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pxlpshr
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About pxlpshr
- Co-founder of First Dollar, infrastructure for health spending benefits - or 'Stripe for Healthcare'. Acquired by Inspira Financial in 2024.
- Co-founder of Patient IO, a health tech startup acquired by athenahealth ($ATHN) in 2016.
- Founder of Plerts, an early global emergency response service for the iPhone underwritten by Lloyd's of London. Acq-hired by Rev Worldwide in 2010.
- Cut teeth at GaimTheory, a multiplayer platform startup with tech licensed by id Software for Quake Live and Riot Games' for League of Legends in 2007. Failed.
Find me on Twitter (@colin) or Facebook (/colin). #42 #ff6600
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I'm sorry but there's no correlation to AMZN's stock price reaching all-time highs. 1) The entire world was caught in a two-year pandemic and caused e-commerce to exceed retail spe…
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Comment #33352205
One of my first startup experiences was working on the multiplayer platform that supported Quake Live. We eventually licensed it to Riot Games for what became League of Legends but…
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Comment #31009961
This is exactly right. I use to build these bots in Visual Basic back in the 90s which is what led me down this path.
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Comment #30460375
The fact that you assign innovation purely to science/engineering is why many startups fail. You don't seem to recognize that innovation happens across all segments of the business…
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Comment #29021146
This is exactly how I feel as an end-user over the same time period to the point that I don't even login anymore except for work. It's exhausting and it's no longer about the proje…
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Comment #26591419
In my experience working in finance and healthcare as a founder, education and cash flow needs box out poor people from conventional banking; they live check to check, public schoo…
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Comment #25863579
Same!! So many fond memories of the early web. I miss what was that "new frontier" feeling.
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Comment #22503311
I may be misunderstanding your question but I'm a big fan of Denon (or Marantz) receivers w/ HEOS. Their AVR line can support up to 3 zones and can be paired together. I have 11.2 …
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Comment #22128290
I use Personal Capital and love it. It's just better when you have a variety of 15+ assets and supports things like Carta. Admittedly, it's been a long time since I used Mint but I…
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Comment #22015255
I didn't fully appreciate the value of our data room until it mattered. Since the last deal, we've kept our data room impeccable and exceptionally granular. We're also way more sen…
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Comment #21951608
Direct primary care is (generally) much cheaper for better quality/more holistic care. I think DPC is particularly attractive if you’re a low utilizer on an HDHP and never hit your…
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Comment #21232228
The 'problem' you just described has nothing to do with crypto-currency as the 'solution'. Apple Pay is the most frictionless payment system I've used, can integrate with the brows…
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Comment #20354284
The comments in this thread are hilarious. I guess some of you all have forgotten about that can of duster you’ve relied on for the last 30+ years to clean the muck from just about…
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Comment #19868077
I've been there the last 3 years in a row and had the exact opposite experience as you.
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Comment #19265395
Size and shape reminds me of the arguement the music industry made about CD packaging and inserts being tangible, value-adds to the listening experience. Turns out, especially with…
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Comment #19055228
I find Dark Sky to be the best forecasting tool for weather within the hour. It's almost always ahead of all the other apps in terms of the latest forecast.
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Comment #18860210
I don't even know that many people who "store value in gold". The ones that do are usually also the people screaming that the sky is falling, at which point I favor guns, ammunitio…
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Comment #18376690
That's preposterous. Healthcare startups are doing just fine managing HIPAA, which includes up to $1M fine and prison time for violating patient privacy.
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Comment #18207307
I travel a lot. The problem isn't your first bag, it's that a lot of people also store their second bag in overhead which should go at their feet but they want to stretch their leg…
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Comment #18207288
Google "travel hacking", learn the game, play the game, and then thank me later. :)
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Comment #17933642
I don't disagree, I think it's a great opportunity for Amazon to make this a big win for their optics - externally for consumers who are starting to view them as the new Walmart an…
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Comment #17931315
A lot of finger pointing at Amazon but most of the employment demands from the 'union' have been characteristics of Whole Foods since looonnngg before the aquisition. For example, …
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https://info.rapidsos.com/blog/bringing-apple-device-locatio...
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Comment #17341078
I built this about 6 years ago with Lloyd's of London as the underwriter for medical evacuation and search & rescue services. We were way to early for smartphone market, but the GE…
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Comment #17247385
Correct. "one of the fastest..." is more accurate. The new m4's beat the i3 0-30 but only by a few fractions. In any event, it's very very fast for an urban commuter and I annoy pl…