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Re:Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down? by w1ntermute on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @10:30PM (#10468849)
They're doing things that don't scale (aka hacking/hustling).
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Re:Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down? by Disruptive_Dave on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @11:40PM (#10469120)
This shouldn't be downvoted. It's far from unreasonable to attribute these moves to following the "hack/hustle" ethos we hear all the time in Startupland. "Passion" + "exploring" + "small team" + "moving quickly" + "bootstrapping" + "quickly test". It's all there, folks.
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Re:Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down? by mahmud on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @11:19PM (#10469033)
Since when is content theft "hacking"?
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Re:Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down? by plinkplonk on Thursday October 29, 2015 @12:06AM (#10469218)
I think he was being sarcastic.
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Re:Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down? by w1ntermute on Thursday October 29, 2015 @12:19AM (#10469248)
I probably should've made that clearer.
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Re:Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down? by FlyingSnake on Thursday October 29, 2015 @03:30AM (#10469685)
...and hoping they cover their tracks after they get traction.
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