NEPatriot

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by NEPatriot 17y ago
have you thought about automatically updating the quotes every 10-15 seconds?
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
You're assuming common sense is common
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
If he wants to be a co founder and contribute, and he's got some skills the odds go up
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
I would post on HN and ask for people to share with you what they're working on but for the love provide some sort of template or format you want to be pitched with. Whether you want to see wireframes, a demo, or a slide deck with 5 slides
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Here are my $.02. Great idea. Warms leads are very valuable and if you can help you have a winner. Your voice came out very well. I am wondering why the videos are hidden on the pricing page? I'm a big believer in showing the video up front
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Not really sure why Google doesn't setup their own version of YC, and fund their own people's startups... Take 5-10% for 20k-30k and let their people have a go at it.
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Interesting experiment. How much for a lifetime of free? Additional factors you could play with: 1. Let people name their own price and % discount (0-100) and reject or accept their offer. 2. Let those who invested in you contribute to what
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
I would try to market this at the "idea" guys in order for them to make their product more than a crazy idea. The angle I see is: make it something they can put in front of developers who they want to recruit as founders or design firms for
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Perhaps ask VH to create an 'email requirements' section? In which you could state "Meeting in person probably won't happen, let's start by you sending me screen shots"
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Can you guys put together a few basic questions (to filter) you would want answered? Or link to a best practice guide somewhere on the web and make it required reading prior to email pitching? Or a slide deck template? Something like Guy Ka
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
They have enough cash to beat out an animal hospital in a fight of attrition... Worst case they blame the one sales rep (this is not yelp company policy blah blah), pay up, and promise to play nice in the future.
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Boston VCs should give young hungry startups a chance. A team of 2-3 brilliant early 20's building the next google is the dream of the valley. Hopefully some of the successful Boston founders cultivate the talent here and come up with a nic
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
I'll tell you what is and is not special about Boston (I live in Boston). This is the city with the VC community that told Facebook - no thanks, take your app somewhere else. If Facebook had been founded in Boston the entire landscape here
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Learning should focus on understanding how you learn and retain information verses memorizing facts. I spent my entire time in K-12 thinking I was average/below average because as a very process oriented learner I needed to make connections
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
consumers will see the google ads for google products and buy them
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
so are there any analytical type modules to track this?
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
consumers
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
As long as I'm not being sold on "how to get ripped in 1 week" or have ads shoved down my throat I think it's fine. The interview starts off with 10-20 seconds of ads and there it is. Did you guys notice Andrew monetized the site now? With
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Next they buy walmart, and after that... the US govt. Such that google will control our power, data infrastructure, commercial goods, and govt!
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Maybe this happens for most but for those companies who can take this concept, iterate on it and make it work it's a good move.
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
I also think the opportunity is ripe to create a web app that allows companies that sponsor online events say... podcasts/vlgos to measure effectiveness via tweet mentions as a direct result of that show. So I'm company x sponsoring show y.
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
I would post this video right smack on the home page. To the right of the signup/tour buttons and try to make it btwn 30-90 seconds. Maybe with a heading like... See it in Action. And to stay consistent with the high end feel of your site I
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
brilliant marketing one to copy cat in some form for sure
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
In your responses here you state you are aiming this product at the masses. So I'm going to attempt to review your site from this angle. Before putting on my typical user hat let me say that I like the concept quite a bit and the site desig
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
I've always been paranoid that the people I work for would turn on the video camera on my laptop and just observe me work...
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Agreed, hard to read text like that. Looks like it should belong on a kindle.
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
I think for a business guy to NOT know design is un-excusable. Meaning how the user interacts with the app. He/she doesn't need to be able to code but to be able to mock up the UI for sure.
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
The best teams have well rounded/varying skills. Look at Ideo.com (company that invents stuff) - they look for well rounded individuals with passion. So while a team with more techies will produce better tech - not necessarily something tha
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by NEPatriot 17y ago
Right. But at least with one general knowledge techie and one general knowledge biz guy you can get a good read on tech issues/requirements and market opportunity. Thus once you get to this point you know what you need more of and more impo

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