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by wangarific 11y ago
I wonder how the guy who used ads to got those 100,000 stock options feels. I was one of the folks who got a "lifetime membership" to Jet which I already knew was worthless once I saw the prices on the site, but I also didn't
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by wangarific 11y ago
I disagree!
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by wangarific 11y ago
It would need to be a lot more intelligent to be perfect, but there are probably a few keywords you can use to filter out the bulk of prizes you don't want.
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by wangarific 11y ago
Eventually the owner will retire, so a sale does happen. There's always an exit of some kind, maybe not the glitzy glamorous one written up in the papers. I know someone who ran a small town diner for decades and eventually sold it to
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by wangarific 11y ago
There will always be a frontier where there are few rules and even less oversight. But the frontier of today won't be the frontier of tomorrow, that's all we're seeing... a shift. If you want the stuff Reddit is purging, ther
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by wangarific 11y ago
This happens often. The Kickstarter campaign is more about marketing the product than getting funding to manufacture it.
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by wangarific 11y ago
My guess is that back in the day we'd be writing these pages in a plain text editor and all caps made it easier to distinguish tags.
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by wangarific 12y ago
Thank you for this!
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by wangarific 12y ago
Feels to me like someone saw the success of OKCupid and their content marketing strategy and tried to shoehorn in something similar with whatever data they had with less than stellar results.
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by wangarific 13y ago
This takes more work but often yields better benefits. Adsense and BSA are easy, drop in some code and wait, with no fear of rejection. It's hard calling up companies, pitching yourself, and getting rejected but that's what you ha
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by wangarific 13y ago
Sounds like any business really.
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by wangarific 13y ago
and then cry
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by wangarific 14y ago
Yahoo just paid $30mm for an unknown technology and a fresh face to parade around, they would appreciate it if you didn't start poking holes in the narrative. Thank you
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by wangarific 14y ago
And if you're going to be obsessed about something, there are far worse things than fitness.
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by wangarific 14y ago
A clever way to take over the Internet.
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by wangarific 14y ago
Both companies end up winning here, for different reasons. OXO is the voice of reason that calmly explains what's what while Quirky looks like the protector who goes to bat for their inventors and community.
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How To Test Your Business Idea for Less Than $100(benhebert.com)
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by wangarific 14y ago
Glad I could help!
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by wangarific 14y ago
And even if they don't earn their salt, your lawyers should protect you in the representations and warranties section of the definitive agreement.
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by wangarific 14y ago
This reminds me of that throwable sensor from one of the Call of Duty games
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by wangarific 14y ago
You're confusing a saint and fictional Robin Hood. You can't steal/take from someone just because they're rich.
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by wangarific 14y ago
The "fat" is the visible part but the reality is that Zynga's share price won't move until they can show investors, and the market, that they've evolved past their current library of games. As an investor, I don't care about the pennies on
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by wangarific 14y ago
Some other factor is usually $.
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by wangarific 14y ago
With all the talk of you probably getting a C&D shortly, the real coup would be to release the code that does it for free. Can't imagine they can do much against that.
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by wangarific 14y ago
Anytime you open up anything like this, you force the "experts" to prove they're actually experts... and that's often difficult.
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by wangarific 14y ago
Anyone else remember Arrington saying he'd break every embargo? http://techcrunch.com/2008/12/17/death-to-the-embargo/ Ironic.
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by wangarific 14y ago
While this is to the extreme, this level of detail on an annual or 5-year basis could be useful to identify the delta.
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by wangarific 14y ago
It was a matter of understanding how politics plays a big role in these decisions, more so than which product is best. I agree with you, it didn't have to do with "cut throat sales" or anything like that... just understanding your customer,
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by wangarific 14y ago
If you've ever seen the code behind what the IRS uses today, you'd realize that it couldn't possible integrate with anything, let alone it's own systems. Plus this doesn't work for so many reasons, many of which people have outlined here.
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by wangarific 14y ago
I went through a small acquisition (single digit millions) and we're building a membership site that would help people understand this process (from the seller's perspective) and the potential pitfalls, what sorts of things do you think mus

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