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Re:After the end of the startup era by hkmurakami on Sunday October 22, 2017 @04:00PM (#15528633)
The journalist reveals his or her ignorance by not considering Gusto or Flexport to be well positioned, imo.
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Re:After the end of the startup era by Vadoff on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:14PM (#15529559)
Several companies with $1B valuations were missed:

  Reddit
  Zenefits
  Gusto
  Docker
  Flexport
  Coinbase
  Twitch.tv
  Quora
  Door Dash
  Machine Zone
  Mixpanel
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Re:After the end of the startup era by guaka on Sunday October 22, 2017 @05:42PM (#15529112)
Plus the article could do with some basic fact checking.

"The web boom of 1997-2006 brought us Amazon, Facebook, Google, Salesforce, Airbnb"

Wikipedia AirBnB page: "Founded August 2008; 9 years ago"

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Re:After the end of the startup era by hkmurakami on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:37PM (#15529665)
Also iirc Amazon predates 1997. 1997 is its IPO date.
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Re:After the end of the startup era by edoceo on Sunday October 22, 2017 @05:32PM (#15529061)
Yeah, Gusto is a big win IMO. Payroll stuff sucks, especially for early stage businesses. I've used all the services over the past 15 years, my current company is using Gusto, still sucks, but sucks the least, best price, best service. And 1000s of small businesses trust Gusto to process millions of dollars of their most sacred money each month. Underrated.
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Re:After the end of the startup era by jaxn on Sunday October 22, 2017 @11:11PM (#15530431)
Zenpayroll was great! Gusto sucks. And the change took place right around the time of the name change.

Now, both Gusto and Zenefits are trying to play the same game and both are basically parasitic companies feeding off lock-in and transaction fees.

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Re:After the end of the startup era by hkmurakami on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:23AM (#15531098)
Really curious what changed between ZP and Gusto. (we only use their basic payroll product)
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Re:After the end of the startup era by edoceo on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:39AM (#15530959)
Which payroll and benefits providers make their money a different way?
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