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They can be successful at it at scale because they already have a massive supply of drivers that they can allocate to rides or picking up food.

Amazon’s food delivery failed and closed last month. Caviar was sold to Doordash. Postmates is struggling.

it's literally $325 right now so what's not correct?

i mean it's a big reason why snapchat is worth what it is today.

edit: by that i mean, it's a big reason why they got a lot of their users.

Gilt is a poor example because it's a nearly out of business discount shop. but Mr porter and most online stores will offer free shipping and returns. The exception are a lot of brand specific pages - 7formankind i always found to be really bad. But try all the hundreds of boutique web stores - i've never seen them charge for return shipping.

Why would this be an illegal one? It has the potential to be a big force one day but nothing near that now and WF and grocery delivery both have lots of competition.

No. That's what out of touch adults in tech thought.

They prob cant fire him but they can say that hes a big punching bag right now and bringing extra negative attention and he needs a break.

lyft somewhat had first mover advantage in SF. Uber had first mover advantage in every other city. Uber already existed in SF and was doing black car rides and a lot of people in NY/SF knew of it - which Uber used to leapfrog Lyft's first move advantage.

not sure where you got the slimfast nutritional info but they have 1g of sugar: http://slimfast.com/advanced-nutrition/#shakes

if it had that much sugar, it wouldve never gained a reputation for losing weight.

Football is much more tough than hockey and needs recovery time. Hockey is tough but Football you have running backs/WRs getting hit on every other play. You have the QB getting knocked down 3-5 times a game. The the offensive line is having a pushing and hand war with the defensive line on every single play while playing strategically and covering additional players. The WRs have to sprint on every play. And for special teams you have the opposite team running at you as you run at them.

i don't get this. You get a better view of the game on tv (multi-angles, commentary, etc.). You go to arenas for the experience, of getting there beforehand, tailgating, going with your friends/kids. You get a worse view but you get a better experience. Why would you use VR for a worse view without the experience?

that's true but it limits the growth potential and reach. Let Snapchat take a good portion of the teen market, while FB goes after everyone else.

because you want to incentivize homebuying. Homebuying isn't just an investment. When your mortgage is paid off, it also means your cost of living when you can no longer work is much lower. It also means that you're less likely to be homeless or rely heavily on social services when you can no longer work. Homebuying also spurs a MASSIVE industry of homebuilding, and home furnishing, upgrading, etc.

you're probably thinking of Pandora's CTO who has a gorgeous house there. Spotify's founders are from/live in Sweden.

for their private jets

"Signature's project includes seven hangars for corporate jets, with five of those hangars to be used by Blue City Holdings, its primary tenant. That company will manage aircraft for Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, whose private jets are now parked at Moffett Field, where their lease is up next year."

not necessarily. a lot of Uber's drivers use cars that are financed through Uber and are effectively locked into Uber for 5 years (unless they step out of ridesharing). This is how Uber has been able to maintain a huge supply with great cars (vs. you don't know what you'll get with Lyft).

Asymco did a look into this last week http://www.asymco.com/2015/01/22/bigger-than-hollywood/

How does this say anything about a bubble? if this were 1999, he wouldn't need to drive Uber cause his startup would be able to raise a couple million

they said in their faq that they won't be taking a cut. Either this is purely for improving the ecosystem, or they're getting a cut from banks for cutting down fraud.

replied to another comment with this, but:

- there's a large community aspect to it. large community of editors who analyze lyrics and discussions

- strong reputation within the hip hop community, a ton of artists will describe what certain lyrics mean and what their inspiration was for the song. It's a big way for artists to connect to their fans and it's used by a lot

- The preferred lyrics site for hip hop fans. Instead of searching through google and getting a top hit, people go to rapgenius and search. They're trying to be THE source for lyrics and annotations, not just a source you randomly find

- they're trying to expand this to other genres (rock, poetry, literature, etc.). they've had some success but being so tied to rapgenius hurt them (rock.rapgenius.com before, rock.genius.com now)

Don't have those details but some pts:

- there's a large community aspect to it. large community of editors who analyze lyrics and discussions

- strong reputation within the hip hop community, a ton of artists will describe what certain lyrics mean and what their inspiration was for the song. It's a big way for artists to connect to their fans and it's used by a lot

- The preferred lyrics site for hip hop fans. Instead of searching through google and getting a top hit, people go to rapgenius and search. They're trying to be THE source for lyrics and annotations, not just a source you randomly find

- they're trying to expand this to other genres (rock, poetry, literature, etc.). they've had some success but being so tied to rapgenius hurt them (rock.rapgenius.com before, rock.genius.com now)

this isn't similar at all...

The SMS piece is a server issue with all the traffic they had today. It should be instant but it's been delayed all day for people, was fine when I first signed up. Once it does, your phone number will be verified and it'll connect people in your phone book like Snapchat, Whatsapp, Secret, etc.

well they're not allowed on iOS so no

Yes. $2-3 for games for quality users, and going up significantly once there's a mobile payments solution that works.

They were the first good option on Android and iOS and Blackberry when Blackberry was going down hill. In countries where BBM was strong and then started to fade, users went to WhatsApp. It used your phone number so everyone in your address book was using WhatsApp. I saw this first hand in Canada. Kik also did well but didn't gain traction like WhatsApp. Line & WeChat were/are East Asia focused. MessageMe was late to the game.

Clumsy Ninja was never meant to make a ton of money. It was to show off their tech - they also sell highly valuable middleware for games.

Yes any genre. The game is very different. A reason why is because then every game is going to argue that their game is a different style. You're opening a can of worms.

Candy Crush Saga, Papa Pear Saga, Bubble Witch Saga, Fruit Heroes Saga are all pretty huge games. It's clear that Saga is part of King's brand. Games will come out and try to use that same name style to reap the benefits. Jewel Blitz Saga can come out from some random developer and people will download it thinking it is King's because it's the same branding. Not saying Banner Saga is doing this at all, but if they ignore them, then the trademark is pretty much invalid because any other developer will come in and say "they let those guys go, so they can't go after us either" and then trademark patents are useless. This trademark only applies to online games.

I've taken UberX to the airport and it's been $5 over the cost of a cab when I take a cab.

The reason Uber black car costs $65 (not sure if they charge more from Presidio) is because it is still cheaper than taking a black car limo from an agency. Black car is a luxury good.

Uber is great for within the city and UberX is now cheaper than a cab in a lot of cases. $7 home for me vs $12 for a cab. It replaces cars for a lot of people and the demand they've had for it shows that it IS sustainable. It's an amazing alternative over cabs, price included.