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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund [pdf]
on Saturday March 11, 2017 @12:16AM (#13844350)
Bitcoin is time delimited and finite whereas gold is finite. If major financial systems were to fail, the values of both would skyrocket, although bitcoin would make a better medium of exchange because of portability, in my opinion.
Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund [pdf]
on Saturday March 11, 2017 @12:11AM (#13844335)
I wonder what assets are resistant to mass systemic failures arising due to calamities such as war etc.
Bitcoin: without the internet, it would be hard to transact
Fine Art and Gold: hard to carry around
Dollars, land, guns, alcohol?
Social media marketing strategy
Hi guys - I was hoping you could help me fill a short poll regarding social media growth strategy . https://goo.gl/E1gkNU
Is a credit system for the Bottom Up economy feasible and beneficial?
I'll be travelling to my home country of Kenya to build out my company www.5group.co . While there, I want to research trends in credit and lending especially with regards to those earning less than $3000/year (apx. bottom of the pyramid). Would a FICO like agency for Sub-Sharan Africa open up new lending frontiers and thus lead to upward mobility for the masses? What considerations might need...
Is a credit system for the Bottom Up economy feasible and beneficial?
I'll be travelling to my home country of Kenya to build out my company www.5group.co . While there, I want to research trends in credit and lending especially with regards to those earning less than $3000/year (apx. bottom of the pyramid). Would a FICO like agency for Sub-Sharan Africa open up new lending frontiers and thus lead to upward mobility for the masses? What considerations might need...
Re:Ask HN: What did you achieve in January 2016?
on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @06:58PM (#11030938)
signed up 3 major clients for my startup 5group.co . Its been a tough road but some light is showing
Re:Ask HN: Your Passive Income Suggestions?
on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @06:29PM (#11030788)
- i've tried and failed many times at this. Finally, I started an outsourcing company 5group.co. My growth model is to get business from field partners like your self and pay them 20% of the life time of profits from that customer. For example, if someone refers a chat support outsourcing customer and the customer spends 10k usd in a year, we pay out about $1400. We manage the labor/office space etc so the is no capex like in real estate. You do need to have the savvy to generate business though.
-- Prosper marketplace...lend money on prosper and receive 7-8 % - tough if you dont have capital
Re:Dropbox May Not Be LeBron James, but Is Still in the Game
on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @06:16PM (#11030704)
Completely commoditized service with a few core parterships scattered here and there. Not able to take on the better capitalized players i.e Microsoft, Google, Apple, heck even facebook. Long term odds are not great, unless they merge with a complete ecosystem player like the above
Interesting List of Open Source Projects – Compiled by the DHS [pdf]
Re:Is there a housing bubble brewing?
on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @05:39PM (#10984133)
Thats why it was posed as a question. It is not my personal hypothesis. I was hoping to hear differing opinions.
Is there a housing bubble brewing?
Re:Entrepreneurship – A second attempt – Feedback welcomed
on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @12:26AM (#10929021)
thanks for the reply.
c] is not illegal because there is no wagering involved
Re:Entrepreneurship – A second attempt – Feedback welcomed
on Monday January 18, 2016 @10:59PM (#10928785)
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I might have to disagree on majority of the points you brought up but I appreciate the point of view.
For b], the emphasis is on helping SMEs deploy solutions that are opensource for their current operations, and provide them with ap-ops, tech-ops and general ops labor. I am not thinking of building out new opensource inititatives.
For c] you are completely off point. We are not targeting gamer sor creating a spam system, rather, I would be trying to create a system for lead capture and CCA optimization.
thanks though
Entrepreneurship – A second attempt – Feedback welcomed
I have come to the realization that my current startup's lethragic growth rate will not allow me to afford a living in the bay area. As such, I am presented with a few options: Get a job, or take another shot at starting a company (albeit, working out of a cheaper city). I am heavily leaning toward the latter, but this time I want to take some feedback earlier on from the YC community as I have...
Re:Gartner Report Analysis: Can Other IaaS Providers Compete with AWS ...
on Monday January 18, 2016 @03:49PM (#10926818)
As far as I can tell, google is the only other hyperscale player that is improving geometrically in the general IaaS space. Telecom companies like NTT/Dimension Data and enterprise stallwarts like IBM are taking an application centric approach to public/private/hybrid IaaS as it is hard to match the price and value proposition of the big 3 (who are reducing cost an average of every 6 months on component pricing)
I am sure there will be mergers and aquisitions that see large telecoms buyout smaller niche players to compliment their current offering and gain market share.
Re:Ask HN: Why is Azure so expensive?
on Monday January 18, 2016 @03:13PM (#10926591)
Firstly, the hyperscale providers size their VMs differently, so it is generally not an apples to apples comparison.
The best way to compare cloud environment is to consider 3 year cost of ownership, and try to price in various components/elements you might use such as big data stores, VLANs, autoscaling, tiered storage etc.
It is my opinion that the variance in pricing over the long run is no more (or will be no more) than 5% for these hyperscale providers over the long run. So your decision should be based on the type of applications you are trying to build in the cloud. If you are a microsoft "house", then it might make more sense to consider AZURE since they make it easier to port diretory services and licenses to their cloud. Likewise if you are a google house.
Obviously AWS has a lead in the market with regards to tools and functinalities as they were early to the cloud game, but MS and google are catching up fast. My personal choice of IaaS is google cloud because their interface is very easy to understand, but frm a customer support perspective, AWS and AMAZON are far better. Also, AWS and google frequently provide free credits for a period of time so it would make sense to try those out to see what works best.
Re:Why I Always Wanted to Be a Secretary
on Monday January 18, 2016 @02:21PM (#10926264)
Is there a market for virtual secretaries? And would people here consider one?
Entrepreneurship – A second attempt | Feedback welcomed
I have come to the realization that my current startup's lethragic growth rate will not allow me to afford a living in the bay area. As such, I am presented with a few options: Get a job, or take another shot at starting a company (albeit, working out of a cheaper city). I am heavily leaning toward the latter, but this time I want to take some feedback earlier on from the YC community as I have...
Re:Stuggling Entrepreneur
on Monday January 18, 2016 @02:18AM (#10923045)
Your criticism is valid. Believe me, our heart is in the right place - our execution needs to be improved, and I will use feedback such as this to do just that.
I love coffee and our education is ongoing. We will do a better job of better educating our audience.
As for the non-profits, we are on-boarding 5 new non-profits and will present their information on the site soon.
Thanks again
Re:Stuggling Entrepreneur
on Monday January 18, 2016 @01:40AM (#10922921)
Much appreciate the wisdom.
Re:Stuggling Entrepreneur
on Monday January 18, 2016 @01:31AM (#10922885)
Really appreciate your feedback. I will definitely look into implementing some of your pointers.
Re:Stuggling Entrepreneur
on Monday January 18, 2016 @01:25AM (#10922863)
Thanks so much for this feedback. We will definitely put most of these on our immediate to do list.
Stuggling Entrepreneur
YC community; I started a coffee subscription business 4 months ago but I am having a difficult time growing. I was hoping I could get some honest feedback about my site on this forum. I am not a programmer, so I used wordpress to build out the site. We have partnered with one of the bay area's premier roaster to offer the most in-demand blends, and a portion of our sales go to support local...