curiouslurker

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Ask HN: How much did YC make from Airbnb, DoorDash IPOs?
4 points by curiouslurker 6y ago|0 comments
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by curiouslurker 6y ago
From what I've read, Kanye is too much of an egomaniac to pull off something like this. From the stories in Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holloway. And also the "grabbing the mic" incident with Taylor Swift.
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Giraffe Tries Hard to Mate with Female(youtube.com)
1 points by curiouslurker 6y ago|0 comments
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by curiouslurker 7y ago
Indeed! And you Stephen, are also very bad at reading people :)
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by curiouslurker 8y ago
I came cross this book some time in 1991 or 1992, growing up in a developing country. Not having access to or being able to afford Playboy or Hustler, it was popular among my early teenage friends because of the explicit pictures of the fem
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The Little Known Polish Startup That Raised Millions in an ICO(capitalandgrowth.org)
1 points by curiouslurker 8y ago|0 comments
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by curiouslurker 8y ago
You are clearly a puny human :)
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by curiouslurker 8y ago
Agreed. Here is an excerpt from the WSJ. I couldn't finish even the excerpt! https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-human-promise-of-the-ai-rev...
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by curiouslurker 8y ago
Hagiography at its finest! But, a, cool, review!
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by curiouslurker 9y ago
It is hard to say Seattle "gave them the opportunity". They would likely have succeeded anywhere and one could argue they "gave to Seattle" with their creations. Another billionaire, Ballmer, said at a private party that
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An Easy, Extra $20B/Year for Amazon? An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos(capitalandgrowth.org)
3 points by curiouslurker 9y ago|0 comments
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What Are Your Favorite Marketing Blogs?(capitalandgrowth.org)
2 points by curiouslurker 9y ago|0 comments
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by curiouslurker 9y ago
Could he just be pandering to his hosts? The concentration of talent and a whole ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs is a significant advantage. It will take time for any other region to amass the same advantages.
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by curiouslurker 9y ago
why is this on the front page? It is devoid of content.
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by curiouslurker 9y ago
"Yeah, it pretty simple. If it is hard to raise money figure out how you don’t have to—get to profitability. That discipline is healthy. There are very few companies that have the hyper-growth that allows them to forgo profitability in
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Augmented reality could help you learn to dance better(mashable.com)
5 points by curiouslurker 9y ago|2 comments
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by curiouslurker 9y ago
Interesting but I often wonder how much better VCs are than the rest of the population at determining startup success. In hindsight they can always say "see, those two factors were important, for my X exit. Told you so" but they a
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by curiouslurker 9y ago
Sounds likely, given that GS and Elon are tight. They gave him a huge personal line of credit on extremely favorable terms!
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by curiouslurker 9y ago
"There’s the old saying that A students become professors, B students become mid-level managers at large corporations and the C students endow buildings and professorships." Is this really true? Where is from?
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by curiouslurker 9y ago
Perhaps hate is a strong word but he clearly does not like them! He does talk about how they only care about themselves, boss around founders and then claim credit for the founders' success.
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Has Google Bribed TechCrunch? (90% of stories on front page about Google)(techcrunch.com)
3 points by curiouslurker 9y ago|2 comments
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by curiouslurker 10y ago
Great read but did Steve Jobs really have personal integrity? He was famously double faced, manipulative and as petulant and petty as a child, often settling personal scores with business decisions.
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by curiouslurker 10y ago
Not true. To most corporate recruiters 'doing a startup' for a couple of years is almost the same as being unemployed. I faced this myself after years of slogging away at an unsuccessful project and then trying to get back into th
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Employees buy Tesla for CEO who raised their minimum salaries to $70k(geekwire.com)
2 points by curiouslurker 10y ago|0 comments
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by curiouslurker 10y ago
Here's one of Austria's most famous exports. Arnold's 6 Rules for Success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RQO_OoNASU Surely it can't have been too bad for him!
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Raising the Temple(economist.com)
2 points by curiouslurker 10y ago|0 comments
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by curiouslurker 10y ago
> A reassuring story for those of us who feel we are strong in many areas but fear we have deep, dangerous holes in certain fundamentals. Then you will likely enjoy The Man Who Knew Infinity. Hardy and his peers were often shocked at the
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by curiouslurker 10y ago
can't say unfortunately!
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by curiouslurker 10y ago
It does happen. I am from a third world country and one year my friend worked on the databases for counting election results. In certain regions where the ruling party rigged the elections, there were more votes (for preferred candidates) t
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by curiouslurker 10y ago
Agreed. I skimmed over it and reached the same conclusion. I upvoted it anyway so it could get more comments and I could come back and get any other insights from the scary smart HN community!

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