Tim O'Hearn

Tim O'Hearn

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Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 3

Tim February 11, 2019 Entrepreneurship, Gaming No Comments
Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 3

In part 1, I geeked out about what Runescape was. In part 2, I covered some of the most likely strategies for enterprising merchants. In this post, we’ll don our black hats and explore the darker side of Runescape’s markets. Wildly

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Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 2

Tim February 10, 2019 Entrepreneurship, Gaming No Comments
Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 2

In part 1, I provided historical context. I explained what Runescape was and why Runescape was so great in the mid-aughts. I also provided details pertaining to the machinations of the in-game economy and the player-to-player trading system. In this

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Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 1

Tim February 6, 2019 Entrepreneurship, Gaming No Comments
Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 1

Back in 2007, Runescape was one of the most popular games on the internet. Today, an “old school” version of the game, released in 2013, that preserves beloved late-2007 mechanics regularly has over 100,000 concurrent players. This warms my heart.      

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The Roach Motel Business Model

Tim February 1, 2019 Entrepreneurship, Essay No Comments
The Roach Motel Business Model

I tried to do some honest research for this article, but nearly every person I surveyed was hesitant to admit whether they’d stayed at a motel. The motel has a bad reputation because the lodges are commonly located in seedy, desolate areas frequented

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Is Forced Redirection of New Tabs Ethical?

Tim November 10, 2018 Entrepreneurship, Essay No Comments
Is Forced Redirection of New Tabs Ethical?

Whenever I eat lunch near a computer, which usually happens every day, I open a new browser window with all of my favorite news sites pre-loaded. During a short lunch period, I cram in as much information and as much food

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Session Expiry During Checkout

Tim November 3, 2018 Entrepreneurship, Essay No Comments
Session Expiry During Checkout

I spend a lot of time online shopping. I’ve encountered a bevy of payment systems, each with its own quirks. By now, though, payment and checkout processes are overwhelmingly fluid and user-friendly. For more than a year, I’ve been involved with

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The Flippa Myth

Tim September 29, 2018 Entrepreneurship No Comments
The Flippa Myth

uWant to be your own boss? Earn income passively? Make a small initial investment and then stack paper on auto-pilot? If so, Flippa will seem like a marketplace where you can fulfill your greatest fantasies. The tagline on the landing

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Dealing with Online Reviews

Tim September 2, 2018 Entrepreneurship, Soft Skills, Tutorial No Comments
Dealing with Online Reviews

I estimate that I’ve written north of 800 reviews. Books, vacation spots, restaurants–I just like writing. I like forcing myself to think critically about the things I purchase and experience. I’ve also been involved with businesses and products that have

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Letting Someone Handle the Business Side

Tim August 18, 2018 Entrepreneurship No Comments
Letting Someone Handle the Business Side

It was early in my undergraduate studies when I was first approached by someone with a startup idea. I didn’t know the would-be founders particularly well, but I quickly realized that they had no technical skills whatsoever. They were going

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Using Stripe for Your Startup

Tim August 15, 2018 Entrepreneurship No Comments
Using Stripe for Your Startup

I became involved with a SaaS startup last August. Stripe was the natural choice of payment processor. It’s been a learning experience. Rather than mindlessly recount the myriad benefits of using Stripe, I want to provide some of my personal

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My Most Recent Books

Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
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Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
by William Poundstone
Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler
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Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler
by Antony C. Sutton
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
it was ok
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
by Emanuel Derman
Slaughterhouse-Five
it was amazing
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
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The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
by Benjamin Wallace
Pulphead
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Pulphead
by John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
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The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
by Taylor Larimore

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