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jim_greco

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About jim_greco

Founder/CEO, Direct Match

http://www.directmatch.com/

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    Jetbrains charges way too little for such a ridiculously good product.

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    I have some personal experience with this. Our company is Direct Match. We used to use the directmatchx.com website. Adding an X on the end isn't that odd in the trading world, but…

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    Is it that surprising? What's the bull case for commodities exactly? Europe continues to slide in and out of recession. China is slowly significantly and is structurally trying to …

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    Comment #9932667

    It's true for W15.

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    The pro-rata provision is only for raises of $100M or more post-money. Is YC only going to do these transactions for post-money between $100M and $250M? Or will you ask to be part …

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    Why not? Because it creates a maintenance nightmare and if it's not your core business that means it will never be a priority. Using Google and Facebook as a counter-example is sil…

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    Comment #9778374

    A company should never build a compiler, database, or operating system if it is not their primary business.

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    Comment #9567879

    What slack are you running? Slack or any web app doesn't take a second to redraw on resize.

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    Talking your book much? This story is so contrived that it hinges on a comically inept founder taking $200M to solely spend on an advertising campaign on the platform of the person…

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    There is a whole class of point and click trader out there that brings up the Bloomberg NEWS function (scrolling news), waits for the red flash (breaking important news), and steam…