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by vm 8y ago
Thanks for sharing. Important context regarding Uber’s pivot into all forms of transit (bike, scooter, public transit). They must see the same writing on the wall.
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by vm 8y ago
$4.6M annual revenue was when they raised the Series A in 2014. The baremetrics dashboard is current.
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by vm 8y ago
Amazon is buying urban, high end locations. First Whole Foods, now Landmark. Clearly shows which customers they see as high value.
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by vm 8y ago
I was skeptical about buying through Alexa until I finally tried it. I found out that I value convenience more than detailed selection, at least for reorders and staple products (kitchen and bathroom soaps, etc).
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by vm 8y ago
Mods - please update title to show that this is from 2015. Author says Honeybook Series B was "last month" - it was Mar 2015 https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/honeybook
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by vm 8y ago
oops didn't mean to imply that for the driver. meant it to as a meta-comment. my point was that the driver probably didn't know the crash was about to happen. broader investigation into "why the crash happened" is more f
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by vm 8y ago
If you were aware of what was happening. Smartphones are distracting.
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by vm 8y ago
the only part more confusing is that this was upvoted to the front page of HN
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by vm 8y ago
"Essential Phone The most beautiful Android upgrade, ever." is the tagline on their homepage. That's hardly an uncontested product niche (aka Blue Ocean Strategy). Apple dominates "beautiful" phones. Even if you bel
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by vm 8y ago
Different [1] is one of my favorite books on how to find a unique niche in crowded markets. It is written by a (brilliant) marketing professor but is useful for product strategy. Also see Blue Ocean Strategy [2] on this topic. Essential had
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by vm 8y ago
Related, here is a simple 10 minute video by Weinstein where he gives a nice framework of his approach and its significance on how we approach science: http://bigthink.com/videos/eric-weinstein-after-einstein-we-...
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by vm 8y ago
For pure pinball design, the legas dampen the thrash and clang that metal and hard plastic have... which also make pinball fun. But that's obviously not the point of the project which is impressive in so many ways!
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by vm 8y ago
curious where did you see that >90% driver churn data? many drivers I speak with have been driving with uber / lyft for years (in SF)
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by vm 8y ago
Reminds me of Classpass and it's business model evolution. Sounds like they have transitioned well after spending significant capital. http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/01/technology/classpass-credit-...
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by vm 8y ago
Precisely. Square has a sticky customer relationship with SMBs, a customer segment that has been tough to sell to because of high CAC and high churn. Now that Square owns this customer relationship, it is selling adjacent services to those
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by vm 8y ago
Great exit for a team that hadn't raised much $ + great acquisition for Square given the easy upsell path to all its SMB customers. For perspective, competitor Wix is a $4B market cap company at a ~$500M revenue run-rate. Shopify, whic
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by vm 8y ago
Agreed. So then what are the most active online communities today that aren't Facebook/Google/Twitter/LinkedIn? At first cut I think of Telegram, Signal, Discord, Snap, WeChat, Line (East Asia), KakaoTalk (Korea). Mayb
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by vm 8y ago
Ironically, the FB opt-in approach from the article is more privacy-forward than the publisher's automatically implied consent...
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by vm 8y ago
I was referring to software developers having greater leverage in the labor market. Writing useful software gives developers higher economic output for their labor than we’ve had in history. It also creates unique mobility opportunities for
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by vm 8y ago
This is changing in the software world. Software gives "labor" more scalability and leverage than ever before.
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by vm 8y ago
Public market stocks. I know this isn't exactly what you're asking but I mention because it's worth considering in your personal decisioning framework (and is my honest answer)
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by vm 9y ago
No mention of the word "sorry"
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by vm 9y ago
I really like what you're doing here. Two things that I would like as a user: -ability to get updates (pref email) when new companies are added or companies I follow are updated -timeline for the financials. are these annual revenues?
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by vm 9y ago
UX edge case for you: I use f.lux which turns makes my laptop screen appear red at night. It makes the $ amount barely visible on the buy buttons. It took me a lot of clicking around to realize that it was even there. I was trying to figure
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by vm 9y ago
This is a much better strategy by Apple, than Microsoft’s strategy against Netscape in the 90’s. Here, Apple charges consumers the market price [1]. Microsoft on the other hand gave away its browser for FREE. Free is better for consumers bu
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by vm 9y ago
This also announces that Ken Chenault, former CEO of American Express, joined their board. What's really interesting is that he also joined the board of Facebook last week [1]. He must be a damn good exec who was recruited left and rig
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by vm 9y ago
What does the customer see when you reply from Front? e.g. your individual email (youremail@company.com) or a team email (sales@company.com) Sorry for the basic question -- I couldn't tell from the demo video and the free trial takes s
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by vm 9y ago
How do Bitcoin holders "receive" or trade on these forks? Coinbase eventually distributed Bitcoin Cash but I haven't heard anything about Bitcoin Gold or Diamond.
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by vm 9y ago
In addition, building construction has a massive carbon footprint. Concrete creates 5% of the world's CO2 [1], not even counting the energy used in construction. Home delivery from a distribution center eliminates stores. Seems like th
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by vm 9y ago
Smelling Parkinson's is fascinating -- thanks for dropping that nugget. Read a little more about it --> Researchers identified 10 molecules that Parkinson's patients emit and could be used for early detection. Pretty cool. htt

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