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by apollo 18y ago
Damn that's some fine resolution. Unfortunately if you want to hire unique people you'll have to wait for the earth's population to increase about 12,000 times its current size.
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by apollo 18y ago
Well I think the commercial aspect will probably be the ticket price for the trip. As far as for-sale accommodations during the trip, I expect them to be analogous to those you get during airplane flights: mostly refreshments. Since looking
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by apollo 18y ago
It sounds like he could have made it a success if he streamlined the production process and kept the cost per keychain down.
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by apollo 18y ago
Good to know
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by apollo 18y ago
Even if you restrict yourself to true information, there is still a ton of space to manipulate stock prices. A good writer can make a company look brilliant or like a loser using the same set of true facts.
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by apollo 18y ago
Is it illegal? As far as I understand it's the business model for Mark Cuban's sharesleuth.com (although he fully discloses that's what he does)
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by apollo 18y ago
You could make good money owning a news company by manipulating stock prices like this
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by apollo 18y ago
Quantcast.com
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by apollo 18y ago
It would probably work on me. What is that.. like $4?
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by apollo 18y ago
Economics. It works, bitches.
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by apollo 18y ago
No
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by apollo 18y ago
Well startups that start in stealth mode might want to get feedback. They can post their business plan in public, go to VCs, ask whatever contacts they have in person. The problems are posting in public defeats the purpose of stealth mode,
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by apollo 18y ago
It's true that there are potentially dangerous incentives, and it won't work for startups with significant trade secrets. However, there are a large range of startups, and some people are even willing to share their idea in public! This wou
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by apollo 18y ago
Yes, that is probably the best alternative. However, the main problems are 1) rigor; comments have a tendency to be whatever pops into a person's head rather than a rigorous assessment of a business model. I think rigorous feedback would pr
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Peer reviewed startups
11 points by apollo 18y ago|20 comments
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Payment processing, legal overhead
3 points by apollo 18y ago|0 comments