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jaksmit

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    Comment #46542163

    what gave you the idea that infant formula is "very healthy". definitely not the case for 99% of infant formula in the USA, it's full of canola oil and crap

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    Comment #40658763

    dunno why the writer opted for this: "Our equity packages vest over 3 years instead of the industry standard 4-year period." given it takes a long time to build companies; so on th…

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    Comment #31985781

    i just tried to create a map and it didn’t even support searching by gps coordinates how therefore am i supposed to find a place i’ve identified on google maps?

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    Comment #27978673

    thanks and thanks for the headsup!

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    Comment #27967033

    Here is a reply to this tweet thread, posted on behalf of an incarcerated person (christopherhavensmath.com): "I don't quite agree with much of what is said, but it does also have …

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    Comment #27966132

    If anyone is interested in number theory and would like to help some incarcerated people that are working on a number theory paper: I'm a director of the Prison Math Project: http:…

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    Comment #26788317

    yes. look at France

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    Comment #24987400

    check out discoverbooks.com - the cheapest used book site i’ve found. by far sold books as cheap as like $2 and with free shipping

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    Comment #24814117

    the name has leaked. It's Craig Shapiro from Collaborative Fund and Craig has replied on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cshapiro/status/1317212694529802242

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    Comment #24075614

    that's the same with many startups, that you'd need to work longer and for less salary. but more potential upside on equity. they would have been telling you that the equity could …

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    Comment #24075604

    I'd argue that it's almost certainly NOT valued on a multiple of revenue at this stage. still a lot about the founder, market size, story etc

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    Comment #23913756

    Pretty useless, over-generalizing piece. I wouldn't have been able to build my startup to the size it became without venture capital support.

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    Comment #23913752

    yeah and PE is not VC...

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    Comment #22799491

    Naval isn't CEO any more

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    Comment #17112467

    Here’s how i did something similar a few years ago, using Linkedin ads: https://thehustle.co/the-linkedin-hack-that-made-me-120000

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    Comment #16488315

    100x the price paid "during the period Slack was down" probably doesn't amount to much money. E.g. if you're down for an hour, that would likely void the SLA, but refunding for 100…

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    Comment #15489091

    QuestNutrition does multiples more revenue than RXBar. Hundreds of millions in revenue (over $400m): https://mixergy.com/interviews/quest-nutrition-with-tom-bily...

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    Comment #15489080

    6x revenue has been a standard multiple for other exits in the health foods space. Including things like Epic Protein Bars, which was bought by General Mills.

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    Comment #15233859

    this example is extremely over generalized. Dyslexia comes in different forms and can manifest through a varience in ability on a scale of things, including math ability, rememberi…

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    Comment #13909320

    Naval is one of the top spiritual and investing thought-leaders in silicon valley

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    Comment #11673769

    The Great Suspender has been around for a long time; I posted it to Product Hunt ~2 years ago: https://www.producthunt.com/tech/the-great-suspender it's pretty good. I don't really…

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    Comment #11523315

    Jeremy hustled really hard to raise this fund. I look forward to seeing the awesome investments that he makes

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    Comment #10848244

    @cmikec it wasn't just split tests on the messaging. if you signed up last week you ONLY got texts telling you to sign up to a payment plan. If you sign up today then it offers you…