hojoff79

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by hojoff79 12y ago
No I understand and certainly agree with what you were saying. My question was more when you've come to this realization that the site making you $500 / month is not going to go much further and not worth your time, what are peop
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Ask HN: End projects with revenue b/c it wasn't enough to quit your day job?
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US President Obama to address Ukraine plane crash in moments(cnbc.com)
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NYT Follow-Up: One Way To Solve Private Equitys Recruiting Problem(dealbook.nytimes.com)
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Golfer Mickelson’s Role Said to Be Overstated in Insider Inquiry(dealbook.nytimes.com)
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Sports-camera company GoPro is officially going public(venturebeat.com)
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by hojoff79 12y ago
Your condescending sarcasm aside, there is no reason for them to over market themselves or pursue pedestrian projects here (again, I agree this is a good business, but just relatively pedestrian for the Google X mission statement). Here ar
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by hojoff79 12y ago
Is anyone else slightly disappointed about this coming out of Google X? Don't get me wrong, it's a good business idea, bringing together otherwise disparate data sources, capturing tailwinds of sustainable building trends, seems
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by hojoff79 12y ago
Not a financial startup or related to my specific product, but in terms of skills someone with that background is expected to bring to the table: 1) Experience with evaluating market markets 2) Knowledge of business models and experience an
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Ask HN: Hiring Former Private Equity Employee for you startup?
1 points by hojoff79 12y ago|2 comments
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Startup Weekend Chicago: Demo Teams(chicago.startupweekend.org)
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by hojoff79 13y ago
One underlying assumption the author seems to be making here is that he is discussing B2B businesses rather than B2C. I actually think this message is much more applicable in the B2B space than the B2C (where I think it is wholly wrong).
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by hojoff79 13y ago
I disagree that these are simply "books" and cannot supplement courses. There are many college students who simply attend lectures, turn in homework, ask a few questions and take their tests. MOOCs provide everything you need to
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White House review panel proposes curbs on some NSA programs(chicagotribune.com)
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Ex-SAC Trader Is Convicted of Insider Trading(dealbook.nytimes.com)
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by hojoff79 13y ago
The sentiment below is correct, there should not be a real concern here for Mozilla. Here's how you should think about it from a business perspective. Most (but not all) companies should be concerned about their bargaining power with
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by hojoff79 13y ago
The title of this article should read "Instagram is now a business". Seems like adding non-seamless adds for this platform is not the best way to utilize the product they have. In my opinion, they should be driving more seamless
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by hojoff79 13y ago
This is worth 500 to 5000 in the same way that the Winklevoss twins should own half of facebook
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by hojoff79 13y ago
What was the invoice amount for? You list all those reasons why "it's not worth a lot" is not a good argument...so what are you arguing it is worth? I have to say, your "I was going to use it" argument sounds a lo
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Did Microsoft just pay $7.2 billion for a new boss?(nbcnews.com)
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How Twitter Can Ensure Hype Issues Facebook Experienced Do Not Ruin Its IPO(dealbook.nytimes.com)
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by hojoff79 13y ago
Thanks, that list of online courses is a helpful starting point (although I would argue no complete, just after doing some quick searching). I think there are definitely enough classes available to create something like you were mentioning,
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MOOC Course Lists / Degree Guide?
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by hojoff79 13y ago
Is anyone familiar with the legal implications of scraping sites? Just for things that are easily viewable to anyone with a computer, such as Tweets, a stores prices, descriptions of things etc?
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by hojoff79 13y ago
What metrics / standards would you use to vet a potential hire? (someone with no previous professional work experience). Personal work portfolio, strictly interview questions? The benefit of a degree is an implicit sign off from a reputa
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Ask HN: Would you hire someone self trained from a MOOC?
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Elon Musk: The People Who Mocked Our Last Leasing Deal Were Right(businessinsider.com)
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by hojoff79 13y ago
There are many team collaboration and project management tools available in the market (many with leanings towards ease-of-use concept). It is impossible to say how yours will fare without knowing more about your product relative to the ma
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by hojoff79 13y ago
The interesting point to the article is that under the assumptions which most Americans would use (and I agree with the author's assumptions in this regard), the 85kWh Model S ends up costing about $940 / month
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The Strange Maths of Tesla’s $500/month Model S(blogs.wsj.com)
5 points by hojoff79 13y ago|1 comments

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