ashishk

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   by ashishk 17y ago

   Man I'm jealous. Anyone interested in doing this in Boston?
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   by ashishk 17y ago

   Thanks! Do you mind sharing how much commission you pay your ad sales person?
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   by ashishk 17y ago

   Could you elaborate on your experiences of building out an ad sales program/team? How much traffic did you have when you started selling ads? What type of CPM are you able to see? The reason I ask is that I run a niche community site that g
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   by ashishk 17y ago

   Yeah I should have clarified. I actually do have a handful of smart advisors that have helped me out a great deal. I probably wouldn't have any chance of succeeding if I didn't have their help along the way. I also have competitors' SEC fil
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   by ashishk 17y ago

   Thanks!
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   Ask HN: Access to PG?

   5 points by ashishk 17y ago|5 comments
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   Ask HN: Founder/common stock purchase agreements?

   1 points by ashishk 17y ago|0 comments
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   by ashishk 17y ago

   looks cool, though i feel like etherpad (now open sourced) solves this problem
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   by ashishk 17y ago

   Yes, but instead of waiting for a response, the answer arrives in your IM window seconds later
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    It's good with niche questions that only a human could help with. I've had luck with social questions ("where's the yscraper located?") and tech questions ("why's my jscript [code here] breaking in IE6?"). It's like stackoverflow, but "real
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    I'm interested to see how this develops. I'd hate for google to drop the ball (a la dodgeball, omnisio, etc.). Vark is such a unique, useful service.
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    Google Acquires Aardvark For $50 million(techcrunch.com)

    125 points by ashishk 17y ago|100 comments
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    wow what a great idea! nowhere close to getting married, but i'd love to have this at my wedding.
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    Would this be considered a public stock offering? I remember learning in class that this sort of stuff (seeking funding publicly on the web) may result in some legal trouble. I may be wrong though.
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    I think the issue is that often tech company founders / management have preferred shares and therefore greater voting rights than general common stock shareholders. So even if a large group of common shareholders wanted to see dividends, th
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    Jason Calacanis responds to Aaron from SEO Book(calacanis.com)

    86 points by ashishk 17y ago|74 comments
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    From a design perspective, I would suggest the use of softer colors. The current blues and greens used look like (cheap) neon lights.
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    famfam or http://iconfinder.net
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    Thanks for the notes! Did they have free coffee on the Limo Liner? That may be a plus. Just bought my ticket (somehow Amtrak let me cancel my Accela ticket) for Thurs. We'll see how it goes =)
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    I totally forgot about Limo Liner. I'm thinking of taking it this Thursday morning.
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    What's crazy is that not once, but twice in the past month, I've been on a train from BOS-NYC that has broken down at some point in CT or RI. The first time they sent a new train (we boarded it using planks laid across the tracks) and the s
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    Looks interesting but has it made money?
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    You're right - my bad. My startup is a niche dating site (myzamana.com), I make money by selling subscriptions to members that want to message people they're interested in. Ramen profitable would mean paying food and rent for an average apa
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    Ask HN: How long did it take you to get ramen profitable?

    25 points by ashishk 17y ago|15 comments
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    I've actually been seriously thinking about that. Not sure how long that would take, but I'm definitely open to the idea.
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    I'm a single founder. Thinking about crossing over to the dark side, but it's not such a bad life. You keep more control of the company, but things move slower as a result.
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    Wow thanks! That was super helpful. I will check out your blog as well.
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    Ask YC: Fair founding vesting

    6 points by ashishk 17y ago|2 comments
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    TechStars Application Tips(andrewrollins.com)

    1 points by ashishk 17y ago|0 comments
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    by ashishk 17y ago

    -2 months. (yes thats a negative) I built a dummy signup site before I started developing the real app. Launched with a few hundred users. That said, my app is consumer-facing, and I sign up customers with ads (it's a dating site).