AndrewGCook

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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
You should figure out websites that have affiliate programs, force the requester to choose a website, and when you end the text message, include the website to add some validity. Including the well-known brand will seem like it comes from a
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
It's great that Eric Ries used his own lean startup methodology to figure out what influenced people to buy the book. Eric built a website to take pre-orders so he could A/B test the book's cover, title, and marketing to figure out how to g
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
W3Schools says that IE usage is at 22.9% in Sept 2011. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
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Beware of Startup Vampires(andygcook.com)
5 points by AndrewGCook 15y ago|0 comments
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
If you were applying to work at my start-up, chances are I would try to find you on the Internets anyway, and I would greatly appreciate you saving me time by just providing me your information up front. If you provide me links, it also ens
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How to Make Smarter Start-up Decisions(andygcook.com)
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
Wordpress is a good reminder that every great product starts from humble beginnings.
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
There's another start-up that does something similar to this called Brass Monkey. Their angle is turning the iPhone into a Wiimote-type controller. http://brassmonkeysdk.com/ Both interesting concepts that could be even more disruptive to
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
Thanks for the comment and you make a good point. I guess what my main point was that you should pick one thing to focus on once you know what the optimal thing to focus on is. Imagine the Odeo team split their efforts between Twitter and t
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How to Kill Start-up Distractions(andygcook.com)
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
Single quotes as much as possible, unless it's a MySQL call or HTML. I hack in PHP mostly.
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
It's supposed to be an online version of Grimlock from Transformers. He's part of a clan or robots that all talk in third person and have broken English. That being said, I thought it was a thoughtful read with good points, and absolutely h
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
I think you should trial run every employee before hiring them full time if possible. Sales people can lie about their qualifications just as much as any hacker. In fact, it might be easier because the hacker's work is most likely to be pub
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43 Pithy Quips On The Business of Software(onstartups.com)
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
As a fellow founder, I experience the ups-and-downs of the start-up roller coaster everyday. One of my favorite quotes from Founders at Work comes from Joe Kraus, one of the creators of Excite: “The hardest part in a startup is that you wak
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
I just saw Sam Altman speak at YCNYC and I was impressed. I have never actually met him or heard him speak before Monday, but one of his stories really stuck out and went something like this: "We were trying to get a big client for weeks, a
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
At Startup Bootcamp in Boston last week, Charlie Cheever from Quora said that even the people you hang out with influence and shape your product. My take away from YCNYC last night was that PG is a cult leader who attracts the most talented
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
I just heard Drew Houston of DropBox talk in Boston at StartupBootcamp and this resume rings true to what he said. The reality is that every founder starts in the same place and at the same point, which is completely clueless. Apple, Google
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MIT Startup Bootcamp 2011: Notes and Musings(onstartups.com)
2 points by AndrewGCook 15y ago|1 comments
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Top 11 Reasons to Build Your Startup on Wordpress(andrewgcook.com)
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by AndrewGCook 15y ago
Here's an article I wrote about the merits of the program if anyone's interested: 14 Reasons You Should Enter the MassChallenge - http://bit.ly/f6wSvm Tweet me @andygcook or andy@rentabilities.com with any questions
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by AndrewGCook 16y ago
Your point is very true. They hope to stimulate innovation in Boston through the competition, but the main goal is to stimulate innovation nationwide. One of the winning teams last year, RelayRides, recently opened a second location in Cali
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by AndrewGCook 16y ago
Feel free to email me also with any questions andy [at] rentabilities [dot] com
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by AndrewGCook 16y ago
I was a $50,000 winner in MassChallenge 2010 and it's a great organization. I've written a few blog posts on my experiences there. Hope they are helpful: 7 Startup Lessons Learned as a MassChallenge Finalist - http://bit.ly/cojZkt How to
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Please review Quochilla, my site for Startup Quotes(quochilla.com)
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Photoshop Background Template for #NewTwitter(andrewgcook.com)
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