jprobert

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by jprobert 15y ago
How about structuring bonuses more like an earn out. When companies are acquired an earn out is typically included so that the owner of the acquired company has an incentive to run the company in the most profitable way. If bankers bonuse
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Darpa Wants Puzzle Solvers to Reconstruct Shredded Documents(popsci.com)
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by jprobert 15y ago
The only way possible to download the whole FB social graph is to get permission to do so from every FB user. People can scrape public info but the social graph allows access to a users friends, friends of friends, likes, comments, checkin
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by jprobert 15y ago
I'm intrigued but how is this using my information to present me with an infographic? A sample would be great but I didn't see one (could be me). I'm reluctant to sign up with the limited info.
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by jprobert 15y ago
It's the Eric Lefkowsky model.. Grow as fast as possible at an unsustainable rate in an unproven market and take be money and run.
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by jprobert 15y ago
Groupon cut their IPO by more than half to $10-11b from $25-30b. If you think its bad that they laid off 75% of their employees wait until Groupon has to lay off a good portion of their 10k +- sales force. Through being in the business, un
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by jprobert 15y ago
With regards to #2 on your list "Yelp for Business Services" there is a company called Contact Karma http://www.contactkarma.com/ which aims to do something along the lines of what you're looking for. My company will also eventually be in
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by jprobert 15y ago
Can you share the slide?
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Instead of Occupying Detroit how about taking Responsibility for it?(detroit.cbslocal.com)
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by jprobert 15y ago
Sometimes I don't get why this community gets so pumped up about certain things
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by jprobert 15y ago
Padmapper already does this and does it well
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Finally, In Cliq, We Have A Social Knowledge Engine(fueled.com)
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by jprobert 15y ago
I agree with the fact that most people who make these comments have a bias. While these bias must be disclosed they are often not done so until the end of the video or article that they've written. It should be required that a person disc
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by jprobert 15y ago
Congratulations I think you are now the all time #2 behind the announcement that Steve Jobs is leaving!
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What Recession? Top 9 Most Touristy Spots all in US(travel.yahoo.com)
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by jprobert 15y ago
It's amazing to me how far Groupon has fallen recently. I'm curious to see if investors file lawsuits against the founders for misappropriation of funds given that the founders took so much money off the table.
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Show HN: CliqSearch - Let Your Friends Help You Choose(cliqsearch.com)
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by jprobert 15y ago
Google has been throwing shit against the wall for many years and most of it hasn't stuck and their core product, search, is still 95% of their business (and they're a juggernaut). I view Facebook in the same light. They are the dominate
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by jprobert 15y ago
I think Yelp has always been a good service but obviously there is a disconnect between the business end of Yelp and the service end. The Chicago Tribune article is not the first to complain about the business practices of Yelp. Additiona
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by jprobert 15y ago
DBs, Dataminers, Developers Philadelphia, PA Cliq is a big data company focused on social search. We are a small group and currently have 3 great developers. We need DBs, dataminers and architects to help us scale the company as we're dea
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What if Steve Jobs Was Ran Other Companies?
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by jprobert 15y ago
The difference between your example and the Steve Jobs anecdote is that one is backend and the other is customer facing. Getting all of the details right for the customer is paramount for him but I doubt he would fret over the minute detai
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by jprobert 15y ago
The business model of Groupon is eerily similar to that of the US. Use current cash/bonds to fund payables and hope that it doesn't get out of control. For the US it already has but at least the US can raise the debt ceiling and print mor
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by jprobert 15y ago
Look at it from a different perspective. Is Groupon now going back to old applicants because they're having trouble recruiting new talent? Groupon hasn't exactly been a cinderella in the news lately with their phony accounting metrics and
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Groupon Losing its Luster - Only 43 sold For NY Times National Deal(groupon.com)
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LinkedIn Downgraded By JP Morgan, which Helped Underwrite Its IPO (businessinsider.com)
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Facebook Profiles Aren't so Secure(facebook.com)
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Dancing on Air(newscientist.com)
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by jprobert 15y ago
I'm in this business and I routinely hear from my sales staff that merchants who have done a deal with Groupon, want to do a second deal but never get a call back. Also once the deal is inked the sales person goes silent. I know there is
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by jprobert 15y ago
Philadelphia, PA We're hiring developers and DBAs to help work on the next phase of search and discovery. You can check out the position on LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=1637027&...

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