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prakster
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Comment #17212565
Wonder what will it take for Deepak Chopra to stop his quantum psychobabble. Even this didn't do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXewVWUKAM
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Comment #16638478
I love your idea. And there's a huge market of individuals living on Excel that will pay you for doing this. Congrats!
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Comment #16007377
Solution: Self driving planes.
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Comment #15938105
Why not?
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Comment #15929625
Also, not $100M+, but ShipStation sold to Stamps.com for $75 Million in 2014.
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Comment #15929405
Any recent examples in the $100 Million plus arena?
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Ask HN: Examples of large exits without VC Funding?
Just asking for self-motivational purposes! For example: 1. Plenty Of Fish sold to Match Group in 2012 for $575 Million, by sole founder Markus Frind.
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Comment #13593558
Came across this site a few minutes back as an email referral. Supposedly pays you in gold. I've never heard of the company, and don't know whether it's legit.
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Comment #12867367
Should be fine now. I think they were making some changes around the time you saw that aberration.
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Comment #12856226
We're building a tool that discloses shipping prices AND delivery dates up front, as soon as you add a product to the Cart. Here's a popular site that uses it: http://store.hufworl…
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Ask HN: Tech Crunch's August Capital Summer Party – Has Anyone Benefited?
Wondering if this well-touted event has benefited startup entrepreneurs seeking pre-seed or seed financing. Would love to hear both positive and negative experiences.
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Comment #9128229
"...won't be seeing anything approaching 800 mph". So what would it be? 80 mph? What a cop out.
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Comment #8995148
More info: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/03/yahoos-small-business...
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Comment #8871129
How do I sign up?
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Comment #8374581
Thanks for the clarification, Carolynn. How much of that $120k total investment goes to purchasing the Common Stock?
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Ask HN: Does YC Invest “Common Stock” or “Preferred Stock”?
Just looking for a straight answer from anyone that knows for sure. I had always thought that YC purchased straight Common Stock for their 7% equity. This page [http://www.ycombina…
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Comment #8230115
Excellent observation, China!
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Comment #7984509
Oh, I see. Aggregates consumer demand for a given product and negotiates a discount for it.
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Comment #7984396
What is Massdrop? Website doesn't say much.
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Comment #7960050
Um...I don't see it in your profile.
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Comment #7958682
Finspin, Interested in learning more. Could connect you to the ex-cofounder of a popular car parts company.
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Comment #7918826
Good work. Just one point of clarification, if you can: RE: "There are approximately 110,000 ecommerce websites generating revenue of meaningful scale on the internet." Can you rou…