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Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable:
Billion Dollar Shave Club: Unilever buys razor subscription service | The Verge[^]
Quote: DSC, which ships razors to customers for a monthly subscription fee, isn't yet profitable, but plans to be by the end of 2016. It's on target for revenues of $240 million this year, and has around 3 million customers in three countries.
OK, let's crowd-source our billion dollar startup idea.
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OK, I have no ideas.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Who knew one (OK, two) viral videos could be so profitable:
Those are modern dollars, not to be confused with the ones you grew up with 
Sorry, but with all those "multi million dollar" unicorns out there that aren't, the way things are valued seems a little bit.. incorrect 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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True, but in this case - Unilever paid cash. It isn't just a matter of valuation. Well, OK, it is a case of Unilever valuing the company as worth paying 1B in cash. It's just in this case, someone got the Benjamins. It's that part that has me agog this morning.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: True, but in this case - Unilever paid cash. It isn't just a matter of valuation.
It still is; you make it sound like 'cash' is a hard currency.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You mean he didn't get one billion loonies, so he could do the Scrooge McDuck dive? I'm disappointed.
TTFN - Kent
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No, I simply mean to say that in 10 years time another zero will be added to the same price and people will exclaim how much it is.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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But it's an American billion, for God's sake!
Peanuts!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: the way things are valued seems a little bit.. incorrect
This can be attributed to the prime rates for the central banks be at record lows for years. Investors are getting really desperate for anything with decent returns and are making increasingly risky maneuvers. Personally, I've pulled out of my stocks for the most part.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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I do have a great idea but no clue how to raise money. 
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Not so daft. You can pretty much bank on it making 4-500Kpa, and most of that will be from Unilever products, so it's a sound investment, even over the mid term.
What is absolutely priceless is the guys who are doing it. They've built up a ginormous rep, so the attitude Unilever has to take is "Here's your money, now we'll go away and let you just get on with doing what you do so well".
Yeah, right.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That's a lot of growth for a razor company.
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Maybe this post will go viral 
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modified 21-Jul-16 21:33pm.
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Is a chocolate that likes to be whipped an S&M&M?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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For a moment I read S&M&N and thought I was on the other sites I visit often 
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I
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Would it only be sold at M&S?
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You mean: Not Just Pants...[^] (YouTube NSFW! Probably)
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Nuthin beats fresh spankakes.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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A kid at one of the many schools I attended was named Trevor Minz.
I watched the news from the area for years, waiting to read of horrifying axe incidents.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hi All,
I have seen that Mr Robot is coming to a TV channel near me soon! Is it worth watching or is another attempt to do high tech that falls on it's face (cue "It's a UNIX system" from Jurrasic Park!)?
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No, it's a lot of garbage.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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