
why not have code that gives reward/discount to both referrer and recipient?..the example of late pickup is really bad because fines work very well..so do discounts
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by veteran 17y ago
why not open source it?
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by veteran 17y ago
This is what happens with celebrities in general..they are "one of a kind" but they are not tackling any big problem. Arrington does pretty mundane stuff but he is standing on a tall pedestal .. It is that celebrity virus which corrupts the
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by veteran 17y ago
I have seen this with Scoble and bunch of these guys who don't count themselves part of a company or its decision making - "after" they stop receiving pay check. Even most successful companies mismanage certain things..You can't cherry pi
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by veteran 17y ago
you are right Ajju..this 20,000 exemption number indeed was not enough this year ..I sponsored 2 H1Bs in 2006 and that year it was different..there is just strong appetite for those visas.. I am in full support of increasing that exemption
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by veteran 17y ago
uh..hard point to understand (or swallow?). I don't believe in this assumption -- "There are certainly some combination of country/startup where the founders would be better off in Silicon Valley - when we are talking about founders who ne
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by veteran 17y ago
I guess I am already down voted so I don't want to get into debate in here..but to answer your question..what's wrong ..the global and (in turn sustainable US development) will happen if more startups succeed..and that has to happen on glob
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by veteran 17y ago
Another quick clarification - I am not saying the list has "small investors" in the sense they have less personal fortunes or these are small/less influential people..and also they don't have ability is wrong phrase..actually, my point is t
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by veteran 17y ago
shared some thoughts over here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=557552 so my take is not visas for foreign founders but the investors and entrepreneurs here more often crossing the boundaries of US and finding/nurturing growth global
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by veteran 17y ago
Is it incidental that except for one or two guys in essay review are all people who are small investors who don't have ability to open investment shop in India/China?.. May be 20 yrs back this was relevant but today just because you offer d
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by veteran 18y ago
not if you want to make some money out of it..you need to justify you own domain because your have business tied to it and nothing to do with their brand..and then only you can hold it/may be later sell it..careful, arrington is from domain
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by veteran 18y ago
The difference here is 10 cents for using greeting card engine..then there will drop off for the people who sign up for newsletter..then drop off in terms of maintaining+monitoring the newsletter and the final small conversion ratio in term
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by veteran 18y ago
i know it is for all of you to downvote - but no fixed income, 2 houses, credit card debts, looking for investment , ppl find it inspirational... i just don't feel like filing taxes this year
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by veteran 18y ago
careful..in getting carried away by this advice though..unless your product targets large enough market you would not get opportunity to experiment/fail and succeed so yes start the inferno by targeting small niche but don't be esoteric unl
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by veteran 18y ago
I agree..what will be useful is long thoughtful analysis, case studies around such points that expose nuances of decision making and evolution of ideas/business models and not copycat lists which assume there is some sort of formula in the
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Internet Access Turns School Buses Into Rolling Classrooms(online.wsj.com)
2 points by veteran 18y ago|0 comments

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