There's not much point posting an article here, if it's behind a paid wall ...
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^^^ THIS ^^^
Not meaning to sound harsh, but at this early stage, you're not really investable - and other than your immediate circle of "the 3F's (Friends, Family and Fools), no one is going to invest in you - until you prove that this is more than just an idea.
You need to get your first PAYING customers, and establish some numbers that would entice an Angel or other professional investor to take a closer look.
You will have to be creative (part time job, consulting, sell your car etc., etc.),as to how you survive or feed yourself until you get to the stage where you are "investible".
If I got a dollar everytime someone approached me for money for investing in their MVP - without first having proved that it is a viable business - I'd be a very, very, very rich man.
However, I'm more than a little intrigued about the mechanics of HOW you pulled that off.
More specifically - I was under the impression that Kickstarter only raised funds for companies operating (or at least based) in the US, and a few other countries (all? in the West).
How was it possible then, for a company based in Pakistan, to raise money from Kickstarter?. Were there any particular obstacles that you had to overcome?
Oh, the irony of it all ...
THIS ^
"Groupthink" writ large - BUT, it is the unfortunate reality.
By the time a small dynamic, free thinking company becomes an "Enterprise", it has metamorphosed into something almost unrecognisable.
Somehow though, I can't seem to silence the inner voice in my head that keeps asking: "Can a Leopard really change it's spots"?
It'll take a few more iterations of MS's displays of commitment to "Openness" to get me to believe that they have fully embraced the concept.
I won't be holding my breath ...
I wonder if you would feel different if you were the one UNDER that bus?
Funny how when I put it like that - suddenly the answer becomes "obvious" to you.
It's cold blooded "logical" (to an extreme) people like you that are often a menace to society.
YOLO - a 13 year old shouldn't have to be worrying about a career FFS!
1. Give less of a fuck (without being an arsehole or deliberating provoking others), but being more adventurous and establishing my own truths, rather than accepting generally perceived "wisdom" of sheeple.
2. Be more bold (did I mention that already?) - Yes, Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
3. Of course, have more sex ...
What are you talking about?. I fear you may be confusing the Fixed Income market with the Equity market.
Equities (in general, as a class), are negatively correlated with interest rates. Specific sectors though (e.g. Banks) may be more positively correlated to interest rates - but overall, the link is tenuous, at best.
We're turning into a bunch of sissy, "touchy feely" men in the west - it's enough to drive anyone to suicide. This whole political correctness thing has gone too far - and I say that as a minority myself. Yeah, so I'll get downvoted - so what?! - Newsflash - there are more important things in life than points on HN!
Something unfortunately, we all have to keep reminding ourselves off (Yes, I know it's difficult to remember that when dealing with a jerk!).
Case in point: man abandons wife and two young daughters to prove to the world that human beings are not selfish.