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by fookyong 12y ago
oops, please don't let yourself get angry :) some of these are because of actually-similar character traits, and a few are just-for-fun because of physical similarities. I tried to make that clear in the text. Out of interest, who woul
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Tech Company CEOs as Game of Thrones Characters(beatrixapp.com)
3 points by fookyong 12y ago|7 comments
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by fookyong 12y ago
I think it helps the user feel confident in the form's accuracy. In some cases, abstracting or automating away information from the user can make them confused or increase distrust in the form. There's something to be said for mak
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by fookyong 12y ago
I think there's definitely an optimal medium between: 1) Fully automated (Bad) 2) Fully manually managed (Time consuming) That's what we believe at http://beatrixapp.com and we designed our workflow with human particip
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by fookyong 12y ago
Disclosure: I'm the founder of Beatrix Seems eerily similar to http://beatrixapp.com - even down to the categories on offer. Beatrix categories: http://beatrixapp.com/use-cases I notice that this requires c
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by fookyong 12y ago
I use e-junkie for growthhackinghandbook.com Flat monthly fee. Their admin UI is clunky, their checkout pages are basic but functional, but they solve a number of problems* without asking for a percentage cut of sales. I think for basic stu
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by fookyong 12y ago
http://pitchpigeon.com Press release platform for startups. Been around for a year, makes about $1k per month, all organically with zero maintenance. Still tons of potential but I am just way too busy with my main startup now, i
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Social Content Rules We Have Learned The Hard Way(beatrixapp.com)
1 points by fookyong 12y ago|0 comments
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Can a Malicious User Get Your App Banned From Facebook?(beatrixapp.com)
2 points by fookyong 13y ago|0 comments
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Social Content Rules We Have Learned The Hard Way(beatrixapp.com)
1 points by fookyong 13y ago|0 comments
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Why I Self-Funded My Startup(yongfook.com)
38 points by fookyong 13y ago|3 comments
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by fookyong 13y ago
It's handled gracefully in the app. If it expires and the app tried to post something unsuccessfully the user gets an email asking them to reconnect. Facebook tokens aren't unlimited but they are long enough such that the user doe
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by fookyong 13y ago
Goodgecko just never made any meaningful amount of money plus it was a competitive space (surveys) so it was shut down. Peashoot did ok but in the end there were too many free competitors (twitter analytics). I think if the same thing happe
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by fookyong 13y ago
http://beatrixapp.com Solo, self funded and profitable. I work on it while traveling around Asia. Agree with patio11 there's probably way more than would speak up here. I seldom contribute to HN or the bootstrapping forums
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by fookyong 13y ago
Ivan > the crowdfunding campaign went on for a month and naturally preorders have to stop after the campaign finishes... otherwise it kind of defeats the point of the campaign :) The book will launch publicly in April. You can sign up to
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Growth Hacking Handbook has over $10,000 in preorders(publishizer.com)
3 points by fookyong 13y ago|0 comments
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by fookyong 13y ago
taking a funding round after you've done millions of dollars in revenue via bootstrapping, doesn't suddenly make your bootstrapping experience redundant. perhaps the correct title should be "companies who bootstrapped themsel
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by fookyong 13y ago
imgur is a great service, but theirs is not really the kind of example an aspiring bootstrapper can follow. "become the defacto image platform for reddit" makes you an outlier in the bootstrapping world I think. I think it's
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by fookyong 13y ago
a few of the companies in this list went on to raise rounds - but they bootstrapped their way to a Series A (or later).
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Famous and effective growth hacks(thenextweb.com)
46 points by fookyong 13y ago|4 comments
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by fookyong 13y ago
I use Beatrix every day and it's a great feeling - really helps drive product development. I rely on it. I even pay for it! :) http://beatrixapp.com
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Don't Fail Because Your Marketing Sucks(yongfook.com)
1 points by fookyong 13y ago|0 comments
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Growth Hacking Handbook(growthhackinghandbook.com)
1 points by fookyong 13y ago|0 comments
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23 inventions from 2013(beatrixapp.com)
2 points by fookyong 13y ago|0 comments
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by fookyong 13y ago
Depends on your definition of "create", but Beatrix also creates :) It's not just about link sharing - sign up and choose (for example) the Technology category and you'll see original pieces of content as well as link sh
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by fookyong 13y ago
Create content for your social media accounts in just a few clicks. Because creating content is time-consuming but we all need to do it! http://beatrixapp.com
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Singapore does not need more acquihires(yongfook.com)
1 points by fookyong 13y ago|0 comments
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by fookyong 13y ago
I'm a little late to the discussion but I'd like to second your point (3) I've spent the last half year on extended trips to Thailand (a few weeks at a time) and other countries in SE Asia to work on side projects and just de
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by fookyong 13y ago
Accompanying blog post here: http://yongfook.com/startup-confessions-i-m-in-love-with-my-... This isn't a faux-MVP, the product is live and being tested out now :) Would love any feedback about the idea and if you have
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Show HN: My company's new virtual assistant SaaS product(beatrixapp.com)
1 points by fookyong 13y ago|2 comments

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