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kunaalarya
7y ago
They can be successful at it at scale because they already have a massive supply of drivers that they can allocate to rides or picking up food. Amazon’s food delivery failed and closed last month. Caviar was sold to Doordash. Postmates is s
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kunaalarya
9y ago
it's literally $325 right now so what's not correct?
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kunaalarya
9y ago
i mean it's a big reason why snapchat is worth what it is today. edit: by that i mean, it's a big reason why they got a lot of their users.
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kunaalarya
9y ago
Gilt is a poor example because it's a nearly out of business discount shop. but Mr porter and most online stores will offer free shipping and returns. The exception are a lot of brand specific pages - 7formankind i always found to be r
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kunaalarya
9y ago
Why would this be an illegal one? It has the potential to be a big force one day but nothing near that now and WF and grocery delivery both have lots of competition.
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kunaalarya
9y ago
No. That's what out of touch adults in tech thought.
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kunaalarya
9y ago
They prob cant fire him but they can say that hes a big punching bag right now and bringing extra negative attention and he needs a break.
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kunaalarya
9y ago
lyft somewhat had first mover advantage in SF. Uber had first mover advantage in every other city. Uber already existed in SF and was doing black car rides and a lot of people in NY/SF knew of it - which Uber used to leapfrog Lyft'
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kunaalarya
9y ago
not sure where you got the slimfast nutritional info but they have 1g of sugar: http://slimfast.com/advanced-nutrition/#shakes if it had that much sugar, it wouldve never gained a reputation for losing weight.
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kunaalarya
9y ago
Football is much more tough than hockey and needs recovery time. Hockey is tough but Football you have running backs/WRs getting hit on every other play. You have the QB getting knocked down 3-5 times a game. The the offensive line is
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kunaalarya
9y ago
i don't get this. You get a better view of the game on tv (multi-angles, commentary, etc.). You go to arenas for the experience, of getting there beforehand, tailgating, going with your friends/kids. You get a worse view but you g
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kunaalarya
9y ago
that's true but it limits the growth potential and reach. Let Snapchat take a good portion of the teen market, while FB goes after everyone else.
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kunaalarya
10y ago
because you want to incentivize homebuying. Homebuying isn't just an investment. When your mortgage is paid off, it also means your cost of living when you can no longer work is much lower. It also means that you're less likely to
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kunaalarya
11y ago
you're probably thinking of Pandora's CTO who has a gorgeous house there. Spotify's founders are from/live in Sweden.
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kunaalarya
12y ago
for their private jets "Signature's project includes seven hangars for corporate jets, with five of those hangars to be used by Blue City Holdings, its primary tenant. That company will manage aircraft for Google co-founders Larry
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kunaalarya
12y ago
not necessarily. a lot of Uber's drivers use cars that are financed through Uber and are effectively locked into Uber for 5 years (unless they step out of ridesharing). This is how Uber has been able to maintain a huge supply with grea
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kunaalarya
12y ago
Asymco did a look into this last week http://www.asymco.com/2015/01/22/bigger-than-hollywood/
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kunaalarya
12y ago
How does this say anything about a bubble? if this were 1999, he wouldn't need to drive Uber cause his startup would be able to raise a couple million
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kunaalarya
12y ago
they said in their faq that they won't be taking a cut. Either this is purely for improving the ecosystem, or they're getting a cut from banks for cutting down fraud.
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12y ago
replied to another comment with this, but: - there's a large community aspect to it. large community of editors who analyze lyrics and discussions - strong reputation within the hip hop community, a ton of artists will describe what ce
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12y ago
Don't have those details but some pts: - there's a large community aspect to it. large community of editors who analyze lyrics and discussions - strong reputation within the hip hop community, a ton of artists will describe what c
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12y ago
this isn't similar at all...
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12y ago
The SMS piece is a server issue with all the traffic they had today. It should be instant but it's been delayed all day for people, was fine when I first signed up. Once it does, your phone number will be verified and it'll connec
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kunaalarya
12y ago
well they're not allowed on iOS so no
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kunaalarya
13y ago
Yes. $2-3 for games for quality users, and going up significantly once there's a mobile payments solution that works.
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13y ago
They were the first good option on Android and iOS and Blackberry when Blackberry was going down hill. In countries where BBM was strong and then started to fade, users went to WhatsApp. It used your phone number so everyone in your address
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Supercell dashboard hacked and numbers exposed – $5.1M in Daily Revenue
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13y ago
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Evolution of Spending in Freemium Games
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13y ago
Clumsy Ninja was never meant to make a ton of money. It was to show off their tech - they also sell highly valuable middleware for games.
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kunaalarya
13y ago
Yes any genre. The game is very different. A reason why is because then every game is going to argue that their game is a different style. You're opening a can of worms.
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