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Comment #26644521
That's true.. though you could also look at it the other way which is that they didn't capitalize effectively enough to stay competitive with Asana. The niche is not always a safe …
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Comment #25692490
As much as I love not having to see Trump on Twitter now.. the future of social media is going to be fully decentralized and distributed (whether we like it or not). The Free World…
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Comment #24225045
CEO is the primary but everyone in a startup needs to take responsibility for this. The core goal of a startup is to discover a "scalable and repeatable" business model. https://st…
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Comment #19873678
Bye!
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Why is tech salary growth so much slower than market growth?
FAANG stocks have gone up 4.4X in market value in the last 5 years[1] but average salary for software engineers has only increased 30%[2]. Why is that? A few possible explanations:…
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Comment #17015462
Love this. I'm as harsh of a critic of organized religion as you'll find but I think secular culture has a lot to learn in terms of how religious rituals and habits can foster huma…
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Comment #16397652
With you until that last part.. older populations that go through diabetes prevention / weight loss programs actually do better than younger folks. Also, "if they actually care eno…
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Comment #16397573
Also, non-insulin dependent which lowers the risk considerably
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Comment #16397569
We've known that low-calorie dieting has this effect for some time; unless I'm missing something, this looks like solid confirmation of this point but isn't adding much knew to our…
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Comment #12868239
Or.. its just a reflection of the market they're in. Understanding how much innovation opportunity is left in a market/category is a huge part of identifying whether you should con…
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Comment #11625747
Love this but they're really not holding one of these in the Bay Area? -_-
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Comment #10883321
With the rise of scientific thinking, we're seeing a rapid increase in the number of folks who identify as agnostic or athiest [1]. This is natural given that the tenets of most ma…
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Comment #10636449
Related? http://www.alchemyapi.com/
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Comment #10599263
One aspect that I haven't seen mentioned here is that these ads are also designed to improve patient adherence. So you have 30 million prescriptions of zoloft prescribed in the US …
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Comment #10599262
One aspect that I haven't seen mentioned here is that these ads are also designed to improve patient adherence. So you have 30 million prescriptions of zoloft prescribed in the US …
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Ask HN: Self-destructing email?
Does anyone have recommendations for services that allow you to send long form content that is self-destructing / ephemeral? Or can at least be deleted by the sender from all recip…
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Comment #9636800
Is there a professional VST version of this? Or something similar? Sounds beautiful and love that it isn't sample based.
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Comment #9613150
Great comment! The data shows a quickly growing social network and ad business (despite a lot of the naysaying in these comments). From my personal observations, younger folks are …
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Comment #9518181
There's a difference between generating business value and generating profit. It's common for founders to get liquidity during financing events and this typically involves a sale o…
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Comment #9510262
One of the aspects of Elon's work that I think is brilliant is his ability to craft business strategies that are achievable given his current resources and then build on top of his…
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Comment #9283090
Having taken quite a few cabs in DF (lived in Roma for a couple months), the uber-bashing in this thread is perplexing. Cab drivers in DF routinely don't follow rules - they often …
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Comment #9201093
Product designer @ Stride Health here. We actually work closely with TaskRabbit to help Taskers signup for coverage. Single payer would be pretty awesome but the next best thing is…