Yep. They're locking in their upside to offset for the risk they see in putting in $5 million. 3x preferred is either a weak founder with a good company or more likely an ok founder desperate for funding and therefore pretty high risk for the investor.
tbf, on the TdF by nature you're often staying in small and medium-sized towns with a huge mixed bag of accommodation choices. Air conditioning was often not even a given.
I think the answer is mostly there in the fact they start the season at 88%. However, I'm sure there are cumulative effects on athletes who play for multiple seasons
Yes! And one way (not the only way) to increase your chances of survival is by working harder than normal to get to a product/revenue point where you can make it. Again, all I'm asking is if the startup is very clear about expectations going into the role is that ok? We have very low unemployment right now so it's not like skilled technology workers don't have a lot of choices. Is there any way to ethically create a startup in today's age and expect people will work more than government mandated hours?
What if during the interviewing process they're very clear that they are a startup that isn't a normal job and the trade off is equity and a great cheque in 2-5 years?
Yes, that's where I'd focus my efforts. Stay focused on the positives here vs bitterness and negatives. Continue doing what you're doing, which is to utilize the current situation for as much awareness building as possible for your niche application. Have you seen an uptick in interest since this all began? Good luck to you.
I think that's fair. I also think you represent the initial use case and one that's still very relevant today. WeWork has made it clear though that real growth for them now needs to come from mid and large companies willing to use their services at scale and have had some success doing that. I would pivot a little away from OP's "human sentimental" angle and more towards "this obvious ethical lapse, and a board that can't or won't control it" will make those larger organizations pause before becoming too dependent upon WeWork.
In Durham NC, we went from zero to 3 new dockless bike share programs on the streets in the same week! I personally think it's great, but it was strange to go from zero to 3. To me, the interesting part is how expensive is it to keep those bikes in good working order? It's still very new here so time will tell.
"Uncovering and reusing these old tracks could prove far cheaper than constructing new lanes."
- I guess that seems key to me. Those lanes are nearly 90 years old. How much cheaper would they be vs new ones? And is that savings (10%, 30%?) really the thing that's holding back adding a nationwide biking network?
> > The draft report by scientists from 13 federal agencies, which has not yet been made public, concludes that Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now. It directly contradicts claims by President Trump and members of his cabinet who say that the human contribution to climate change is uncertain, and that the ability to predict the effects is limited.
These are entirely separate claims. The author of the article is saying that the United States are warmer; then implying that the change is entirely man-made and detrimental to make a political point (in this case, a hit against President Trump, though I suppose it's a step in the right direction that NYT are now allowed to refer to the President as the President).
- I think that paragraph is a little confusing. It might be better as "It _also_ directly contradicts claims" - ie the first sentence is not tied to the second sentence, even though I could see how it might at first read that way.
One thing you're missing is how the market came to them, partly through their own making. Laptops and PC's looked "corporate" Apple products (blue, pink, green computers anyone?) looked decidedly uncorporate. The iPhone looked so not like a Blackberry (with it's accompanying belt holster!) However, the "consumerization" of IT meant sleek personal design was preferred to corporate design. The iPhone helped breakdown that wall and now MSFT and others went out the side door and are reentering as consumer looking devices.
Yes I think this is why the iWatch has largely been a failure. There wasn't really a watch out there that was getting real traction despite itself so that apple could come along and add the missing ingredients and "boom"! It's the downside of when there is so much pressure to have "another hit" but your skill isn't creating something out of thin air but rather taking something that has real upside if you can get all the pieces of the ecosystem (hw/sw/contentproviders) to hum together.
Hah. I think patio11 just joined Stripe, one of the fastest growing startups around :) Anyway, besides many of the usual answers, talent is a key one often forgotten. People want the chance to do new and ever changing things so as to be challenged. It's hard to retain good people when they know it's going to be a smaller company with modest growth. What often kills companies with slowish growth is that they lose their best people to other companies with a more dynamic environment.
I would think that cuts both ways. SiftScience only needs to have a few big retail clients and they'll be doing a huge volume. More to the point I would think Stripe's strength here is their weakness....they're only as good as the users they have on Stripe vs Sift which might have a broader mix of datasets. Of course, as Stripe continues to grow that weakness will diminish.
Wasn't saying it was an iPhone killer. Actually specifically said I have no idea. More addressing OP's questioning that there was anything of real import in the article.
Well every other manufacturer has looked to Google (largely) for the sw and built the hw. It's this bundling together of the two that's being presented as unique and is different to every other Android manufacturer.
Given that we all know headlines are made for clicking, I think it's pretty clear why this time is very different vs the previous 10 years: "He notes that the company is now managing inventory, building relationships with carriers, sourcing components, making supply chain deals and managing distribution. Google is even making accessories, including cases and cables." This article isn't about the technical approach, it's more about the business/go to market approach.
That's _very_ different to how Google went to market prior. Is this going to materially impact the iPhone? I don't know. But it is different enough that it warrants some sort of "This is a new approach by Google to taking on the iPhone" headline.
But for how long? "Apple Watch shipments were a different story, with Apple being the only company to post a year-on-year decrease in shipments - almost 58% down" That's from IDC's 2nd quarter report. I appreciate that you might be a big fan but I seriously doubt Rolex is going down 58% YoY.
Well the Gen 1 version suffered from ever decreasing sales. So right now it would seem as though the HN crowd and general public are in sync when it comes to interest in the watch. I guess you could argue GPS support could create a strong use case with the fitness vertical and that is not well represented here but not sure if that's true.
Yes I think this is key. If you can leave your phone behind for runs, hikes, biking etc I think it becomes very useful in it's own right. Right now you're still probably going to take that phone for emergency/connection issues.
I'm not sure, but i feel like what is missing here is "Stripe does some things differently to other payment providers, via our immediate onboarding via a sub merchant account. Prior to Stripe, everyone had to go through pages of paperwork and wait week/s for an approval or non approval. For 80% of the market, that was a terrible waste of time. However, there is a % of the market that does benefit from having someone perform a deep level of due diligence. We've made the trade off whereby we can't address that segment due to restrictions placed on us in return for being able to onboard merchants immediately"
Or maybe the unique approach is not a factor here in these decisions.
To be clear, they missed their sales goal. So sales were down. The challenge with Tesla is they do not have a good history of being open and honest about what his happening inside Tesla. So perhaps they missed their sales goals because it was all operational as they say. Or perhaps sales are softening. They have been reducing pricing from what I've heard. But either way, stop lamenting the press when it really starts and stops with Tesla doing what they say they will do or not. Every public company has the same parameters. why don't they just under promise and over achieve if they have uncertainty in exactly how well they control their production?
To give the other perspective, I think investors and writers fairly expect that Tesla should be able to give accurate predictions 90 days ahead of time. Tesla tells the market how many cars they will deliver to customers. And they get it wrong. It's not really about whether or not their reasons are legitimate. All of their reasons are within their control, vs say an outside shock. I don't know if they're being lazy or just saying "Yeah, but what does it tell us about your business acumen that you can't hit your own numbers?"
At first it seemed like a brilliant Russian ploy to hack the DNC to make them look back and help Trump. Two strongmen unite! Great work!!
Now it's happened again and it seems like a brilliant ploy by the Democrats to make it look like Trump's call for hacking worked and he is totally irresponsible and a security risk!! Great work!!