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by fitandfunction 13y ago
Pretty common. At mid levels (senior manager, director), base is ~50% of total. At senior levels (VP, CxO), base is less than 25%. At the extreme (CEOs of major corps), base is negligible (e.g. Costello's base is $14k out of a total
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by fitandfunction 13y ago
The stock price has been driven by share buybacks, and the appreciation of Alibaba. It's more accurate to say that financial markets, past acquisitions, and activist investors have driven up the share price. That said, the share-price
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by fitandfunction 13y ago
Agreed. The obvious move for FlightCar is to partner with nearby garages, and offer a valet service to drive passengers to their terminals. To sweeten the deal, FlightCar might offer to wash or do basic maintenance (oil change) on the car
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by fitandfunction 13y ago
No need to point to projects that are based on tutorials. Lots of githubs are nothing more than that at this point. If you're going to go the coding route, put up a working page, publish a blog entry about it, publish a working app, e
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by fitandfunction 13y ago
Technical skills aside, the best piece of advice in the article is "show them that you want it." I've conducted countless interviews / hires where it basically went: candidates P & Q are the best on paper and in per
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by fitandfunction 13y ago
It's not just small companies. I worked briefly for a mid-sized tech company that took a >$70 mm round, but will likely be out-of-business before year end. Like Ecomom, it is helmed by a "visionary" / fanatical leader with a "grow at a
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Why Senders Matter: A Look at my Last Year in 63,961 Emails(klaviyo.com)
12 points by fitandfunction 14y ago|3 comments
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
Exactly. Problems with production databases are inevitable . It's just a matter of time. The guy who should be falling on the sword, if anyone, is the person in charge of backups. Better yet, the CEO or CTO should have made this a learn
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
Why do you think past efforts haven't "panned out" yet? Is it: a) they're working on it, but just not there yet b) the major EHR do everything in their power to delay progress by providing token access c) it's actually very hard to sync me
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
This is a dream for retailers. "Augmenting" the in-store shopping experience has been a non-starter. Want to get product reviews and more info about this item? Well, why don't you pull out your phone, turn on the barcode app and scan the
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
Yeah -- It's definitely by design. It's also by design that milk and bread are in the back corners of the store. But, ecommerce makes this disdain for the shopper unsustainable. 10 years ago, if you're store sucks, you don't really have a
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
The "prototype" you see in the video is actually a Staples Easy Button with a piece of paper taped over it. You don't like the shape?
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
Ha! I like the second "story." Btw, I think it explains the lack of user traction of apps like Aisle411, ShopKick, etc. They take too long to use and they don't "fit" well with a shopping trip. What keeps us churning on this space is the
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
Yeah. Thanks for that. We've done some of this and we're seeing (a) or (c). We've kept going because we "feel" that there's something to be "fixed" inside a store. For example, discovering new products inside a store is really painful. T
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
You make a good point, and candidly, we're not sure. The crux of the problem as we see it is that: - If you enjoy shopping, you're probably pretty good at it, and don't need a lot of hand-holding. - If you don't enjoy shopping, then a stor
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
One of the problems we're running into is that this problem (need for location and advice) does not seem to be an acute problem for users. In other words, most people are bothered by it, but not bothered so much that they pull out their ph
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
There are apps that handle different parts of this, e.g. Aisle411 for product location, AisleFinder, etc. But, in our early tests, what we found is that shoppers quickly move from "where is x?" to "what do I need for y?" Our general hypothe
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
Thanks. We've dropped the "OnStar" adjective. What do you think about the "Instant Chat" analogy?
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
We've seen this to. Target has been particularly good about doing this. Have you used the current solutions? What did you think of them?
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Ask HN: Feedback on our concept? "Instant Chat" when you're in a retail store
2 points by fitandfunction 14y ago|19 comments
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
1. Make it short 2. Add a link to your domain 3. Add getClicky to your domain A large number of readers will click on your link. As a recipient of some of these emails, I almost always click on a company name just to get more info on the
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Grocery Shopping? A Source of Happiness?(blog.helpping.co)
1 points by fitandfunction 14y ago|0 comments
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
sobered, frightened, confused, sad. I had a chat with Jody last month, and every indication was that he was "crushing it and loving it." It could be that I'm really shitty at reading other people, but I remember thinking, "wow, someday, I w
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
OnStar + Siri for Shopping. http://helpping.co Shopping at Target / Walmart / Safeway / etc. and can't find what you're looking for? or just have a question about a product? or just need some help? Press a button. Talk to a person. G
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
The point about the "very early stage" is that it's unlikely for one single person to have all the skills you want unless they had no other choice, i.e. they were the first or second engineer in a startup. So, to find one person to sati
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
Principal Engineer or Lead Engineer. In particular, you want someone with experience in very early-stage startups (where they might have been responsible for some hardware decisions).
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
The best thing I've bought in the last few years has been a pair of etymotic earbuds with "custom fit" earbuds: http://www.etymotic.com/customfit/index.html ~$200 total, $100 for the basic earbuds and another $100 to get the earbuds "cust
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
I'd love to see someone (ryancarson or pg?) write a complementary article about "what if you have to do it alone?" In other words, sometimes, it's not your choice to be a solo co-founder. Many people have compared finding a co-founder to
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
It takes a certain amount of "willful naivete" to try anything new and uncertain. Doesn't mean you're an idiot to the facts. Just means that you're willing to temporarily overlook short-term problems / obstacles to pursue a long-term goal.
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by fitandfunction 14y ago
Today is a perfect day for spam marketers to reach us. I have read every single email very carefully today.

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