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by dmor 14y ago
you don't have to have a startup to make a dent, but if you make your goal "work 30 hours a week with a nice salary" to doubt you will achieve anything close to creating Linux
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by dmor 14y ago
The expected value of the authors approach is $0 (Why? because the whole expected value argument for a startup is about additional wealth beyond your salary + dent in universe potential), and it is settling to boot. It's offensive and wast
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by dmor 14y ago
It seems like each week or so we have an existential crisis on HN by an author who has realized the "go big or go home" mindset/lifestyle might not work for them. There is a HUGE fallacy in all this expected value rationalization for build
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by dmor 14y ago
Hard to imagine counting on employees staying
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by dmor 14y ago
The information is perfect, not the person. It increases the expected value of an interaction, but doesn't guarantee it (free will and all that).
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by dmor 14y ago
Thanks, I have also written the code to do it, too, and it is not very hard - but I'd suggest you sell it to other people who don't know how. There are entire businesses to be built on top of the Referly API and right now we are leaving th
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by dmor 14y ago
We have an API for creating links: http://refer.ly/api/docs/links
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by dmor 14y ago
biz dev, dear growth hacker.
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by dmor 14y ago
If people can successfully "game" Referly we'd probably try to hire them.
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by dmor 14y ago
Referly strips out other referrer tags, and we use several approaches to handle "gaming". These are issues that every affiliate network faces, but they can be managed.
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by dmor 14y ago
Sorry to hear that spooked you, we keep the email address of the user for two purposes 1) it is the unique identifier of a referral 2) so we communicate with them to pay their rewards. I'll take a look and see what we can do to make it more
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by dmor 14y ago
Hey Scott thank you - email me danielle at refer.ly and I'll help you get things going
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by dmor 14y ago
We're certainly not fans of spam. But a well timed recommendation of something I actually might want to buy, from person I know, at a time when I'm ready to make the purchase has a great chance of converting. You don't have to send tons o
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Referly (YC S12) Raises $1M To Bring Affiliate Commerce To Everyone(techcrunch.com)
64 points by dmor 14y ago|49 comments
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by dmor 14y ago
I am guessing they have been mostly left alone because they aren't really doing anything with the place. What would you do with it?
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99 Startups(startupljackson.com)
9 points by dmor 14y ago|0 comments
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Growth Hacking Referly: New User Onboarding Workflow(refer.ly)
25 points by dmor 14y ago|4 comments
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by dmor 14y ago
I agree with other comments stating the market will weed out people who are too busy getting high on momentary fame to create something of lasting value. The OP's argument that this is a mis-allocation of resources is bunk -- these resourc
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by dmor 14y ago
And now on Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/10/04/a-big-ques...
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by dmor 14y ago
You probably would not get hired.
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by dmor 14y ago
Yes, we are hiring junior developers at Referly - drop me a note danielle@refer.ly and let's chat
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Lytro Director of Photography Eric Cheng Behind a Lens Below the Sea(refer.ly)
6 points by dmor 14y ago|0 comments
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Sites That Pay the Shopper for Being the Seller(nytimes.com)
11 points by dmor 14y ago|0 comments
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by dmor 14y ago
Renee you are such a badass, nice going!
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Introducing Referly Reviews: Hands-On Videos With Products We Love(refer.ly)
10 points by dmor 14y ago|0 comments
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by dmor 14y ago
I almost wrote a comment about how it was basically just making erector sets pink, and what was the point of that. You've made me think twice. However, I feel like parents who are inclined to buy this might not be likely to have princess-o
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by dmor 14y ago
Thank you!
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New and Improved Referly Website (Signup, Onboarding, Friending)(refer.ly)
7 points by dmor 14y ago|2 comments
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by dmor 14y ago
Bwahaha, upper left corner (waaaay up). I'm working at a small startup. Our business model is "taking free drinks from industry events and reselling them". Edit: Holy shit I had no idea how huge this was! I'd pay for a massive framed poster
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Gangnam Startup Style - Silicon Valley Loves PSY(youtube.com)
24 points by dmor 14y ago|2 comments

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