lotusleaf1987

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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
They have a list of some ~60,000 merchants, email addresses in the tens of millions, no patents or 'moat', and they're trying to sell a dollar for fifty cents and make a profit. Also, how do you scale when you have 8,000 employees? That's a
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Xbox Live launching streaming television service this fall (joystiq.com)
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Tech Cheapest Since 1998 Amid IPO Bubble Fear(bloomberg.com)
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The High Price of Anonymous Cash in American Political Campaigns(bloomberg.com)
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
Your favorite subject is always yourself. Why should I care about this? Was bitcoin in the headline earlier?
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
Why is it necessary to "give up your ability to fit in with your own people" to understand another culture? Why would understanding America and Singapore mutually exclusive? I know people who have lived abroad for a few years and returned--
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
Simple, Google is worried Groupon theoretically could get a huge share of local advertising like they were with Yelp. Google isn't infallible, they are mortal. I think most likely they were willing to overpay because they could afford it an
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
There are almost zero barriers to entry. Groupon has a list of a few thousand merchants, a few million emails, 8000 employees, and sells a dollar for fifty cents. How can you scale with so many employees and ever be profitable? It's not sus
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
Your comment is spot on except your hyperbolic and unnecessary attack on social security. Groupon figured out a way to sell a dollar for $.50, and they use money from new investor's to pay the old-- just like a ponzi scheme. Also what does
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
The difference is... Groupon can never scale well and have great profitability-- they need 8000 employees to do what? They have a list of merchants and a database of emails and what else? As pointed out on another HN thread, Amazon built a
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The Coming Social Network Bomb(seekingalpha.com)
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What do USAA, CVS, Costco, and Berkshire Hathaway all have in common?(huffingtonpost.com)
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Motorola CEO: Open Android Store Leads to Quality Issues (pcworld.com)
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Sony Pictures reportedly breached, ‘over 1 million accounts’ compromised(thisismynext.com)
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
| edw: No, I think they should license it to HTC and all the other Android handset manufacturers, given them one more feature bullet point in their long list of features that the iPhone lacks. What are you talking about? To follow your absu
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
Why that's a total non-sequitur? If the patent is only specifically related to Apply products, then they should keep it to themselves. There's no incentive for Apple to produce/sell this device.
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China's Lending Boom Hangover Is Beginning(seekingalpha.com)
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
This is always someone's reaction when someone calls bubble. I don't think it's justified you have to short the stock to be skeptical.
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
This is a purely defensive act to keep some company from producing a device that blocks Apple devices, but they can still make one for WebOS/Blackberry/Android/WP7.They're doing it to prevent someone else from producing/selling a similar de
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
Steve Jobs at HP on his first gig at age 12, after calling Hewlett-Packard President Bill Hewlett: When I was 12 or 13, I wanted to build something and I needed some parts, so I picked up the phone and called Bill Hewlett—he was listed in t
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The Danger of Living on Bread and Circuses(bloomberg.com)
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
Was this a real problem? Isn't there something more meaningful these legislators should be working on like jobs and our economy? What a charade.
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Commission calls drug war a failure, recommends legal regulation of marijuana(washingtonpost.com)
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Senators sound alarm over Patriot Act extension(latimes.com)
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Microsoft unveils Windows 8 (video)(engadget.com)
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America's Vanishing Middle Class: A Tale of Two Economies(blogs.hbr.org)
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The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable(kotaku.com)
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Netflix May Pay $300 Million for Starz Rights(bloomberg.com)
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by lotusleaf1987 15y ago
I would consult an attorney asap.
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HP CEO: we would be ‘open’ to licensing webOS to companies like HTC (thisismynext.com)
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