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by atldev 16y ago
I'm at the PhoCusWright conference where Adam and Steve announced this today. They did a fantastic job and I'll be shocked if they're not selected as the summit winner. They weren't afraid to take friendly shots at the established players (
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by atldev 16y ago
You can predict the response based on a similar move made by Zendesk back in May ( http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/18/zendesk-pricing/ ). Spoiler alert: there will be backlash. It also strikes me as a dangerous strategic move. The reason I or
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by atldev 16y ago
Disaster can also be a great teacher: Long ago, I started work at Oracle with 2 cohorts. We were asked to install the product locally as a sandbox to work in and learn. The install went flawlessly for my 2 buddies. My install was a disaster
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by atldev 16y ago
Nope, just tried it. Incognito, cookies there. Clear cache, incognito mode again and 3 types still captured. Really quite fascinating.
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by atldev 16y ago
First: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/03/20/running-a-software-busin... Then: 1) I never sacrifice dinner with my family and I try to "be home" from 5-9. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. 2) Always prioritize your most dif
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by atldev 16y ago
Great line from the article: Git is the new resume. In my corporate day job, I've lost count of how many times we've brought in dev candidates who claim to be passionate about coding, but have absolutely no code, projects or even screenshot
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by atldev 16y ago
I see this story about every 3 years. For a few seconds I think "wouldn't that be awesome." Then I realize that a modern C64 (or Amiga) will never be as good as my childhood memories. In fact, modernizing it would probably destroy it for me
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by atldev 16y ago
Just use sample data to make the site look complete for now. You'll gain 2 benefits: 1. It will reduce the chance of rejection for "incomplete site" and more importantly: 2. It will allow you to start customer development and usability test
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by atldev 16y ago
Wanted to say thanks for somehow finding the time to share with the startup community. I've listened to your interviews, so I know how little time you have to spare. What's amazing is how consistent you've been over the years. I remember se
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by atldev 16y ago
Good stuff. We're at step #3, and we're trying to strike the right balance between gathering customer feedback (which brings waves of great ideas) and making sure we're delivering only what we need to learn quickly. Step #4 might be the har
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by atldev 16y ago
Have you ever seen an article and thought to yourself, well, I guess I'll have to jump in now? This article inspired me to share (ahead of schedule) some info on a new service we’re building to provide some of the lean startup metrics Tor m
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by atldev 16y ago
I've been asking potential customers this very question, and the overwhelming response has been: AFTER. No surprise, I guess. I'm much more likely to signup for a trial if I don't need to pull out the card. Earn my trust, give me an app tha
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by atldev 16y ago
I think this is a great question to ask. I feel the same way, and unless I missed it in the comments so far, I don't see any specific examples that would give me pause. I'm loving Rails so far, especially after being able to start from scra
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by atldev 16y ago
Hi Hiten. I know you guys must be slammed. Very cool for you to drop in. I'm glad to hear you are "accomodating to bootstrapped startups". I had been following you, but assumed I was priced out of the product. I'll be reaching out this week
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by atldev 16y ago
I absolutely love Clicky. The best feature is "Spy" which shows you a live view of visitors as they interact with your site. Careful- can be very addictive. I'm watching mine right now when I should be coding :) Referral link: http://getcl
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by atldev 16y ago
Clickable: http://statusdashboard.com Then hit "Watch demo"
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Ask HN: Feedback on my new demo screencast?
2 points by atldev 16y ago|1 comments
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by atldev 16y ago
http://vator.tv/news/2009-10-07-aaron-patzer-lays-bare-mints... (Aaron Patzer presents Mint financials in a "post-exit pitch") http://www.slideshare.net/hnshah/mintcom-prelaunch-pitch-dec... (I believe this was a study done by MBA stude
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Ask HN: Best examples of successful pitch decks?
2 points by atldev 16y ago|1 comments
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by atldev 16y ago
Good stuff. I plan to share this with each development manager on my team. We've learned many of these lessons the hard way. Others, we've decided not to pursue. For example, we have found working together in a team room is extremely helpfu
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by atldev 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I'll be working on that this weekend. I'm thinking of including a short video as well.
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by atldev 16y ago
I recently launched a small project ( http://statusdashboard.com ) with the goal of learning RoR and was blown away by the community and infrastructure (particularly Heroku). 3 weeks from watching the first blog railscast to a fucntioning s
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by atldev 16y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll update to make it clear that everyone gets a 30-day free demo. In fact, I collect no credit card info at signup. Edit: Done. Does that look better on the signup page?
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by atldev 16y ago
"Make something someone specific needs, launch fast, let users show you what to change, change it, repeat last two." -PG Summary: StatusDashboard is a hosted app that let's companies easily build a status dashboard for external services li
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Ask HN: Please review my new app StatusDashboard(statusdashboard.com)
2 points by atldev 16y ago|4 comments
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by atldev 16y ago
Articles: 1. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/howlett/tripit-for-business-a-feat... 2. http://1travelworld.com/business-travel/rearden-execs-taunt-...
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Ask HN: Is TripIt a product or a feature?
1 points by atldev 16y ago|1 comments
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by atldev 16y ago
Don't know if I agree with #2. There are plenty of overnight success stories that are 10 years in the making (Zappos comes to mind). And plenty of startups had to muscle through tough times without seeing "quick success" (Pandora). Countles
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by atldev 16y ago
The larger a company is, the easier it is for bad employees to hideout in the org. The path of least resistance for the average manager is to just let it slide. It is also my experience that letting poor performers slide has a big impact on
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by atldev 16y ago
We have a number of big screens hanging in our office. We loop an ugly powerpoint with stale messages. Regularly, I walk by the screens and wish we had a Panic-style dashboard for key metrics. Of course, we could build our own, but we alway

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