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by cabinguy 16y ago
Cold calling isn't just acceptable - it is highly effective. Just make sure you register at https://telemarketing.donotcall.gov/ if you want to do it correctly.
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by cabinguy 16y ago
There are a ton of reasons we have not tried to raise funding. It sounds like it would be easy, we have proof of concept (after 8 years), but raising capital is very intensive. We feel like we do not have time to take our eyes off the ball.
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by cabinguy 16y ago
I am happy with our progress. I wouldn't call it a success. When we hit revenues that would justify a $20M exit, it will be a success in my book.
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by cabinguy 16y ago
I agree with you 100%. I just wanted to share my thoughts on the subject. Also, I shared some sensitive data so I am not going to share our URL...hope you understand.
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by cabinguy 16y ago
Whenever I hear someone call someone else's business a "lifestyle business" - I personally get the feeling that it is a direct dig. I am sure some people disagree with me and I am sure not everyone means to belittle someone else's work...bu
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by cabinguy 16y ago
Not even close! I spend most of my waking time thinking about how to improve and grow. It is the last thing I think about when falling asleep and the first thing I think about when I wake up...and has been for 8 years. I love what I do eve
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New Rule: Stop Calling My Company a Lifestyle Business
24 points by cabinguy 16y ago|12 comments
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by cabinguy 16y ago
My little site (regional) gets 150k visitors & 2-3M page views per month on average. About 70% of those visitors find us through search. Our goal is to lower that number, but at this point it does not bother us. We know that it is in al
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by cabinguy 16y ago
I don't know Jason Calacanis, but I get a couple of things out of this. (and yea, I know my two main points are contradictive) 1. Mahalo is blowing in the wind. I have no idea what Mahalo is or what Calacanis wants it to be. SEOing the hell
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by cabinguy 16y ago
The author basically described priceline...didn't he?
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by cabinguy 16y ago
I dont' want to come off as a naysayer - I can see this taking off - but I do have some real questions. Maybe someone can enlighten me. Don't you keep hard copies of these documents? Just wondering. For us, if it requires a signature, we us
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by cabinguy 16y ago
I sure do hope The Startup Foundry perseveres. It's going to be one hell of a hard thing to do...but I hope they do it. One bit of advice: Drop the "the" -- just "Startup Foundry" -- it's cleaner.
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Tell HN: Why I Love This Community
6 points by cabinguy 16y ago|4 comments
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by cabinguy 16y ago
Your not going to get very far.
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Internet Timeline: 1945-2005 (includes deep links)(thefrank.com)
2 points by cabinguy 16y ago|0 comments
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by cabinguy 16y ago
If you are selling ads directly (just as hard, if not harder than selling your product) - it will depend. You would have to get huge CPM's with your traffic for it to make sense. If you are going to use an ad network (adsense, etc.) you wil
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by cabinguy 16y ago
If you have some money, you can negotiate your credit cards down to almost nothing (eg $30k = $4k payoff). Call the credit card company, tell them you have $X (X being about 10-15% of your balance) and you are calling all of your creditors
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by cabinguy 16y ago
Because I shared some sensitive data, it is probably a good idea to keep the name of our site to myself (for now).
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by cabinguy 16y ago
When I started out in 1999 my business partner and I took $1,200 and turned it into $1M (revenue) in 12 months...100% online sales. We started out buying 3 beat up laptops, fixing them and selling them. Within 6 months we were buying contai