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by sector 15y ago
A VCs risk profile does not look like yours, due to the fact that they're diversified and you're not. Imagine your company is doing well and there are two ways to proceed: option 1: your company can be sold today for $75m. option 2: you ca
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by sector 15y ago
VCs are (primarily) investing other people's money. The basic overview is this: VC raises a $100m fund that is expected to last for 10 years. They charge a 2%/yr management fee, for their work as investors. Then, they also keep 20% of th
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by sector 15y ago
I'm never a fan of advertorials, despite their occasional efficacy, because I think they devalue their surroundings. I'm particularly bothered by then when substantial effort is made to make it difficult for even keen-eyed observers to rec
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by sector 15y ago
So it's postgres log shipping, with S3 as the target?
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by sector 15y ago
Startups are akin to an MBA. Running a small but ambitious company forces a serious, motivated founder to think about every business function. I don't see any meaningful downside for the founders who choose to spend some time on this task,
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by sector 15y ago
It's not a class issue. A more accurate appraisal would be that one is paid highest for strategic work, next highest for tactical, and the least for operational work. If you're great at operational work, but are no good with tactics or str
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by sector 15y ago
I agree that many retail banks wouldn't be missed by anybody if they disappeared tomorrow; and I applaud and support efforts to improve competition in the sector. I think that we share a vision of what should be in the retail banking sec
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by sector 15y ago
As a customer, I'd feel a lot more comfortable if you worked solely as a technology vendor to my bank. This isn't a knock on the team you're putting together, or your ability to build a great company. It's caused by the realities associate
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by sector 15y ago
Okay, so let's take a real situation that happened to me: an ATM debited my account $600, but only dispensed $300. In that situation, I call you, and what happens from there? Thank you for taking the time to answer some of our questions on
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by sector 15y ago
I don't understand who I call when a problem arises. Do I call you, the anonymous partner bank, or is it simply impossible to call somebody if I have an issue?
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by sector 15y ago
Nor did getdropbox.com, or mymint.com
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by sector 15y ago
The attackers reported the problem to Amazon and allowed Amazon to fix it prior to their public disclosure. I don't see how that's FUD. There was a problem, they found it, they let Amazon fix it, then they reported what they'd found.
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by sector 15y ago
There's an app that has you take a photo of the front and back of the check, and they accept that for deposit.
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by sector 15y ago
Many retailers still sync up daily via batch processes creating a race condition where copies of a real receipt could be used at multiple locations on the same day. There are also issues with exception handling processes that dictate what c
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by sector 15y ago
I'd like to see a list of accepting/rejecting retailers, because this seems quite strange to me. A lot of companies use anti-fraud paper and secure inks to reduce alteration of receipts. I would expect that loss prevention groups would be
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by sector 15y ago
He is using his name to get signups to the general national marrow donor program registry. It is possible to get tested just for Amit, but the default is that you get tested for a match to anybody who needs it.
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by sector 15y ago
If I see somebody who graduated summa from a decent school, I instantly know at least one thing about them: they're good at identify what the customer wants, and delivering it. You simply can't graduate top of your class unless you find