Terpaholic

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by Terpaholic 12y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7805842 Here's a small collection of resources you might find useful - I had the same question about a year ago. The end result one year later? Google docs + Yesware.
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
http://www.getcampusmaps.com started as a collegiate startup Several YC startups qualify as well - Watchsend & Zinc from memory
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
You can upgrade to Alien Blue Pro for free this week: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alien-blue-reddit-official/i...
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
As a one man bootstrapped SAAS business, I generally omit that information unless asked. If the question is asked, I answer truthfully. The hardest part about being a one man startup in my experience actually is getting press coverage. When
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
http://www.campusjobs.org - it allows businesses to hire students from any school, and aims to become a one-stop job center/career center for higher education in the long run.
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
It wasn't from HN, but from Patio11 - Instead of having 2 buttons on a landing page, have one button and present the other one as text below it. I've seen increases of +30% conversion rate from that.
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
Can you talk a little bit about your metrics or future plans? Looks interesting, would love to know more about how you're competing in this pretty competitive space.
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
Hey, congratulations on launching! Could you talk a little about how Cocos2D was to build with? Is it a high investment to learn? Also: be careful of your app name, you might be contacted by King regarding trademark infringement for the ter
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
Foundation is extremely useful, and feels professional. It does less of the styling for you (think less default css themes), but overall stands toe to toe with Bootstrap. If you've ever found yourself fighting with Bootstrap (like the
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
This is absolutely amazing. Thank you for this! Could you talk a little bit more about what goes into the competition score?
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
Congratulations on shipping! You might enjoy App.js, http://code.kik.com/app/2/index.html Misc: I'd embed the "getting started video" above the fold with a big white arrow over it. Maybe shorten the
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
I believe Duck Duck Go has had success with Reddit Ads
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
You may find this list of lead management/CRM tools valuable: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7805842
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
This looks pretty great. For future visitors to this thread: I've discovered that toutapp and yesware have integrated email receipt + click tracking along with a pseudo pipeline which actually fits my purpose of tracking email leads pr
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
Wow! This looks exactly like what I'm looking for. Thanks! Will give it a try and see if it fits.
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
I looked at salesforce and my understanding was "it has everything, at scale, and costly". The IBM or Oracle of sales was the impression I got. It seemed a bit too much for one person to use for themselves.
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Ask HN: How Do You Manage Leads Properly?
7 points by Terpaholic 12y ago|11 comments
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by Terpaholic 12y ago
Spotify, TimeDoctor, Google Ads, Reddit Ads, AWS, Guitar Tuner App
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Ask HN: Modern SEO?
10 points by Terpaholic 12y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: How do you make greyed-out logo murals for your site?
1 points by Terpaholic 13y ago|0 comments
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by Terpaholic 13y ago
A lot of show HN's seem to slide quickly without getting the critical momentum to draw more attention. Have you checked out how to time yours optimally in order to have a better shot? (~9AM on weekdays from what I remember)
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by Terpaholic 13y ago
Sure, sounds like a solid idea. Heck I have some iPhone apps that I might want to sell :)
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by Terpaholic 13y ago
Definitely, it seems like there's also more spammish/sketchy sites without solid revenue (people pump and dump). I'm definitely not looking for ad-supported type stuff - I really want to work on a SAAS funnel :D Finding a ni
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Ask HN: I Want To Buy a $1k-5k/yr SAAS Business. Where Do I Start?
9 points by Terpaholic 13y ago|7 comments
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by Terpaholic 13y ago
Congrats on the launch! Sharp team and great product :)
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by Terpaholic 13y ago
Point well taken. I've been hesitant on monetizing because of that very same growth I'm seeing. In about 6 weeks I expect to peak in the top 10 US Navigation app for about 3 days (new school year). I've been debating ads + fr
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by Terpaholic 13y ago
The core concept of this article is solid - build something useful. That's how I'm getting triple digit year on year growth & traction with my app, http://www.getcampusmaps.com . Students find the app easier to use
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by Terpaholic 13y ago
I use Stack Overflow first, searching for "Stack Overflow learn ____" and seeing what they recommend. I believe the best way is to BUILD something, so in the past lynda.com has been useful to get code into the IDE because you can
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by Terpaholic 13y ago
Unfortunately I'm using PHP, but thank you! I think I'll be going with Stripe for the payment management, now just working on account management (hashing/salting passwords etc) and associating that with the accounts. I've never done this be
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by Terpaholic 13y ago
Hey thanks! Especially for the MVP, I think you're absolutely right about the abuse part. As for the login/recovery, have you had any experience with signup rates using Facebook/Twitter authentication? Reinventing the login flow seems like

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