goatcurious

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by goatcurious 9y ago
I remember coming across a 2011 article on similar behavior by a New York investor, where I could not figure out whether the writers were condoning the behavior, in an almost fawning tone, or highlighting a problem. http://obser
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by goatcurious 9y ago
The free-food patterns don't apply on a company which is frugal by nature, e.g. Amazon
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by goatcurious 10y ago
Kickstarter money is not same as investment money. Most/all of it gets used up in fulfilling the orders
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by goatcurious 10y ago
He has something in common with Indian housewives and temples: http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/07/14/indias-600-bil...
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by goatcurious 11y ago
> This is a hiring market that they can easily dominate by offering salaries of 50k-90k Yes. Most of academia pays as per NIH guidelines -- http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/paybud/pages/salary... E
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Product Managers and Product Marketing Managers(sumitsuman.com)
1 points by goatcurious 11y ago|0 comments
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23andMe and Genentech in deal to research Parkinson’s treatments(sfgate.com)
1 points by goatcurious 12y ago|0 comments
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by goatcurious 12y ago
One can argue for payment reforms in India. But Uber, by knowingly ignoring the norms, had gained an unfair advantage over local services (Olacabs, Taxiforsure, Meru, etc). This levels the playing field.
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A mentoring program at 35000 feet(deltainnovationclass.com)
2 points by goatcurious 12y ago|0 comments
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by goatcurious 12y ago
I think Autowale predates Uber (or runs close), guess someone edited the title appropriately
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Working with developers (as a product manager)(sumitsuman.com)
1 points by goatcurious 12y ago|0 comments
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by goatcurious 13y ago
..but reddit won't be reddit if there was no anonymity
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by goatcurious 13y ago
Certainly not a clever innuendo. Looks more like an oversight. There isn't much awareness about Star of David in India. It is the easiest star to sketch -- even my teacher in elementary school used to use the same star in my grading.
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US Senate passes comprehensive immigration bill. Read tech’s joyous reactions(pandodaily.com)
4 points by goatcurious 13y ago|0 comments
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Immigration reform passes key Senate test(cnn.com)
1 points by goatcurious 13y ago|0 comments
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by goatcurious 13y ago
I like how Meetup does it: http://www.meetup.com/whats_new/?offset=80
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by goatcurious 13y ago
They plan to manage delivery too: http://www.nextbigwhat.com/amazon-india-courier-service-297/
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We made it easier to offer help at Mentii(evolution.mentii.com)
6 points by goatcurious 13y ago|0 comments
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by goatcurious 13y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful comments! A bit of oversight on our part about the advice requests. We'll fix the flow for posting it. We will clean up and categorize the advice requests. You are absolutely on point on discoverability. We are ex
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by goatcurious 13y ago
Thanks Shane -- quite a neat idea! In the very immediate term, we are also tracking the recruiter's activity and engaging them 1-1 on community rules.
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by goatcurious 13y ago
David -- this is terrific! Thanks! Agree with you on giving more guidance and structure to the relationship. It is certainly the next phase for Mentii. Our view was that a mentoring relationship starts with the discovery, and a query -- as
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by goatcurious 13y ago
Dan - drop us a line at support @ mentii.com and we will delete your account.
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by goatcurious 13y ago
Andrew -- email us at support@mentii.com and we will delete it right away.
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by goatcurious 13y ago
Jayson - thanks for the feedback. We will have to tackle the spam / irrelevant messaging problem soon. We would love to reach out to the recruiters who messaged you, and understand their need better -- could you send us more details at supp
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by goatcurious 13y ago
> A way to ask a question and let people answer it. Results could be ranked in term of "top mentor", or other people could vote on it. Right now, we are using the advice requests to encourage 1-1 interaction. A public discourse, with v
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by goatcurious 13y ago
Jordan, thanks! This is Sumit, another founder of Mentii. We had heard about you guys! Would love to catch up and get your thoughts -- emailing you.
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by goatcurious 13y ago
I'd say more than a public figure, reach out to folks with good software development experience with a specific query. See how they respond, and take the conversation from there.
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India's Uber, facing even worse political hurdles(shashwatdc.com)
2 points by goatcurious 13y ago|0 comments
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Mailbox Cost Dropbox $100 Million(businessinsider.com)
4 points by goatcurious 14y ago|0 comments
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Bill Ackman, Dan Loeb, Carl Icahn, and Herbalife: The Big Short War(vanityfair.com)
2 points by goatcurious 14y ago|0 comments

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