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by alexobenauer 6y ago
This would be incredibly interesting. I have yet to find a bank for our business accounts that doesn't make me jump through ridiculous hoops to get basic things done.
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by alexobenauer 6y ago
Would be curious to hear a bit more about: > 5. Forum powered desktop
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by alexobenauer 6y ago
Mentioned again later on: > For the first time in my life I have bought a pair of premeditatively tight shoes. These shoes are small and look nice. My No 2 mind (acquired mind) has succeeded in convincing my No 1 mind (primal mind or h
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by alexobenauer 6y ago
One I read in a HN comment a while back was to find available domain names and come up with ideas for them. When I saw that my first name was available with the .chat TLD I knew it should be one of two things: a redirect to my calendly, or
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by alexobenauer 7y ago
Whole areas were without necessary products directly because of his actions. No, he didn’t mess up an entire industry, but for the areas he hit, we were without sanitizing products much sooner.
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by alexobenauer 7y ago
I personally employ a balance of both.
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by alexobenauer 7y ago
> No, you don't know what ideas the existing company had (that were simply not implemented yet). Perhaps they had brainstorm sessions too. Of course they did. All I'm saying is that by giving yourself the opportunity to explore
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by alexobenauer 7y ago
Some of my recommendations: * Ask yourself what would kill the idea, or the category it's in. Sometimes this leads us to come up with entirely new, even better ideas. Often it leads us to come up with a few better pieces to your origin
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by alexobenauer 7y ago
These are my favorite problems - the ones people hate but seem resigned to living with; almost as if it's a simple fact of life. When you come in with a solution, they'll be skeptical at first, but you'll know quickly whether
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by alexobenauer 7y ago
Not at all. We've had this happen quite a bit. The key is making sure that people have the problem that the product solves (and that they really hate the problem, or it costs them quite a bit of time or money, etc.). That's what y
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by alexobenauer 7y ago
Here's the recommendation I give to students when they ask me this question (it's a common one!): You come up with a brilliant idea, you obsess over it, you Google some info, and on your screen lies your idea, being done by someon
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by alexobenauer 8y ago
Here's the original thread on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1075297398342148097 > What they really need is a table that gets updated over the next several days that lists the company, the
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by alexobenauer 8y ago
I'd ask those who specifically work with animal welfare issues about the problems they face, why those problems exist, etc. Then you can hopefully discern an area where your expertise could lend a helping hand.
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The new Mac Mini is up to 5 times faster(techcrunch.com)
6 points by alexobenauer 8y ago|0 comments
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There are now 100M Macs in use(techcrunch.com)
3 points by alexobenauer 8y ago|1 comments
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by alexobenauer 8y ago
Within the last 10 hours that you posted this, I went out to buy the book and read it (it's pretty brief). It's a really great read particularly if you've been in a dip and / or a cul de sac (as Godin refers to projects
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by alexobenauer 9y ago
Started it in 2012 while wrapping up my last year of school. Put my idea for a product I really believed in on Kickstarter, luckily Hacker News and the like really took to it, pushing it past 100% quickly. Been at it ever since.
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by alexobenauer 9y ago
I think they've been primarily monetizing with their careers section. The listings, last I checked, are entirely paid, and they have (at least had?) a sales team dedicated to them.
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by alexobenauer 9y ago
It's a part of the same mailbox unit that personal boxes are in. You don't walk it anywhere.
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by alexobenauer 9y ago
Wildly unnecessary. Apartment complexes have mailbox systems where they leave a one-time key in your mailbox to a special package-sized box. No touchscreen or Amazon needed.
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by alexobenauer 9y ago
PR 101: announce bad news on Friday. Fewer people will hear about it.
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by alexobenauer 10y ago
I had this too - one professor who taught the only two sections of a class required for the CS major. He always made them 8 am, and made a point about doing that. Walked in like clockwork on the dot every session and bellowed "Well goo
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Medium launches a revenue model for publishers(blog.medium.com)
9 points by alexobenauer 10y ago|4 comments
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Marissa Mayer Just Fired Dozens of Yahoo Employees by Accident(fortune.com)
4 points by alexobenauer 11y ago|1 comments
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Inbox by Gmail: find answers even faster(gmailblog.blogspot.com)
2 points by alexobenauer 11y ago|0 comments
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Your Startup Needs a Coxswain(making.mindsense.co)
1 points by alexobenauer 11y ago|0 comments
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by alexobenauer 11y ago
We didn't like any of the options out there, so we rolled our own to get the features we wanted: Slack integration, designed home page with our logo and core purpose on it, integration with our shared Google Drive files. The thing that
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Your Company's “Casual” Dress Code Is Just as Bad(medium.com)
3 points by alexobenauer 11y ago|1 comments
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Kodak Is Bringing Back Super 8(techcrunch.com)
2 points by alexobenauer 11y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft Band(microsoft.com)
8 points by alexobenauer 11y ago|0 comments

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