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prakster

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About 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 #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…