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It is really pretty simple. Ads work when they are extending the content. Ads don't work when they are disrupting the content.

There’s a lot more to life than being rich, and the people you really want to have in your life know that.

Don’t hire an agency that does sample work before you’ve explained your problem. What could they possibly be solving? They’re trying to impress you with pretty.

An archive of quality Hacker News "Ask YC" posts grouped by subject.

A well-expressed and thought-out collection of all the major reasons we shouldn't get excited about mergers.

Two ways out of the starving artists problem, both fun. First is to focus on making your art more valuable to others. The second is to stop expecting it to be valuable to others. Accept it as personal and precious to only you. Get your money elsewhere.

Using the merger as a catalyst for change, Vasella and his management team not only captured $1.4 billion in cost synergies but also redefined the company’s mission, strategy, portfolio, and organization, as well as all key processes, from research to sales. In every area, there was no automatic choice for either the Ciba or the Sandoz way of doing things; instead, the organization made a systematic effort to find the best way.

Startups are primarly competing against indifference, lack of awareness, and lack of understanding — not other startups. In web startups this means you should worry about users simply not coming to your site, or when they do come hitting the BACK button.

Of course, the U.S. is unique. And just as we have the world’s most advanced economy, military, and technology, we also have its most advanced oligarchy.

A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.