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At a startup you should expect to do anything.

Sounds a lot like Yahoo! under Carol Bartz. Slash R&D and face the consequences 3+ years later.

a) people who previously worked at AOL b) Shareholders will be upset with such a pointless acquisition c) about.me is a fancy URL shortener that redirects to social graphs, nothing more.

Google can implement their self-serving ad platform technology (AdWords) to automate the 2,500+ person sales force that works at Groupon. Groupons profit margins would skyrocket.

Sigh...you said "the NEXT closest thing" referring to it's inferiority.

> the next closest thing to an Ivy League school.

Most people would agree that Stanford is better than many of the Ivy schools.

[No, I did not go to Stanford]

Don't assume this article lets you off the hook, because you'll be single pretty soon.

Every statement you made is wrong.

1. Every stock is a random walk. 2. Insider info for smaller companies is much more valuable then larger companies. 3. Speculative plays would make this even more boring, because then everyone makes wild guesses at the future value of a company they have never heard of.

Nice job in any case though.

Doesn't Groupon sell those now?

I believe the .com domain was originally for the US, so the US government has jurisdiction regardless of where the owner of the domain lives.

.ly domains were being seized by their government even though the domains were being operated by American companies.

See my response above.

Yes, I'm happy to provide my feedback. I am not a designer, so I cannot articulate on every detail that needs improvement. I was just pointing out that it took longer than normal to grasp the functionality of everything. The most obvious improvement is removing one of the two search boxes. Even though you mention that designers can improve it themselves, the default design and color scheme should be very strong if you want to scale beyond early adopters that are passionate about your product. So the Christmas color theme should be changed. Reading text in a red font strains the human eye, so I'd do away with that as well.

I used MS Paint to make a few edits: http://yfrog.com/eodesign0j

The startup I am at has gone through 16 completely redesigned home pages over the course of a year before landing on the one we're at now. We are always asking ourselves what could be improved and watching User Fly videos to see where users are getting confused. I'm only trying to provide food for thought to improve and enhance your product; a product that is off to a great start.

Although I am cheering for every Facebook alternative, the UI in your screenshot needs work.

It auto fills in the data for the user, and the user manually submits the Craigslist listing. Nothing illegal with that...

He is referring to VC investments, which ARE fueled by savings. The LP's of a VC fund are ultra high net worth individuals and pension funds; neither of which invest in alternative asset classes with debt.