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by zaidf 11y ago
He is offended that he wasn't invited at various events involving African American leaders. I have black friends who would be offended if they were specifically invited to these events because they were African American. This sums up
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Me and my siblings have a genetic mutation that requires us to take Colchicine 3 times/day for the rest of our lives so needless to say I am glad to see the drug industry being exposed.
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This is not necessarily bad by default. There do exist inherently good things that do not have public support or the support is muted until there is a crisis. For those items, a crisis is an opportunity to come out ahead at least as it rela
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How about disabling the car once the crooks park it?
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By your logic, Harvard should be to blame for the millionaires and billionaires from Harvard that are in prison for insider trading.
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I've met Mr. Nissan and did some contract work for his site years ago. At the time, he was looking for ideas to turn Nissan.com into a destination website of some sort :)
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Has anyone written a checklist for CEOs/CTOs of stuff to do/avoid when such incidents are discovered?
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it's still absolutely unremarkable for two men to walk down the streets holding hands, even though homosexuality is vastly less accepted than in the US. Totally. When I'm visiting India and taking a walk with cousins, it's
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Because "pretty common use pattern" should not be the bar for what is allowed on facebook. To give you another example: in India, it is very common to use a picture of your favorite Bollywood actor as your profile picture on socia
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Why does Facebook get to tell me that I only have one name when my government is fine with me having multiple names? Because Facebook isn't your government. It is a non-government entity with a very specific vision. If it finds that
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by zaidf 11y ago
Real identities have been core to the Facebook experience since the day it launched; just as fake usernames have been core to YouTube since its launch. For either to go back on a core part of who they are would be a mistake. Facebook would
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1. Those who claim cleaning is not a "skilled job" should get off their keyboard, spend a day cleaning their moms house, and get back to me when they learn they are 3X slower than a pro and destroyed something with bleach-based s
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That is hardly an Uber problem. In fact, professional cab drivers are famous for dangerous driving. Example: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/taxi-driver-in...
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My problem with Homejoy/Handy etc. is the high degree of unpredictability in the quality of each cleaning. My conclusion is that for something like home cleaning, you want to find a regular person -- not someone new each week. Our regu
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Contrasting view: I really enjoy hearing from this perspective than trying overtly hard to speak for lots of other people. I am glad he made this about himself because when you write a story such as this, it is much more authentic written
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You can be raining money but if you spend more than what you're making, you're not profitable. Of course, it is not a bad thing to be unprofitable for a period of time. In AirBnb's case, it is almost certainly better for th
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by zaidf 11y ago
MySpace lost to Facebook, partly by not matching what became popular features on Facebook, such as "The Wall" That is a gross over simplification of why MySpace lost to facebook. One of the main reasons I think MySpace lost was
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This may be an unpopular opinion but I think Rahul Yadav was made a scapegoat for all the VCs who put in too much money into housing at too high of a valuation. Yadav has his flaws -- but they are mostly childish, not evil. He gave the so-c
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by zaidf 11y ago
It would be poetic justice if EFF dedicates this money to fighting future lawsuits from CL. I don't think we have seen the last of this.
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Airbnb killed short term rentals category. 42floors is killing the commercial rental category. OKC/Tinder killed the personals category. There are three main categories keeping it alive: apartments, jobs and for sale. Each of those cat
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by zaidf 11y ago
Here's hoping Craigslist dies. The good news is: it is already dying(albeit slowly, one category at a time.)
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The real growth hack here is getting investigated by the SEC resulting in more traffic than $20K would otherwise buy you.
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Sorry, but $3M for a founder is not FU money . You can use it to buy a half-decent home in the bay area and a nice dinner...and well, that's it.
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I'm the sort of founder that thinks it's my duty to return value to shareholders. You can be a founder that thinks it is your duty to return value to shareholders and still take money off the table. In fact, there are situatio
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In the startup world it comes down to, these are not folks investors should be trusting. Or "trust these guys: if they fail, they won't bullshit you and just give you the money they have remaining back." It's all about
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The layoffs come at a cost to the people who lost the jobs, not as much as a cost to Nadella or Microsoft. In fact, layoffs are usually a positive for the company. Of course, I'd also argue that in the longterm, layoffs are a positive
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You seem to suggest that shutting the company down was definitively a worse outcome for investors vs. keeping it going. It isn't that black and white. For example, if they kept the company going and spent the remaining millions and s
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You realize companies like Secret more than likely had acquisition offers that could have been north of $6M? It is fairly common to turn down a larger acquisition offer for raising a funding round that lets you take some cash off the tabl
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Also, the $6M cash could have also been worth $600M. In that case, would the OP want the investors to give some money back to the Secret founders..?
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executives sell a bunch of stock right before public companies announce bad news or go bust it often warrants an insider trading investigation Secret isn't a public company. Secret's investors are insiders themselves.

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