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Intel Capital Invests $23 Million in India
Netbook poised for price cuts, more than 50%
Ask YC: Do you know what is $7 Dollar script or RAP?
If you have used this online selling/marketing tools then please explain what exactly it is and how it really helps/works?
2009: The Great Consumer Crash
though pg should have posted source link with his note, i dont think that even rediff.com is the copyright owner - to what i understand pg did it in the good faith to help HN readers and that's what it matters ...
Secrets of success from Google co-founder Larry Page
Ask YC: what's the best way to accept micro-payment (99cents)?
Any idea regarding best payment method (paypal, google checkout etc.) that has lowest commission/charges for accepting 99cents for the stuff that u might sell online?
US: Excuses people make to skip office
Ask YC: What do you do when unemployed?
Recession and lay-offs are on the way and i just wonder what do people do to be creative and motivated: reading, writing, learning new skills, try to be self-employed, develop a web-app etc, Yoga.What do you do?
1. Determination: as pg always says that most successful people are those who're determined to bring their dream come true.
2. Code: somehow you have to manage to get the source code in your control. ,
3. Backup plan: make plan-b ready for damage control anticipated by your partners leaving project.
4. Speed: buddy, you need speed to roll-out to deal with competition.
Shopping via Cellphone Slowed by Security Fears
The High-Tech Job Capital Is … New York?
Ask YC: Help regarding catch 22 situation for choosing startup's revenue model?
There are basically 2 options - one is charging the users/customers (for your product/service) and the second is charging the advertisers.Its kind of catch 22 situation, if you decide to charge customers then your customer growth will be slow, and if you distribute your product/service for free and depend upon the ad revenue then your customer growth will be faster but the revenue growth will...
1. please explain me why cant yahoo make money from the text based ad (where they are not that strong) by temporarily leasing it to google - isn’t it a smart move where you make money from both kind of ads (text and display) from the 2 best ad systems?
2. why did yahoo made deal only for north-american market and not for other markets which are much bigger than NA? do you think that jerry is stupid that he is keeping other lucrative market i.e BRIC (brazil, russia, china, india) with him? - cant u see how intelligent he is that he is may be trying to roll out his strategy in these markets and eventually make a strong position?
3. do you think that the whole board of directors of yahoo is stupid to support jerry?
4. dont you know that the biggest loser (monetarily) is jerry himself, and if he is taking risk and let go millions $$ (for short term) then there has to be something in his kitty (the strategy) that he dont want to disclose it right now?, and may be this is the reason why the board of directors are supporting him because they know this internal confidential strategy ... there is always something called trade-secret that you shouldn’t give away no matter how much pressure builds on you by stupid shareholders …
I think if anyone who disagrees with Jerry then they should either sell their stock (and run) OR buy more stock (get the majority) and kick him out - if u dont want to do either then stop making foolish judgments ... everyone is not greedy - there is something like loyalty and integrity and that counts at the end of the day and i think Jerry's loyalty and integrity towards Yahoo is unquestionable.
Ask HN: Is there any other web-business as easy as online dating and blogging?
I was studying about the online businesses that has lowest amount of hassles; one that doesn't require anything other than building a web-app and your business is on with money coming in ... no purchase of any goods, no inventory, no shipping, lowest customer service headache, no returns, no coordination for selling 3rd party stuffs etc.Do you know any business that is as easy as online dating...
doctors: hospital and hospital and hospitals :-)
insurance agent: home, office, home, office and home (all homes are other people's home) :-)
bloggers: home and coffee shops and library and barnes & noble :-)
taxi driver: no home; only taxi :-)