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by anon8418 10y ago
How many launches has the Soyuz had? Think how many more cycles a plane goes through a day / month / year / decade. Times that by the number of models of that plane out there.
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by anon8418 11y ago
Is this a joke? You think Uber China is truly "independent"? Who do you think pulls the strings, dictates the strategy, provides the underlying technology? Saying Uber China is "independent" is even more laughable than &
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by anon8418 11y ago
I think your view is naive because you think Travis and his "strategy" have any bearing on Uber's long-term success in China. The only strategy that matters is how to curry favor with, and kowtow to, the Chinese leadership an
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by anon8418 11y ago
> Such as? Even if true they are running non-chinese OS software... Huawei M8 is nice and well made. > Making the iPhone in China means they could make iPhones, not necessarily that they can design and build their own full stack phone
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by anon8418 11y ago
> I respect that you have a different opinion but you shouldn't assume so easily. You are assuming my opinion is easily formed, when it is based off of lots of experience in China and discussions with a wide network of people with e
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by anon8418 11y ago
It's laughable not because of "their strategy", but because your statement displays a lack of understanding (complete imo) about how business is done (and has always been done) in China. It is a very naive view, made especial
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by anon8418 11y ago
> But Uber is not really blocked in China at all. They worked really actively with their government and even throw in a DC in China. Uber is not blocked, for now. That can change in a whim. The Chinese government can simply create regula
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by anon8418 11y ago
> You really think Travis is going to lose in China? This isn't Google China in 2009. Travis partnered with the crazy guy who got Google kicked out of China. You really think the Chinese government is going to hand over the country&
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by anon8418 11y ago
HN commentators are missing the point. Uber's strategy is lifted straight from Groupons playbook: they're expanding aggressively internationally to drive home the message that "HEY LOOK WE'RE A GLOBAL PLAY. WE'RE IN
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by anon8418 11y ago
Founders can take more money off the table, but that doesn't solve for the bigger problem of down rounds mentioned in the article: employees leaving.
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by anon8418 11y ago
> - Products that would violate known laws of physics or proven mathematical theorems. (Or sometimes even grade school math...) Drop-Kicker just covered one such startup: http://drop-kicker.com/2016/01/ampy-move
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by anon8418 11y ago
> - They recruit their favorite McKinsey strategist - J Pearson - as CEO to change. Oh and I'm sure he drove tons of money into consulting projects w/ McK. Who do you think helped him identify which companies to take over, buil
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by anon8418 11y ago
> Nevertheless, most institutions that have existed through human history no longer exist. Interesting that you say that. I believe the China is the longest surviving political entity. It's been around for two thousand years... >
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by anon8418 11y ago
I've yet to not be astonished by the pace of development and change in China, despite my frequent trips there since the mid-90s. Especially in the hinterland... it's really night and day. Literally in a year you go from farms to s
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by anon8418 11y ago
India has a long ways to go before it catches up to China. Have you ever been? The differences in development are pretty stark.... even more so when you compare secondary cities. It's really night and day... not at all even comparable.
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by anon8418 11y ago
Naysayers have been predicting the demise of China for the past thirty years. See Gordon Chang, idiot extraordinaire. The reality is that growth, in the long-run, is now in Asia (think of the hundreds of millions of Chinese still living in
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by anon8418 11y ago
Well they should at least be forthright with customers/patients. There are lots of anecdotal blog posts (one by former Apple vp of engineering) about the accuracy of their tests for example. Remember this is about people's health,
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by anon8418 11y ago
Because it was an influencing factor in the initial media infatuation with Theranos. If u goto their website a lot of the media and copy is very founder-specific. Almost like they are trying to build some cult of personality around her.
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by anon8418 11y ago
Lots of similar stories... Check out UBeam. It's basically Theranos-lite: outspoken female founder (also light on the technical credentials), revolutionary vision/product-promises (wireless charging), and tier one VCs (~$30mm rais
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by anon8418 11y ago
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and view. I appreciate the feedback and your even-handed moderation. I don't know Ryan, but I've been observing PH for some time now. My opinions and thoughts are from these observations and those
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by anon8418 11y ago
I'm not saying that PG has built a cult of personality around himself, but rather around the narrative of the ethical, hard-working, pull your own bootstraps, outsider hacker hero. Think Steve Jobs, Zuck, etc.
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by anon8418 11y ago
I've edited my post so that it appears less of a personal attack. I think my critique is fair, though the delivery could use improvement (hence my edits). PH is a for-profit company that helps users discover new products, yet controls
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by anon8418 11y ago
I feel the point of PH is not to create a real business in the sense of earning money by selling you a product or service, but rather to establish personal brand equity and influencing power of the management team. This can be useful for fu
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by anon8418 11y ago
This is somewhat true. There are far more former founders in the VC ranks than 15-20-30 years ago when it was dominated by old-crust finance, old money types. That said, the vast majority of the new incoming class of VCs (think associates,
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by anon8418 11y ago
Fred Wilson and especially PG have created a dangerous cult of personality around the narrative of the ethical hacker. Young folks in their 20s and 30s have unfortunately fallen for this narrative hook, line, and sink. It's very sad wh
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by anon8418 11y ago
PH Is the ultimate bubble startup. A literal circlejerk wrapped in some clean CSS and nice JS. Get used to shit like this as increasingly more MBAs flock to the valley... For those older in the community, the archetype of the honorable hack
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by anon8418 11y ago
That is not part, it is ALL that you are paying for. What is the difference between McK and Deloitte? One has Harvard grads the other has Cornell grads. The analysis is the same, but one is just wrapped up in a prettier package and more pre
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by anon8418 11y ago
At the top tier firms, the creation of slides, charts, etc is usually outsourced to a back office dedicated to the job. I'm not sure if this is still the case at McK, but this office used to be stationed in the developing world... Cons
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by anon8418 11y ago
I spent a few years as a management consultant. Consultants are almost never hired to provide truly objective analysis. In most cases, they're hired to "back-up the viewpoint of a given executive". This is done by the executi
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by anon8418 11y ago
But but but Rumsfeld and Kissinger told me it was a sure thing!

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