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   by aditya 17y ago

   1. Survey your audience, ask specific questions like, would you pay a) $10-20 b) $30-$40 c) 1 million billion of this product 2. Check your competition to see what they're charging (counterpoint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ocean_Str
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   by aditya 17y ago

   Why not just get a job and continue building your startup on the side, if the response is mildly positive, then figure out what other problems you could solve to make it overwhelmingly positive. The sales cycle is much longer for B2B produc
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   by aditya 17y ago

   Have you looked at jQuery and jQuery tools? they make life easier, by far.
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   by aditya 17y ago

   Yeah, that is pretty hard, the fact that there's nothing to lose. I think it all comes down to motivation. This quote from pj is possibly the best advice I've seen, although he was probably talking about full-time startups: http://news.yco
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   by aditya 17y ago

   why easier in NYC? because of the 24/7 nature of the city or something else?
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   by aditya 17y ago

   Explanation here: http://blog.ted.com/2009/06/a_note_on_today.php
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   by aditya 17y ago

   but then you need founders who write code... :-)
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   by aditya 17y ago

   I think Odeo was unique in this regard. I think it comes from having an engineering driven culture, rather than a management driven culture. Also, it is very surprising but a lot of startups still think that ideas should come from the top,
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   by aditya 17y ago

   How's the new title? ;-)
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    Tony Stubblebine on how Odeo gave birth to Twitter and took over the world(stubbleblog.com)

    56 points by aditya 17y ago|15 comments
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    by aditya 17y ago

    Congrats to Dave for going full-time with what is a pretty cool idea.
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    Mapping A Company's DNA: Introducing Salescoop(datainsightsideas.com)

    1 points by aditya 17y ago|1 comments
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    by aditya 17y ago

    Hm. Does Tipjoy qualify as a startup with Twitter at the core of the business? Also, I thought they ignored startups that had already been acquired, but then they list Summize? Shoddy analysis.
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    by aditya 17y ago

    +1 for not living in the ghetto to save on rent. It really affects your ability to get stuff done when you're bothered about safety or living in a dodgy neighborhood.
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    by aditya 17y ago

    How have they relaxed on iPhone contract timing? An upgrade to a 32GB iPhone is $399, if you qualify for early upgrade and $699 if you don't!
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    The net negative producing programmer [pdf](pyxisinc.com)

    18 points by aditya 17y ago|5 comments
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    by aditya 17y ago

    +1 on CSS sprites, definitely one of the biggest wins in terms of faster page loads and reducing connections to your webservers.
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    by aditya 17y ago

    So, as we've seen, this "social capital" is great if you're going after the tech-savvy early adopter market (balsamiq, 37s, stackoverflow all are). My question is, is it useful/relevant if this crowd is not your target market? There's a lot
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    by aditya 17y ago

    yeah, I was a little worried that it's too early to be useful, but like I said on the about page, it's for throwing up a quick piece of info on the web, like directions to a party, or a user group meeting. Or, placeholder pages for any sort
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    Review HN: 1clickwebpage - the easiest way to build a webpage(1clickwebpage.com)

    20 points by aditya 17y ago|20 comments
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    by aditya 17y ago

    iinovate: http://iinnovate.blogspot.com/
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    Simon & Schuster Signs E-Books Deal (with Scribd)(online.wsj.com)

    2 points by aditya 17y ago|0 comments
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    by aditya 17y ago

    yeah, go work for another startup. you'll learn a lot more than your bigco job and you'll figure out if you're ready to do your own thing, also you'll meet people that you can start startups with. on the other hand, start building somethin
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    by aditya 17y ago

    (b) you think an intelligent person would be convinced by what you have so far. Convinced of what? That they're making a worthwhile investment? How do you know when you've hit that point where you're ready to ask someone for money? Is thi
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    by aditya 17y ago

    Thanks Paul, this was super helpful. Your email isn't in your profile, but if you drop me a note, I'd love to pick your brain a little bit: aditya at sublucid dot com
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    by aditya 17y ago

    Are you looking to invest in more east coast based startups, Josh? :-)
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    by aditya 17y ago

    So there's no real difference between pitching an angel vs a VC then?
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    Ask HN: How and when to pitch an angel?

    26 points by aditya 17y ago|14 comments
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    by aditya 17y ago

    Sure, but he did start a company that he sold to get F You money so he does have a point.
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    by aditya 17y ago

    I bet they got drunk, and threw darts. Also explains why they haven't replied yet, they're probably hungover. ;)