dcpdx

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1 Week with Rockmelt: The Browser You Didn't Know You Wanted(startupruminations.com)
3 points by dcpdx 15y ago|1 comments
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I can't imagine that it was. Having worked at a deals startup myself and spoken with many business owners who have done Groupon/LS, all they have to tell the company is "Well [insert competitor here] is giving me 70/30". They'd rather lower
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I used to work at a "Groupon for X" startup and I can say that only closing 1 deal per month would be catastrophic results for a salesperson. I can't speak for Groupon, but I would put their targets at around 10-12 closed deals per month.
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by dcpdx 15y ago
As a sales professional myself, I find it disheartening that so many view salespeople in the manner described. One of the cardinal rules of being a truly great salesperson is to believe in what you're selling (Zig Ziglar talks about this of
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I just left a startup that was doing pretty much the opposite of every point made on this list. After 4 months of 90+ hour weeks, I woke up one day and asked myself "Why the hell am I doing this?" Work environments like that are neither hea
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Pentagon-backed "time cloak" stops the clock(physorg.com)
8 points by dcpdx 15y ago|0 comments
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by dcpdx 15y ago
Create a simple landing page describing your service and include a sign-up field to notify people when it becomes available. Then, run an AdWords campaign on Google targeting keywords relating to your service that people may be searching fo
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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line(bothsidesofthetable.com)
1 points by dcpdx 15y ago|0 comments
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by dcpdx 15y ago
Also just saw that you did OneVoice; I remember reading about that not too long ago. Keep up the good work!
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by dcpdx 15y ago
You should definitely capitalize on the time of year and get your name out right around New Years resolution time (as in, now). Maybe put together a short write-up on a few similar apps in the space (including yours) and shoot it over to TC
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by dcpdx 15y ago
How is this different from Taskrabbit?
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by dcpdx 15y ago
"Christmas Vacation" is a classic.
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10 Ways I'm Going to Improve in 2012(startupruminations.com)
2 points by dcpdx 15y ago|2 comments
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I think of a startup as a hypothesis, much like you'd find in science. Take problem X, apply Y solution, and make money by doing Z. The process of failing fast and often is akin to performing different experiments on what works and what d
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by dcpdx 15y ago
As a former employee of a startup targeting college students, I can say based on experience that students just don't care about this stuff. Good luck though!
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I know I'm going to get downvoted for this, but +1
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I'm not really a fan. The name doesn't lend itself to the type of site that you have. Also, try to get something that's 3 syllables or less; it will be easier to speak, type, and remember. The "tus" suffix makes me think of a disease or
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by dcpdx 15y ago
Our initial thought was to focus on consumer demographic statistics for small/med size companies to use when evaluating consumer habits and trends. Currently, that information is all over the place in different reports costing up to $5K a
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Ask HN: Validate this startup idea
3 points by dcpdx 15y ago|3 comments
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by dcpdx 15y ago
This looks like a really positive step in the right direction. Email is becoming the telegraph of the tech realm, with people using it just because they have to but no real solution to address the underlying reasons for its use. At work,
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I'm not a hacker (I do know some code though), but I just started doing biz dev for a YC startup and will be looking to move to SF within the next couple months or so. Find my email in my profile and shoot me a message!
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Tech company to build science ghost town in NM(hosted.ap.org)
1 points by dcpdx 15y ago|0 comments
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I remember reading a little while back that if you get marked as a troll, you can continue to comment on articles but nobody else will see them but you. This makes the troll effectively a ghost, thinking they are commenting normally but re
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Corporation vs. Startup in One Photo(startupruminations.com)
1 points by dcpdx 15y ago|2 comments
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Why I Quit My Cushy Corporate Job to Join a Startup(danclay.posterous.com)
5 points by dcpdx 15y ago|0 comments
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I think there's a lot of potential here, especially in terms of tying specific thoughts/ideas/moods to websites you were checking out at the time. If you could add links to your "thoughts" and recall the context under which you were having
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by dcpdx 15y ago
tl;dr: Write like crap, get passed over.
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by dcpdx 15y ago
I'm not about hiring at the lowest hourly rate; I'd rather pay more for quality, usable code that can be iterated on than pay less for garbage. Do you have anybody you'd feel comfortable recommending? I'm looking for proficiency in Rails, J
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by dcpdx 15y ago
Any advice on how to word it? I've tried the "seeking technical cofounder" thing which didn't go anywhere but I have cash and am looking to build out a core feature set. Some of the work is already done so they would be taking the reigns w
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Ask HN: Anyone used oDesk to build their MVP?
5 points by dcpdx 15y ago|5 comments

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