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   by dshipper 15y ago

   Definitely true. I think they certainly exist in the startup economy just because that's the way things seem to work. It's the 80/20 rule. The vast majority of people are connected to a smaller subset that make it their business to know eve
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   by dshipper 15y ago

   Thanks man. Just trying to share my experience :). It's funny how much different marketing is now from back when people had to work the phones. I don't think I've ever gotten any type of coverage or connection from a phone call. Now it's al
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   by dshipper 15y ago

   Even though that may seem obvious I think a lot of people don't do it correctly. I hear a lot of people who say "Oh I submitted it to TechCrunch and didn't hear anything so I don't think it's going to get covered." That's the exact wrong me
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   How To Get Covered In a Major Tech Blog(dshipper.posterous.com)

   103 points by dshipper 15y ago|30 comments
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   by dshipper 15y ago

   For the record the penis jokes in the Google Doc are not from me :) I think that there were a few subtle funny lines in there - but I can see where you're coming from. Incidentally even inserting one joke into the NDA completely invalidates
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   by dshipper 15y ago

   Oh I just thought that would be a fun addendum to the point of absurdNDA which is to to send a meaningless and funny contract back to someone who sends you an NDA. Most of it is standard boilerplate legal copy, but a few minor things are ch
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   Show HN: Our two hour project AbsurdNDA(absurdnda.com)

   24 points by dshipper 15y ago|5 comments
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   by dshipper 15y ago

   Thanks :) that's the idea. I'm still at the point where I'm trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. That's why I've concentrated my efforts on doing a lot of small projects. I feel like if I keep doing a lot of different projects
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   by dshipper 15y ago

   Hey angryasian thanks for the feedback. Just to be clear, I didn't ask for this post to be written, or submitted to HN. But I'm really sorry you feel that way. It's honestly not my intention to spam the community. Every article that I've po
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    Haha although I never explicitly planned for that to happen (definitely not smart enough for that) it seems to have worked out nicely. There will be more soon. Stay tuned :)
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    Excellent point. I should definitely add a few more things like that.
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    I've read Influence - great book. What do you think the difference is?
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    I think that this is a great point. You want your project to feel like its been around forever and will continue to be around for a long time. That inspires confidence in your users to buy from you and/or recommend you to their friends. Wit
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    Hey Noel thanks for the feedback! For your first point about the blog post both of the stats that I referred to when it comes to visitors 1500 vs 3000 are both the number of people that were referred to the site from each blog post. So I wa
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    Why Social Proof Matters To Your Startup(dshipper.posterous.com)

    56 points by dshipper 15y ago|13 comments
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    My first thought is that this is definitely not for a developer. I can get a site similar to this running in Rails in just a few hours for 100% free besides time spent. What it's really for is people who are looking to build websites but ar
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    Well the point is that now I'm set up to continue making money with minimal effort for a long period of time. So in the short run yes I was making very little money per hour, but eventually the work put in vs money taken out becomes much gr
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! Although my hourly rate might be coming to below minimum wage right now - the idea is that once I've put the work in at the beginning to develop customer relationships, develop a brand, and add more features like au
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    NOTE: Sorry guys - all out of invites :(
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    http://www.comodo.com/e-commerce/ssl-certificates/free-ssl-c...
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    I just sent them an email...they're great guys. I just got some invites to it so send me an email (address is in my profile) and I'll give you one.
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    Thanks Oren!! I really, really appreciate your business.
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    Thanks! Believe there are MTurk API bindings for Ruby (the site is built in Rails.) Appreciate the comment!
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    DomainPolish loves you right back. Keep in touch!
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    It's very meta. I'll look into that thanks :)
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    Thanks! Yes there is a chance for a MITM attack but as far as I understand from talking to Stripe that risk is very, very low. I'm going to be adding SSL this week anyway however. Thanks for your comment!
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    Thanks a lot! It took me a while to learn that lesson. My instinct was always to code first and ask questions later. I would recommend 4 Steps to The Epiphany - it was a big eye-opener for me about the development process.
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    No problem, I'm glad you liked it!
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    thanks Mark I saw that it's definitely going to make my life a lot easier
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    by dshipper 15y ago

    I'm sorry you didn't like the post. I'm really trying to share what I thought was a worthwhile experience with the community. I appreciate the feedback though :)