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by bendtheblock 13y ago
What we do as an e-commerce provider is use the label 'Gift Voucher'. This reduces the drop off considerably as customers assume that this is something that would have been sent to them already. Our clients just have to mention in
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by bendtheblock 15y ago
AARRR is more of a methodology for coming up with these stats. Thanks for posting though, this slide deck is worth a look for anybody that hasn't seen it.
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Ask HN: Recommended lean startup metrics
8 points by bendtheblock 15y ago|2 comments
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by bendtheblock 15y ago
When we set up our agency, here's what worked: * Work for cheap/free if you have to. You want to do this quickly, if you do a site for free the client will be more willing to go ahead straight away as it requires little decision making. We
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by bendtheblock 15y ago
Basically: Let go and trust your team. Nice example though. I saw a similar article earlier in the week that stressed an important point. When delegating, make sure your team understand why you are doing something. Give them context so th
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by bendtheblock 15y ago
Good example of implementing a feature because it's easy to do, rather than because it has real utility. Why it's part of the HTML form spec I don't know. Was it ever useful?
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by bendtheblock 15y ago
We considered making it development specific but most of the interest has come from a more general audience. How would this work? You'd reference deliverables in individual commits? And maybe add time in the commit too? E.g: git commit -a -
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by bendtheblock 15y ago
You can also access a demo here without signing up: http://demo.runwaypm.com/session/demo
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by bendtheblock 15y ago
Clickable link: http://runwaypm.com/
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Show HN: Project management and collaboration app for agencies
8 points by bendtheblock 15y ago|6 comments
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
Initially, it was because I felt there was a series of underlying themes in all the startup strategies I hear about. Then I wondered about using this as a framework for searching out new startup opportunities (see my comment below). I also
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
This reminds of the PG/FW email chain a couple of weeks ago re: AirBnB. No mention of the things we talk about a lot on HN such as scaling, UI etc... just the potential market for the product. Obviously at that level the discussion is ver
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
My peeve is the pronunciation 'nitch'. It's pronounced neesh, it's a French word.
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
Sure - will email. Name changed. The important thing is that the categories are not vertical or location specific. I wonder if you could look for startup opportunities by taking the taxonomy and mapping it to various verticals and countries
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Ask HN: A Taxonomy of Startup Strategies
13 points by bendtheblock 16y ago|8 comments
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
Same here - I remember when I was a student, everyone would use MegaBus rather than the trains as they were always much cheaper. I've seen them remove unprofitable routes, but even then I can't figure it out, since running a fleet of buses
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
It sounds like you've thought deeply about this - have you written more on your ideas here elsewhere? Would be interested to hear how this would work practically as well as your ideas on how the focus on perpetual growth hinders successful
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
Whoever's downvoting - this isn't spam, I'm a long time HNer. We couldn't find what we wanted so we built our own, hopefully this will help some others out there. The app is free - we aren't charging early adopters.
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
Try our app Runway: http://runwaypm.com/ Email me (see profile) or fill out the form for an invite. It specifically sets out to help people in your situation, because we went through it ourselves.
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Rails Hiring Tips(rails.nuvvo.com)
1 points by bendtheblock 16y ago|0 comments
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
We're looking for freelance Drupal devs to work from anywhere, we're based in London though: http://wemakewebsites.info/jobs
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
If performance is an issue, some sort of lazy load would be better, so just before you reach the bottom of the page more comments are loaded.
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
Has anyone tried the suggested 28 hour day (hack 3)? Does it work? What are the advantages/disadvantages?
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
It's profound because it's a reframing - we lose assumptions by viewing the Earth from Space.
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Life aboard the International Space Station(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by bendtheblock 16y ago|1 comments
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
Thanks! We had a similarly successful experience with this calculation for a party of about 50 people, hence we knocked the app together.
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
I think people can be trusted to make their own decisions about what they can handle. We've been looking for single serve site ideas for a while and this one came to us when trying to calculate how much wine we needed for our first company
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Sub-3-hour weekend project: How much wine do I need?(howmuchwinedoineed.com)
4 points by bendtheblock 16y ago|5 comments
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by bendtheblock 16y ago
Similar idea: http://www.keepcup.com.au/
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Meta-inspiration: Scratch Your Own Itch(wemakewebsites.info)
1 points by bendtheblock 16y ago|0 comments

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