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ebaysucks

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    Comment #3963058

    Could you please recommend one or a few legal insurance providers that cater to startups in the US? Thanks.

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    Comment #3960333

    And if ever trade with Cuba of many of the countries the US is at war with, you will face criminal charges even long after you have given up your green card. Hong Kong, Singapore, …

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    Comment #3942158

    This Demo Day was only open for startups looking for investment. There are other startups here with operational websites and revenue but who simply didn't bother with this.

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    Comment #3932742

    This would eliminate a lot of hobby blogs and websites that made the internet such a great place. As someone who paid $8000 for his domain, I don't believe domains are currently ov…

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    Comment #3926952

    Don't you mean: ($119Millon Sale price * stake of investors - 3Million Funding) / 3Millon Funding = CRAZY RETURN! Or from team POV: $119Million Sales price * (1 - stake of investor…

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    Comment #3916911

    It is very likely that the run rate of last month is more than 1/12th of the total annual revenue, as they are growing rapidly. So let's estimate their run rate of last month at $7…

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    Comment #3907719

    Unrealized potential earnings translate into a higher P/E, they do not make the entire concept of P/E invalid. Your flawed way of thinking is exactly what prevails in a bubble.

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    Comment #3867707

    Sure, but the rich guys are LPs in VC funds next to institutional investors who get their money straight from QE.

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    Comment #3866611

    If evernote doubles it revenue every year for the next four years, it would still be trading at 3 times revenue, a number that might be realistic going concern assuming they have v…

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    Comment #3858470

    That's still 21% too much they got to keep.

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    Comment #3834382

    Bubbles are not about believing in the wrong trends, they are about believing the trend will materialize too fast. E.g. dot com boom: Basic premise was right, "software will eat th…

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    Comment #3822874

    Asset allocation is about relative performance and capital preservation in real terms.

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    Comment #3817256

    The most basic requirement for a healthy societies is reproduction, females are the bottleneck in reproduction so killing both males is least bad in the long run. If a war was expe…

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    Comment #3801153

    Coming out of college, I used to be a "Boglehead" like this - had a job at a top 3 management consulting firm and put as much as I could into Vanguard index funds, up to 80% of my …

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    Comment #3786542

    All preferences are subjective. Art is art because people think it is.

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    Comment #3763596

    What exactly is outrageous about a community service like Pinterest or a forum using Skimlinks?

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    Comment #3726195

    A great business does not necessarily imply a great investment.

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    Comment #3707250

    Yes, in fact Executive Director _is_ the "MD light" at Goldman.

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    Comment #3702547

    Rocket Internet has been hiring several Goldman bankers lately to be local or functional managing directors for their startups.

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    Comment #3619607

    OK, so how much solar panels would Tesla need to install on the roof of a Model S to prevent this from happening?

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    Comment #3586476

    I bought a domain using this tool. Any numbers on the total affiliate revenue generated?

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    Comment #3569552

    Please don't tell me you think one US political party is all bad and the other one is all good.

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    Comment #3553486

    Now I know where those annoying challenge pages come from. Was planning to add CloudFlare to my site but if it comes with those challenge pages, I'd rather pass.

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    Comment #3517176

    Have you discussed with your investors how they feel about you selling 2-10% of total equity at a valuation of at best 20% of what they are offering?