holaamigos

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Health Insurance - premiums up 29% - what to do?
3 points by holaamigos 16y ago|0 comments
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by holaamigos 16y ago
I was a management accountant prior to starting my company - as non-tech as you could get. I co-founded with an engineer, so it was always a clear cut - I did sales, marketing, finance, he did engineering, we both did product. No huge issue
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by holaamigos 17y ago
>80% of start-up networking opportunities are in the valley
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by holaamigos 17y ago
This is BS - if a company knows all the answers to these questions, then the company is not innovating. The hardest thing about innovation is finding out who else believes your vision. The assumption that a good business has answered all
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by holaamigos 17y ago
After we raised our series A, the new investor insisted we change our name. The old name kind of sucked. We discussed it as a team for months - it was a pure time-sink, never getting to agreement, so looked into hiring a naming agent - I
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by holaamigos 17y ago
Convertible debt sucks for angel investors, they are taking far more risk than the VCs but are only getting a 20 to 30 percent discount.
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by holaamigos 17y ago
The most important thing about taking VC funding is the money. Its real money that you can spend now. We raised $3MM and this allows us to iterate on the product and the pitch and to get it right. Without funding, there would be no way
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by holaamigos 17y ago
Its very bad comparison. A couple of problems: the comp is purely of retirement savings, however the college kid is spending more on consumption per year all through his life (not considered), also the assumption of 8% returns is unlikely
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by holaamigos 17y ago
VC investment is great for founders, you can pay yourself a real wage (no more ramen), you can hire, and really make the company a success. Giving up 30% of the pie to have $5M in the bank is pretty good methinks. Sure, you may get kicke
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by holaamigos 17y ago
So if google was around in WW2, and Himmler published a map of where all the Jews lived - you would support the publishing of this map? This is more than "cultural sensitivies", Burakumin suffer from outright racism, they cannot get jobs, t
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by holaamigos 17y ago
But the problem is that this is not purely a historical document, it is an ongoing rights issue. By publishing these maps on top of modern maps, Google is facilitating the racism against these people.
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by holaamigos 18y ago
I have a meditation hack that works real well for me. Imagine a sine wave, a real smooth one (or a circle, with a revolving point on the circumference). Breath as a sine wave, very slowly and gently reversing the direction of your breathin
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by holaamigos 18y ago
Most start ups fail. With a prediction market, betting on failure is a good default option, even if you know little about the idea. However, most startups require optimism and a belief that the team has stumbled upon the best sliced bread
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by holaamigos 18y ago
I have done both. Doing an MBA is so different than starting a business. With an MBA, there is no risk, its a fun, intellectual 2 year experience. Even better if you have a business education background, chill out, enjoy the networking. St
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by holaamigos 18y ago
Yeah - like you are going to refuse a pay rise? I have yet to meet someone who does not want more. However, rationalizing that you are at the perfect pay now is a good strategy for happiness.
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Business Plans No Longer Required
2 points by holaamigos 18y ago|4 comments
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by holaamigos 18y ago
Bet your friends $500 that you can lose more than they can. A morning after a booze and pizza filled night, my buddy and I were feeling particularly fat. So we placed a bet, the one who loses most will win a bet. He invited another fat fr
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by holaamigos 18y ago
The best ideas come to me when I am stoned. I have a set of huge white boards, I smoke a little then doodle. 95% is not worth much the next day, but some of the ways my mind drifts and connects is awesome.