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Jessica (the author of this article) is too nice to give this article the clickbaity title it deserves: "The 3 things it takes to be a successful startup founder".

You seem to be refuting claims I never made. I'm simply perplexed that so many people don't know this market exists (as is indicated/suggested by the number of upvotes).

Welcome to the world of black hat services => https://www.blackhatworld.com/forums/seo-packages.206/

Some examples that come to mind: click fraud, phishing, malware.

Is this actually news to people? This has been happening for decades. The purpose is largely for SEO / sometimes for actual traffic. Just go google "private blog networks" (pbn) or…

The person who was accused of "stealing customer data" was the other co-founder - not Adora (CEO & now YC partner). If you actually look into the details of the matter, what happen…

Worth noting that the proximate cause of death is often times largely uninformative as to why the startup actually failed. Most failed startups fit into the following timeline: was…

Interesting take! Why does this perspective make you bullish on Uber/Lyft? Isn't a large portion of their FCF tied to reducing labor costs by substituting drivers with self-driving…

> I don't think it can be understated how much saying 'no politics' is a political statement. I disagree, and I think you're grossly overstating it. I can see how you could charact…

Based on the precedent set by Uber, Waymo will be held financially responsible, but won't face criminal charges. I'd be interested in reading more about the liability insurance cov…

Let's place skepticism aside for a second and assume that full driverless tech will be fully operating in major metros soon. What does that mean for the rideshare business? Are Ube…

Just a few months ago, I recall many skeptics on HN claiming that full driverless technology was 10-20 years away. Do those people still think that it's going to take 10-20 years f…

>> I'm skeptical that driverless vehicles can factor in all the ways in which someone might maliciously cause accidents or damage to these vehicles You're probably right, but as lo…

I've never considered having a list of people I wouldn't work for, but now I do. It's one thing to have a strong opinion on morality -- it's another to support violence against oth…

You bring up many good points, none of which I strongly disagree with. My only point was that it's not "easy and obvious" to "buy his debt and use it as leverage to extract politic…

The argument you’re now outlining is not a subset of the arguments you previously listed (and I was referencing). I agree buybacks create adverse incentives. As I’ve stated elsewhe…

> It doesn't work this way. Companies aren't valued based on how much cash they have on hand. Uh, yea they are. A company’s valuation is based on both the cash they have on hand AN…

> Many companies buy back shares when it doesn't really make sense Many companies also issue dividends when it doesn’t really make sense. The overall level of shareholder compensat…

All of these arguments apply to dividends as well as share buybacks. And, therefore, do not support a shift back to dividends. If you compare the dividend yield of the s&p500 from …

> There is no change in the value of the company. There are fewer shares outstanding though which means each existing share is worth more. The company's value decreases by the buyb…

> How Corporations Scam Their Shareholders and Screw over Workers I don't see how workers are getting screwed. The main charge in the article is that executives take advantage of p…

> The opportunity to buy that debt and call it as leverage to extract political gain is so easy and obvious If this happened, you don't think he'd be able to get another institutio…

Yes, but I don't see how that applies to the subject matter at hand. There is no law that says an employer has to provide extra financial support to parents in extenuating circumst…