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Re:Ask HN: Your Passive Income Suggestions? on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @01:13PM (#11028276)
I see you've got lots of auto-posting going on social media... have these efforts proven to be worth your while? Did you build up your followings organically?
Re:TEDTalks as of 06.16.11 on Sunday June 19, 2011 @02:59PM (#2671504)
There is another spreadsheet, I just discovered via reddit, that also includes PostRank engagement rankings:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=tWri7T3f4...

*It takes a while to load.

Re:Ask HN: Examples of Great UX? on Monday April 18, 2011 @02:18PM (#2460053)
The Dominos Pizza online ordering system has surprisingly impressive UX design.
Re:Ask HN: How are lean startups easily accepting CC payments? on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @08:44PM (#2444911)
I have been considering FastSpring (http://www.fastspring.com), which has recently added subscription payments as a feature. I'm interested to hear about anyones experiences with them.
Re:How do you deal with multiple Gmail accounts? on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @06:23PM (#2307141)
I have several email accounts for different domains set up with google apps. One is the primary one that I am always logged into, and the others I have set up as an account I can send mail from (Settings, Accounts, Add another email address you own) in the primary account. In addition, I set up a filters for each of the email addresses that label the incoming mail according to what address it was sent to, so I can easily identify which of my identities is getting the email.
Re:Poll: Why are you building a web app? (Research for my book) on Saturday February 12, 2011 @01:49PM (#2210741)
Both to scratch an itch, and the hope for financial gain.
Re:47% of the world’s wealthy people are entrepreneurs on Thursday January 27, 2011 @06:11PM (#2149997)
You must consider too that many entrepreneurs start several businesses through out the course of their lives. For each attempt, an entrepreneur would increase his/her chances at attaining wealth by 5%, no?
Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich
Re:Bingo Card Creator (etc) Annual Report on Friday December 17, 2010 @11:30PM (#2018889)
Would you be willing to give a rough breakdown of you $16,685.24 in expenses last year for Bingo Card Creator, please?
Re:JsFiddle on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @08:30PM (#1981469)
Just found this, and think its super useful, and I wanted to share.
Re:Appointment Reminder Launches on Monday December 06, 2010 @01:37PM (#1976268)
Congratulations Patrick!

I'm wondering, how did you put together the image with the cartoon characters? Did you have it designed? Do it yourself?

Ask HN: How do you calculate/estimate a companies valuation?

The news today that Groupon turned down Gooogle has me thinking about determining valuation of a company from its annual revenues. I believe I've heard 3x annual revenues, which would make Googles offer fair.Is valuation based on annual revenues? Profits? Does profit margin come into play? What about the caliber of the talent/staff?

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