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by jusben1369 5y ago
Let's hope they're better at payments than they are at being the mafia because this guy raised a billion dollars 5 blocks away from them.
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by jusben1369 7y ago
He's only raised $400 million and all of it is Saudi money because the Valley shunned him.
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by jusben1369 7y ago
Yep. They're locking in their upside to offset for the risk they see in putting in $5 million. 3x preferred is either a weak founder with a good company or more likely an ok founder desperate for funding and therefore pretty high risk
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by jusben1369 7y ago
tbf, on the TdF by nature you're often staying in small and medium-sized towns with a huge mixed bag of accommodation choices. Air conditioning was often not even a given.
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by jusben1369 7y ago
I think the answer is mostly there in the fact they start the season at 88%. However, I'm sure there are cumulative effects on athletes who play for multiple seasons
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by jusben1369 7y ago
I'm pretty sure this is a bizarre twist where it's a founder getting screwed over with no stock, vs a "regular" non-executive.
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by jusben1369 8y ago
Yes! And one way (not the only way) to increase your chances of survival is by working harder than normal to get to a product/revenue point where you can make it. Again, all I'm asking is if the startup is very clear about expecta
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by jusben1369 8y ago
What if during the interviewing process they're very clear that they are a startup that isn't a normal job and the trade off is equity and a great cheque in 2-5 years?
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by jusben1369 8y ago
Yes, that's where I'd focus my efforts. Stay focused on the positives here vs bitterness and negatives. Continue doing what you're doing, which is to utilize the current situation for as much awareness building as possible fo
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by jusben1369 8y ago
I think that's fair. I also think you represent the initial use case and one that's still very relevant today. WeWork has made it clear though that real growth for them now needs to come from mid and large companies willing to use
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Stripe vs. Adyen(spreedly.com)
2 points by jusben1369 8y ago|0 comments
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by jusben1369 9y ago
In Durham NC, we went from zero to 3 new dockless bike share programs on the streets in the same week! I personally think it's great, but it was strange to go from zero to 3. To me, the interesting part is how expensive is it to keep t
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New US tax legislation impacts exercising stock options(reuters.com)
1 points by jusben1369 9y ago|0 comments
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by jusben1369 9y ago
"Uncovering and reusing these old tracks could prove far cheaper than constructing new lanes." - I guess that seems key to me. Those lanes are nearly 90 years old. How much cheaper would they be vs new ones? And is that savings (1
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by jusben1369 9y ago
> > The draft report by scientists from 13 federal agencies, which has not yet been made public, concludes that Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now. It directly contradicts claims by President Trump and membe
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Credit card vs. debit card decline rates(blog.spreedly.com)
1 points by jusben1369 9y ago|0 comments
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Comparing payment provider performance data(data.spreedly.com)
1 points by jusben1369 9y ago|0 comments
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API docs by request(blog.spreedly.com)
1 points by jusben1369 9y ago|0 comments
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Apple Pay Adoption as a Payment Method at Spreedly(blog.spreedly.com)
1 points by jusben1369 10y ago|0 comments
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Switching from PayPal to Stripe: Impact on Decline Rates(blog.spreedly.com)
2 points by jusben1369 10y ago|0 comments
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by jusben1369 10y ago
One thing you're missing is how the market came to them, partly through their own making. Laptops and PC's looked "corporate" Apple products (blue, pink, green computers anyone?) looked decidedly uncorporate. The iPhone
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by jusben1369 10y ago
Yes I think this is why the iWatch has largely been a failure. There wasn't really a watch out there that was getting real traction despite itself so that apple could come along and add the missing ingredients and "boom"! It&
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by jusben1369 10y ago
Hah. I think patio11 just joined Stripe, one of the fastest growing startups around :) Anyway, besides many of the usual answers, talent is a key one often forgotten. People want the chance to do new and ever changing things so as to be cha
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by jusben1369 10y ago
I would think that cuts both ways. SiftScience only needs to have a few big retail clients and they'll be doing a huge volume. More to the point I would think Stripe's strength here is their weakness....they're only as good a
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by jusben1369 10y ago
Couldn't that refer to buyers of their customers vs the actual customer count?
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Hacking Payment Forms(blog.spreedly.com)
1 points by jusben1369 10y ago|0 comments
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by jusben1369 10y ago
It's interesting. Lyft originally was 100% focused on car pooling. I wonder if the time is better now for this type of offering.
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by jusben1369 10y ago
Wasn't saying it was an iPhone killer. Actually specifically said I have no idea. More addressing OP's questioning that there was anything of real import in the article.
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by jusben1369 10y ago
Well every other manufacturer has looked to Google (largely) for the sw and built the hw. It's this bundling together of the two that's being presented as unique and is different to every other Android manufacturer.
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by jusben1369 10y ago
Given that we all know headlines are made for clicking, I think it's pretty clear why this time is very different vs the previous 10 years: "He notes that the company is now managing inventory, building relationships with carriers

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