philipdlang

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The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people(theguardian.com)
2 points by philipdlang 12y ago|0 comments
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Inside the Starbucks at CIA HQ(washingtonpost.com)
61 points by philipdlang 12y ago|49 comments
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Braintree is down(braintreepayments.com)
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Operation Diamond(en.wikipedia.org)
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Drones Protecting Jerusalem's Light Rail(haaretz.com)
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Killing a patient to save his life(mobile.nytimes.com)
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by philipdlang 12y ago
Interesting thought about the e-mails. It seems like salesforce or zoho would also be perfectly adequate for scaling customer service. Have you tried those?
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by philipdlang 13y ago
Would love anyone's thoughts on this post!
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Can Real Estate Brokerages Survive As Software Eats the World?(blog.suitey.com)
8 points by philipdlang 13y ago|8 comments
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by philipdlang 13y ago
I somewhat agree here, but when a company is small it could be awkward to have a policy where you buy computers for some and not for others, right?
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by philipdlang 13y ago
This is specifically for early-stage founders. If you haven't raised much yet, how do you deal with new employees coming in? Do you buy them new laptops? Buy refurbished macs?
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Ask HN: Early Founders – Do you buy new computers for all of your employees?
11 points by philipdlang 13y ago|14 comments
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Ask HN: Do you give feedback in rejection letters to job applicants?
1 points by philipdlang 13y ago|1 comments
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by philipdlang 13y ago
You make an interesting point. One of the issues, however, is that all of the data is created within the industry. Because brokers create and control the data, companies must work within the system in order to access the data.
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by philipdlang 13y ago
Spot on there. Selling to the broker franchises in a B2B play is much easier than selling to individual agents in a B2C play. You have to prove to brokers that they are going to make more commissions and it is extremely hard to prove that
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by philipdlang 13y ago
Interesting - at what price point do you think people would need to see it in person first? Certainly some sites have proven people will buy ever-more-expensive goods online, but real estate hasn't gotten there yet...
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Why Real Estate Tech is So Unattractive for Founders(blog.suitey.com)
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by philipdlang 13y ago
Suitey - New York City - Full time Suitey is a software-powered real estate brokerage changing the way that people buy homes. We are growing our team significantly as we look to take on more of the New York City market. We are hiring for:
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by philipdlang 13y ago
It could be difficult for them to sustain revenue growth once they've sold to a critical mass of brokers... https://ycharts.com/companies/Z/revenue_growth
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by philipdlang 13y ago
I wonder if Zillow and Trulia would ever consider hiring brokers to grow their revenue...
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by philipdlang 13y ago
Yes, that is an assumption I make in the article. A 20% downpayment is going to be the minimum that you would need for any bank to approve you for a mortgage. Many readers either have that cash in their bank account or the ability to get
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by philipdlang 13y ago
That's a valid point and I'll follow up with a future post about the economics of buying, but to realize a return on a home you need a time horizon of 5 years. With the shift to more urban life, I don't think that 5 years is
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by philipdlang 13y ago
Would love feedback from the HN community on this post!
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Wall Street is Buying Homes - Will Main Street Follow?(blog.suitey.com)
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Homeless Former Programmer Charges $2000/mo for 'Applied Homelessness Course'(breitbart.com)
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The World Famous staff on Chromebook: No deal(scroogled.com)
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Redfin raises $50mm, valuation rumored around $500mm(finance.fortune.cnn.com)
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Boost your workplace productivity with the klik(quirky.com)
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New Nasa Website(nasa.gov)
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Wikipedia Entry for Flight 214(en.wikipedia.org)
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