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How to Beat Amazon
You can’t build a consumer brand in 2018 and ignore the 800-pound-gorilla that is Amazon.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 817 posts.
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OpenAI Supporters
Stay up to speed on the rapid advancement of AI technology and the benefits it offers to humanity.
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The Approval Economy
Why every purchase is a performance “I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am.” — Thomas Cooley About a month ago, I published what has become my mo…
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Sales results from getting 3M views on YouTube
How getting your subscription box covered on a popular YouTube channel is not necessarily a shortcut to riches.
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AT&T to Acquire Time Warner
Get our best deals on phones and internet, backed by the AT&T Guarantee. Shop the latest devices, get 24/7 support, and manage your account online.
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Gerontopoly: Homeownership, wealth, and age
Is the “dream” of homeownership really just a massive, intergenerational wealth transfer? Recently, that’s just how it has worked out.
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Slack channels are a waste of time
Make better decisions, faster with chat that’s organized right. Follow the discussions that matter to you, easily and efficiently, in real time or asynchronously.
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An Update on the Security Issue
We're sharing new details about the recent security issue.
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Show your work: The new terms for trust in journalism
The transparency movement has finally come of age. Power has shifted to the users. Their trust has to be earned in different ways now.
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A one-size-fits-all database doesn't fit anyone
The days of the one-size-fits-all monolithic database are behind us, and developers are using a multitude of purpose-built databases.
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Yangtze River Port and Logistics: On-The-Ground Research Shows Assets Fabricated
Actually no matter if someone doesn’t be aware of then its up to other viewers that they will help, so here it occurs.
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Determining the Average Apple Device Lifespan
In The Number I provided a model for estimating the number of active Apple devices at any point in time. The relationship between active devices and cumulative devices sold gives us a rule of thumb…
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How to make your first sales hire – a guide for SaaS startups
Here's the reality: Your first sales hire is the most important non-executive growth hire you will make. But most B2B startups have no clue what they're looking for in making this hire—much less how to find them.
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California’s next bold step on climate should be building near transit
While the impetus for State Senator Scott Wiener’s proposed SB 827, which would allow apartment construction near transit lines was addressing housing affordability, the measure should also be a cornerstone of our efforts to tackle climate change.
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Commitment vs. Forecast: A Subtle But Important Change to Scrum (2011)
One of the most controversial updates to the 2011 Scrum Guide has been the removal of the term “commit” in favor of “forecast” in regards to the work selected for a Sprint. We used to say that the Development Team commits to which Product Backlog Items it will deliver by the end of the Sprint. Scrum now encourages the…
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MakerDAO’s “DAI” stablecoin is breaking, as predicted
Background This is a follow-up from an earlier post, “Stablecoins are doomed to fail,” from December 10th. I’ll keep this one short. Long have I been a critic of the “stable…
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Applications for YC W19 Are Open
Applications for YC Winter 2019 are now open. Apply here [http://www.ycombinator.com/apply/]. Here are some helpful resources if you’re thinking about applying: * Why Apply? [https://www.ycombinator.com/why/] * YC Bio [https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-bio/]: A new way for us to fund early-stage life science companies…
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Benchmarks for Startup Spend and Cash Burn
Exclusive analysis of business spend on Brex and fresh finance insights.
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GitHub's game jam returns next month
Build a game this November in our annual month-long game jam
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“Cost of Living” pay for remote workers is BS
Some companies think it's okay to pay people less just because rent is cheaper, but compensation is about so much more than the square footage you live in.
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SENS Research Foundation Receives $2.4M Ethereum Donation from Vitalik Buterin
Creating a Future Where Everyone Can Live Longer, Healthier Lives Building A Global Ecosystem To Advance Research That Will Overcome Age-Related Disease And Extend Healthy Human Lifespan Support LRI Subscribe Creating a Future Where Everyone Can Live Longer, Healthier Lives Building A Global Ecosystem To Advance…
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Conservation of Intent: why A/B tests aren’t as effective as they look
When a +10% isn’t really a +10% OK, this is an infuriating startup experience: You ship an experiment that’s +10% in your conversion funnel. Then your revenue/installs/whatever goes up by +10% right?
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