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by dabent 17y ago
A lot of the ads I see that "suck" are for scam. Most, if not all of those ads are driven by rebills. If we can get rid of rebills, we can get rid of a lot of the crap ads.
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In Favor of Software Patents(entrepreneur.venturebeat.com)
14 points by dabent 17y ago|12 comments
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by dabent 17y ago
One of my psychology professors pointed out that income and IQ have a positive, but far from perfect correlation. He said we all could probably think of people who aren't the sharpest who've made great money. He also pointed out that thos
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by dabent 17y ago
You know, I'm watching a show about a wedding cake contest in Oklahoma right now. If Food network can make money on that, there's got to be a way to do it online. I think we're just getting started in our ways of monetizing audiences onlin
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by dabent 17y ago
If you don't mind sharing, what led to the approach? Did they read about you in the news or a blog, see an ad somewhere? Guy Kawasaki wrote "The Art of the Start," but I think there's a need for an "Art of the Exit" as well.
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by dabent 17y ago
Well, to be honest, I'm working with someone who's got both of those. It's a profitable business. The founder is just looking for a sale at this point. He's actually ready to build another startup, so he wants to sell his current one, no
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by dabent 17y ago
How does one get a buyout offer in the first place?
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Startup Riot (Atlanta) live stream (50 startups presenting)(live.startupriot.com)
1 points by dabent 17y ago|0 comments
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by dabent 17y ago
My Mom is on street view. It was hilarious to see the look on her face when I first showed her.
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by dabent 17y ago
It kind of looks that way. It makes me wonder if the article is worth anything. People need to realize that HN readers are slightly smarter than the average internet surfer.
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by dabent 17y ago
I was stuck by the line: "It occurred to me afterwards that Gladwell’s success as a speaker illustrates one of his homespun themes - hard work pays off." Indeed, Gadwell has a talent for writing and speaking. While tastes for what he offer
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by dabent 17y ago
I loved the way Paul seems to concentrate on his strengths and works with other people who have strengths where he doesn't. He can concentrate on turning a startup into a winner, knowing he's got good legal advice and someone to judge peop
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by dabent 17y ago
And I think it is, so I did upvote it. :-)
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by dabent 17y ago
Litigation, or often additional consulting fees to add the features.
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by dabent 17y ago
That quote pretty much sums up enterprise/government software consulting and sales. A committee will come up with a grocery list of features that must work, but don't need to work well. The longer the list, the more the consultants make,
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by dabent 17y ago
" Sometimes the right hand doesn't really want to know what the left hand is doing." I agree. There's a level of plausible deniability with using affiliates. They can resort to some black-hat tactics and when they are caught, you can clai
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Optimizing Ad Banners with YieldBuild(comefortheride.com)
2 points by dabent 17y ago|0 comments
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by dabent 17y ago
I'm not a lawyer, but this is my understanding (I'm in the USA): On bail - suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The idea is that someone accused of a crime can free themselves until trial, with the bond money used as an ince
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by dabent 17y ago
If the math is interesting, certainly. It's all about using knowledge to one's competitive advantage.
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by dabent 17y ago
"I experimented with raising my prices super high..." The best thing I did was to try that years ago. One of my bosses told me he did that and not only found work, but respect, because his employers perceived his value and opinions as bein
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Does SEO Copywriting Still Matter?(copyblogger.com)
1 points by dabent 17y ago|0 comments
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by dabent 17y ago
I guess I always imagined there was some sort of equity stake at the kind of companies offering lower salaries. If there isn't, I'm certainly not one to be sold on the propaganda. There are plenty of places that have great teams and bette
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by dabent 17y ago
This is a comment that states that this isn't Hacker News and has been flagged.
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by dabent 17y ago
Get rid of rebills and you will get rid of about 90% of those ads. They exist only because (affiliate) marketers get $30+ per action to get someone to pay $4.99 for a grant kit, a bottle of diet pills, etc. The fine print, of course is th
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by dabent 17y ago
"Three girl(friends)s at once..." This is a problem? :-) There are actually several web applications to help people get into that sort of situation. Seriously, doesn't caller ID help this situation? Maybe you could convince them all to do
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by dabent 17y ago
"If you look at another and think "he is better than me at x,y,z" and you feel jealous..." If you look at another an think of how that person being better at x,y,z would make them a huge asset to your company, you just might be an A player.
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by dabent 17y ago
His Windows work has given him plenty of experience with viruses.
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by dabent 17y ago
The funny thing is, the problem auto workers face isn't exactly new to America. I remember when there were massive auto plant layoffs in the 1980's, yet new people must have been going into that line of work.
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by dabent 17y ago
Firefox says: financialcryptography.com uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is unknown.
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by dabent 17y ago
I wasn't impressed until I saw the price and the thought of paying $30/month for 3G without a contract. I can take this on a trip, use maps for navigating my route, get on the road and hand it back to the kids to watch a movie on iTunes on

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