That's incredible. Why even compare your startup to for-profits, while you actually make world a better place?

Why would for profits not make the world a better place?

For-profit does not mean “shareholders and ROI over user” or something. You can do for-profit and not enshtfy and make the world better. That’s my goal at least.

The comment is a bit misguided: the operations Watsi helps perform would not have been possible without for-profit companies and for-profit innovators building the infrastructure of modern medicine. It's not one or the other: both for-profits and non-profits make the world a better place and I think they complement eachother. Sure, there are for-profits that do NOT make the world a better place, just like there are non-profits that fail in their mission to do good things. They just typically fail to do good things for different reasons.

> For-profit does not mean “shareholders and ROI over user” or something.

It’s not definitionally true, but it happens often enough that there’s no denying a clear trend.

If profit is the objective, it will turn into growth-at-all-costs machine because that's how the mathematics works.

If, however, the objective is, say, improve as many lives as possible with the constraint of being profitable, it's definitely possible to do good. You just have to make sure you understand what level of profitability is sufficient, which is rare but doable.

Value makes the world a better place, not profits per-se. Sometimes the two things coincide, sometimes they don't.

You’re sentiment is correct, but I also think that most Certified B Corporations arguably make the world a better place.

I think you underestimate the destructive impact of 30 failed interviews. Stepping back and just doing algorithms for some time might be a good thing to do at this point.

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Is there a way to remotely open a bank account in the US for a Delaware c-corp?

Yes? You can open a bank account on almost any bank's website.

Even my local bank in town will let me open a business bank account remotely.

Not a business account though

You are wrong. I am in the process of opening a business account remotely.

In the process sounds very nice which bank? (and are you a US citizen or resident?)

I'm a US citizen. Banks are very nice when you know everyone who works there.

oh, I actually meant for non-residents

Not yet available in Russia (

But how do I make a cut then?

One double espresso in the morning + 2 espresso shots throughout the day.

No. It's blocked in Russia.

Basically what you say is: Russia is not a free country and thus its views should not be represented. That definitely what "freedom of speech" is not about.

I'd go that far. I think that freedoms made on the basis of making life good for individuals, should not necessarily apply to governmental organizations and their mouthpieces.

Individual rights have to be protected because individuals are generally powerless.

Governments, on the other hand can reasonably duke it out, power versus power, and protect themselves.

If Russia (as a country) wants to spread destabilizing propaganda that might weaken another nation, I don't think it's the "right" guaranteed by free speech. If Russia, were a free nation though, then the views of RT would just be the views of a random newspaper, speaking words with no more privilege than mine or yours.

I don't get to personally ban anything. I'm just a private individual whose only contribution to political debate is HN.

Elected representatives do get to take action against foreign state actors that they determine are 'weakening the nation'.

I think he was saying that they're hypocrites.