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by anthonycerra 14y ago
And they've almost completely pivoted to paid educational content. On the one hand it means less competition for the OP, but they pivoted for a reason. There's likely more money in their education products because of the price point and the
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by anthonycerra 14y ago
You'll only find half of your answer here - those trying to market their apps. The real trick is finding out if the people that represent the other half of your business model think it's a good idea. Some questions you need to ask yourself:
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by anthonycerra 14y ago
They all look the same to us, but not necessarily to the startup's users. Startups of all types are brought to HN which is why we notice the similarities. From the user's perspective a startup is just another website in the sea of existing
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by anthonycerra 14y ago
Is the experience you're getting at the startup arming you with knowledge that you wouldn't get at bigco and that you can use when you start your own business? If you're just a developer stuck in a corner without any real exposure to busine
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by anthonycerra 14y ago
Previous Kickstarter here. I'm not a lawyer, this isn't legal advice, blablabla. You might want to have something in place (S-Corp or LLC) before your Kickstarter launches. You can be sued for any number of things other than the obvious. If
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by anthonycerra 14y ago
Keep on keepin' on. Your rejection is in no way a foreshadow of your success or failure. This time last year I found out my company got accepted into an accelerator. A year later the business is a failure and a bunch of companies that got
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by anthonycerra 15y ago
Hatred leads to violence and war so if you could make a dent in the first, it might pay off in the long run. What about a an app like chatroulette (text only) that paired up people across the world from each other and translated text into t
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by anthonycerra 15y ago
edited, thanks for the correction!
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by anthonycerra 15y ago
I'm relatively young (25) and I still get goosebumps whenever I see online courses on cutting edge technologies offered by universities for free. What an amazing time to be alive.
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by anthonycerra 15y ago
What intrigues me most about your article is that it begs another question. How much testing is enough? Based on your account of the situation I don't think you tested enough variables. Were the premium features just something you threw up
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by anthonycerra 15y ago
Sounds like a good time, see you all there.
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by anthonycerra 15y ago
This is amazing to me. It hints at a new business model for education. Give away the education and charge for accreditation.
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by anthonycerra 15y ago
I remember the days when "apps" and "progs" were little programs you found on Astalivista to open your friend's CD-Rom drive through AOL instant messenger. Would that fly as an argument for Amazon in a court of law? Probably not, but it's f
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by anthonycerra 15y ago
I think you're comparing apples to oranges. An article from the mainstream media about bin Laden's killing is nothing out of the ordinary. This link, however, is likely the first time in history that something so covert and meticulously pla
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by anthonycerra 15y ago
What's most interesting to me about this piece is everything except for the Gaga Drama itself. 20 years ago if you would have told someone that it takes 8 weeks to get a release date and a huge chunk of money/time to cut a track, probably n
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
We put a project up on Kickstarter back in February and got a ton of press, but it failed. http://kck.st/eSx2KR That being said, you should absolutely put your idea up on Kickstarter. You'll never know someone's true opinions about your p
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
We started http://www.joystickers.com in 2010. We're based in Logan Square. Would love to get a meetup together soon.
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
If you're an idiot, so am I. It gets really tough.
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
I just got Garageband and it's incredible - especially for $5. It runs a little slow on the original so I'm tempted to Gazelle my current iPad for a new one. If you're into music creation at all, then it's a no-brainer.
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Watch this now. Steve Blank on Mixergy(mixergy.com)
10 points by anthonycerra 16y ago|4 comments
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
Hey Jon, thanks for the support. It doesn't handle the joystick function as of yet. We're working on it, but we're at a point where we need more funding to continue R&D. If you back us, you'll get some awesome products and we can contin
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
Very interesting use case, thanks for the feedback!
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
I'm really excited to share with you our labor of love for the past 8-9 months. My partner (mechanical engineer) and I (electrical engineer) have been working on physical gaming buttons for the iPad and iPhone in stealth mode and we're fina
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Show HN: Our startup just launched on Kickstarter(kck.st)
6 points by anthonycerra 16y ago|7 comments
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
I don't think they've become anything. Their actions are consistent with what they've always done. It's more apparent today because their policies affect many more people. My startup launched a campaign on http://www.mylastiphone.com to p
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
clickable: http://www.mylastiphone.com
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
My startup is sponsoring a campaign to raise awareness for this issue. www.mylastiphone.com
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
I'll do one better than email Steve. This will be my last iPhone.
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
Find places that coders actually hang out and participate. There are too many events where idea guys scavenge for the rockstar developer who will buy into the vision. "All I need is someone to do X,Y, and Z and this thing will be huge! I ca
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by anthonycerra 16y ago
I appreciate the gesture man. If we can chat for a few minutes (under 10) this week, that would be really cool. CrushIt was great btw :)

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