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Re:Spreading Jam
on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @09:20AM (#24836940)
Going to try this out!
Screenshots are a chore and am relying on google docs instead.
Loving the company name too!
Re:Original Bessemer Investment Memos for Shopify, Twilio, LinkedIn, P...
on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @11:00PM (#24428512)
Great find!
Rarely get to see how others think on deals. Led me to try this out with my own substack.
Re:Drew Houston Joins Facebook Board of Directors
on Monday February 03, 2020 @05:28PM (#22230018)
I believe it varies across co's. Here's what I found for FB
"Netflix NFLX CEO Reed Hastings and Peter Thiel both collected $349,151 just for being on Facebook's board in 2017, mostly in the form of stock awards. The other three members of the board made comparable amounts last year." https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/all-fun-salary-info-uncovere...
The Founder’s Guide to Markets
Re:A Founder’s Guide to Understanding Investors
on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @02:31PM (#18658079)
Mike, thanks for the observation!
The chart is correct, but theoretically you could flip the axes and the shape of the chart would still be true.
Power Law Distributions in early stage investing a low frequency of high expected returns, and high frequency of low expected returns.
Re:Stripe Is Now a $20B Company
on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @08:26PM (#18081351)
One that all have similar successes (e.g. all fail)
Odds are most early stage venture portfolios have a power law distribution, but of different magnitude.
Later stage you go, the more normal the distribution will look
Re:Is the Lean Startup Dead?
on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @10:44PM (#17923561)
PMF is when the startup has i) identified which users are desperate for the product, ii) made a product that customers can’t get enough of (demand feels exponential), and iii) found a business model that works
https://a16z.com/2017/02/18/12-things-about-product-market-f...
Re:Radical diet can reverse type 2 diabetes, new study shows
on Thursday December 07, 2017 @05:43PM (#15875083)
Check out Ketochow
An introduction to aggregation theory
Re:Benchmark Capital Sues Travis Kalanick for Fraud
on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:50PM (#14986241)
Also likely drivers list they work at Uber
Re:YC Startup School Radio, Episode 1: Alexis Ohanian and Kaz Nejatian
on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:57AM (#9966548)
Exponent FM is great. Not by a founder, but about strategy in tech
Re:YC Partners Taggar, Tan And Ohanian Raise $39M For Initialized Capital
on Friday August 02, 2013 @10:28PM (#6150809)
Will this make them the go to firm for YC companies looking to raise?
Re:Marissa Mayer gives Yahoo Employee Jawbone UP
on Friday July 12, 2013 @11:01PM (#6036520)
Yahoo in talks to acquire Jawbone?
Just joking (or am I)?
Re:Meet Flock, a Fun and Casual Way to Make Plans
on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @09:21PM (#6023943)
Great idea! I'm sure you will be subject to network effects. What about users without a facebook?
Re:Sequoia Leads $8.5M Investment in Instacart
on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @09:16PM (#6023926)
I think its more appropriate to say instead of "a doomed to fail and a successful" is "a doomed to fail and a less likely doomed to fail."
Re:Federal agency destroyed computers, keyboards, mice over virus fear
on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @09:08PM (#6023908)
$2.7mm in damages over 6 malware infected parts. That escalated quickly.
Where do they get the rationale for the Mice and Keyboards?!
Re:Dance in a Year
on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @09:00PM (#6023881)
Hell yeah, I'm a lift user as well. Love it!
Re:Announcing Microsoft Ventures for startups
on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @01:31PM (#5941076)
Not sure, but this looks like the first major global approach by an in-house tech VC fund - 5 accelerators around the globe.
Re:Maker of 'Candy Crush Saga' plans IPO
on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @04:23PM (#5901812)
They've been profitable since '05, which is great. With an IPO lurking they must have something else big in the pipeline - otherwise it's a Zynga 2.0.
Maker of Candy Crush Plans to IPO
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323566804578553292301803254.html
Re:Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong
on Monday June 10, 2013 @07:29PM (#5858305)
What if he is not actually in Hong Kong? Just a ploy
Re:Yahoo Stock Highest Since May, 2008
on Monday May 20, 2013 @09:17PM (#5741328)
Up 1.4% at the most, day close of up .23%, given tech stock, would prefer to say that it has little relation to tumblr acquisition today
Re:Hackathons are like gyms
on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @01:38AM (#5562864)
Hackathons are a great for innovation. I hope to see more startups spin out of them though!