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Very exciting to see more companies open up prod + engineering divisions in NYC - I feel as though typical bay area tech satellite NYC offices are go-to-market focused first before…

"Most discussions around data defensibility actually boil down to scale effects, a dynamic that fits a looser definition of network effects in which there is no direct interaction …

This is amazing!! Love that you all have also pre-seeded itineraries from popular travel blogs - any plans on also bringing in tripadvisor data in?

Toxicity in gaming + virtual communities (particularly against women) seems to be an issue that no company has a great grasp on. I recently gave Fortnite a try and ended up turning…

Has there been any commercial use case for graphene yet? I feel as though I've been hearing about its potential constantly for many years, but can't recall any commercial use cases…

"Ant says it wants to be known not as a financial conglomerate but as a technology provider or “lifestyle platform,” with future profits coming mainly from fees from institutions u…

Nvidia is my favorite example of "the next big thing that started out as a toy" ala A16Z's Chris Dixon ( http://cdixon.org/2010/01/03/the-next-big-thing-will-start-o... ). Literall…

Username + password is a huge attack vector, especially for services where users signup and eventually stop using or forget. I wish there was some obligation to reset password or r…

Love simple services that do exactly what you would expect

Would also potentially add "voice control" to this list. It's amazing to me that by trying to be "innovative/modern", most car user interface designs have become increasingly user …

Facebook also shut down TBH (anonymous compliment app popular amongst teens) and Hello (a phone app?). They've also closed some of their APIs around graph + page searching... guess…

Meanwhile, CVS + Walgreens lost $6B in market cap on the news Amazon is moving directly into pharmacy space. It's crazy how competitive Wall Street views Amazon moving into a marke…

Interesting answer to Verizon's acquisition of AOL + Yahoo, until all the recent acquisitions I (naively) just assumed ISP's revenue was primary from selling services (cable, inter…

As it relates to sponsorship transparency, I think platforms such as instagram, youtube, etc have broader issues with their influencers whether CGI'ed or not... I did find it reall…

Fully expect this to eventually get settled with no prosecution against any execs. When HSBC laundered money for the Mexican Cartel [1], just had to pay a one time fine of $1.92B […

Main goals of a salesteam include building accurate pipeline, and closing that pipeline as quickly as possible. In B2B, level of touch definitely depends on the size of the deal. E…

Plaid was just starting 5 years ago :) we currently don't have an updated official go library for our API, but shoot me an email (charley@plaid.com) and can shoot over some recs fo…

Plaid can pull balance information for asset + investments accounts, so typically the size of the portfolio

Charley from Plaid here. Correct! We have three environments you can send API traffic into - sandbox, development, and production. Sandbox + development are 100% free to use, devel…