wilfra

24 ms·

181.
by wilfra 14y ago
I'm not sure how you are drawing any connection between this and the strength of the dollar or capital markets. As long as there has been money there have been people looking to take risks and turn that money into more money. Gambling, inve
182.
by wilfra 14y ago
In that case, I think it's ok if I share that the companies raising are: Microryza, Goldbely, Zenefits and Strikingly - with Wevorce listed at the top of the page but it says they are 'not currently fundraising'. Conspicuously absent: wefun
183.
Y Combinator Winter 2013 Demo Day, Batch 2: Meet Lollipuff, Goldbely, And More(techcrunch.com)
10 points by wilfra 14y ago|1 comments
184.
by wilfra 14y ago
Right, you want him to give you more signals about what they are looking for so you can tell them what you think they want to hear - that's the wrong approach. You should instead focus on being awesome and hope that YC recognizes how awesom
185.
by wilfra 14y ago
Much like the Google guidelines on SEO, I would imagine pg's response to this would be something like 'the best way to optimize your application is to ignore optimizing your application' and instead focus on building something awesome.
186.
by wilfra 14y ago
Reminds me of the slogan for the strip club Déjà Vu: "1000's of Beautiful Girls and 3 Ugly Ones"
187.
by wilfra 14y ago
my bad images do work if you click the link - i didn't understand the homepage was just a preview. http://wilfra.postach.io/post/hello-world
188.
by wilfra 14y ago
http://wilfra.postach.io Set that up in under a minute. If they support custom domains I'm in - but don't really like using subdomains. edit: they don't seem to support images, i uploaded a screenshot of the admin area and it didn't rende
189.
by wilfra 14y ago
SMS tax filing? #want
190.
by wilfra 14y ago
Unlikely since their goal in doing it is to notify people without breaking the law. If ever there were an example of G not being Evil, this is it. Hats off to them for how hard they work to keep the man away from our data.
191.
by wilfra 14y ago
Ya I like this - 'catching' the ejaculate would still present risks but it should all-but eliminate unwanted pregnancies and greatly reduce STD's which are passed by fluid exchange. You still have to worry about things like Herpes and HPV b
192.
by wilfra 14y ago
"it frankly is none of their business." Ignoring the merits of this statement, they certainly think it is their business. Even running credit checks on job seekers is common practice now. If you worked in white-collar positions at multiple
193.
by wilfra 14y ago
If you're saying anybody who Googles you can find out about your record, it would obviously be silly to lie about it. If your employer somehow fails to do that during the hiring process, somebody will eventually do it after you start workin
194.
by wilfra 14y ago
Appears to pass the 'would I ever want to wear one of these while having a one-some' litmus test.
195.
by wilfra 14y ago
Quora did a good job of fixing this. You frequently see highly upvoted answers that aren't among the top answers and similarly answers with relatively few upvotes at or near the top. How quickly late answers gather upvotes seems to be a big
196.
by wilfra 14y ago
You may be overestimating how many people 'the entire company' is ;)
197.
by wilfra 14y ago
They are actively hiring for customer support if anybody wants to tackle the job of improving this situation: https://coinbase.com/jobs I know it's real money and people flip out but try to be understanding of their situation. Their busin
198.
Bangkok Condo For Sale in Bitcoin(franceschine.com)
2 points by wilfra 14y ago|0 comments
199.
by wilfra 14y ago
Did you notice this whole thing going on while it was happening? Did you hear the jokes? Where these guys obnoxious etc? Or was she?
200.
by wilfra 14y ago
I wouldn't say it's BS but there are obviously gaping holes in the methodology. I'm most interested in the companies with very low rankings - however Sheet 2 isn't loading for me.
201.
by wilfra 14y ago
Stripe as well is way undervalued in a ranking like this and any business that revolves around pageviews is going to be overvalued.
202.
by wilfra 14y ago
usually
203.
by wilfra 14y ago
"The greatest asset a young entrepreneur can possibly have is tolerant parents." While this is true, if my own circle of friends is any indication, tolerant parents don't usually produce the kinds of kids who have the kind of drive it takes
204.
by wilfra 14y ago
slmt, you've been hellbanned, nobody can see your posts (unless they have showdead on). since it looks like you're a new user, just make a new account - and try not to make any more posts like this until you've been around awhile and proven
205.
by wilfra 14y ago
Peter Thiel invested $500k for 10% and was left with only 2.5% at IPO, so it looks like dilution is indeed stronger than I assumed. At that dilution rate, $1k in Facebook would be worth "only" about $1.9 million today.
206.
by wilfra 14y ago
The last few years are not representative of the long term. Over the long term stocks, bonds and real estate - in aggregate - rise in value. If you don't want to risk short or medium term fluctuations and black swans, the ultimate tradition
207.
by wilfra 14y ago
These are just rough calculations and they ignore things like whether the valuation is pre or post-money and dilution from additional funding etc, but it gives a ballpark idea of potential returns: $1,000 investment at $8,000,000 valuation
208.
by wilfra 14y ago
Indeed. Nobody should limit their investments to just these. For every $1,000 you put into a crowdfunded company, you should be investing at least $4,000 in more traditional and safe investments. And 20% is even a lot. That assumes a young
209.
by wilfra 14y ago
Just applied to put $1k into a YC company that I was very impressed with. I hope this becomes the default for YC companies. Fuck the VC's - invite the public to demo day and crowd fund the seed rounds! Quick math: investing $1k into Faceboo
210.
by wilfra 14y ago
As I said, you can buy real currency as a speculator and you aren't required to follow any regulations. Forcing speculators in digital currencies to meet the same requirements as financial institutions would be absurd. I realize one could m

More ›