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Any arguments why this would or wouldn’t work?

Has there ever been a platform for experts to build and share checklists and for every/any task?

Target is down. I repeat, target is down.

What do you think an acceptable conversion rate should be?

what do you bring to the project?

Check Shopify AppStore. There are a lot of e-commerce plugins

That’s the dream. But then you’re probably limited in total addressable market.

The best way is to have that problem yourself while working in at an ideal customer.

What are these spend thresholds?

Before you write a line of code for #2, have a clear strategy for app distribution, user acquisition, free to paid conversion. It won’t just happen because you have a great product. Just remember to make a million a year, you need 10,000 people paying you $10 a month.

Investor value ranked by actual value:

1. Raise your next round for you through their connections, brand and signal by leading existing round. 2. Industry relationships to get you key partnerships, deals, or acquisition. 3. Recruit key executives from successful companies in same industry or similar biz model.

Oxford kid at Facebook building a Machine learning advertising product. There’s got to be more interesting problems to work on.

If google couldn’t make this work with all their assets (email, calendar, search, location, phone OS, photos, travel images, ads etc) then it would seem this is an impossible application to build at scale.

Who would they replace him with?

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Government spending on infrastructure including defense. Defense has historically been the largest funder/purchaser of tech. Yes, we’re in a period where consumer tech is driving innovation, but that hasn’t historically been true.

Personalized items based on past purchases. In clothing I’d settle for items in my size based on past purchases.

The only way to know your true value is to get at least three independent valuations. If you can only get one, then that’s the best price for you. I find this to be true of any pricing dynamic.

In my experience VCs optimize for percent ownership and valuation uplift on subsequent rounds. So lower valuations allow them to get more per dollar invested and larger gains on subsequent rounds. The places to negotiate are pre vs post money valuation, deal closing costs, board seats, voting shares. Ultimately these matter a lot more than valuation which is just a vanity metric.

It was just an observation on my end. It just seems weird that (arguably) the most mainstream news outlet in the US is dominating hacker news links...

It feels like this is now being reported more often. There are reportedly 40K airports in the world. That’s a pretty good TAM for an effective anti-have solution. What companies are working on this?

I’ve read L5 autonomous cars are contingent on 5G and others say it’s not a factor. What’s the consensus here?

You are technically correct. Updated the title.

Cool. Are there any solutions for making the audio less squirrely sounding? Lately I’ve found myself using closed caption at 2.5X to avoid the audio entirely...

Start with where you want to end up when you’re 50. Work your way backwards in 5 year increments.

Political upheaval didn’t cause any regulation, but this surely will.

Lots of nytimes articles on HN lately

What value does the product drive for the target stakeholder?

At what frequency is this value delivered to the stakeholder?

How does the stakeholder know they are receiving value?

How does the value compare with the price paid?

What is the product’s TAM?

What things are out of the company’s control?

If the company doesn’t have a self-serve product ask why?

What is the company’s short-term, long-term distribution strategy

Explanations here:

https://medium.com/@therealpankaj/interview-questions-to-ask...

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So is there a seatbelt or harness to attach the rider to machine as they FLY?