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by contagionhealth 15y ago
See also spraygraphic. Limited selection, but great graphics: http://www.spraygraphic.com/shop/home.php?xid=58414f67073d27...
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by contagionhealth 15y ago
We're going to use this and put results into the Habit Labs Axioms. Great job Max, Bjoern, et al.
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Wondering how many people use the consolidators who promise to manage down your debt by acting as midddlemen between you and collectors? What advantages (if any) does Ready for Zero offer over this method? It took me 11 years to pay off 2 c
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Press releases? On HN?
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
A startup lives in a perpetual state of 'about to fall apart.' Sometimes you just feel it more acutely than others, based on circumstances and how emotionally volatile you are at the time, in addition to other factors like how important the
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
:)
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Good question. Vision - 5 years: Want to see an activity commerce market grow out of existing social commerce/health site models + activity data + geolocation, other data. Intrinsic incentives for behavior change work less than 10% of the t
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Totally agree with znt after starting a co without learning to code (now working on Zed Shaw's Python guide, which is awesome). Learn to code. IF you don't, and even if you successfully find a tech cofounder/lead engineer, you'll know so li
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
I'm in this phase now. And it hurts. A few observations from the trenches (in the last 6 mos having raised $, TechCrunch+ BBC launched, been through YC Summer 10, lost a cofounder, continuing to work with pivot)... 1. The ugly adolescent st
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Summer 2010 YC Startup Contagion Health (imoveyou.com) Looking for Lead Dev(docs.google.com)
54 points by contagionhealth 16y ago
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Think there have been 7 female founders so far...
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Thanks all. I try to stay out of the 'female' debate posts (after doing one that covered pretty much everything I had to say on the topic). Bottom line: Within 10 minutes of meeting you (or less, if you're very good), whether you're XX or X
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Damn guys, now I need to buy an iPad for sure ;).
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Thanks tsmith, do you currently use any devices like Nike+ or FitBit or Philips Direct Life to monitor your exercise? We're examining each device.
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
You're absolutely right about our initial business model. We marketed 'activity campaigns' as an adjunct to traditional online 'ad campaigns.' Instead of providing CPMS, we sold to Cabot based on a "CPA" model (clicks per activity). We saw
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
mattmaroon - how about starting with 10 situps? :)
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Interesting, and this is a suggestion we've heard before. Thanks drlisp. We're working on a method to get rewards after a verified challenge has been completed - that will launch later this fall. If you have a specific activity/prize you'd
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Hi drlisp- Actually, neither Andrey (my cofounder) nor I (Jen) graduated from any of those schools. I am an English major (with a minor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies of all things), and Andrey graduated with a CS degree from UToro
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Hey fookyong - We actually had some 'major-blog news-worthy' coverage pre YCombinator, pre TechCrunch, and pre name change, while we were bootstrapped. Here's a piece in the Huffington Post by Esther Dyson (5 months BEFORE she invested in u
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Thanks jaybol. Actually I'm pretty sure PG hates me (jk). As a female, non-tech biz/dev founder, I don't fit the typical YC mold. Andrey (my cofounder) is the amazing developer behind the entire product, and before we accepted YC money we b
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Hi rjett - No worries, we don't view this as belittling. I actually bootstrapped the company for a year, did the go into debt thing, give up possessions etc. before my cofounder Andrey joined up. We also closed our first revenue deal at 600
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Aww shucks. Thanks shykes.
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Would love to see a partnership with Legacy Locker here: http://legacylocker.com/
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by contagionhealth 16y ago
Was looking at the line outside Oakfield Mall yesterday and asked an advisor if anyone had done this calc. Thanks.
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by contagionhealth 17y ago
SaaS means much software has become a commodity product, like shoes. You can still hit one out of the park by selling 'shoes' however, literally and figuratively. One of the reasons Zappos did so well was because they took commodity (shoes)
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Reward-Seeking Might Make You An Entrepreneur, Or a Psychopath?(vitabeat.com)
1 points by contagionhealth 17y ago|1 comments
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by contagionhealth 17y ago
HIPAA compliance is no joke. Take a look at documentation provided by the Joint Commission (JCAHO) which certifies hospitals and CCHIT for generalized standards (no one ring to bind them all in terms of compliance for software), also HIPAA.
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by contagionhealth 17y ago
Most "achievements" are ways to mark time until we die, and make us feel better about what we spent our lives doing up to that point. Whether they are artificial or perceived benchmarks or 'real' accomplishments is not as important as what
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by contagionhealth 17y ago
Interesting that Hacker News folks jumped to the qualitative ideas that boil down to: 1. Dude! You built something cool! He's after you! Cool! You might lose it! Not cool. 2. You need a lawyer. My immediate response to the "What Now?" was d
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by contagionhealth 17y ago
Anyone I've seen advertise themselves as an expert in something (as opposed to being named or termed an expert by someone who's hired them to work/speak etc) seems to be a generalist with ego or confidence issues. Developing expert-level

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