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Larry is too quiet, not enough publicity. I barely see his face.
Tim is just Tim .. too calm.
Jeff Bezos - He should just stick to Amazon. I feel like he wants to be everywhere, just because he can.
Mark - who would even suggest that.
Satya ... Don't have anything on him so no.
Marissa ... Same thing.
Mediate.
It is true the rent can kill a business but it also comes down to its location, parking, getting in a out of the parking (which pisses people off if its a busy street and they have to wait because of traffic), everything needs to be running smoothly.
Starting such business is also super expensive. The good thing is that we only had to purchase the equipment. I have a construction company so the reno and everything that needed to be done was done by us. I also have a web design and marketing company so all the advertising was done in-house. These probably helped us save 50k if not more.
I remember, we had snitches coming in an out who were hired by our competitors. They would also come in and look at the expiry date of every produce in hope to find something that has expired so they can make it public.
In the end, we were about 100k out.
Anyhow, it was an awesome businesses and people loved it, however, it just wasn't enough to keep it running.
And like i said, some people will definitely go for it.
I don't know why people invest in these things. I don't know where this vision is coming from, but this is not a tech breakthrough. These things will not be used in the long run, period.
Do you think that Eric Migicovsky wears a freaking pebble watch? I hope not. I hope he can afford a cheap Rolex or a little more expansive IWC.
There should be a disclaimer, product for 5-16, 16-18 if your mom still changes your diapers, or for true tech lovers.
Few questions: How much time did it take you to build this? Is this an evening project? It costs £25 to list and £100 to award a project, am I getting this right? How do you select your coders? Why did you choose such saturated market, in a way at least? I do believe there is always room for more, just wondering.
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Now on pilots, this really depends which pilots you are talking about. North American pilots, and here I am pointing at Canadian pilots more because I am in Canada and I am in the process of getting my PPL (for pleasure),however, I am sure this also applies to US pilots, very well trained. To get a job at a big airline you need experience, and where do you get the best experience, far up north where harsh weather, huge winds and tiny landing strips are located. I don't think that 3 years college will do, unless you are lucky.
I also talk to a lot of commercial pilots as my girlfriend is a flight attendant, so during the travels we go out and chat about everything.
As far as safety, over exaggerated, really. No one cares, well, people do but they shouldn't, because if someone wants to hijack I am sure they will find a way to do it. This is the big boys game on a government level. Tax payers are paying for scanners etc, whoever wins the bid makes them and they are sponsoring the next election. (I will not get into this here but you get the point). Scanners are useless.
This is an older video from 2010, scanners give better pictures nowdays but are still as useless as before. I got scanned at Schiphol 3 months ago, the scanner was not much different from the one shown this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idICUSiGcqo
It is great to fly small planes, no security, quick, and more fun to fly than a big airliner.
Opinions are personal.
I am not saying that people cannot do it, when I was little we lived in an apartment with very tiny two bedrooms and a kitchen (4 people). I was sleeping on bunk beds ... Unless you are poor, are traveling in your RV, are an eco freak, or you're living in a densely populated area (China, Korea etc), there's just no reason for you to live in a tiny place.
This tiny house, however, would be great as a cabin where you can relax over the weekend, get away from city life.
I agree what JoeAltmaier is saying.
I myself build homes, apartments, I also design kitchens, did flips, and I can tell you that I have not met one person that could live in a tiny box like that. Yes, it is a dream of everyone, to be very simple and live like this, but this is not going to happen.
She moved from 2,500sqft to 200sqft, why? You don't wake up one day and do that unless you cannot afford living in a house, and I don't care what she says. Maybe it's her cottage or trailer, I really don't know, but don't believe anything they say on the news.
A lot of people would go insane in a 200sqft space. It's like a cell. If anyone wants to try, please come live in my shed. It's very minimalistic, raw, super nice like this place.
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I have been working for myself since 17-18, 10 years of self employment. I have been in the food industry (disaster), construction and web. I have had every single position at a company you can image. Just now, I think I can run any business (of course with more failures). I am just not there yet, taking my time, we'll see what 2014 has for me.
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