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by aboyeji 14y ago
I think the pricing right now is mostly to encourage behavioural change. A more sustainable model would be subscriptions (e.g pay $10-$15 a month like a P.O Box and get your mail on your way from work instead of delivered to your house with
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Did Airbnb and Dropbox fit PG's growth model?(iyinoluwa.org)
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by aboyeji 14y ago
I think its silly to expect he can't keep his own political views on issues without having them muddied up with his work. Javascript is great technology. I couldn't care less what he did in his free time. There is something to be said for t
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by aboyeji 15y ago
This will really suck for these countries. As someone who lives in an oil producing country, OPEC is a horrible model to follow. Almost all the countries in OPEC are corrupt, inefficient and have dictatorial govts who oppress the majority p
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by aboyeji 15y ago
and necessary... Education is the worlds biggest problems and opportunities right behind healthcare. People risking everything to make the world a better place shouldn't be denigrated like this. Their failure means there is more for someone
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by aboyeji 15y ago
breaks a few rules... that will happen :)
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by aboyeji 15y ago
so cool!
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by aboyeji 15y ago
I think the biggest undisputable difference between the Finnish and American systems from the article is their high quality teachers and small engaged classes but I wonder if that is simply a direct result of their having a small population
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by aboyeji 16y ago
Pretty good. I haven't read anything that deep in years. I do think though that a lot of management issues are simply avoided by having a good team. But given situation where that is not possible, this might work well.
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by aboyeji 16y ago
I actually considered this possibility after I resigned. It might sound pretentious but no I wasn't. I was just stuck with a bad board. Why? First it had a track record for organizational incompetence. I should have known better but few of
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by aboyeji 16y ago
No disrespect to Mr Jefferson but this management method does not work. It always results in a pyrrhic victory and resentment from the other people on the table from being made to look incompetent (although the truth is that indeed, they ar
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by aboyeji 16y ago
Wow. Thanks for posting this. There are some amazing quotes from that: "Money will always flow toward opportunity, and there is an abundance of that in America." "Commentators today often talk of “great uncertainty.” But think back, for exa
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by aboyeji 16y ago
Not to be negative but he might be doing it to avoid income taxes. So many silicon valley CEO's do that. The real questions are what is compensation + stock options. The article does not provide that information. Nonetheless, its a good ide