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Re:T-Mobile demand Lemonade to stop using the color magenta on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @11:59AM (#21454205)
The issue the article points to is both companies provide insurance products: Lemonade for renters and T-Mobile for its own handsets. I’m not convinced the average consumer would be confused by the two, however.
Re:WeWork Isn’t a Tech Company on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:11PM (#20763990)
Acquiring drivers can be seen equal to customer acquisition within a software company. Yes the bottleneck of Uber is recruitment, but is it also not customer acquisition at any software/“tech” company?
Re:WeWork Isn’t a Tech Company on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:07PM (#20763975)
By the definition above, clearly a “tech company”, no? Uber produces highly scalable tech, and can deploy it rapidly amongst a sea of contractors and riders- who are essentially consumers of the app.
Re:Ask HN: To work at Google or a Startup? on Thursday August 28, 2014 @06:50PM (#8240159)
Thank you for your thoughts. It makes a lot of sense to work for a large company, see how things are done, and then apply these to either my own company or a startup I join.

Ask HN: To work at Google or a Startup?

My career is at a crossroads and I would really appreciate the community’s insight and experiences.I’m 22 and graduating next year. I’m currently an intern at Google in a business development role. It’s likely they will offer me a role in the AdWords sales team which would interest me but having spoken to existing people in the sales team, I am beginning to think it’s not for right role for...

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