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reach_kapil

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About reach_kapil

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    Ask HN: Can Theranos recover from this point onwards?

    After WSJ debacle, can theranos really recover? This just sounds so bad after its $9 billion valuation looking like all smoke!

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    You are right. From business perspective they are diversifying and making its bigger and better. Which in all fairness is fine. I was mostly talking about decline in consumer senti…

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    HR at google will try to negotiate no more than 10-15% for your offer(if this is entry to mid level position) If you really want to negotiate a better offer, you will to include no…

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    Ask HN: Has Apple lost its way? Is their decline imminent?

    I have been hearing a lot of complaints, issues all around the news and people I meet or talk to about decline in Customer service, brand equity, confidence, brand affinity etc. Ar…

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    Will Bear market bring Cash flow constraint to Startup funding?

    Dark times ahead or just a minor correction?

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    Ask HN: What is the next revolution in Smartphone could look like?

    Smartphones have revolunized the way we communicate. Wonder what will our kids use. Sure I am not saying wearables or IoT but smartphones in the next 5-7 years. is it possible to r…

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    Comment #10095207

    Big Flop. Modular smartphones provide iterative benefit not revolutionary. Until you have revolutionary breakthrough in product (more software than hardware since hardware is easy …

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    Sounds more like a Quora question. Lot of such questions could be answered on that forum. Try checking it out. Plus, its not always easy to start a startup and have name tags to yo…

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    To give you a philosophical answer. People usually have two situations in life where they make such decision. One where Passion wins and other where Salary(benefits). Almost overti…

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    I don't think it matters at this moment. They are on a well good trajectory which is only going to change when they decide to go for IPO. Till then, Snapchat is Uber (the growth ma…

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    Ask HN: Is it worth buying existing smartwatches? Or these will eventually fade?

    With the slew of smart watches (that exactly look similar to each other) like FOSSIL, MOTO360, SAMSUNG GEAR, and APPLE Watch, why do you guys think I should stop wearing my traditi…

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    I am not sure what your idea is, but there are lot of assumptions you are making. 1. You are assuming you will get funding in near future 2. You are assuming you will get employees…

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    Technical folks are driven by challenges. If you really want to meet or know technical people, you have to yourself start working on "impossible" task. Once you struggle, you can a…

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    Yes, we could do that to gain traffic and momentum. However we are trying to figure our product/market fit first. We want to make sure that we can make people fall in love with our…

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    Yes, thats true. This is the nature of any new technology adoption curve. Everything starts with figuring out the target market. We are also stuck in the same phase. We are on a mi…

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    Ask HN: What is the best way to get attention of VR early adopters?

    We are working on VR app that we think will change the way people interact via immersive communication on-the-go. We want to genuinely build a audience that cares about the problem…

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    Comment #9932034

    I will order the book. really appreciate your advice

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    Comment #9932030

    Thanks for your advice.

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    Comment #9930963

    Thanks for your list

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    Comment #9930958

    Thats pretty cool! would love to share that list with some of my entrepreneur friends that need them. You can share dropbox link if you like.