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by tzier 10y ago
Not sure of UK laws, but if they help administrate pension funds and take 0.25% (similar to Wealthfront and Betterment in the US), you won't have much to worry about. Zenefits (free HR, monetize by being insurance broker) prints money
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by tzier 10y ago
Zenefits
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by tzier 11y ago
I'm a former CPA and founder of Zen99, which built tax tools for independent contractors like Uber drivers. So this is my forte :) You're right that it's not cut and dry, and can't be. There are too many specifics to tak
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by tzier 11y ago
This ultimately comes down to the debate between capitalism vs socialism - if people are still driving at lower rates, then we weren't at a market equilibrium. But should they have basic coverages? I expect the ODE to become a huge top
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by tzier 11y ago
You're correct - taxi drivers have been suing for decades to get employee status. You don't hear about it because Uber is the first major national player that everyone recognizes.
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by tzier 11y ago
If their costs had been 20% higher, they still would have priced others out of the market by using VC money to subsidize (as they still do now). Technically their prices were higher than cabs, since they were only black cars for the first t
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by tzier 11y ago
Portion of payroll taxes is ~7.5%, plus an extra 2.5-10% for workers comp/etc depending on your rates. If they had to reclass as employees, they would just raise prices to end consumer 10-20% to compensate (or fund it via other's
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by tzier 11y ago
> One thing I'd like to know is whether people doing lyft or über full time do on average better or worse than their yellowcab counterpart. A good indicator is that most cab drivers (at least in SF) have switched over to Uber. The o
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by tzier 11y ago
Former CPA and Zen99 founder here. Home care givers are a special case under US tax code that requires them to be employees [1]. As honorable (yuk yuk) as it is that Honor is making them employees, they would have the worst case out of all
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by tzier 11y ago
Same Day ACH has been in the works for a while; however, a payments expert I spoke with said all the big banks are opposing it since (a) they make more on wires, as mentioned, and (b) most of them have in-house same day transfers, so it&#x2
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by tzier 11y ago
1099 classification is not very defensible - see FedEx $228M settlement in just CA. Obama said that he thinks a third class of workers is just a watered down version of W-2 protections. Since we're likely going to see a Democratic pres
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by tzier 11y ago
Founder had previous exit, could be why they didn't capitalize as much (though that's pure speculation). They're probably just restructuring and using existing technology for another company.
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by tzier 11y ago
HIPAA basically requires a bunch of safeguards to be in place if you fall under its regulations. So if a prescription delivery company (like ScriptDash, NimbleRX, etc) want to send a delivery person with a prescription, the driver needs to
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by tzier 11y ago
Not handicap accessible - Uber/Lyft are legally required to have those options so will have them as an option. Wouldn't be a big enough market for that otherwise, and would probably be illegal due to illegal price discrimination.
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by tzier 11y ago
Sidecar doesn't get enough credit for starting the rideshare movement. (Uber started the mobile-calling movement, but were black cars and TNC compliant until they started UberX.) Sidecar was often were piloting products a half year bef
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by tzier 11y ago
This article is from October 19th, so 2 months old. They also announced their funding back in July. Have there been any updates since then? What is fill rate? What is feedback from inhabitants like? Updates on next residence timing?
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If you think starting a company is hard, try doing it from prison(medium.com)
1 points by tzier 11y ago|0 comments
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What’s your TRUE customer lifetime value (LTV)? DCF provides the answer(forentrepreneurs.com)
20 points by tzier 11y ago|2 comments
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A Data-Centric Approach to Interviewing(forentrepreneurs.com)
3 points by tzier 11y ago|0 comments
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Three Stories(justinkan.com)
392 points by tzier 11y ago|47 comments
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Survive and Thrive(justinkan.com)
63 points by tzier 11y ago|23 comments
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by tzier 11y ago
I doubt this is a response to ADP; ADP is a horrible product, and Zenefits knew they could make a better solution (like ZenPayroll/Gusto). They've probably been working on this for a year, to be honest, given the requirements for
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by tzier 11y ago
Interesting to watch tech innovation be stifled by telecom inefficiencies. Great move by Google to adapt to that reality.
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by tzier 11y ago
Reminiscent of taxi companies vs ridesharing companies. Trying to fight/shut down these services vs working with them (or even developing your own competing solutions) didn't end well for taxis.
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by tzier 11y ago
It's refreshing to see employees who are this dedicated to the product. Kudos, Gumroad team.
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by tzier 11y ago
At first I thought "high price" was related to the treatment of workers on these platforms, or the perils of the workers who flock to them. Less intriguing now that it's just complaining about the markups on goods. The item p
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by tzier 11y ago
Looking for some feedback on a project! If you're willing: 1. What other uses can you see for this? (e.g. a 'Burningman essentials' list) 2. What channels should we incorporate other than Amazon (e.g. Overstock.com)? 3. We&#x
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Show HN: Vitabee – list your favorite products, get paid when people buy(getvitabee.com)
7 points by tzier 11y ago|1 comments
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by tzier 11y ago
This is difficult due to ACA regulations. For example, Pact (formerly GymPact) was trying to give people discounts on Blue Shield of CA health insurance premiums for going to the gym. A provision/update in the ACA made this illegal abo
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by tzier 11y ago
Oscar Health is actually an insurer. They're trying to win by (a) better marketing and (b) using tech (like free fitness tracker) to reduce their loss ratio. I've heard their innovation was also in pre-paying facilities for servic

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