KieranMartin (@KieranCheck) profile picture

Co-Founder #checkvault @checkvault. mucks about with economics, travel, sports and gadgets.

Sydney
Joined August 2013
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Why #fintech? @a16z's @astrange shows us. 75% #millelenials prefer dentists to bank messages. #bdcfintech
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Response Alexander Graham Bell received when trying to sell his telephone patent to a telegraph company for $100,000
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6 Tips To Acquire Customers With Your About Page [Infographic] buff.ly/1A0HnAP via @referralcandy
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How to start a startup, V2. $99 for @BetaList, a @ProductHunt listing & a @pmarca retweet :-) qz.com/403698/heres-how-to-l…
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The Next Feature Fallacy: the fallacy that the next feature you add will suddenly make people want to use the entire product.
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Learning Curves in Everything: The Price of the Model T dropped by a factor of 4 in its first 14 years.
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It's official! NV Governor grants 1st license for #Freightliner autonomous truck used on US highway #inspirationtruck
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Chinese total debt has surged, rising from about 150% of GDP in 2008 to more than 250% today econ.st/1FVBODf
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Falcon 9 first stage landing burn and touchdown on Just Read the Instructions vine.co/v/euEpIVegiIx
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Here's a picture of total student loans owned by the federal government. Ye gads. That, friends, is not sustainable.
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Replying to @anjiecast
@anjiecast @pmarca @elidourado Look at the average patent pending time in months. Insane.
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Watch Homer inspire @elonmusk in sneak peek of Sunday's @TheSimpsons episode on.mash.to/1yNOHxm
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Engineered muscle that looks/feels like real muscle & that acts like it! Muscle that contracts grown in a lab theverge.com/e/7312188 @verge
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Replying to @pmarca
@pmarca "Encryption is destroying national security!" "Encryption will save national security!"
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The US is consuming the least oil per dollar of GDP it has in 40 years. Efficiency, urbanization, and more. bloom.bg/16b7eZk
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#Belgium | 10Y govt yield <0.845% ...yep...you guessed it...record low
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Google is now worth more than entire Russian stock market: on.mktw.net/1wHGGZN
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Phenomenal post from @TMFHousel. Loved this one. businessinsider.com/things-e…
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Last week “Dow up; investors rejoice in lower oil prices.” Today: “Dow down; investors nervous about lower oil prices.” It's all made up.
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Venezuela: Oil revenues = 96% of exports, reserves running out, default imminent -
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