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Careless People 1 year ago

I was interested in this anecdote about the board games, but it seems like there's at least some dispute about how true or inflated this story is:

https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-board-game-c...

I think it's easy to believe a narrative like this about someone generally disliked, but the reality about basically everyone is that we have good moments and bad moments. People that are famous are constantly being watched and evaluated.

Given the inevitability of those bad moments being observed and reported, I don't think it's a good foundation for evaluating someone's character. In this case, it's mostly useful for confirming an already negative point of view.

https://archive.is/JwEcG

The $22B number comes from the stock market downturn leading to a loss of wealth of $7B for Musk that happened to be on the same day that Slim said they will cancel contracts for an unspecified amount with Starlink and invest $22B into developing their own infrastructure.

So, the headline is completely false.

Not any kind of expert, but from my research, Article 19.3 of the USMCA says that tariffs can't be imposed on digital products:

1. No Party shall impose customs duties, fees, or other charges on or in connection with the importation or exportation of digital products transmitted electronically, between a person of one Party and a person of another Party.

The full chapter on digital trade: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/agreements/FTA/US...

I would find a way to validate that there is a path to $1m/year. Perhaps talking to some of the folks to see if they would commit to paying if you're able to deliver what you're building.

If you can get some written commitments in place, it will be a lot easier to pitch to investors if you decide to go that route, and you'll get a better valuation.

It doesn't sound like you are able to bear a worst case scenario at the moment since you have dependents, so you want to be as sure as possible before you lose your income stream.

Losing my son 3 years ago

Thank you for writing this. They say that you don't know what you have until it's gone, but reading experiences like this reminds me how precious and fragile life is, so that I can more deeply appreciate the time I do have with my loved ones.

Losing my son 3 years ago

The author's other writings on the four magic words helped me understand his point of view at visceral level. He is not clinging to preserving his son, he believes that his son's life is sacred, even in its diminished state.

One overlooked factor in these numbers is that the founder now has more levers to pull. For example, they are paying $206k in payroll, and in an emergency situation, could let some staff go and take over those functions themselves.

I've experienced the same thing with my bootstrapped startup; I'm not paying myself any more money than I did 3 years ago, but if I need money, I can double or triple my own salary within a month or two.

The reason the founder isn't doing that now is likely exactly the same reason Uber or other VC startups consistently lose money; they are optimizing for growth, not profit/salary.

The interview with the driver by the NTSB is interesting if you want more details from the driver's side of the story:

https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=477745...

You can also see the detailed report from the NTSB which will go through about everything you would want to know about the actual driver and her reaction:

https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=477743...

Particularly of note is that Hulu was streaming video on her phone until about 1 minute after the crash (page 11 of the report).

Have you tried using verbatim mode? I have that as my default search mode in Firefox, and it always searches for your exact phrase, spelling mistakes and all.

Still has its problems, but better than the default search mode.

Like some others here, I have an Amazon FBA business but I treat it as my full-time job, even though I've automated a lot of the grunt work and employ a VA for the things that can't be automated.

I did, however, find a little unsolved problem on Amazon that sucks up seller's time, so I built a solution[0] for it with about a month of work, and now it generates >$2k/m with 1-2 hours of customer support work every month.

[0] https://azlabels.com

Looks like that is for photographers protecting their images, not companies avoiding copyright violations, no?