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If you think the heavy work is solely in the back-end, I'd encourage you to go ahead and try to build and release a front-end. We would happily use yours if it were good. We built …

"We don't like crypto for the sake of crypto—it's just the only viable way to create a new currency." Really? The only viable way? It's like they've never heard of a bank. Banks ac…

They required documentation (for example, the credit card statements), so a call wasn't enough, I could mail or fax. But I did call them multiple times when trying to resolve, whic…

California is unusually aggressive compared to other states. We had an employee with a home address in California who never set foot in California during the period he worked for u…

The YC pro rata side letter seems to terminate after the initial "Equity Financing." ("The Pro Rata Right described above shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of (i) the …

There are multiple means of contacting a competitor, you don't even have to identify yourself or your business. You can have someone else do it on your behalf. All they have to say…

Probably because you haven't dealt with many lawyers :-). Yes, there's a huge difference. The advice is geared towards finding a lawyer who can achieve an optimal outcome at lowest…

I've been through similar situations. The "find a lawyer" comments are less than helpful, since you probably don't know where to begin and most lawyers will happily take your money…

The great irony of Sam's bet is that, win or lose, the terms themselves prove a bubble mentality. Every one of the terms is focused on valuation, with no mention of revenue, much l…

We do a lot of AWS work, so it is interesting to see the poor AWS performance. Any theories as to why it might be?

Is it possible to apply as a team, or only as an individual?

You're right, Buffett does include dollars, euros, yen and gold as not having intrinsic value. In addition to the link above where Buffett warns against gold as an investment, he a…