tyang · HackerTrans

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Great points, thank you.

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Sometimes I wonder if "Make something people want" could be even better if it were "Make something you and other people want".

tyang

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Exactly. $1.7M premoney valuation and a chance to get advice from PG and others who have helped 6 unicorns come about and, per @sama, 22 others who can get there is pretty darn good, IMO.

tyang

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A third possibility is investors are lemmings and are too stupid to understand the unique insight you have into a big market.

As an investor who thought Instacart, Uber and BufferBox were really stupid ideas and missed a chance to invest in them (Uber through AngelList), I know this possibility is all too real. :)

tyang

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Good post Brandon.

imjk - Not sure Brandon chose the title. Usually the editors do that.

tyang

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This is basically what Warren Buffett does w/r/t Berkshire's portfolio cos. Though he invests less in frothy times and more in times of pessimism. But he's bottoms up too.

tyang

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Great and the back of this hoodie should have the back of the unicorn, with a rainbow coming out of the derriere.

tyang

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Great headlines for TMZ crowd.

tyang

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Not for everyone. Look at Yelp and Wikipedia.

tyang

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That's a good idea. Hope Larry considers it.

tyang

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None of which are being used to deliver quality news much note concisely at low cost.

tyang

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Quora and Yelp are for profit.

tyang

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Cool idea worth testing.

tyang

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Yeah, crazy right?

Folks already contributing hundreds of hours for free for some time.

I can't imagine someone doing free work and writing, ranking restaurant reviews, editing, citing, writing pieces of encyclopedia entrees or electing Presidents like in 2008.

Grassroots wha?

tyang

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Exactly.

tyang

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Cool stuff. Best of luck to you.

tyang

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Sounds like you haven't read the quick summary on Infobitt just yet.

http://infobitt.com/category/about-infobitt/b/5762

tyang

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Yes. Also, techmeme.

tyang

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Google News' strength is ranking, not summarizing facts from different sources so you can avoid reading all the top 5 or 20 articles about a story.

And, philosophically, do you HN folks really want to rely on the MSM to tell you what's important? And likes, shares and troll-ridden comments on news stories?

Or do you want a democratized way to decide, collectively, what news stories and facts are important.

Don't forget the NYT, etc. screwed up on no WMD's in Iraq.

I was at a small group dinner with Judith Miller, ex-NYT, who's nice but she messed up.

Who's checking the mainstream media?

tyang

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Yes. The design is far from perfect.

This is just a beta version.

For me, it's already a pretty good way to catch up on the main news fast.

I can pick one bitt and learn some key facts and move on.

Fast, easy, good enough.

Much faster than any alternative.