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mrwhy2k

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About mrwhy2k

Angel investor that has invested in YC startups.

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    Comment #5646859

    Business Insider Sucks. I think they hire teenagers from a local high school newspaper to pump this shit out in 60 seconds.

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    Comment #5572312

    Nothing happened. This data is incomplete, "expectation that the dip won't look quite so severe when additional information comes in." And if you look at the other charts, everythi…

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    Comment #5516627

    Just for the record, I remember ZeroCater's demo day and it seemed like they were already off and running without needing to raise more money. At least that was the feeling I got w…

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    Comment #5516616

    Anyone can pop up their alexa ranks in the short term, but long term you still need retention, which equals traction. Typically higher the rank, the better you're doing.

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    Comment #5516600

    I basically agree with this, putting an order on this list might have irked some people, but a list of companies to follow in no particular order might have worked better.

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    Comment #5515862

    I like most of your lists and creativity, but this one isn't very helpful and it feels like you're reaching. After a site cracks the Alexa top 10,000, it becomes a lot harder to mo…

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    Comment #5508074

    I don't think your first report was bugged, but just by using the TC data and showing the flaws should hopefully get people to keep it updated.

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    Comment #5502275

    HN will send more traffic than your mentions in magazines.

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    Comment #5462695

    I think that sounds like a fair price based on other acquisitions taking place. You can see how many DAU they had on FB, they were thriving.

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    Comment #5448140

    Well they are in stealth... so commenting on them on hacker news or in public forums would go against the whole stealth mode concept PG put in place.

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    Comment #5432989

    FB big data will soon be able to predict your next bowel movement and recommend reading material based on your Likes.

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    Comment #5432966

    Perhaps this is obvious, but how do you perform "testing" for prototypes?

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    Comment #5413604

    You should look at Alexa for world traffic vs US traffic, not many YC companies are targeting international users yet but are very successful in the US. Take into account FB/Twitte…

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    Comment #2463380

    A&H has been making some big investments, but this looks to be smaller, safer and perhaps a better bet for them.

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    Comment #2458167

    Holy crap... someone still uses LiveJournal as their blog.