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daveying99

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    Comment #6170919

    What assets? The Washington Post real estate is not being sold. It's just the people, their pensions, and the brand that was purchased.

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    Comment #6145740

    To show that he wasn't fooling around with side projects when he was still full time at YCombinator? The journalist wouldn't have put it had it not been emphasized by his sources. …

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    Comment #6101188

    Tweeted you :)

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    Comment #6099545

    I totally agree with the point about technical hiring

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    Comment #6099388

    Cool, I tried to signup but needed an invite code:) I think that satago would fit nicely into a few media themes like what people can do to beat the recession, the empowerment of s…

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    Comment #6099371

    Not really :)

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    Comment #6099359

    Hey Egreg, I've met Peter Shankman and love what he's done with HARO. However we're doing a few things differently. First, it's global from day one. So we have a much lower volume …

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    Comment #6099313

    Hey Major_Grooves, that's a bug, IP geolocation gone wrong :( If you select United Kingdom you'll only get publicity opportunities related to the UK. let me know if I can do anythi…

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    Comment #6099257

    Hi Egreg, I'm going to go ahead and say that yes it is. In the sense that every piece of content you share online with your name on it is publicity. That includes that instagram ph…

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    Comment #6099226

    Hey minimaxir, you're right that they're not. Founders are short on time and need to focus. So I'm illustrating a point that you can reliably get publicity within the time limit th…

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    Comment #4878779

    Great. So First Round Capital is pushing idea that they stood with David against Goliath and won teaching a lesson to Big Co. Did the entrepreneurs see any of the money?

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    Comment #4437886

    Lack of SMS shouldn't be a problem. You can use two factor authentication with the app version.It's on that same page.

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    Comment #4411741

    You could both be right. Login with Facebook, buy with 1 click. And let the merchant know all kinds of information about you to show you the right products.

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    Comment #4399603

    They do, and the price is $0.0001 per tweet. Search rate limits through the normal API can be prohibitive for many use cases like news/brand monitoring. Or even citizen monitoring …

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    Comment #4391413

    You're underestimating the drive hat comes from conviction in an idea. The guy has been living like a nomad. He gave away his book rights earlier to pay for his and the organizatio…

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    Comment #4391361

    You're misinformed. He has not been charged for anything by any country. Do your reading.

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    Comment #4391347

    Was it a truck carrying supplies to nearby Harrod's department store? That's what I remember reading.

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    Comment #4379933

    You have to use your real name by default, but you an follow a question or ask one anonymously by clicking a button if you choose to.

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    Comment #4354396

    With billions in revenue per year, Starbucks has direct advantageous deals with credit card companies that probably follow them no matter what transaction system they use including…

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    Comment #4278471

    I thought they had changed their name to Xe services. What sort of name is Academi for a private mercenary company?

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    Comment #4278463

    Yum, eating ice cream in a dark alley

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    Comment #4231912

    You might be right. Tweetbot for iPhone was launched under similar circumstances - not too long after the first anti-developer statement from Twitter.

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    Comment #4123417

    I find it telling that in this AMA as well as a few other interviews he seems to be noticeably more excited about the educational startup that he's a CEO of than the driverless car…