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man_bear_pig
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About man_bear_pig
email me at reechaurd@gmail.com
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Ask HN: What do you guys consider traction?
1) No one could really tell me what an absolute number was that would define traction at an early stage for my business. How would you define traction for your business and what ki…
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Comment #6845235
I'm a former banker/pe/prop trader and this is completely garbage content. Are you sure you are an investment banker or a quant? This is stuff almost no banker cares about. Bitcoin…
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Comment #6830119
gold = bitcoin parity is a major resistance point. if you look at charts. huge volume but downward moving from 1240 level. traded as low as 840. that level 1 fibonacci retracement.…
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Bitcoin is done. Might as well as take your profits now.
http://bitcoinity.org/markets gg.
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Paul Walker from Fast and Furious is dead
http://mashable.com/2013/11/30/actor-paul-walker-dead-at-40/ Speed was a factor in the crash, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said. The wreck took place about 3:30 p.m. (6:…
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Ask HN: How long and how much would a geo-location based app cost to make?
any iOS developer have a price range? let's say design costs: 15-20k if i were to outsource it would the development cost like 50k or 150k if backend was figure out? i'm not talkin…
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Ask HN: How long does it take to learn how to code well
Enough to be a pretty competent full-stack rails coder? Let's say hypothetical person: above 130 iq, pretty good at math but not any crazy math guy, logical thinker, can dedicate 4…
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Ask HN: do hacker engage in Black Friday?
Or you guys think that it's a big waste of time? Is bargain hunting that important or is the opportunity cost of time not worth it? I would really like to know how hackers think an…
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Comment #6816755
thomas jefferson high? i have many successful friends who went to that school! this is a great first start. i agree with mcallan83. if there is a way to start mobile first then web…
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Comment #6815146
In 2013, there was this company that snapped pictures and took a comment. user engagement was through the roof among an unknown number of 15-23 year olds. Hundreds of millions of p…
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Comment #6813257
just as a sidenote: what are the chances you and bloodorange are talking about the same woman...
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Comment #6813245
congrats!!! where did you find her? tinder? ; )
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Ask HN: have you ever worked with a super smart female?
that could hold her own? I don't mean booksmart or IQ smart alone. I mean the whole package. There has to be some sprinkled everywhere but honestly, relative to my peers in top bus…
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Comment #6809324
ok. question is not about ui/mobile/web anything. it's how will you break chicken and egg. what's the creative marketing scheme to get that done? usually it involves cracking one s…
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Ask HN: What's worked in gaining traction for your business?
Look at this one company and why a lot of efforts weren't successful. Lesson: lack of focus in the customer funneling process. http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2013/11/26/one…
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Comment #6799032
More interesting than double-blind test is if each of the yc partners play fantasy startup. a) each pick his/her top 5 yc companies per batch that they think will be most successfu…
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Comment #6798979
Michael Jordan and Lebron James definitely get lucky... But I'd bet on them hitting that lucky shot more than 99% of other basketball players because they just know how to execute.…
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Comment #6798363
why start a company where every year the market size shrinks. unless you prove to me that churn is slower than the market realizes (e.g. netflix when it began) such that you can be…
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Comment #6792049
1) It is really hard to be a sole startup founder. I would advise against being a sole founder. 100% of 0 = 0. startups have binary outcomes (most of the times). 2) A product reall…
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Ask HN: anyone want to work on a side project with me?
want to start something that's more like a feature with potential to build a legit business on top of it. i can do the marketing/business end. you can do that technical end.some ex…
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Comment #6787236
awesome. would love to catch up and trade thoughts. just send me an email reechaurd@ gmail dot com
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Comment #6786341
completely agree with your statement. long term zero economic profit theory should state though as they move up the spectrum / take less risk (new entrants in their own space will …