> millions of people's health and lives were put in danger due to inaccurate blood test results
A bit of hyperbole there. It was only used in some Walgreen's in Phoenix.
TV series about startup failures
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#92I think Halt and Catch fire remains the best show about startup life and the personal story arcs are bang on in my experience
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
What technology has come out in the last decade that isn't an increment or miniaturization?
I would argue that the mobile communications device called the "iPhone" is one of the most significant technology innovations developed in the past 100 years. Love it, hate it, whatever, but it completely revolutionized what is practically access to "everything". You will be hard pressed to find an American consumer, from the richest guy to homeless people on the street that don't have a mobile communications device…
IPhone was 2007, 16 years ago, which is more than the decade the OP asked for.
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Yeah, I agree, I have no idea why people keep investing in companies that don't turn a profit, or companies that seemingly don't care about being profitable. It doesn't seem like most startups are interested in being sustainable, they're just interested in reaching the next funding stage, and eventually getting a big payout.
I can see the rationale for investing in a company that isn’t profitable but could be, and has just opted to grow instead. Amazon, right? But I don’t see where Spotify’s “profit” switch is.
Exactly the same for Spotify, they haven't started squeezing yet which Amazon started doing a long time ago. Spotify reinvests a lot of money in itself still.
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#95"The Aviator" [1] about Howard Hughes? Love to also talk about real startups movies without failure as a main theme. For example, "The Social Network" (includes Winklevoss and Eduardo Saverin "failures"). We have other non-fictional ones such as "The Founder" [2] about McDonalds. Classic: "Pirates of Silicon Valley". Ford v Ferrari (amazing if you have not seen it) [3]. And what about "Citizen Kane" [4]? The Fabelman…
If we are talking just general business movies, some more are: 'The Big Short', 'Wolf of Wall Street'.
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#96I think Halt and Catch fire remains the best show about startup life and the personal story arcs are bang on in my experience
It sprang to mind as soon as I saw the title of the post. One of my favourite ever programmes. It was on Prime in the UK but vanished some time ago.
Re: TV series about startup failures
#97"The Aviator" [1] about Howard Hughes? Love to also talk about real startups movies without failure as a main theme. For example, "The Social Network" (includes Winklevoss and Eduardo Saverin "failures"). We have other non-fictional ones such as "The Founder" [2] about McDonalds. Classic: "Pirates of Silicon Valley". Ford v Ferrari (amazing if you have not seen it) [3]. And what about "Citizen Kane" [4]? The Fabelman…
If we are talking just general business movies, some more are: 'The Big Short', 'Wolf of Wall Street'.
Yes, and I also recommend the new Netflix series "Rough Diamonds" which mixes business and mafia.
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15469192/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_8_tt_...
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Too bad that TJ Miller (Elrich Bachman) probably won't be associated with it.
Pretty much the entire cast was great, but the standouts were, IMO: TJ Miller (Erlich) Martin Starr (Gilfoyle) Zach Woods (Jared) Kumail Nanjiani (Dinesh) (in roughly this order) [Honorary mention: Henry Phillips (John, the datacenter guy)]
Uhm have you forgotten the incredible talents of Russ hanneman? (Chris Diamantopoulos)
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can see the rationale for investing in a company that isn’t profitable but could be, and has just opted to grow instead. Amazon, right? But I don’t see where Spotify’s “profit” switch is.
Exactly the same for Spotify, they haven't started squeezing yet which Amazon started doing a long time ago. Spotify reinvests a lot of money in itself still.
Who is Spotify expected to be able to squeeze?
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pretty much the entire cast was great, but the standouts were, IMO: TJ Miller (Erlich) Martin Starr (Gilfoyle) Zach Woods (Jared) Kumail Nanjiani (Dinesh) (in roughly this order) [Honorary mention: Henry Phillips (John, the datacenter guy)]
Uhm have you forgotten the incredible talents of Russ hanneman? (Chris Diamantopoulos)
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