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by aacook 11y ago
Recently I read a story about how a Veterans suicide line went to a voicemail. Horrifying. There is a startup here, maybe it's a non-profit.
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by aacook 11y ago
This is a cool idea, there are lots of problems in this space. I worked on Rentabilities ( https://angel.co/rentabilities ) which we ultimately shut down after 3 years. We focused on product rentals, which is just a sliver of
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by aacook 11y ago
Alex from Growth Report here, thanks for posting @nikolay. I'm running a closed beta right now without about 15 teams. Hoping to add more this week and go live to the Slack app directory by the end of the week. Happy to answer question
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The Hierarchy of Engagement(medium.com)
1 points by aacook 11y ago|0 comments
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by aacook 11y ago
Came here to say the same. Last night I was hanging out with my 3-year-old nephew and wondering how different his life will be, especially with all the advancements like VR coming our way. I feel lucky to be old enough to remember what life
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by aacook 11y ago
Hi Garry. I interviewed for W11 with my brother Andy. We flew out from Boston. We rented an RV and lived in it for a week before the interview. That fall was the first year the interviews were split between two rooms. We pitched a startup t
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by aacook 11y ago
Each product is different, even those that appear to be the same. I'd try and stay away from comparing yourself to others and instead look at the data the right way. Then I'd compare yourself to yourself each day and week and do t
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by aacook 11y ago
Totally agreed. I've been consulting in this area for the past year now and it's a very common problem. One of the most powerful things you can do with these metrics is pull them on a regular basis and write updates. For example,
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by aacook 11y ago
What if it were a daily and weekly internal email that hooked into your existing analytics or database? I'm working on an alpha for a product called Growth Report that does just that. It's not "gem install yc" but it&#x2
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by aacook 11y ago
Yeah, it's scary to think a bug could exist in the data when you're making potentially huge company decisions based on it. Some of Amplitude's paid reports do look really valuable. Like this one: https://amplitude
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by aacook 11y ago
What questions are you trying to answer about your web-app? While I think reports like individual user streams are neat, I find they're not very good at diagnosing a product and driving growth. One of the best charts for doing that is
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by aacook 11y ago
Try now: https://goo.gl/K5M3LM
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by aacook 11y ago
Oh, thanks for the heads up. The link should be public now.
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by aacook 11y ago
If you're like me and prefer to draft writing elsewhere, here's a Google Doc you can copy with the questions and word limits: https://goo.gl/K5M3LM Update: Document is fully public now.
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Stephen Colbert's daily routine(soundcloud.com)
1 points by aacook 12y ago|0 comments
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by aacook 12y ago
eBay does much more than just provide software tools. Fraud protection being a big part of eBay (much by proxy through PayPal).
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Trust(paulenglish.com)
1 points by aacook 13y ago|0 comments
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by aacook 13y ago
Your post and outlook on this problem is the result of your definition of "sharing economy" being too narrowly focused. To me it seems most people interested in the sharing economy only care about to talk about sharing if both sid
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by aacook 13y ago
I would argue that at scale and density, Airbnb has the chance to create a community like this.
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by aacook 13y ago
This works for most goods, but some goods still cost $1k+ to manufacturer and need to be manufactured at some level of quality to be of value to the user. Also, even if these goods could be manufacture cheaply, do I really want to own, stor
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by aacook 13y ago
I'm a founder at Rentabilities and this is exactly what we're working on. Would love your feedback: http://www.rentabilities.com http://www.rentabilities.com/26135/1-5-rotary-hammer-drill/ As
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by aacook 13y ago
I misunderstood. Excellent.
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by aacook 13y ago
This is great news for DuckDuckGo and I'm all for it, however, DuckDuckGo isn't completely private right? From what I see, DuckDuckGo obtains much of its data from 3rd parties, such as Bing/Microsoft and Yahoo. http:/&#
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by aacook 13y ago
Agreed the video is somewhat ridiculous. It could be a supply/demand tilt (more demand than supply: weed out the crappy demand). It could also be a long term move. If they're able to have all verified people in the network, they'll have bas
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by aacook 13y ago
Yes, but in person. They are not asking you to upload it online... something few people have ever done.
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by aacook 13y ago
So many startups have screwed this up. It makes sense why everyone is skeptical. But really, why do they need my LinkedIn? LinkedIn is something I do not use. At this point, I just auto-accept all contacts and never check it. I know Airbnb
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by aacook 13y ago
Luckily Airbnb's success is based off revenue share. So if there is actually a drop in bookings, Airbnb has an interest in killing this feature. My guess? They already tested it on a small subset of their users and it's working well. Furthe
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by aacook 13y ago
Right - but I'm unaware of any hotel who requires you to upload your license online before booking a hotel. It's done in person at the time of checkin.
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by aacook 13y ago
That's a good point. Airbnb is asking people to do this online. This is likely the first time they have ever had to upload their license or passport online. I voluntarily did it, just because I stumbled on it in the settings of the site la
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by aacook 13y ago
I disagree with your 2nd point. This seems like over generalizing. You're saying that every Airbnb host that is upset about this change is suddenly using Airbnb illegally? Definitely not true. It sounds like the verification flow has some s

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