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How to sell some secondary at Series A or B(magid.substack.com)
6 points by mlchild 2y ago|0 comments
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There are no (absolute) red flags in venture capital(blog.aaronkharris.com)
87 points by mlchild 4y ago|64 comments
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VCs are scared when they should be greedy(blog.aaronkharris.com)
223 points by mlchild 4y ago|241 comments
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by mlchild 9y ago
Amazon’s Alexa github has a number of solid tutorials/example code
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by mlchild 9y ago
There is very much the possibility of direct revenue, stay tuned
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by mlchild 9y ago
Shameless plug: I’m the co-founder of a company building entertainment & games on Alexa and we’re hiring node.js engineers in SF Bay. We are seed funded and looking to continue growing our user numbers and team, email me if you want to
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Show HN: Live Trivia Competition with 150+ People in FB Messenger Bot(bot.streaktrivia.com)
1 points by mlchild 10y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Compete with Jeopardy players at massively-multiplayer trivia(m.me)
1 points by mlchild 10y ago|0 comments
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by mlchild 10y ago
Good points in both cases. For approach #1, I do think the Google example is somewhat analogous—ideally we'd survey all existing options more and more effectively, and explicitly call-out our "sponsored links." The incentives
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by mlchild 10y ago
At the moment, this is mostly the service we offer, although we have done some extra work for our early users (resume reviews, interview prep). But the listings are hand-picked by a competent human, we do it for free, and we aren't try
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by mlchild 10y ago
There's two ways we think this could go: 1. We make money from companies via recruiting fees. In this scenario, our goal would be to present listings that we make money from via "sponsored links" a la Google search. As we gro
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Apply HN: 925 – Job Search Assistance via Text Message (not a chatbot)
4 points by mlchild 10y ago|6 comments
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by mlchild 11y ago
I'm intrigued by your comments that you're interested in funding social networks—it seems like a new one launches on Product Hunt every day, but few are able to overcome the chicken-and-egg problem and achieve scale. What's y
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by mlchild 11y ago
Right now we have it set up to create live chats between Slack teams, but if you're interested in a web-hosted version of the chat, that's good to know for our next feature to work on!
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by mlchild 11y ago
This piece is awesomely detailed, but if you're looking for a higher-level recap, we wrote up the a16z podcast on the same topic: http://www.volleythat.com/a16z-podcast/2015/10/18/a16z-podca...
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by mlchild 11y ago
Not sure why it's incorrect, and turning on/off the automatic synchronization in Settings doesn't seem to do anything.
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Fixing App Review: A Modest Proposal(volleythat.com)
3 points by mlchild 11y ago|0 comments
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Mistake One(marco.org)
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by mlchild 12y ago
I'd still love to hear Peter Thiel and PG duke it out/reconcile the "choose an idea that avoids competition at all costs" vs. "don't worry about competition at all" messages.
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How to Build an iPhone App That You Never Have to Open(volleythat.com)
5 points by mlchild 12y ago|0 comments
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by mlchild 12y ago
Yeah, pretty much, although the group comprises everyone who has the app.
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by mlchild 12y ago
Hey, one of the Streak makers here. I would say we had the idea to do a trivia game before Trivia Crack, but who would believe me? I agree that 99% of the time instant gratification is what you want from a trivia game, but we dream of many
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Show HN: Streak – Once-a-day trivia game, played on your lock screen(bnc.lt)
4 points by mlchild 12y ago|5 comments
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by mlchild 12y ago
Not to kneejerk defend Taleb, but I believe his stated position is that he loses money on his trades almost all the time, and then makes it all back and more when a black swan event occurs. I don't believe a black swan has occurred in
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Making Money on Apps(volleythat.com)
3 points by mlchild 12y ago|0 comments
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Steal this idea(medium.com)
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by mlchild 12y ago
First off, wanted to say thanks to Nick and Grant for the most amazing meal of my life at Alinea, as well as several killer nights at Next and the Aviary (I was an instant convert and had to get season tickets). Secondly, this write up is i
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The "Sitcom Startup" Lives in China(techinasia.com)
1 points by mlchild 12y ago|0 comments
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by mlchild 12y ago
Really interesting. Complicated, but really interesting.
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In China, Alibaba now lets you invest in TV and movie projects(thenextweb.com)
27 points by mlchild 12y ago|11 comments

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