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The business typically only makes 25% of what they would have. A restaurant cannot survive on that margin. And most Grouponers are bottom-feeders. Just looking for a deal. They're …

This it the epitome of Startup Weekends' short fall. You simply can't start a company in a weekend. Even moreso, you can't expect to start a company with a bunch of random people y…

I disagree. Homejoy solved the annoying issues of waiting for quotes, not being able to reach your cleaner, having to sort through reviews, ect.

Honestly that sounds like you got what you deserved. Canceling the day of causes all sorts of logistical issues. You can hardly blame them for that.

This article is terrible. It cites no real sources to back up it's claims of reacharounds and churn problems. It's one person's speculation.

lawnstarter.workable.com Austin, TX: ONSITE VP of Engineering Growth Engineer Front-end Developers Back-end Developers UX/UI Developers LawnStarter raised a $6 million series A fro…

What is better, owning 1% of a $1mm company or 0.5% of a $5mm company? That's why you shouldn't worry about dilution.

You do not properly understand equity. If I'm a founder and I own 100% then give up half the company to investors, that 50% I give up better improve my overall outcome by at least …

Stock is not free. Equity is expensive if you're working for a good company. As a founder I would much rather pay out cash , but that's generally not what people are after (esp dir…

Founders don't take dilution unless it makes each existing share more valuable. Unless it's a down round of course. Dilution is life; just accept it. No employee or founder stock w…

There are plenty of people who join startups for the upside, and would gladly give up a certain amount of salary for options. Especially super-experienced people who are well-off, …

These coding bootcamps are popping up everywhere. Does anybody have experience hiring out of them? Any reasons not to?

This conversation again?

This is so idiotic. Click/share-bait at it's finest. Yes, there are awful powerpoint presentations. Yet as someone who has worked at a company where business cases and data visuali…

I'd love to hear more discussion on the statement "My thought is that party rounds tend to leave companies without an investor who cares enough or has pockets deep enough to bridge…

I'd love to hear more discussion on the statement "My thought is that party rounds tend to leave companies without an investor who cares enough or has pockets deep enough to bridge…

OP here. It's not meant to replace mixpanel. It's to visualize KPIs that most startups have to pull from their MYSQL databases. Such as total customers, churn, ect. You would never…

The biggest bias in the discussion that occurs on HN, is that most people commenting are engineers. Programming is inherently heads down, whereas a large number of professional job…