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Comment · 9 years ago
That is not what the illustrations show in this model. Electricity is generated at the node of each wing and transmitted down link.
Comment · 10 years ago
We all know the % of success stories from accepted companies. How does YC know it made scientifically sound decisions to reject companies that then went onto succeed via other means? How can YC know the quality of decisions are getting better without this data?
Comment · 13 years ago
Yes, thank you!
Comment · 14 years ago
I have held Zynga throughout the year. The extent of leadership fail here is unprecedented. n number of remediation tactics should have taken hold early to prevent where we are now. Here is a copy of my e-mail to Pincus (still gone unanswered):

"Mark -

Can we have a man-to-man? Seriously, please explain to me, a small shareholder in Zynga, exactly what the fuck you have been doing with my investment? Clearly, the answer is not building value in any meaningful way. Any third year entrepreneur will have trouble seeing your performance this year amounting to anything other than a collected check, a leveraged office, a leased plane ($3K a wet flight hour?!? What is that a fucking citation X?!?) and an overpaid security team. If the plan is to ride this thing to the nines, let me know so that I can pull out and forget any thoughts of a really well integrated ecosystem of gaming.

BTW: If you see the OMGPOP/Draw Something team, tell them to get the fuck off of their asses (if they're still around) and do something about long-tail gamification model if they want to do something about user retention.

That's all, k thx bye drops mic."

Comment · 14 years ago
And...this is why I refused to complete purchase of my WP at home try on and went straight to CS.
Comment · 15 years ago
I remember collecting and playing with mercury from thermometers (here in the US), probably why I can't recite PI to anything more than 6 places :)
Comment · 15 years ago
We have a corp policy now but when I first started out I did pick up E&O as well as a couple other little coverages. Contracts (larger ones) require them and conducting events (trade shows, conferences) do as well. Shouldn't cost too much.
Comment · 15 years ago
All is fun and games until the embassy decides to upcharge $10 and provide the right document on demand. Crash goes the model.
Comment · 15 years ago
Valuation, sure. If the numbers ever get out, be seated at the time. It's a very lucrative product.
Comment · 15 years ago
Chargify.com works well for us.
Comment · 15 years ago
Very cool. Some sites, like the Google 10,000 house article are blocking pages rendered in frames. Perhaps there is a way to do DIVs?

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