joeag

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by joeag 12y ago
I have a client that has a group of medical clinics that could be very interested in this app as the base to store a variety of different values along with prescription schedules - can you send me an email (see profile). Thanks!
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by joeag 12y ago
I'd love to get information also - my email is in my profile. Thank you!
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by joeag 13y ago
As a kitesurfer and investor in renewable energy (solar) I really love this company. The founder is one of the pioneers of kitesurfing and was the chief designer for Naish kites when the industry was just starting out. He realized that yo
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by joeag 13y ago
Maybe (eventually) crowdfunding, assuming it ever gets through the rulemaking process of the SEC. And it's not just the $1M from unaccredited investors, you can raise unlimited amounts of money from accredited investors, so the amount of ca
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by joeag 13y ago
Please don't hesitate. I am serious and I like talking to customers. Reactivating someone who already decided to trial or subscribe to a product is a fun sale.
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by joeag 13y ago
This is such good advice and it works. For anyone who's afraid to do this, let me know and I'll do it for you, I'll call it CCCAAS (calling cancelled customers as a service) and I'll generate a report that shows all customers contacted, wh
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by joeag 14y ago
One relatively cheap way to learn about how to observe corporate formalities is to google "legal MCLE" in your state of incorporation/residence/doing business and look for a one hour MCLE course that covers the subject. It will be cheap ($
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by joeag 14y ago
While it's true that an LLC or other corporate entity CAN protect you from personal liability, it's only a starting point. To insure that the entity is respected (meaning it's assets alone are solely liable for satisfying any judgment) it'
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by joeag 14y ago
I can only speak to California utilities, but in CA, by law, utilities are permitted to earn 11% return on capital. As there is no customer choice when it comes to electric power (you only have one provider running a wire to your home), the
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by joeag 14y ago
Fixed revenue usually. Actually to be more precise, fixed price, but declining revenue because the production goes down as the panels (and inverters) degrade. Usually assumed to be .5% per year. The contracts with SCE are typically not bas
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by joeag 14y ago
Nope. The tax incentives go to the investor involved in building the project and are usually captured by a bank that trades the tax credit for an equity investment which lasts for about 5 years (the minimum period to avoid recapture).
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by joeag 14y ago
I don't see SunPower as being like the others. It's very, very hard to build a new set of railroad tracks so a railroad is pretty much of a monopoly. Anyone can (and does) build solar plants. It just takes capital and patience. Also rai
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by joeag 14y ago
Unfortunately they almost always are. The utilities are in the enviable position of buying wholesale power from renewable generators on 20 to 25 year fixed price, flat contracts. Of course they would never agree to sell power to the custo
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by joeag 14y ago
If you're not sure if there is a pain you are solving, try the Nail it Then Scale it cold call test. Cold call 10 target customers and briefly describe what you think their pain is and how your solution eliminates it. Usually you will have
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by joeag 14y ago
I think you could add to your examples curation. As shown by the gentleman that publishes HackerNews Monthly, there's definitely a market for the collection/curation of content, and that business probably scales pretty well. There have to b
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by joeag 14y ago
I think that's a great move by Udacity. I am trying to catch up on unit 6 right now in CS101. It's definitely a challenge to keep up if you are doing the course as a "hobby". Of course I also don't really care about the certs so as long as
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by joeag 14y ago
1. the only time the pre-prospectus info can differ from the prospectus is before the prospectus is filed. 2. the only people that can legally receive the pre-prospectus information are qualified investors (accredited) or institutions, who
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by joeag 14y ago
See my analogy above to income tax filing requirements. It's not an argument against any law but rather reporting requirements. If you lie, cheat or steal, it's against the law. However what you have to do to prove you have not lied, che
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by joeag 14y ago
I agree that civil litigation can be a terrible method of enforcement, however it's like the criticism of democracy being a terrible form of government but better than the alternative. The problem with "ex ante" regulations governing conduc
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by joeag 14y ago
The link does in fact mention auditing but you have to go to the "Jobs Act Alert" linked on that page. I wanted to cite to the "Jobs Act Alert" link, but it's a PDF, so I thought it was easier to cite to html page containing the link. Your
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by joeag 14y ago
Researching and writing about Goldman pushed Taibbi around the bend on anything having to do with finance. A few tidbits: Even worse, the JOBS Act, incredibly, will allow executives to give "pre-prospectus" presentations to investors using
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by joeag 14y ago
I agree there will always be bubbles - it's human nature in the form of greed. The height and crash are determined by how much liquidity and credit are available. So for that reason this time around there may be less heights and therefore
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by joeag 14y ago
The quote: Matt Taibbi from Rolling Stones reports: Ostensibly, the law makes it easier for startup companies (particularly tech companies, whose lobbyists were a driving force behind passage of this law) attract capital by, among other thi
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by joeag 14y ago
"Illegal"? They just passed the law and regs haven't been written yet. That's why I stated "if permitted by law" - I don't think there is "law" yet.
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by joeag 14y ago
We launched a "netflix for action sports" dvds back in 2004 and the first day we shipped all the dvds (about 30) by hand. We hand picked from inventory what each customer wanted and then made mailing labels on the laser printer, licked the
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by joeag 15y ago
If permitted by the law if and when it does pass, I would start a portal that co-invests in EVERY startup that is presented for crowdfunding through the portal. As an investor there is no better indication of legitimacy than when the spons
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by joeag 15y ago
I did about 6 or 7 weeks of Codecademy and then stopped also. I found the same issues mentioned above, mostly just wrote "code" without really understanding what was supposed to be happening. I like Udacity a lot more and have been able t
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by joeag 15y ago
Hey Patrick do you do a pre-auth when you take the CC number as well I assume?
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by joeag 15y ago
I buy dog food online - rotations. I think the company struggled selling through traditional distribution so they went direct by selling online. It's a great business model. They have a differentiated message(it's bad to feed your dog th
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by joeag 15y ago
Those are awesome pointers - there should be a tool that you could upload all your applications files to, the tool would scan all the files for these errors and return a report on vulnerabilities found and instructions on correcting. Maybe

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