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corkill

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    1.5% cash back. The difference with Ramp is they are connected to your business bank account and can automatically increase your limit as you grow vs traditional companies like AME…

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    Comment #25532365

    Shareholders benefit from the profits via a rising stock price even if they don't pay out a dividend.

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    Comment #23033976

    Do they pay for other software to solve this problem? What are the painful problems of the people with purchasing power in that market? At the initial stage I would be looking for …

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    Comment #18363639

    Follow Up Boss | followupboss.com | Senior Product Manager | Remote We’re a SaaS solution that accelerates sales for real estate teams, self funded, profitable and growing company.…

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    Comment #11358146

    In the cart tipping is the default so I assume that may reduce their costs and from the below quora thread sounds like what shoppers rely on. https://www.quora.com/What-is-tipping-…

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    Comment #11143295

    That was my initial reaction though looks like a bit more info coming out that there may be other reasons and the letter may have been written in response to a pending firing. This…

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    Comment #10822221

    Follow Up Boss | Full-time | San Francisco or REMOTE We are seeking outstanding developers to join our small productive team building software used every day by sales teams. We pra…

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    Comment #10804268

    People with problems and money to solve those problems aka business owners.

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    Comment #10323990

    Internet stocks were trading at all-time highs in 1999. Housing was doing great in 2006. Any asset being at all-time highs doesn't mean there are negligible risks only that the maj…

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    Comment #10284823

    I think you answered your own question that they will make more money this way, which I'm sure all of their investors and employees holding stock will appreciate. I believe they ar…

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    Comment #10154078

    Remote or San Francisco - www.followupboss.com - Director of engineering, Fullstack and front end devs We are seeking outstanding developers to join our small productive team build…

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    Comment #10125780

    "Can you make me dinner reservations?" would lead to a response like "Any preferences on the type of food and location?" Over time they learn your preferences so they don't need to…

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    Comment #10001479

    "I felt like I didn’t want to just be writing software to other people’s specs — I wanted to write software that I wanted to use and enjoy." Do you use this software and enjoy it? …

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    Comment #9990650

    They might value that knowledge being kept private to them more than debunking the article in the short term.

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    Comment #8682145

    They aren't trying to reduce costs, they are trying to focus on their product and growing their company.

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    Comment #8206652

    You can pay someone to do this for you.

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    Comment #7957581

    They are the cheapest in terms of founder time. You don't need to apply or be approved by anyone you already have access to the funding.

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    Comment #7898585

    Realize that everyone else is just trying to make friends as well.

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    Comment #7731829

    Yep looks worth a try. With the number of prior native mail app let downs, I suspect the early adopter market for mail apps is getting more wary, I am.

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    Comment #7696540

    Yes a) as that requires the largest amount of new skills that you likely did not have before (ignoring repeat successful founders). e.g. customer development, sales, marketing. Onc…

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    Comment #7500185

    You don't need more ideas, you've had plenty of those. You need to learn how to get a customer and solve their problems. Money is abundant if you are solving people's problems so y…

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    Comment #7496382

    The turkish people already know the government is corrupt so the cat is out of the bag in that sense (they didn't need these recordings to know that). But twitter etc allow much ea…