LukeFitzpatrick

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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Nice article, but I would of liked to see how you did the marketing for your book, your article didn't really dive into that? I like your idea on pricing, smart move and it obviously paid off. Did you use your blog to 'push'
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
No idea, I'm from a small beach town and I haven't been to Melbourne before. From what I know, it has extreme temperatures and moody weather. Walking in to a supermarket with boardies is fine in my hometown (Port Macquarie). You s
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Hey serialx, I live in SK too, if you ever wanna grab a beer or coffee, shoot me an email: lukejamesfitzpatrick@gmail.com On Fan Death, the media bought it all up and publicized it on TV, naturally most South Koreans believe it. They are su
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
If I were you, start reading about startups, check out Sam Altman's awesome site on startup theory, it'll be a good place to refresh yourself and start thinking about things: http://startupclass.samaltman.com/ Gla
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
It seems to me that you want to be involved in startups that have just got traction in the B2C market, AkA created that 'wow' factor that you mentioned. Your long track record in a fortune 50 company might be the thing that steers
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
The difference between a hack and cyber warfare is this: cyber warfare results in death or substantially loss to property. Here's a link that has a cool presentation about the differences to clear up any confusion: http://ww
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Yeah, I'd just refund it like jasonkester said. It's not worth the hassle and besides, that customer is likely to complain about your service if you don't refund it. The chances are, they are probably really strapped for cash
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Nice looking site. Just letting you know, the video really slowed up the loading time. Took about 30 seconds+ for the second half of the page to load up. And, I've got a super fast connection.
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Programming side looks nice, but it's overly heavy on copy, you might want to simplify it a bit. Just a tip, I like the idea.
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Lol, it would actually enjoy it, but if other people did it to me, that would suck big time. I'd assume, if I built it, people would spam the crap load out of me, just by spite.
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Same here, assume on the U.S.
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
I agree with the comments here. Join the startup if you believe in the 'team' and the problem they are solving. Look at the teams track record, is this their first startup? What experience do they have? How committed are they? Wha
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
The copy is ok. You could tinkle with a little bit and do some AB testing. Do a google search on Buffer AB testing, they have some awesome advice on their blog. Pricing, looks different. Usually, it's cheapest (on the left) with most e
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North Korea’s Cyber Warfare and Challenges for the US-ROK Alliance [pdf](keia.org)
9 points by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago|0 comments
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
This concept seems strange, a random person calling to wake you up. It makes me think back to an annoying app idea I had, Spam the Spammer - the idea for this was, anyone that sends me spam, I send it back to them and crash their account. D
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
I think Quora is awesome for finding content related to what I do - being startups. Most of the answers I read on there are of high quality, just like HN. I've had startups PM me for advice, feedback, done Skype chats etc. I always try
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
What I'm surprised about is how much press Uber gets these days. I jump on Quora, I've easily seen 10 questions in about a week? Went to a startup event that was hosted by Uber. Have been given Uber discount cards. Likewise, goes
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
I'd definitely like to know this answer. I have had a lot of success with cold emails. Usually, I think being genuine is the best way to go about it.
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
There is cloud computing, now we have AI in the cloud. I found this on Betalist, thought the HN community might be interested. Machine learning is in its baby steps. I'll be curios to see where the future goes in the next 5-10 years.
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Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud(betalist.com)
2 points by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago|1 comments
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Yeah, I'm a little disappointed in my friends. I still think they have a product. But the whole team broke up. Awesome your making sales, and your right, universities will most likely continue using the same service once it's been
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
I'm also very surprised this happened. I've done my fair share of Ramen, can barely eat it anymore. I'd assume they sold the investor on selling the service to Universities at 50K each, the investor believed in them and that
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
The market size wasn't too small, it allied to college students everywhere. From what I know, a startup should look something like this. Build your MVP, get some traction, add on another feature, get more traction... A continually proc
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
The investor they got, was actually doing something similar. Running a tutoring company that became quite profitable. Two of the guys working at the tutoring company got the idea to make this service, and sold the idea to their boss at the
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Yeah, they used all the money on themselves. A free learning period so to speak. But, I wouldn't want to do that with investors money, reputation might hurt them in the long run. One of the guys is a product manager at Google now, anot
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
I think they had the options to target Universities or college students. The product connects college students to other students to for help with problems. It's mostly suited for the mathematics, engineering and computing faculties. Th
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
Your awesome, cheers for the tip. I've only had my iPad for a couple of months so I don't know many iPad tricks yet.
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
I agree with this article. Founders overspend once they get their first initial investment, and rely on the next investment too much. Founders should be paying more attention to burn and churn rates. I once saw one of my best friends fail h
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
This is what I do. I have the Pages App on my iPad. I copy and paste anything into it that I want to continue to read, reference or check it out later on. I only use this app for this purpose. I also created a reading list on Quora too, but
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by LukeFitzpatrick 12y ago
You could possibly offer referrals to other Bitcoin sites and charge a fee. Some sites offer Bitcoin wallets, others can predict the market market. I know of one Bitcoin site which has a 90% accuracy on prediction. I'd say, safety of B

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