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Dude, this is awesome! Last year I did it manually line by line, and of course that didn't carry over to this year. Tally rocks! Thank you.

For public companies, growing > 40%, ARR > $100Mn, NDR>125$ revenue multiples are sky-high ATM. For private companies at around $1Mn-$3Mn ARR growing sub-20% YoY there are very few…

Carnap vs Popper Popper = create hypothesis and falsify Carnap = see instances and use induction to create hypothesis Everything else they say about the scientific method is the sa…

For splitting Facebook into face babies, look at p&l lines, geographic lines, what could become api boundaries,different apps, and different apps within fb wall. So one and more of…

Actually both journalists and media are regulated. Perhaps you should address specifics of why regulation is not required in this case, rather than attack the messenger?

Check out effectuation.org - built networks of people who trust you/you trust, and solve problems for them. Keep solving problems, and you'll find, in 6-12m one or more problems th…

I missed the /sarcasm tag. Writing off experience on the path to becoming an entrepreneur glorifies the unique challenges of being an entrepreneur, while underplaying the 99% of ot…

Yes. Your post goes into the first point about serial entrepreneurs, but fails to see the value of learnable entrepreneurial skills, and the value of coming from a successful start…

Right, entrepreneurship is the only field of human endeavor where amateurs can become the best in the field without any study or training whatsoever. Welcome to the mythologizing o…

Was in a very similar position a few years ago after two startups and 7years with zero returns. More actionably, dev+fin+products = pm in a fintech company or bank. Or fin+products…

Check out effectuation.org/learn The idea is to start with who you know, what you know, and who you are. Then through conversations with people you know, ask them their problems th…

Read about the four types of luck. By doing more & learning more & meeting more people, you essentially increase your luck surface area in 3 different ways, increasing the odds you…

I think the dichotomy is A. Go to customer/user conferences? YES YES YES! B. Go to startup or generic conferences? Not more than once or twice a year. Everyone in this thread seems…

Have you considered India? While a work visa is not likely to be easy, the current tech scene has huge demand for programmers of all kinds. Especially if you're expert in Unity/Ful…

Didn't know that! Had -8.5 but never wore contacts. Friend of mine had a severe allergic reaction to contacts, and was advised to never wear them again, and I was scared off of the…

Read about the four kinds of luck. And how to become 'more lucky'. Luck #1: Pure stochastic luck. Roll of a dice. Luck #2: Doing enough things that you get lucky. If you don't try,…

11 years ago. Good results. Halo-ing is present, although not a big problem. I do think my vision is deteriorating a bit now. Although not enough to need glasses yet.

Uber has made Taxi operators better for Indian cab drivers. Pre-Uber (and Ola), operators used to pay drivers 60-90 days post. They would make arbitrary deductions, which the drive…

Amazon has an 'Andon cord' where any employee can report on any product and the retail manager will review and take appropriate action. Looks like in this case the interviewer pull…

Was from Wikipedia + Google + back-of-the-envelope. Didn't find things in one place.

There is a newly available 150 Million middle-class with smartphones and Internet. The huge market in each city (Bangalore alone has 1 Million IT folks, middle class is ~5 Million)…

Have been in your boat. It's not so bad after it ends, your life does NOT end :). I could get a job in a large company, at what I thought was an absurd salary, after I was done wit…

Very curious to know 1. Where you learnt PGMs 2. How you made it part of your 'personal everyday' toolkit Always interested in improving my thought processes...