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Omg! the creator of Ballionaire is a laidoff metamate?! That's so inspirational. I'm sure this will make it on Meta blind sometime. I'm at Meta still and working on my own take on …

I don't get how Robinhood can make this move. I see this move as a lose/lose. Anyone care to emphasize with them? Maybe they see themselves as saving the lay investor? But then fro…

There’s 4 broad buckets of costs for most companies - g&a (general and administrative), s&m (sales and marketing), r&d, and cost of revenue. The cost has to be classified into one …

ugh, try just navigating from https://www.retailroadshow.com/

Their roadshow video is up: https://www.retailroadshow.com/ I always find the video presentation more insightful. Edit: Directly linking to the video didn't work.

A Saudi Prince also invested in Lyft https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/23/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-ta...

This is an awesome idea. Speaking from experience as someone who transitioned into engineering. I would have totally tried this if it was around 4 years ago. Good luck!

How bad is this? Seems like they have offline mode. Do their customers know how to use this? What's the chance for increased fraudulent swipes?

Feels like their old cultural values offers a glimpse into why they've had problems: - Ready, Aim, Fire. - Everyone's shit stinks. - Do it yourself. Anyone able to elaborate more o…

Do startups, and if so how, need to execute differently in today's frothy funding environment? What are some technologies that excite you?

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I am a heavy heavy Excel user. I use it to help run a large startup. 100x faster would be a huge win. There's always a tradeoff between design/human cycles and speed. You could eve…

It was my impression that young professional women actually made more money than young men. Ah, found the article I was thinking of: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,859…

Usability issues aside, there are no examples about sales or operating expenses. Sales Analytics (think: product, division, type, time) are where companies are having a ton of trou…

Here are two similar ones: Obama's Budget Proposal (from 2010): http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html http://www.smartmoney.com/map-of-the-market/

Actually, sounds like Orbcomm got a heck of a deal. They get insurance money and in addition to getting a few tests off on the prototype.