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by lafay 8y ago
Not just product placement, and not just "today" either. I can recall so many cartoons from my childhood in the 80's (He-Man and G.I. Joe come to mind) which were nothing but long-form promotional content aimed directly at k
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by lafay 8y ago
The long-standing prohibition of non-compete agreements in California is really the X factor in why it continues to be the innovation juggernaut. So many startups here are the result of founders capitalizing on some element of their experi
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by lafay 9y ago
Wealthfront states it more clearly here: https://blog.wealthfront.com/qualified-small-business-stock-... It’s a major benefit if you have the opportunity to early exercise your shares.
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by lafay 9y ago
This isn't a Florida-specific thing. It's a requirement of the National Electrical Code (NEC) that grid-tie inverters shut down on grid power loss, for exactly the stated reason. Every commercially produced grid-tie inverter has
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by lafay 9y ago
Yes, this. Whatever was used to share or transfer the files generated a cleartext log with MD5 hashes, which was written somewhere other than the encrypted volume.
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by lafay 9y ago
When USPS first launched Parcel Post in 1913, people would "mail" their kids to relatives. No joke: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/24...
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by lafay 9y ago
The idea that insurance won't cover fires from unpermitted, DIY stuff is mostly urban legend. Most homeowners' policies are what are called "all hazards" policies. They cover any kind of damage for any reason, with exp
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Visualizing the solar eclipse's impact on US Internet traffic(kentik.com)
6 points by lafay 9y ago|0 comments
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by lafay 9y ago
Here's a method to block calls from all 9,999 numbers in your area code & prefix who are not you: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/scam-calls-spoofing-your-own-...
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by lafay 9y ago
Author's title is "Why A Lifestyle Business Beats a Startup" which implies that no one should be pursuing a VC-backed startup, in favor of lifestyle businesses. That would leave all of these (subjectively) great ideas by the
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by lafay 9y ago
I'm all for lifestyle businesses and side hustles. But some ideas really do require a lot of up-front capital. It's hard to imagine Tesla, SpaceX, Boom, or Nest succeeding as lifestyle businesses.
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Show HN: Block scam calls from spoofed numbers in your own area code and prefix(linkedin.com)
1 points by lafay 9y ago|0 comments
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by lafay 9y ago
Early exercise / 83(b) has another benefit that most people aren't aware of -- if the exit is at least 5 years out, you can exclude 100% of your gain from federal cap gains tax under IRS Section 1202. See here for more: https:&#x
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by lafay 10y ago
This article makes a good case for having at least one early team member who knows how to build out physical infrastructure at scale, even if you initially decide on AWS / GCE / Azure: http://firstround.com/review&
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by lafay 10y ago
One thing that always strikes me about this kind of analysis or discussion is that it presupposes we have reached some kind of evolutionary final state -- that humans now possess all of the "competence" and "affordances"
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by lafay 10y ago
We're also hiring in sales, pre-sales engineering, technical marketing and customer success.
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by lafay 10y ago
Kentik | San Francisco | Full Time | REMOTE, VISA considered https://www.kentik.com/careers/ Interested in building a distributed column-store time series database? Crafting a sleek, intuitive front-end? Evangelizing a
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by lafay 10y ago
+1 B2B SaaS here too, and targeted cold calling is our most effective lead gen channel.
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by lafay 10y ago
No, no -- the ideal spouse / SO writes half the code, is your co-founder, and joins you at the meetups.
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by lafay 10y ago
This seems like a reasonable idea, but I don't think it can last indefinitely. You will almost certainly reveal something that will allow someone to unmask you eventually, regardless of how careful you are. Startup L. Jackson is a gre
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I Heart Boring Companies(medium.com)
3 points by lafay 10y ago|0 comments
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by lafay 10y ago
This made the math crystal clear for me in a way I have not seen laid out before.
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Meaningful VC Exits: Can Your Startup Generate Venture-Scale Returns?(medium.com)
1 points by lafay 10y ago|1 comments
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by lafay 10y ago
Kentik | San Francisco | Full Time | REMOTE, VISA considered https://www.kentik.com/careers/ Interested in building a distributed column-store time series database? Crafting a sleek, intuitive front-end? Evangelizing a
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by lafay 10y ago
If you're joining as employee 10, you should negotiate for the opportunity to early exercise all of your shares and avoid any tough tax choices later on. Perhaps even a starting bonus to cover the cost of exercise. This also puts you
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by lafay 10y ago
Kentik | San Francisco | Full Time | REMOTE, VISA considered https://www.kentik.com/careers/ Interested in building a distributed column-store time series database? Crafting a sleek, intuitive front-end? Evangelizing a
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by lafay 10y ago
Kentik | San Francisco | Full Time | REMOTE, VISA considered https://www.kentik.com/careers/ Interested in building a distributed column-store time series database? Crafting a sleek, intuitive front-end? Evangelizing a
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The Three Infrastructure Mistakes Your Company Must Not Make(firstround.com)
1 points by lafay 10y ago|0 comments
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by lafay 10y ago
> I appreciate that Mark Suster is upfront in saying he's only interested in the correct pedigree. I didn't read it in such black & white terms. More like: If your team is uniquely qualified to solve the problem you'r
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by lafay 10y ago
It's a silly headline, implying that Powerpoint wizardry was the primary factor behind the raise. I suspect that companies with growth metrics like these could walk in with pitch decks that look like chicken scratch, or none at all, a

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