bmcnamara82

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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
Right. The decline in manufacturing is a tricky subject. First off, in developed economies the manufacturing employee makes up less than 1/5th of the population. Let's be honest, manufacturing will never come back to developed nations like
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
I think the take away lesson here is that you can't judge an idea until it is market tested. On the surface, I would say this idea would fail - I don't like it since it seems trivial. However, I'm not the target customer segment so my opini
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
The one argument goes that if you simply view your customer as a data point you tend to lose the 'customer perspective'. However, data doesn't lie, if you can augment your results with qualitative customer feedback, this is the best scenari
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Ask HN: What do you perceive as worth spending money on?
69 points by bmcnamara82 16y ago|84 comments
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
What if you asked for a follow up email address / phone number? The survey would then act as a screening device that would identify those who are really interested.
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
The typical organization goes through 100 "investigations" or idea concepts to get to one success*. They have a larger pool of resources to execute those 100 investigations, but I think the larger point is that you need to get through a lot
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
Anything planned for the Midwest?
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
One of the most often forgot story of Ford was the failure of the Edsel. They designed the hell out of the product. They researched design, interiors, market segments, price points, ect. At the time, it was known as one of the best designed
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
"Give your service away for free, possibly ad supported but maybe not, acquire a lot of customers very efficiently through word of mouth, referral networks, organic search marketing, etc., then offer premium priced value added services or a
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
Instead of saying that "free" plans don't work outright, I argue that they work for some type of products and don't work for other products. He provided examples of niche products that so far, serve small markets. LessAccounting, Crazy Egg,
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
Its amusing that none of these comments even touch on the articles premise, which is that you need to be solving problems that someone (i.e. customers) else believes is important.
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by bmcnamara82 16y ago
Great job on charging for service right out of the gate. My assumption would be that someone with a flair for showmanship can excel at this even if they are a mediocre performer. However, I could see this being useful for real time.