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by ABrandt 16y ago
Quite honestly I couldn't figure out what workola _does_ after about a minute of scanning over the landing page. I see here that it's in the flavor of netvibes. On your site, however, you simply make mention of a "remote desktop" and have a
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Manslaughter doesn't, however.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Just the sign-up referral thing is pretty innovative. I referred one person and I'm #26 on the list, so at least 25 people have referred at least one other person? That's not bad. To be fair, the waiting list with referral incentives was
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by ABrandt 16y ago
The author has not charged money for his app yet so while we know some users like the application, it doesn't tell if they are willing to pay for it. I agree that it depends on the customer whether you should charge right off the bat or n
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Im not sure the last time Chris made the front page of HN, but for some reason reading this was absolutely a breath of fresh air for me. The internet will keep doing its thing whether facebook IPOs or the 'bubble' bursts. Focus on your own
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by ABrandt 16y ago
This bubble is very close to bursting. I'm sorry but the bubble banter seems to have gotten a little out of hand. Yes, there seems to be a rise in startups receiving high profile investments. Yes, the flow of acquisitions has increased la
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Except far more accurate IMHO. Alright sure you could be a rockstar developer (you could be a rockstar anything I guess), but being a expert programmer has nothing do with being a 'ninja'. They're just geeky terms that stuck. A hustler, on
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I don't mean to detract from the message of this story, but source? I'm hoping you can point me in the direction of similar stories of software lore.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
There's a variety of reasons why you'll see M&A prices that are several multiples of a startups revenue. In financial terms, its a long term investment just like any other. Figuring in the net present value of money, the selling price m
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Hmm, what other thing does this sound like? Yes, yes, yes. Music groups are small businesses and bootstrapping is now a model that makes sense for many of them. But although there are many parallels between musicians and startups (labels
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by ABrandt 16y ago
There's countless sales "techniques" out there, but in my experience it just boils down to being a congenial person. I've been selling professionally for two years now and the most significant improvements I've made are all based on my atti
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by ABrandt 16y ago
PG has experimented with different colored names based on Karma before. Perhaps this was related. Discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2030370
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I think changing the colon to a comma would do the trick. Anyone else think, "Battlestar was right!"?
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Can anyone suggest a quick alternative to skype conference calling? Today is the one day I actually had an important use for this and it goes down... A phone line could work, but is not ideal due to distance. Thanks. UPDATE: Skype just sign
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Are you speculating this figure because thats what the TechCrunch article that broke the story said, or do you have alternative sources of information? No disrespect, just wondering.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I do agree with you on just about every point, but to be fair the author did mention that Gates is an exception to the "don't help the poor" deal. And although Zuckerberg is a good example here, it is also one that HN is inevitably aware
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Okay thank you for the explanation. Let me try and apply my rudimentary knowledge here... So a hash function is used to encrypt data by translating it with a certain rule set--I've learned about a simple key%b type function before. But with
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by ABrandt 16y ago
For some reason every md5 from this spreadsheet I try to decrypt, I get nothing. I'm using online tools like md5decrypter.com to do this. Am I missing something?
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I started upvoting to book mark things as well when I discovered the "Saved Stories" section of my profile. Instapaper is a better solution to this though-- http://www.instapaper.com/
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Thank you, these details provide a much clearer picture of what you're looking for. Makes me extremely curious as to what your product is though. Good luck!
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I understand your need for anonymity, but I don't understand how you can recruit and select the right people for the job without them knowing anything about you. Different industries require different skill sets and different approaches to
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Comparing this with his original post[1] is a fantastic illustration of how the business aspect of a growing startup isn't necessarily an issue of scale, but of the role itself. In the earlier stages, his job was to do whatever didn't invol
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I always find post-mortems like these a bit strange. These founders are all able to develop some pretty convincing reasons why they failed (albeit in hindsight), yet show no signs of acting on it. I understand the feeling of burnout, I have
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I don't think small developers would be as successful on the app store had there been a record label equivalent in place. The app industry was virtually created with the app store. By the time iTunes came around, however, the music industry
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Jobs may be a perfectionist, but he is ultimately just the CEO. As such, he's an agent to the true owners (shareholders). His laser sharp focus on design has been extremely profitable and thus his interests are aligned with those of shareho
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Does anyone know why the image significantly smooths out at 2:08 in the video. It seems to be caused by the speakers shadow, but I'm not sure why that would happen. Great work too, by the way. I'm astonished by how far the boundaries of thi
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Is there a possibility that you could establish a partnership instead? It sounds like this "someone" simply wants to offer your app as a bonus of sorts to their market. You could provide a special free version of your app to their customers
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by ABrandt 16y ago
However it's much easier to get users if you do have a business plan, or as I prefer to think of it, a business model. If you throw something out there on the internet and start gaining users, you probably have more of a plan (model) than y
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by ABrandt 16y ago
The main objective of this post is to advertise a new competition for business models held by BYU. Total prize money is $50,000 in cash and kind, split between winners 1 through 8. Having been through a traditional biz plan competition befo
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Facebook cannibalizing Google search for younger demographic(fastcompany.com)
2 points by ABrandt 16y ago|2 comments

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