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Pretty interesting! Reminds me of the opportunity solution tree framework in product development: https://www.producttalk.org/opportunity-solution-tree/

nice post. also in the 'financial modeling for startups' space: https://foresight.is/

userapp.io

https://getplan.co

I've used carbargains in the past and it worked very well. The service is almost identical to CarWoo's but they have been around longer. http://www.checkbook.org/auto/carbarg.cfm

The milk and packaged seafood are clearly showing Kroger's brand, so perhaps they quietly struck a deal with Ralphs/Kroger.

I think the the study he is referencing is the 1998 paper by Schmidt & Hunter. We studied it in business school. I couldn't find an actual copy of the paper but these two articles have abstracts of the findings: http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=1... http://www.onetest.com.au/awms/Upload/documents/whitepapers/...

Schmidt, F.L. & Hunter, J.E. (1998) The validity and utility of selection methods in personnel psychology: Practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings,” Psychological Bulletin,

They still need to work on their pricing. They have an opportunity to convert quite a few of their non-paying customers if they'd simply offer a plan between 2GB and 50GB.

https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/90/better-more-affordable-st...

Comment thread of pg's "Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250704

and "Ask HN: Industries Ripe For Disruption?": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=475736

Kayak's S1 filing has a lot of interesting nuggets of information. The data you're after is on page 29:

2007 Revenues / Net Income: $48M / ($4.36M) 2008 Revenues / Net Income: $112M / $5.1M

Keep in mind they acquired SideStep at the end of 07.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1312928/0001193125102...

This type of car-buying service is really convenient. When I bought my car a few years ago I used a service called CarBargains and ended up saving around $4k. IIRC CarBargains cost $200 vs CarWoo's $39.

Does anyone know why they haven't implemented the ability to insert good old-fashioned hyperlinks? Links embedded in the text would save some characters in the message and improve legibility.

Part of the BusinessWeek article on Bloom from last December discusses emissions: "Though the technology consumes hydrocarbons, Sridhar says, it doesn't involve carbon-releasing combustion, so it emits only about half the greenhouse gases of conventional energy sources."

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2009/gb2009...