whenisayUH

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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Sorry but I'm not clear on the point of this. Is it that VC-backed companies cannot pursue smaller markets and so there are nice size opportunities left for bootstrapped startups?
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Inspired by this thread - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3644798 - where everyone is saying how bad TC is (don't disagree). But I'd like to know what folks read now. And please no lectures on why reading tech blogs are a waste of ti
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Ask HN: If TechCrunch is "dying", what besides HN do you read for tech news?
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
This is definitely a hot area, but unfortunately, it is also becoming the thing everyone wants to be attached to. And so the term is becoming increasingly meaningless. It's 2012s "location-based services" or "gamification" or "cloud" (wait,
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
You're spot on. If you make it about "what's in it for the reader or prospective customer", their receptivity and reaction to it will be much better. That is in stark contrast to "here's why we're great" emails which are the norm. The ult
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Not to take the discussion totally off-topic, but if you are a portfolio company of the Crunch Fund, is this type of thing by Arrington a net positive for the portfolio co? I suppose it could be him "getting their back", but I wonder if his
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
"You don't know better." If an entrepreneur is that helpless, paying-to-pitch is the least of their problems.
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
How is anyone being exploited? You have a choice to pitch or not. It's not blackmail. It may be foolish to pitch at these events, but as far as I know, nobody is being forced into pitching or being told "you can't research this event and
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Uh oh -- The downvoting has started. Feel free to do that but please explain where I'm missing the mark. Thanks. ----- I'm really not sure why entrepreneurs who I'd suspect believe in free markets need to be coddled and "protected" from pa
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Cuban's points were a bit all over the place, but if we're talking about wealth creation of the F you money type, taking some personal/career risk often is required. Whether that's being a startup founder, being a hedge fund trader, or the
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
He's recommending if you have a $100k in savings, you should invest in startup tech companies and not public equities which is somewhere between ridiculous and stupid to dangerous. I like Cuban usually but this is terrible advice. If he me
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Absolutely. But it seemed the original TC article was trying to suggest which program was best for startups. So if trying to figure out which program is better for general partners/limited partners, I agree average makes sense. For startu
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Ha. Good point. But I think with women at least (basing this observation on my wife/sisters), there is an element of sharing, i.e. "check out my new haircut" or "like my new haircut?" and so some central social way to do this could be good
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
I like Haircue. When my wife gets a haircut she likes, she always wishes she has pics of it right then so she can show the hairdresser the next time (esp if she needs to use someone else for some reason). And she tells me it always looks b
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Not sure I understand your point. I'm asking for median valuations as averages often distort reality. Plus, "median series A returned a loss" - huh? Can you clarify? If 5 companies have valuations of $5, $10, $15, 20, $1000, the avg is $2
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
PG - What is the median valuation of those fundraising rounds? Averages are not a great metric because the few big valuation winners (Dropbox, Airbnb) skew the average big time and bring up the "normals" a ton. If Airbnb is valued at $1B a
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
TS also something similar. All TechStars companies can get $100k. http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/...
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
While I appreciate the attempt, this was pretty shoddy data analysis. First, Crunchbase's data is pretty bad. I saw a spreadsheet floated around some time ago that had a lot more YC companies listed on it (~200) so this is def not compreh
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New Relic - The Death of the Salesman?(businessweek.com)
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Delete Your Klout Profile Now(socialmediatoday.com)
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Startups with Larger Social Networks Receive More VC Funding(octiestudy.wordpress.com)
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Steve Jobs Passes Away(techcrunch.com)
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How we got our first 100 SaaS customers(informationweek.in)
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
I agree 100% actually. I was annoyed with myself for taking the bait and commenting on this at all cuz it's an utter waste of time. That said, I thought Paul Carr's effort to torpedo TC was unprofessional and disrespectful of his former co
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Read TC a lot less recently since they want to be the news vs. breaking it...
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
A hatchet job on a colleague, even one you don't like, on a public blog is awesome and heartfelt?
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
So everyone downvoting me agrees with what Paul Carr did and disagrees with my sentiment OR just finds my choice of language offensive? Genuinely curious as I'm a newbie to HN.
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Paul Carr - nice bitch move with this post. An amazingly, phenomenally unprofessional, douche-baggy way to leave a job. TechCrunch was his employer and paid his bills and does of the colleagues he supposedly cares about. What a self-importa
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Ask HN: Would you hire someone whose very smart but annoying?
16 points by whenisayUH 15y ago|21 comments
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by whenisayUH 15y ago
Arrington's value as an investor is clear while he is at TechCrunch. Once he loses that megaphone, what value would he bring? Yes he has relationships but I'd suspect many folks are 'friends' with Arrington to either (1) get TC coverage or

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