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rafe33

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    Comment #14179054

    Further proof it's a pure commodity service and customer satisfaction is the most important metric for them to measure.

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    Comment #14179043

    Yes. And why didn't he explain how he turned the table on his high school bullies. Odd to include that psycho analysis and then leave out any details there.

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    Comment #14178590

    If you read the article, it helped ensure that no drivers were scamming them by creating repeat fake customer accounts to increase the payout bonus.

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    Comment #8329420

    I'm not sure why any venture backed startup, in an area that has local talent, would want to deliberately go the remote workforce route. It hampers your ability to scale, hurts you…

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    Comment #7528031

    No. He doesn't just think it. He donated a substantial amount of money to force his views on others.

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    Comment #7514540

    Just curious. What about when he was CTO? I agree his beliefs and actions are gross, but why were their no calls for him to resign sooner?

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    Comment #7472930

    No no guys Instagram also released direct messaging.

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    Comment #7470385

    I'm disappointed for oculus that anyone bought them. They had a chance to lead the next generation of companies in revolutionising media... To BE the next Sony. Kudos to Facebook f…

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    Comment #7414766

    There is a theory that the rapid ascent to 45,000 feet was done to deprive the passengers of oxygen and incapacitate them.

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    Comment #7038734

    I hope it works out. My personal rule to live by: Never hire someone you can't fire.

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    Comment #7011804

    It's also a massively profitable industry. It would do for the car industry what android previously has done for them in mobile.

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    Comment #6694301

    Uh, "Path is worth $550 million" ?! What crack is he smoking?

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    Comment #6049398

    That's actually a great point. The cynic in me wants to believe this.

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    Comment #5939686

    Maybe I missed it, but WHY does your startup have 30 days to live? You ran out of money and have no raise potential? How could your employee and cofounder not know this already?

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    Comment #5715463

    Yes, and on top of that, you want a payroll service brand to speak to its professionalism and reliability. Not edgy "hipness" (especially if you are failing hard at that aspect).

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    Comment #3409907

    How can you share stats when you aren't doing well though? Won't that just hurt your startup?