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by aaronapple 12y ago
This should be heavily publicized. Hopefully, by letting people know that they can earn a good living by being a police officer, the quality of candidates will continue to increase. Entering the police force still carries a stigma, IMO, par
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by aaronapple 13y ago
Well, yeah, but Expedia is primarily a search/booking engine, right? They aren't directly creating new, network-effect related opportunities. Much easier to innovate in that area (e.g. Hipmunk) vs. with a marketplace where scale a
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by aaronapple 13y ago
I still feel like there are going to be some major regulatory changes that will eventually hit these types of businesses. What we've generally seen is cities say no, then realize how much value there is but not know what to do about it
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by aaronapple 13y ago
Don't particularly understand why that's a tired argument - I think that's a wise piece of the puzzle for any investor to consider. It's so interesting to hear investors criticize a savvy pitch like crazy then hand over
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by aaronapple 13y ago
Coffin now nailed shut. That's pretty damning.
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by aaronapple 13y ago
Based on what I've seen, even really, really smart, careful people make the wrong hiring/promotion decision ~50% of the time
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by aaronapple 13y ago
There is no such thing as a 7-minute workout that will completely get you in shape. This is a great set of exercises that, if performed twice with a short break in between and at the level they suggest, will leave you totally wiped and feel
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by aaronapple 13y ago
Similarly, very hard to measure the amount of time that we spend actively thinking about our work outside of the office. My first job was in investment banking, where I was physically in the office or meetings far more than my bosses; when