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kunaalarya

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About kunaalarya

Business Development Manager @ Kiip (kiip.me) Moved from Toronto to San Francisco

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    Comment #20665808

    They can be successful at it at scale because they already have a massive supply of drivers that they can allocate to rides or picking up food. Amazon’s food delivery failed and cl…

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    Comment #15552904

    it's literally $325 right now so what's not correct?

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    Comment #14714839

    i mean it's a big reason why snapchat is worth what it is today. edit: by that i mean, it's a big reason why they got a lot of their users.

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    Comment #14604289

    Gilt is a poor example because it's a nearly out of business discount shop. but Mr porter and most online stores will offer free shipping and returns. The exception are a lot of br…

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    Comment #14604288

    Gilt is a poor example because it's a nearly out of business discount shop. but Mr porter and most online stores will offer free shipping and returns. The exception are a lot of br…

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    Comment #14585196

    Why would this be an illegal one? It has the potential to be a big force one day but nothing near that now and WF and grocery delivery both have lots of competition.

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    Comment #14548036

    No. That's what out of touch adults in tech thought.

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    Comment #14533047

    They prob cant fire him but they can say that hes a big punching bag right now and bringing extra negative attention and he needs a break.

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    Comment #14457509

    lyft somewhat had first mover advantage in SF. Uber had first mover advantage in every other city. Uber already existed in SF and was doing black car rides and a lot of people in N…

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    Comment #14266201

    not sure where you got the slimfast nutritional info but they have 1g of sugar: http://slimfast.com/advanced-nutrition/#shakes if it had that much sugar, it wouldve never gained a …

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    Comment #14042146

    Football is much more tough than hockey and needs recovery time. Hockey is tough but Football you have running backs/WRs getting hit on every other play. You have the QB getting kn…

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    Comment #14042126

    i don't get this. You get a better view of the game on tv (multi-angles, commentary, etc.). You go to arenas for the experience, of getting there beforehand, tailgating, going with…

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    Comment #13977804

    that's true but it limits the growth potential and reach. Let Snapchat take a good portion of the teen market, while FB goes after everyone else.

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    Comment #13855204

    because you want to incentivize homebuying. Homebuying isn't just an investment. When your mortgage is paid off, it also means your cost of living when you can no longer work is mu…

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    Comment #9518244

    you're probably thinking of Pandora's CTO who has a gorgeous house there. Spotify's founders are from/live in Sweden.

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    Comment #8988985

    for their private jets "Signature's project includes seven hangars for corporate jets, with five of those hangars to be used by Blue City Holdings, its primary tenant. That company…

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    Comment #8988981

    not necessarily. a lot of Uber's drivers use cars that are financed through Uber and are effectively locked into Uber for 5 years (unless they step out of ridesharing). This is how…

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    Comment #8958442

    Asymco did a look into this last week http://www.asymco.com/2015/01/22/bigger-than-hollywood/

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    Comment #8510592

    How does this say anything about a bubble? if this were 1999, he wouldn't need to drive Uber cause his startup would be able to raise a couple million

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    Comment #8295175

    they said in their faq that they won't be taking a cut. Either this is purely for improving the ecosystem, or they're getting a cut from banks for cutting down fraud.

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    Comment #8024069

    replied to another comment with this, but: - there's a large community aspect to it. large community of editors who analyze lyrics and discussions - strong reputation within the hi…

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    Comment #8024061

    Don't have those details but some pts: - there's a large community aspect to it. large community of editors who analyze lyrics and discussions - strong reputation within the hip ho…

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    Comment #7928881

    this isn't similar at all...

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    Comment #7913939

    The SMS piece is a server issue with all the traffic they had today. It should be instant but it's been delayed all day for people, was fine when I first signed up. Once it does, y…