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by vm 9y ago
As scummy as those installs are, it highlights Google's killer advantage: money. It generates so much cash from advertising that it can pay any company for more distribution (even Firefox!), which in turn generates more cash... Unstopp
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by vm 9y ago
Really intrigued by your comment! Could you elaborate on what drives the high cost? Or what would need to change for this to viable?
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by vm 9y ago
Nailed it. I used to do endurance sports (Ironman/triathlon, marathon, etc.) and now my ONLY exercise goal is to move around for at least a few minutes every morning. When I'm busy, it's just quick stretches for maybe 2 minut
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by vm 9y ago
I disagree. My favorite career and life moments have been in cultures that are direct and assertive, but also respectful and caring. I draw a distinction between confrontation and combative . Confrontation is critical when you have impor
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by vm 9y ago
The investors don't control the company. Only the board does. Sometimes that includes investors but it definitely doesn't control all of them. The board is required to do what's best for ALL shareholders, even if that means l
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by vm 9y ago
Compare this to Sequoia Capital's swift and decisive public response when one of their partners was accused to personal impropriety. https://twitter.com/sequoia/status/708549364428316672
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by vm 9y ago
He created a service that reduced drunk driving rates by 1/3, enabled nearly 200K drivers to become entrepreneurs, provided a valuable service to millions of customers, and accelerated the shift to self driving cars. That deserves seri
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by vm 9y ago
This is a real problem in the business and tech communities. I have seen few people "at the top" acknowledge it. Leaders, make an effort to listen and clear the air for others to speak up. Don't beat them up if they don'
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by vm 9y ago
OP made a sucker's bet for two reasons: 1. Fees, which he doesn't mention this write up 2. Hedging, which drags performance in up market years. Markets tend to move up over time, so the longer the outlook, the more likely he is to
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by vm 9y ago
Most startups go out of business. Raising $ doesn't guarantee success.
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Tech Founders Want I.P.O. Riches Without Pesky Shareholders(wsj.com)
1 points by vm 10y ago|0 comments
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by vm 10y ago
There's a cool element of this in the Three Body Problem, a sci-fi book, where aliens use dehydration to survive to disastrous conditions on their home planet. You might like the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00
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Google’s Answer to AWS Reserved Instances Is a Big Deal(hackernoon.com)
3 points by vm 10y ago|0 comments
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by vm 10y ago
S/he brings up a useful point of understanding the ToS. What if the next iOS and Android require my location be constantly shared with third parties? I would lose privacy or have to go without a smartphone which is freakishly hard in
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by vm 10y ago
haha it was legit.
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by vm 10y ago
What a powerful point. Thanks for making it -- you've shifted my perspective.
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by vm 10y ago
I hear you on that point and broadly agree that the penalties can be too trivial to cause deterrence (though VW's steep fines and criminal charges signal change). However in this case, who doesn't assume that everything we do is t
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by vm 10y ago
It's scary how quickly all "data" in articles suddenly seems to have gotten unreliable. I hope this leads to a resurgence in journalistic integrity. I would gladly pay for news I can trust.
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by vm 10y ago
US productivity growth has been slowing, though productivity itself is still more or less increasing and has roughly doubled from 1989. That's remarkable given the scale of the US economy. See the "Max" timeline view here t
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by vm 10y ago
I wish! "On demand" here means waiting 2 minutes to match with a ride that is says it will arrive 5 minutes later, but really arrives 15 minutes later. Commuting with Lyft/Uber requires planning because of the awful arrival f
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by vm 10y ago
A lot of companies offer retirement plans where a % of income is invested monthly, a la dollar cost averaging (e.g. 401k plans). It's really easy to set up and let ride on autopilot.
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by vm 11y ago
15%+ of the San Francisco population are millionaires! No wonder this city is outrageously expensive. San Francisco millionaires: 129,000. Population: 837,442 (2013)
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by vm 11y ago
What are the biggest CEO lessons you learned from your roles at Loopt and YC?
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by vm 11y ago
Super interesting! Can you share the name of the consultant or advise or where to read a similar report? I'd love to create a similar graph.
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by vm 11y ago
"Y Combinator has just closed $8.25 million new fund led by Sequoia Capital with Ron Conway, Paul Buchheit, Aydin Senkut, XG Ventures, and Geoff Ralston participating." -- TechCrunch, 2010. http://techcrunch.com/20
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by vm 11y ago
How will you manage negative signaling? i.e. YC leads a growth round for Company A, but not for Company B. Ergo, VCs think Company B isn't worth funding.
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by vm 11y ago
Process can overcome this. "Systematic Inventive Thinking" is a methodology which does just that. I took a crash course with the company that created it. The repeatability of the process impressed me, especially across different g
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by vm 11y ago
"People conformed to the group’s positive behavior." People are more likely to respond to social pressure, than to appeals to "do the right thing." Valuable lesson for startup marketing... and maybe even pricing.
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by vm 11y ago
Michael Moritz, senior partner at Sequoia Capital and arguably the best VC ever, started his career as a journalist. From his bio, it sounds like he leveraged that to start his career at Sequoia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by vm 12y ago
Microsoft is back for acquisitions! This is good for everyone working on tech startups. Recent buys: Acompli - Dec 1, $200M / Aorato - Nov 13, $200M / Equivio - Oct 8, $200M / Mojang (Minecraft) - Sept 15, $2.5B Microsft e

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