ebaysucks

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by ebaysucks 14y ago
Could you please recommend one or a few legal insurance providers that cater to startups in the US? Thanks.
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
And if ever trade with Cuba of many of the countries the US is at war with, you will face criminal charges even long after you have given up your green card. Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland. Get yourself a permanent residency in at least
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
This Demo Day was only open for startups looking for investment. There are other startups here with operational websites and revenue but who simply didn't bother with this.
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
This would eliminate a lot of hobby blogs and websites that made the internet such a great place. As someone who paid $8000 for his domain, I don't believe domains are currently overpriced. You can buy prime real estate on the internet fo
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
Don't you mean: ($119Millon Sale price * stake of investors - 3Million Funding) / 3Millon Funding = CRAZY RETURN! Or from team POV: $119Million Sales price * (1 - stake of investors) / sweat = THE GRIND WAS WORTH IT!
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
It is very likely that the run rate of last month is more than 1/12th of the total annual revenue, as they are growing rapidly. So let's estimate their run rate of last month at $75K and it becomes realistic - albeit a bit tight - to have 1
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
Unrealized potential earnings translate into a higher P/E, they do not make the entire concept of P/E invalid. Your flawed way of thinking is exactly what prevails in a bubble.
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
Sure, but the rich guys are LPs in VC funds next to institutional investors who get their money straight from QE.
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
If evernote doubles it revenue every year for the next four years, it would still be trading at 3 times revenue, a number that might be realistic going concern assuming they have very high profit margins. So valuing them at 50x revenue now
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
That's still 21% too much they got to keep.
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
Bubbles are not about believing in the wrong trends, they are about believing the trend will materialize too fast. E.g. dot com boom: Basic premise was right, "software will eat the world", only the speed at which it would happen is overest
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
Asset allocation is about relative performance and capital preservation in real terms.
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
The most basic requirement for a healthy societies is reproduction, females are the bottleneck in reproduction so killing both males is least bad in the long run. If a war was expected in the short run, kill one couple as to forego some rep
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
Coming out of college, I used to be a "Boglehead" like this - had a job at a top 3 management consulting firm and put as much as I could into Vanguard index funds, up to 80% of my net income in certain months. After a year I realized the re
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Groupon sued by investor over revised results, IPO(reuters.com)
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
All preferences are subjective. Art is art because people think it is.
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by ebaysucks 14y ago
What exactly is outrageous about a community service like Pinterest or a forum using Skimlinks?
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
A great business does not necessarily imply a great investment.
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
Yes, in fact Executive Director _is_ the "MD light" at Goldman.
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
Rocket Internet has been hiring several Goldman bankers lately to be local or functional managing directors for their startups.
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
OK, so how much solar panels would Tesla need to install on the roof of a Model S to prevent this from happening?
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
I bought a domain using this tool. Any numbers on the total affiliate revenue generated?
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
Please don't tell me you think one US political party is all bad and the other one is all good.
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
Now I know where those annoying challenge pages come from. Was planning to add CloudFlare to my site but if it comes with those challenge pages, I'd rather pass.
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
Have you discussed with your investors how they feel about you selling 2-10% of total equity at a valuation of at best 20% of what they are offering?
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
Wait until customs outsource this policy to the file sharing companies of this world. Say goodbye to your ROI Dropbox investors.
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
The top 1% is only 1.2 million USD net worth, top 0.5% is 1.8 million USD. So basically for a team of 2-3 tech founders raising a series A round is the entry ticket to becoming part of the 1% (on paper at least).
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
Would be interested in where you read that if you find it again - below is a link to an article that says the optimal team size is 5 to 8 based on a Dunbar analysis. 3 in unstable as too often 1 person feels left out, 4 is an even number so
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
I got my first taste from this mindset two days ago: An undergrad from Wharton sends me a Facebook PM saying he loves my startup, wants to work for me. We go on a Skype call where he keeps on boasting on how he is "special even among Wharto
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by ebaysucks 15y ago
Institutional arbitration often just mentions how the arbitrators will be appointed. Ad hoc arbitration (i.e. not using institutional rules) often specify the arbitrator(s).

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