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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I made some personal goals this month and have been tracking them. Willpower has helped me toward accomplishing some of these goals, but motivation has plays a much larger role. Perhaps motivation recharges the lost willpower.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
Ha. This is great!
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I like how 37signals promotes a solid work life balance. They also do a really good job of telling stories.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
This was my first ever hackathon so I didn't know what to expect. But, it was lots of fun working on Pollse and seeing the project come to life in such a short amount of time. Great job team!
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I wish I would have bought some calls. Google always seems to smash earnings and jump up a nice percentage.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I think it's pretty awesome that you wrote a book and are willing to share your stories and insights with everyone. I'm curious if you are a natural writer or if writing is something you really have to work at. What was the proces
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
If you are looking for feedback and ways to improve the product then a simple MVP would work. But, if you want people to sign up and use it, then I would suggest a more polished MVP.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I would work on refining your pitch about why someone should sign up for Cove. Look at this clip from Mad Men about Don Draper pitching "The Wheel". I feel like your product falls into a similar category. This might help you refin
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
The startup I was working on went under and I was on unemployment looking for a new job. A friend suggested starting a website that would make money from affiliate commissions. The goal was to make some extra money for coffee and to cover m
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I agree with nickler. Constant communication is key for solving so many of the problems that will arise during the course of your start up. If communication is bad now, then it will only get worse during the difficult times. Find a co-found
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I think it's important for people to realize that there are tons of projects that never generate income or workout as planned.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
We built a SAAS product that would allow merchants to build their own coupon landing page or coupon site. It never got any traction. It was a super niche product and none of us wanted to go around selling it. We spent a year building it and
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
The other day I went to github.com/trending and found some decent repositories to go through. You can filter by programming language with is really cool. Heck, You could build a site that helps people discover open source repositories
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I would go small instead of targeting the masses. Figure out who would be your most passionate users and go after them. If you can get traction there, then target the next group of people.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I agree Dribbble favors visual designers. But, there are some really great UX people on there too. Follow the right people and you will get a nice blend of UX and Visual Design.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
3 people in our office. We have a speaker system in the office and take turns running our personal pandora or spotify stations on it. Sometimes we crank it up and other times we have softer mellow music playing. Heck, we will even put on NP
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I really like the idea of making the readers the customers instead of the advertisers. It will be interesting to see the direction the Washington Post takes with Bezos at the helm.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
1) The Burn Collector by All Burian 2) Getting Real by 37 Signals
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I'm more of a visual learner and something like this would be super helpful.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
Talk to everyone. The person that makes your coffee, the person in line at the grocery store, your next door neighbor and so on. Get in the habit of talking with everyone you meet. This could help you become more connected and could possibl
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
Nice work bootstrap team! I really like how mobile friendly this version of bootstrap is!
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I think 37signals did a really good job of a pricing page. http://highrisehq.com/signup Keep it simple. Give people a few options to pick from. Tell people what the most popular option is. You could always A/B test dif
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
That's a great point. If we are a threat to them they will take notice.
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Ask HN: How do I sell my company to a larger competitor?
3 points by AtTheLast 13y ago|2 comments
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
"A good designer is a good communicator." I'm really glad you mentioned this. To many people view design as making something look cool or pretty.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I'm really glad someone mentioned this. I think by getting away from skeuomorphism Apple will be able to really innovate new design concepts and functionality for iOS7 and future iOS versions.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
Mayer is a product person, so it will be interesting to see how things work out.
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
I've had the PDF of this speech for a few years now. Great stuff!
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
Yahoo seems to be making a lot of the right moves in terms of product design and development talent. I think they have a good chance of being able to help monitize Tumblr in a way that doesn't ruin the user experience. Like you said, this w
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by AtTheLast 13y ago
In the past Yahoo has butchered their acquisitions. However, Marissa Mayer is a product focused CEO. I see her doing a good job of not messing up the Tumblr experience if Yahoo acquires it.

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