g10r

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by g10r 5y ago
yep! have def had one drop after conversion.
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by g10r 5y ago
It's not bad per se, it's just how it works. Like pretty much everything in life the outcome is dependent on the people involved. You're not getting the potential for more upside without the introduction of more risk. Chamath
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by g10r 5y ago
Probably not...I just came across it as part of my diligence before investing. Originally found on Twitter.
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by g10r 5y ago
Was nice to have the ability to buy into SRNG early. This is more or less restricted to most through a traditional IPO.
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by g10r 5y ago
Here's one of their more recent decks if anyone is interested: https://www.ginkgobioworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20...
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by g10r 6y ago
Agreed. Many smaller, yet successful Hedge Funds limit the capital they manage for this very reason. Some strategies just don't work at certain scale.
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by g10r 7y ago
Did they adjust based on this HN post? We are wanting to get the My Climate Journey Slack account (550+ people) upgraded as well...
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by g10r 7y ago
For the most part, the government shouldn't get to tell people what they can or can not do with their money. We don't currently stop people from going to vegas, buying lotto tickets, buying expensive cars, clothes, buying educatio
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by g10r 8y ago
Tesla occupancy doesn't mean much for most of these malls/shopping centers, to be honest. Apple/Nike/Target, sure. Tesla, no.
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by g10r 8y ago
Surely they understood this before the initial decision was announced. No way those leases were disappearing.
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by g10r 8y ago
Funny enough I've been obsessing over this concept of "aligning vectors" / measuring the impact of personal KPIs against the total progress of a business. “Every person in your company is a vector. Your progress is deter
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Ask HN: What company environment has enabled your best work?
293 points by g10r 8y ago|195 comments
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by g10r 8y ago
Certainly important for people to understand/be aware of the process someone such as Robert Moir (one scientist mentioned in the article) must navigate https://www.statnews.com/2018/10/29/alzheimers-resea
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by g10r 8y ago
Awesome thank you.
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by g10r 8y ago
Sleep is fascinating to study. So much to discover. Awesome book: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
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by g10r 8y ago
The best protection is going to be execution. NDAs aren't really going to help you in this regard. Just take some meetings, tell them what you're working on and if some form of collaboration is of interest.
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by g10r 8y ago
What are you working on?
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by g10r 8y ago
Approaching as a "partnership" may be useful. You can always increase pricing after your initial customers. Also, be careful thinking you have a solid MVP.
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by g10r 8y ago
arbitrary number + that's what, a couple months? That's nothing.
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by g10r 8y ago
options: 1. start over and don't work with the current cofounder. 2. keep going with current product, structure co-founders financial contribution as an investment (use a SAFE or something) and remove the person from day to day operati
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by g10r 8y ago
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-ha... :)
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by g10r 8y ago
There's a long-standing relationship there.
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by g10r 8y ago
Well, one reason to "keep up with trends" is because if your direct competitor does use ML to unveil some market/product/business opportunity or optimization, and you (executive/CIO/CEO) weren't at the lea
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by g10r 8y ago
Yes, similar to what CAA did for the entertainment agency world. You may find it interesting to read, Who is Michael Ovitz?
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by g10r 8y ago
Soon people will receive the following message from FB: “Hey, meet/date/marry this person. Trust us, you are perfect for each other." :)
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by g10r 8y ago
100%
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by g10r 9y ago
Reducing engineering capacity does not necessarily mean reducing the pace of a companies innovation.
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by g10r 9y ago
Connections certainly help but aren't required. You need grit and a solution (or an idea of a solution) that's solving a pain point worth paying to alleviate. Ideally 10x better and cheaper than what's currently in the market
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by g10r 9y ago
- conviction around ideas that are right, but not consensus. Rebel thinking. - update your mental model with data. - conversations around what's working, not working. - one thing about a founder to decide to invest: shadow a founder fo
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What makes truly great leaders, the compression of seed and the future of YC(itunes.apple.com)
3 points by g10r 9y ago|1 comments

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