calbear81

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by calbear81 16y ago
It's also the app store which does over a billion in sales annually not to mention the revshare on subscription services that Apple requires.
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by calbear81 16y ago
I think the "advancement of mankind" piece might get you some flak but the basic concept sounds like what Steve Jobs was alluding to. My view of it is that Apple doesn't build technology for the sake of building technology. Every technolo
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by calbear81 16y ago
Jason is spot on that Hipmunk is trying to ease pain in the flight booking industry. Booking flights is largely undifferentiated in the space with low-price sort and sites bombarded with ads all aimed at squeezing a few more bucks out of a
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by calbear81 16y ago
Does anyone have any questions about our technology? Tell me what you guys think of it!
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by calbear81 16y ago
Thanks for posting about us HardyLeung! Swing by our booth if you have time and hope you're enjoying the launch conference.
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by calbear81 16y ago
There are still holdouts like Southwest so the whole search one and done mantra has not been fulfilled. I do appreciate that Hipmunk is trying to do something different and they recognize clearly that the status quo was "not good enough".
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by calbear81 16y ago
It was probably not answered out of Sennheiser USA division but the basic premise is that there's better material being used and you get a leather "nesting bow" for the premium price. Is it worth it? Probably not.
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by calbear81 16y ago
In the spirit of sharing, I did have something similar to the Culinary Education Site mocked up for a while. The idea was to combine techniques/instruction with a recipe site in a simple multi-column layout. Imagine the ingredients and ste
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by calbear81 16y ago
I don't think the numbers add up since MANY businesses are not the types of establishments that Groupon would do a deal with like let's say a personal accountant or a B2B focused operation. Also, my understanding is that Groupon has a ridi
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by calbear81 16y ago
Don't forget the Farecast technology at Bing Travel which predicts whether you should buy or wait for your airline ticket which has a fairly high accuracy rate.
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by calbear81 16y ago
I'm not sure about a site where the word "transparent" is misspelled as "transparant". Good luck any startups that are attending!
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by calbear81 16y ago
Give me a break, MS has always played the fast follower game which means they will ride on the work and investment done by the market leader and it's worked out well for them in other parts of their business. Using signals from user behavio
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by calbear81 16y ago
Thank you for pointing this out bromley. I've been reading Gabriel's responses and in no place does he mention that keyword level data is needed for understanding differences in user behavior based on entry keyword. This might not make a
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by calbear81 16y ago
Did you want the GIF I created for the voting arrow? It appears that the voting arrows are not styled in so the GIF is written in every cell in that column. Here's what else I would change if I could: - Instead of arrow disappearing after
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by calbear81 16y ago
http://imgur.com/VFLOs I went the opposite direction and went with Georgia (a serif font that was designed for better online legibility) and made the following tweaks: - Tested out a block style button (1st listing) and adding more horizo
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by calbear81 16y ago
Concept: Not sure how this is different than just an e-mail conversation with someone important besides I have to yet use another communications platform. Landing page: Put all of the features that are scrolling on the page so I can scan th
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by calbear81 16y ago
What about a software program that adds some type of filter layer on screen that can only be seen through special glasses that you purchase?
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by calbear81 16y ago
I would knock off some points for the "web 2.0" style logos that incorporate elements that don't translate well to black/white print form or cannot be easily recognizable when constrained such as on embroidery.
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by calbear81 16y ago
In college, I used to pull all nighters at the library and besides the usual "drink Jolt" or drink massive amounts of coffee/tea, I did very well by biting into a raw lemon. The sourness woke me up right away and chewing on the rind gave a
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by calbear81 16y ago
The problem with this view is that yes, Facebook didn't have a strong monetization strategy for many years but they didn't need to when they were growing at such a breakneck pace. This is very different for MS which has lost share for many
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by calbear81 16y ago
I'm not from Hipmunk but my guess is that yes, it affected them because they are sourcing their flight info from Orbitz. In fact, this is one of the reasons they probably struck a deal with ITA since that will give them access to pricing/a
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by calbear81 16y ago
I work in the travel space and have worked on the business/marketing side for metasearch as well as dedicated hotel sites. Based on what's been shared by the Hipmunk team, I think I have a ballpark analysis of their rev-mets: 150,000 searc
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by calbear81 16y ago
Orbitz.
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by calbear81 16y ago
So I'm not sure if you're asking what are some business investments or you're asking about financial vehicles that can generate $2K/month of cashflow off of $1M of initial investment. One option during this down market is to purchase rental
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by calbear81 16y ago
Hey Rich, good luck on your move to the Bay Area and thanks for starting a blog to provide more insight into your mindset. One quick question, how are you getting the expenses down to $148/month, that will barely cover utilities at any 1-b
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by calbear81 16y ago
Wouldn't you be able to do that with Blekko?