There was a YC company in W12 called Grouper that basically implemented all of the grab-bag of ideas. It was a 3-on-3 blind date at a pre-determined spot. Each person had to pitch in $20 to participate, which meant $120 revenue for each date. It seemed to be going well - I wonder what happened to them.
I loved Grouper. Met a lot of cool people and had a lot of fun. My guess is it was an operational nightmare to scale. There was a lot of manual effort on Grouper's end in selecting the venues, matching the groups, making the reservation, and paying for the first round of drinks (the model was you pay $20 per head to Grouper but it covers your first round).
This is the problem with these technology companies: they either provide whatever their app does for free and do who knows what with your data or they make you pay something crazy like $20 and you still don't know what they're doing with your data.
Recently went to an open house in Hayes Valley. Asking price 2.595 million. Checked back with a real estate agent later, and got these stats: There were 6 offers, 5 of which were all cash. The winning offer was for 3.3 million.
My Uncle in-law sold his house a couple months ago in Santa Clara (right next to Levi's stadium) and was asking for $1.2MM hoping to actually get 1.3 for it (a problem unto itself..). They took a $1.5MM offer (from about 5 other similar offers) from a young couple who both worked at Uber and also got significant help from parents. Wasn't all cash but I believe they put down like $500k. So it's not just tech but sometimes tech with the help from family.
And what an awful area. Oh it's clean and safe enough. But basically landfilled industrial parks (and Levi Stadium). I despise going to the Santa Clara Convention Center for events.
I agree, I lived next door to him for 5 years. The stadium, Great America, Ace/Amtrak train, and being in the direct flight path of San Jose airport made for quite a bit of noise. Every house in the neighborhood had double-pane windows for that reason.. Not to mention the occasional waft from the nearby wastewater facility makes me more than happy that I no longer live there.
Not really sure what the buying couple saw in the area. The house was really well-kept and updated but I feel there were other homes in much better surrounding neighborhoods for a similar price-point..
Probably close to 101 & 237 and within their budget. Most of Sunnyvale & Mountain View are in the $1.7-$2.3M range, and to get back below $1.5M, you either need to go south of Central Expressway or into a very old, non-renovated home in the middle of a subdivision. If you work along the 101 corridor that can easily add 20-30min to your commute.
Amazing. Would kill to see the respective employer(s) of each bidder. That would be fascinating. I still wonder how much developers and/or foreign buyers are in the mix, but I have a feeling that's not the dominating factor here.
I'm thinking of all the people who did/will make that much or more with each large-scale exit. How many 3+ millionaires will the combined exits of Airbnb, Uber, and Pinterest create? (Any of which could be in the next few years.) Easily more than a thousand, I would guess.
It says on the site under the "Controller" tab that it can go 13 mph.
It's certainly interesting, as you could literally buy almost three of these for the price of one Boosted Board. I'm on the preorder list of Boosted, and was actually pretty upset/angry that they increased the price by more than 50%.
I'm really sorry about the price increase. We honored the promised price for everyone we asked for money from, even though we lost money on each one. If we could build our technology at the original price estimate for all our preorders without shutting down, we would absolutely do so. But the only other option is compromising the quality or performance of the board, and we'd rather build a few great boards than a bunch of mediocre ones.
I wouldn't sweat it too much, the cheap knock-offs will come and go. If you guys can deliver quality, then it will be worth it. That being said, 1300 I can justify as a toy, 2k is pushing it a little.
The E-GO is far from a cheap knock off. It comes from Yuneec.com who make real electric aircraft and are experts in Electric Propulsion Systems. It is our ability to do mass production which has brought the price down. The design and testing was done by an international team in including several ex-pat Europeans and American employees of Yuneec. We make most of the components in the E-GO and our own motors have a 15 year development history. We also now use auto short circuit protection Panasonic batteries, the best and most expensive in the industry, just like Tesla does.
I wish you would've given clear cut apology in your email. Instead, your email only focused on justification of the increased price. I don't think people doubted you when you said there's been extra cost in the parts, your early adopters BELIEVED in you anyways. We know we didn't deposit any money, but we still waited 17 months anticipating to buy the product that we pre-ordered at the price of 1299. We felt special. We felt entitled. With all that being gone, it's natural for us to feel bummed, and a sincere, empathetic apology would've gone a long way.
Kind of. It does not apply to all Cocoa libraries and you need to follow certain conventions, otherwise the compiler will fail to add the release/retain calls.
That instagram screenshot clearly shows that the transmission is over https, which means that the whole "susceptible to would-be interceptors" thing invalid. That is, unless you're under attack by a man-in-the-middle proxy. If this is the case, then you have bigger issues on your hands. The foodspotting screenshot is over plain http, though, so it IS susceptible to a normal eavesdropping attack.
