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by ABrandt 16y ago
There's plenty of VC money like you describe available--Visa Card money that is ;) All jokes aside, theoretically there is a capital market for any combination of risk and return--as long as the latter outweighs the former to some degree. A
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by ABrandt 16y ago
citizenkeys, how can I can contact you? I feel like you're missing some key points--I want to help you. You remind me of myself a couple years back. If you're willing to give it a shot, I could probably save you a lot of time and hassle...a
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by ABrandt 16y ago
To put it simply, your value proposition doesn't exist. Maybe after years of seeding the site with content, but right now I cannot "find a continually evolving list about whatever topic." In order to gain traction among users, you must pr
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Trivia or not, they're reducing the number of applications they have to wade through. Sifting through half-ass interested resumes is a huge drain on HR--anything that increases the overall quality of a candidate pool is a win.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Interesting side note: I watched the workflowy video in the article, thought "meh". Then I came back to HN to read the comments, and clicked on your app. Tried the demo, got intimidated by the interface and left. Came back to HN to read mor
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I upvoted you to get your attention, but comments like these are usually frowned upon here on HN. The general rule is that a comment should have some kind of substance to it, rather than simple agreement. Check out the site guidelines( http
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Thats awesome info, thank you. I'll be checking it out right away.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
You're in Champaign? So you must go to U of I. I'm at Bradley up in Peoria. Send me an email if you'd like (your email isn't in your profile). I always enjoy meeting folks in the area.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
If at all possible, use the resources at your local university for these kinds of reports. Pay the kid next door for access if you have to, the databases most universities have access to are pure gold. They're usually set up through the sch
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Hi there HN, This may be a very liberal use of the term "MVP", but its never too early to solicit feedback from your (potential) target market. Israel (rasiel) and I met about a week ago thanks to the popular Domain Exchange post[1][2]. Rig
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Ask HN: Our MVP that all started with the 'Domain Exchange' post. Feedback?(tutorialshop.com)
2 points by ABrandt 16y ago|1 comments
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Yep, that was exactly my thought process. Thank you for clarifying.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Although that would be awesome to see, I was exaggerating the level of fear I felt. It'd probably be more accurate to say it was exciting for me honestly. I'm fairly isolated from any startup scene, so I love any bit of interaction I can
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by ABrandt 16y ago
If you're insinuating this is some kind of YC application stunt, I can assure you its not (didn't apply and no plans to). I do enjoy "hacking" non-computer systems though (a valuable skill they teach in business). I think social hacking can
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by ABrandt 16y ago
The experiment started when I came across a story about the best time to submit a story to HN. The article concluded that a certain time when I'm usually sleeping is best so I thought, "hmm, that sucks. How can I get around this?". I know s
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Maybe not, but I certainly perceived it to be ominous at 3 am. See my reply to pg. In hindsight it was a bit of a bad idea.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Totally agree. I definitely don't have any malicious intent to use this. It was just fascinating to see if I could . I'm new to this programming thing so perhaps I get a little carried away when I develop a new found power.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Oh, okay. Sorry again. I was testing a script that pulled text from a file on my computer and submitted it to HN in the appropriate fields. I had a feeling it might look suspicious, but it was just too much fun to play with. Lesson learned.
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Good call. I had considered that but it was plainly visible to me so I figured it was nothing to hide. I trust your opinion though and censored the address.
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Ask HN: Ominous email from PG
36 points by ABrandt 16y ago|39 comments
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Action(s): Drag and drop interface for scripting any computer workflow(app.jbbres.com)
1 points by ABrandt 16y ago|0 comments
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Congrats on getting something up and running! Now the hard part...iteration. Right now you have the feeble skeleton of what could make money. As you try and turn this into a business, don't try to just layer on premium features. For example
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I looked up what the thundering herd problem is but still don't really understand how it applies here? Could you explain further? (Sorry if thats a dumb question, not a computer scientist here).
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Guilty. I'm most interested by ideas that can produce immediate and tangible results for users while requiring as little behavioral change from them as possible. This is especially important when it comes to something like health--people ar
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Expand to the other major chain restaurants and source your pricing from Mechanical Turk (except for the dollar menus of course). I'd take a few precautions to validate the data. For example, you could put up an HIT to get Burger King's ent
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by ABrandt 16y ago
A bad idea? I would say its quite the opposite. Just look at it this way--your market research is essentially done for you. If there are existing businesses with the same idea, who are their customers? What iterations did they go through to
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Handling label music is without a doubt a dead end. Startups who rely on doing so are certainly increasing their chances of failure; there is too much evidence available to dispute this. However , you can build applications that make use o
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by ABrandt 16y ago
I got a 404 as well. Somehow elcron missed an apostrophe in "I'm" in the address he posted. Interesting that the URL shortened version actually preserved the link integrity in this case. Ironically, you can read an argument against shortene
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by ABrandt 16y ago
If I understand you correctly, I believe your're looking for something like http://grasshopper.com offers. Other alternatives would be http://voice.google.com or building something custom with http://twilio.com
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by ABrandt 16y ago
Interesting, I never considered that voting would be so sensitive to these sorts of variables. Although this could have some effect, I'll be the first to admit my ability to communicate through this medium needs some serious work.

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