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by coryl 16y ago
Wow, talk about hype. That kind of quote is like bubble era speculation, just feeding the frenzy. I always wondered why Slide was kept in such high regard when all they made was slideshows and facebook apps. I mean, sure the guy has a reput
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by coryl 16y ago
If video is the most important thing in a YC app, why is it optional and not required?
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by coryl 16y ago
I feel that it takes something away from applicants, and gives most of the value to the employer. YC reviews are different; you're being reviewed by hackers who don't care if you hair is combed or if you wearing a hoodie with some nintendo
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by coryl 16y ago
Interesting way of looking at it. Although this problem is more of a self-concious/insecurity issue. Rejection is simply a numbers game; there's tons of applicants applying for single job openings. On the other hand, if your wife has a spar
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by coryl 16y ago
I'm perplexed by your statement about there being "Good" and "Bad" discrimination. In this context, discrimination means judging someone based on their looks or other visible features from their video. If nobody believes they should be judg
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by coryl 16y ago
Sure, you could take it there. But the reality of it is games do not have physiologically addictive properties the same way drugs and alcohol do. If you look at the cases where gaming addiction severely impacted a person's life, you would
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by coryl 16y ago
That's an odd way of looking at it. To me, this is isn't even close to any sort of moral dilemma. You want to make a game and you want to make money. So you build a game thats fun, viral, and keeps people coming back. Last I recall, that's
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by coryl 16y ago
Nothing for super early startups? Might expand your audience a bit more, people looking for less than $50k (ie. YC sized investments)
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Elon Musk: Founder of Paypal, SpaceX, and Tesla Motors (en.wikipedia.org)
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by coryl 16y ago
I would say you just have to express how bad of an idea it is in one shot. A serious sit down and chat, letting everything go. If after that they still want to do it, then really, its up to them to fail and learn on their own.
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by coryl 16y ago
The fail here is your request; you can't "turn" the userbase into anything. The userbase is what is is. That's why we have the upvote/downvote system. Downvote the articles you don't find relevant. Or ever easier, don't read them/comment on
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by coryl 16y ago
Except that marijuana has never directly caused death (ever), is less addictive (almost non-addictive physiologically) and thus is far safer to use. But working for tobacco companies seems pretty frowned upon, definitely something I wouldn'
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by coryl 16y ago
Unless they're encrypting it, they must be able to.
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by coryl 16y ago
Hey there, here are my thoughts: 1) First thing that popped into my mind: "God this design is awful. Black type on blue background? What the hell scribbley font is that? Whats in this screenshot, why is there these boxes of text blocking it
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by coryl 16y ago
Questions: 1) Does your startup NEED the cash injection? Do you already have plans to spend it? 2) Are you not able to prove market validity before attempting to raising seed funding or investing?
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by coryl 16y ago
So you shouldn't tout your competing service because your product may be flawed or imperfect?
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by coryl 16y ago
Premium membership is a viable way of making money. I don't think any of this user group would like ads though. I think they'd be willing to pay for some sort of premium status. There is the potential for commercial gain here as upvoted sto
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by coryl 16y ago
I might think that the issue lies within the actual product/market fit. You really have to make life better for the power user, as that pretty much defines how they become power users. If your product doesn't or can't make life AMAZING for
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by coryl 16y ago
1) Use line-height in your css to make the text farther apart. 2) Get rid of whatever isn't necessary on the homepage. Thats probably about half of the statistics you show (ie. guest viewers vs online viewers? Who cares about that?) 3) Nobo
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by coryl 16y ago
HN exemplifies the awesomeness of the age we live in. Products, inventions, and ideas can be spread so fast and be started by anyone. People from 100 years ago would be terrified at the things the average person can create. The rate of prod
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by coryl 16y ago
1) Target bloggers who would use your service or write about your service. The trick is finding them, and finding enough of them. Here's what you can try that has had a bit of success for me: You google keywords looking for bloggers who wri
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by coryl 16y ago
Might just take some creative thinking. Ie. promoting videos to sell blenders = Blendtech!
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by coryl 16y ago
Youtube videos...not sure how well they work with SaaS apps though.
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by coryl 16y ago
The indy bundle had a marketing appeal to it in that they were indy developers (not a big corporation), and that they were giving to charity. They had a ton of press coverage because of this, and not for any other reason in particular (the
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by coryl 16y ago
YouTube had a 3rd cofounder you hear very little about. He left to do grad studies but had contributed, and kept a stake in the company. You could negotiate a way out, take a small stake to be fair to the team, and let them continue it.
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by coryl 16y ago
Whats with the downvotes? Thought they wrote: "In gratitude, we'd hope you'll accept a complimentary Manpack from us. Pick out whatever you like (anything), and let us know your sizes & address too." I don't see a way or link to redeem
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by coryl 16y ago
Our credit info is online, our home addresses, our banking info, our friends and family photos, what we buy, what we search for, where we go, where we are. What's so risky? :D
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by coryl 16y ago
I'm a bit confused about what Steve Blank was asking. Was he asking potential users if they'd use the service right away if it was free? What does this question prove exactly? I'm thinking, if they were targeted in the dry test, they'll pro
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by coryl 16y ago
Interesting concept, I like the idea of using video, it gives it a human touch. What I might do in addition is record the video/pitch, embed it onto the homepage of my dry test, and underneath it include a textform to let them immediately l
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by coryl 16y ago
I'm familiar with the model, I'll probably do it. Except for the $500 part. EEK, thats a lot of money for an experiment.

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