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zazpowered··on L.A.'s booming tech scene gets its own publication to cover it
GOAT
zazpowered··on Ask HN: Actively looking for co-founders for my growing startup
How are you getting users?
zazpowered··on Ask HN: Who are the next FAANGs?
none of those
zazpowered··on Interview with Sam Altman from the High Growth Handbook
You would disagree with all of those statements?
zazpowered··on Launch HN: Frey (YC S18) – Laundry and Clothing Care Products Tailored for Men
Those all probably seemed like smaller things when they first launched
zazpowered··on Stock trade app Robinhood raising at $5B+, up 4X in a year
Bank of America basically has this with Merill Edge and you also get free trades if you have over $50k
zazpowered··on Turning Down a Blockchain Job Offer
Ethereum or another blockchain?
zazpowered··on Bitcoin (BTC) is up by +22% in a single day, valued at over $14,600
If 98% of the population think it's in a bubble then it's probably not in a bubble
zazpowered··on People have spent over $1M buying virtual cats on the Ethereum blockchain
Beanie babies used to be ~10% of ebay's sell volume
zazpowered··on Gambler hits $1.4M jackpot, casino says bingo machine “malfunctioned
Yep. Look into Funfair (https://funfair.io)
zazpowered··on Ethereum Price Climbs to $360; Crypto Market Cap Pierces $160B
Yep. A lot of ppl making a killing right now
zazpowered··on Launch HN: PullRequest (YC S17) – On-Demand Code Review
This could work well for Ethereum smart contracts
zazpowered··on Essential Phone, available now
That obviously varies by person. Why do you think people get different cases or make modifications to their phones?
zazpowered··on Launch HN: Guggy (YC S17) – Make your friends laugh with personalized GIFs
Where are you guys serving 4m gifs? the API? Doesn't seem like the apps are that popular. Also the name might need work because it doesn't sound very appealing
zazpowered··on Show HN: Dharma – Programmable Peer-To-Peer Loans Using Ethereum Smart Contracts
Could something like Civic.com be used for this?
zazpowered··on SEC Issues Report Concluding DAO Tokens, a Digital Asset, Were Securities
Yeah it seems like people already knew it was a gray area so they did it as a precaution. I don't think this SEC notice changes very much.
zazpowered··on SEC Issues Report Concluding DAO Tokens, a Digital Asset, Were Securities
Most ICOs already try to block US contributors but it's usually only based on IP which can easily be gamed
zazpowered··on Ask HN: I have Bitcoin in Coinbase, what should I do before the forks?
I moved mine to my own wallet on Electrum https://electrum.org/#home
zazpowered··on Bankrupt Mt. Gox may soon be able to pay its creditors
They could use something like https://cumberlandmining.com/ and not affect the markets
zazpowered··on Canada Wants Silicon Valley’s Tech Employees
That's part of the article
zazpowered··on VCs Put $110M into Grammar-Checking Software
SimilarWeb is showing 30m monthly website visitors https://www.similarweb.com/website/grammarly.com

I could see why their daily user engagement would be really good but I wonder what their paid conversion rate is because I imagine it wouldn't be that great in the US.

zazpowered··on Hackpad shutting down
http://svdictionary.com/words/awesome-journey
zazpowered··on IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe
Those sites don't include employees who will stay on the to run the company. You also don't think Stripe paid a premium over what the site would have fetched in a flippa sale?
zazpowered··on IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe
They didn't buy the site really for the revenue so it's hard to go off of that when estimating acquisition price
zazpowered··on Landed (YC W16) on why teacher home-ownership is central to improving schools
This is kinda like point.com right?
zazpowered··on Ask HN: Building a side project that makes money. Where to start?
What's the app if you dont mind sharing. Or at least a vague idea of what it is
zazpowered··on What's The End Goal for Wealthfront and Betterment? (2016)
VTI is less diversified, you basically only have US stocks. I probably wouldn't mind being only invested VTI but some people want more diversification.
zazpowered··on What's The End Goal for Wealthfront and Betterment? (2016)
I use Wisebanyan as well and would recommend it
zazpowered··on What's The End Goal for Wealthfront and Betterment? (2016)
If you guys want to see a comparison of historical performance and fees of the top robo-advisors check this out https://senzu.io/investing/robo-advisors
zazpowered··on Ask HN: Quitting with no side income but a lot of savings?
I've done this before to work on my own projects. It turned out fine for me but obviously you won't be making money during this time so you may be set back on things like buying a house.
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