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   by babul 18y ago

   A rare case of reverse psychology actually working on the net? (...especially for a "social" media site). Anyone know of other successful cases?
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   by babul 18y ago

   the "this side of the pond" being UK not US. Sorry if that was unclear.
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   by babul 18y ago

   By this I mean learn by doing. It is generally the best way. Look at examples/sites that make you say “wow” and try to disseminate them and rebuild them. Always challenge yourself to do something just outside your current ability. When you
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   by babul 18y ago

   Practice. Practice. Practice ...then practice some more. Only by crafting your skill can you really get better.
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   by babul 18y ago

   Not a marketing ploy. My (old) firm used to represent the founder behind faceparty (Lance). He really is like that in person and would certainly shut the site to spite the users. Good to see it has had a positive effect though!
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   by babul 18y ago

   This is great to hear, and just the begining for Songkick I'm sure. Ian and Pete are both very nice guys. Well done! It is really good Ian and Pete organise YCombinator style hacker meets in London. There needs to be more things like this o
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   by babul 18y ago

   "Twitter will become a sustainable business supported by a revenue model". Yet to be defined. Hopefully not direct text message ads!
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   Twitter announces new funding round(blog.twitter.com)

   12 points by babul 18y ago|13 comments
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   by babul 18y ago

   Did you not get many responses from your YouNoodle post?
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    by babul 18y ago

    We should all at least endeavour to meet each other once in a while where possible e.g. perhaps posting somewhere here the next major tech conference/event/other we are going to.
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    by babul 18y ago

    or porting desktop app interfaces to the web to save having to retrain users in business environments.
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    by babul 18y ago

    Old but gold. I especially like the last page... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/psion_special/page10...
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    Psion: the last computer(theregister.co.uk)

    11 points by babul 18y ago|1 comments
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    by babul 18y ago

    You really need to look at why they are changing the concept and wanting to switch to another startup. If you are reluctant due to the time/effort already invested ("letting go" is a common problem), then perhaps what the others are suggest
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    by babul 18y ago

    Also in that amount of time, technology will have changed significantly brining new issues (e.g. the need mentioned to make it look "web 2.0") and opportunities (for them and for others). Even without knowing the details and complexity of s
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    by babul 18y ago

    Twitter is not simple service and faced many unique problems much discussed already here and on the web in general. Also you should not be basing your offering on what the current hype is, but rather on filling a need and offering something
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    by babul 18y ago

    Maybe in the corporate world, but if you are small startup then surely not. The world changes so rapidly and most of what small startups offer are solutions to a current need. If you are doing it as a hobby or for fun/learning/charity
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    by babul 18y ago

    imitate then innovate? Many businesses start successfully (first mover advantage) but are unable to maintain it allowing competitors to overtake them.
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    by babul 18y ago

    There is nothing wrong in being a "me too" clone. In the early stages of a market (in any business), when someone stumbles upon something new/novel/untapped, there is always a land-grab and (initially) often plenty of users for everyone. Ul
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    by babul 18y ago

    7 years is a long time, especially in the world of the internet. If it has not been successful by now, you really need to look at doing other things.
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    by babul 18y ago

    see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=224816
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    by babul 18y ago

    Even after reading this, and other similar articles, I still don't understand the current valuation models. In this case, LinkedIn makes revenue of $80-100m, but what is the profit ? Are such valuations solely based on projected revenu
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    by babul 18y ago

    I can't see the value in articles like this.
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    by babul 18y ago

    I'd say if you want to determine value and success rates, define your criteria (money/ROI/users/market-share/etc), set targets (spend $x and get y users in z time), and measure the performance (x spent on adwords/marketing/ads/other getting
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    by babul 18y ago

    Not limited to just unique startups, but simply record and measure the metrics that are important to you.
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    by babul 18y ago

    I would like to see more collaboration betwen Intel and Apple. Thier recent joint offers have been far more usable than the Wintel products I have used lately.
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    by babul 18y ago

    It would be better if it could be incorporated easily into websites (did not rely on Java to display the word cloud) and generated automatically upon changes to the context it is used within. In such a case, it would be a hit as a WordPress
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    by babul 18y ago

    Exploratory programming to play with ideas and concepts and to quickly prototype and evaluate things. Once a clear vision/direction is established, I switch to a more test driven development model more to ensure robustness and iron out erro
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    by babul 18y ago

    If you cannot buy a new Mac (or better still a Mac Book Pro) why not try and get a used one from eBay? $1000 should get you something fairly decent.
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    by babul 18y ago

    I think I can do a good attempt at this over a weekend. Anyone fancy doing a weekend fun project together?