joeter

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by joeter 14y ago
Imagine if you could use these in casinos as an obvious disruptive high margin use case for the niche individual... While considering the comments from fashion week, the potential is greater for multiple industries vs the historical desktop
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by joeter 15y ago
Just to weigh in since I wrote the original blog entry. I wasn't suggesting my own earnings were capped. I was merely situating a story where I did not have academic support to move forward with a project that was relevant to the real world
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by joeter 16y ago
http://www.revolutiontrades.com We want to add one more hacker to our pre-launch team. We're expecting to release our early access and close funding (from a top tier NYC VC) both within a two month time frame. Familiarity with the django
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by joeter 17y ago
liberalized gambling laws
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by joeter 17y ago
One of Sam Walton's 5 children was a VC in solar energy before he passed away young, another owns Arvest Bank, and another is still running Walmart... I also bet a majority of their wealth is still in that stock, as major sell-offs of insid
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by joeter 17y ago
I thought paypal won't process gambling claims in the USA - isn't that what Tip Joy uses?
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by joeter 17y ago
I was testing this last night... The twitter search was interesting because after your first query, it dynamically updates a display with how many new results would be added if you refreshed the search. The trend for swine flu kept rapidl
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by joeter 18y ago
How active is BR Ventures up in Ithaca for seeding new startups? I know they are connected with Cornell - maybe they could help you. Anyway, I'm a recent grad and my partner is graduating in spring 09. We are starting something up in NYC.
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by joeter 18y ago
Well, entrepreneurs are creating additional job opportunities for the economy at large. So if the tax cut creates a more favorable environment for entrepreneurship, there will be more entrepreneurs, and then more jobs should be available.
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USA change in royalty rates - a boon for digital music startups(thedeal.com)
1 points by joeter 18y ago|0 comments
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by joeter 18y ago
"Slightly less basic economics states that when a market becomes commoditized, its complements should raise in expected returns." Good post - I see a big opportunity emerging for those who can figure out better ways to enable sophisticated
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by joeter 18y ago
It started out steeper with terms, but I negotiated to 35 percent. I do not have any upfront costs, just sever costs for when the beta launches. Also, due to complexity of software and databases, the development costs are a multimillion dol
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Ask YC: Non “camp” seed funding alternatives?
1 points by joeter 18y ago|3 comments
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by joeter 18y ago
Maybe that quote is just a window into Steve Jobs's psyche - inferring his business legacy is more important to him than all else.
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by joeter 18y ago
"YouNoodle is also basing predictions on historical data, and in a rapidly changing world that is consistently disrupted by new technologies, those predictions are very hard to make. Humans who are on top of recent developments can make sub
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by joeter 18y ago
$4b seems much too high to me as well. facebook has two main values that are only valuable due to high number of users. 1- source of contact - substitutes include: old aol, aim, email, ichat, ect 2- representation of self to world - substi
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by joeter 18y ago
Unless you have substantial leverage to deal with the labels, they will charge you collectively around $12million to just stream songs (imeem). That's a pretty high barrier to entry - something I've been wrestling with for my own startup. T
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by joeter 18y ago
useful descriptive, thanks. I'll see you guys there.
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by joeter 18y ago
as an economics guy, I can tell you the fundamental flaw is with the signal models higher education systems currently use. It follows even on through to the wall street ibanks. "Ivyleague type with above 3.7 GPA." look at the mess they are
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by joeter 18y ago
I've been wondering if enterprises are going to start using kindles for positions that deal with a lot of traveling paperwork.
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by joeter 18y ago
I always thought it was that funny that animals have humane societies.
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by joeter 18y ago
I started thinking on this subject after the major cable networks started picking up premium channel reruns. It seems advertisements alone aren't covering expenses. The premium content (with higher production costs) brings increased viewer
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by joeter 18y ago
Anywhere in Manhattan or Brooklyn would be nice. Preferably closer to a subway station.
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by joeter 18y ago
a hedge?
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by joeter 18y ago
Although I don't want to jump the gun with accusations like TC, I'm still happy the issue is now being discussed more at the forefront - I was wondering how long it would be before an accurate perception of privacy reached the mainstream. I
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by joeter 18y ago
This sounds as hysterical as if someone told me, "If you don't know Mandarin, don't do any business with/in China!" Delegation of responsibility is a concept of pivotal importance for any entrepreneur to grasp if they want to go very big.
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by joeter 19y ago
The most influential thing I’ve learned is that people act by their individual set of incentives. Apply choice aspects of psychology and economics – then you got something big. Think game theory. Also, I'm waiting for the Human Genome Pro