This looks really cool. Is the primary advantage of this, over something like LogRocket, that you can talk to users in real-time vs. also needing something like Intercom?
Practicing MMA (but any single art like Boxing, Wrestling, Muy Thai, etc would work) has definitely boosted my mental toughness. Once you step into a ring with someone who is trying to attack you, and come out okay, you realize you can handle pretty much anything.
Even if you don't spar, simply motivating yourself to go to practice can be tough. If you can walk into a room knowing you're going to be pinned and choked, you can walk into an interview/negotiation/meeting/date no problem.
Are smartphones really a commodity, when people spend hundreds of dollars more on the iPhone vs. Android competitors? With any platform certain aspects will become commotitized, but when you have to choose between building on one ecosystem or another, there will always be room for differentiation.
"Net loss for the quarter on a GAAP basis was $1.07 billion — larger than Uber's loss of $891 million in Q2, an increase that the company attributes to spending more on growth in "competitive markets" like the U.S., India and the Middle East, as well as on bikes and scooters."
I guess the question becomes, will these "competitive markets" ever not be competitive? Will Uber ever be able to 'win', or is the barrier to entry in any given city low enough that there's no way from they to ever build a sustainable business.
It took me a few takes to realize the website was experts-exchange.com, not expert-sex-change.com (Chalk it up to me being a child).
To your question, so much of the value of certain websites are in the community, such that a better UX/UI/Functionality doesn't solve any pain points. A lot of companies have tried disrupting Craigslist.org without too much success. Reddit.com is another website that is seemingly poorly designed, but extremely hard to disrupt.
"I’ve never met a recruiter on there." I am by no means a fan/regular user of LinkedIn, but if you are an engineer in the Bay Area, LinkedIn is pretty damn great for getting random dm's from recruiters.
This is really cool. I've wanted something like this for a while and have flirted with the idea of building something like this myself a few times. Great job on shipping something! Can't wait to play around with it.
I was really fascinated by this as well. I think it's a great idea. Where does the 15 hours/per developer/per week come from. Couldn't find more information about that anywhere on your website.
Most companies that I know of have a policy preventing employees from shorting/hedging their company's stock. I imagine virtually none of the shorts belong to current Tesla employees.
"Confluence is one of the best designed products I've ever worked with" is something I never thought I would hear. Building a wiki is admittedly a very hard problem, but you're the first person I'v seen, that loves Confluence.
I don't see how breaking up Facebook changes the fact that companies are financially incentivized to track and sell as much information on their customers as possible. Whether a monopoly or a collection of small companies, people follow incentives.
At less than $2,000,000/year, that's pocket change to FB ($30B in annual profit). Facebook probably spends more money on flavored seltzer water than that.
What would you recommend for someone who is starting a B2B SaaS business with a lot of product experience, but virtually no enterprise sales experience. Obviously, hiring someone with enterprise sales experience/connections is our main priority, but how would one go about learning? There aren't really bootcamps & online resources for learning sales.
The degree of offense-taken, doesn't necessarily reflect the validity of the thought. How a message is received by society, is obviously dependent on the society of that culture. Those philosophers you mentioned, were received in entirely different time periods and cultures. Saying Peterson's message is worse, because more people are offended today, than probably offended in 400 B.C. by Buddha's message, is completely ignoring context and not really a fair criticism.
Peterson gets a bad rap, by people sensationalizing his message and then labelling him as sexist and transphobic.
There has been a lot of discussion over the fact they are direct listing, instead of a traditional IPO, and how that will affect the price. However, does anyone know their motivation for doing a direct listing in the first place? They're still paying invest bankers and being 'engaged' with Morgan Stanley. So what's their reasoning, besides shits & giggles?
I am not saying they will or won't be able to do it profitably, but saying they won't be profitable because their product is a commodity seems wrong. People need and are willing to paying for commodities, it's a matter of whether or not Uber can execute.
Sure, but we need commodities and there are tons of profitable commodity businesses. If Uber is able to deliver ride cheaper than everyone else, they can make a ton of money, and the logistics and scheduling competencies can be applied to other verticals. That being said, I'm still pretty bearish on Uber's longterm success, and their current numbers do look pretty bad.
"Many investors, especially institutional ones have for years thought the stock market has been over priced but where else to park money because interest rates are too low?"
What information are you basing this off of? I'm not doubting you, just curious as to where one could find that sort of sentiment of institutional investors?
I disagree. You need to have someway of filtering out companies that don't have potential. These 'gateways' are vetting on behalf of investors who don't have the time/resources to perform a rigorous due diligence of everyone who wants funding. Without any sort of closed system, investors would get swarmed with people asking for money. ICOs are interesting, but how do you get around the scams and pretenders without any sort of filter, if anyone can host an ICO?
To add more information, I built something for a HackWeek at the company, that they now want to patent (with me as the named inventor). However, I have been considering quitting and doing a startup which would involve the thing they are trying to patent, in a small way. If I sign the papers, does this prevent me from using similar software techniques at my future startup?
I think there is another piece to this. Buying a cup of coffee means I get a cup of coffee. Buying your $0.99 app means I have the right to trade my time for whatever your app provides. The reason I don't buy apps is because I don't have the time to spend on your app, not because I think the $1 is strictly more valuable elsewhere.
If I understand you correctly: You whip up a bootstrap page that describes the product with a 'beta sign-up & pay' button, and if enough people sign up and pay, you build it?
- What sort of demo do you have on the website? Or is it just a basic description of the product and a list of features?
- Does this mean you get payment processing setup before development every time?
- How do you manage returning money if you decide not to do it?
Yeah, one of big reasons I preferred Uber over a traditional taxi was not needing to worry about how much I'm supposed to tip. I would much rather the driver make a fair wage, than have to figure out what to tip in each different situation.
I agree with you 100%. However, the $INDUSTRY label that a company receives, is often a huge factor in its valuation. Compare the forward P/E of Netflix vs. other entertainment companies getting into streaming. Netflix receives a significantly higher P/E due it being considered (right or wrong) a 'Tech' stock with more growth potential.