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by g0atbutt 16y ago
I'm sorry you didn't find any practical advice in this article. Please allow me to share some of the backstory to this. When I write my articles for The Startup Foundry, I try to focus on what will help startups succeed. I've gotten some pr
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
I'm pretty interested in this as well. I'm working on trying to get in touch with Rovio to do a Skype interview. I'll post it on HN if I can get them. Thanks for the suggestion!
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
Good catch, sorry about that. I'd appreciate if a mod could change it.
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Angry Bird’s “overnight success” only took 8 years.(thestartupfoundry.com)
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Talk to your real customers, not your imaginary ones. The SyncPad story.(thestartupfoundry.com)
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
I love Tim's story on how he was able to bootstrap O'Reilly publishing into a premiere technical publisher. He was really nice in the interview as well. All around great guy.
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Bootstrapped Startup Fitocracy Helps You Level Up in Real Life(thestartupfoundry.com)
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
This is a good point. Once I have a little more ad revenue coming in, I've considered hiring someone to do transcripts. Thanks for your feedback.
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How Todd Garland Bootstrapped an Advertising Empire While Working a 9-5 Job(thestartupfoundry.com)
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Things Your Startup Should Know about Email Marketing Companies(thestartupfoundry.com)
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Startup Marketing 101: Why You Need to Feed Yourself(thestartupfoundry.com)
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
Looks like a really useful service. I run The Startup Foundry and would love to chat with you. Fill out this info and we will be in touch http://thestartupfoundry.com/tip-us/ . Keep up the great work, I think it has real potential.
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
I don't make either assumption. I've staked quite a bit of my lively hood on building apps for Apple products. I wouldn't do this if I thought they were stupid or blind. I just don't buy the "Post-PC" device story they are telling with the
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
This is true, but I think a "post-pc" device should be able to stand on it's own two legs. Thanks for pointing this out, I meant to include it in my article.
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If iPads are “post-pc devices” why must I sync with iTunes before I can use one?(thestartupfoundry.com)
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
This app is fantastic! Can you share some of the backstory with us?
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A look back at Arrington’s 2005 “Web 2.0 Companies I couldn’t live without”(thestartupfoundry.com)
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How one startup successfully sold physical products – The Sticker Mule story.(thestartupfoundry.com)
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How DuckDuckGo is fighting an 800 lb gorilla (Video interview with Founder)(thestartupfoundry.com)
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
You have a really great scrappy startup story. Keep up the good work.
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One Day One Job – How a pissed off CEO became a startups biggest revenue stream(thestartupfoundry.com)
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
That's a bummer (and not true). These guys deserve a ton of attention. It was presented at Launch and SuperConf so maybe they're getting some false positive from people that were there?
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
I'm not sure. Perhaps an HN admin thinks it's spam?
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
And they are actually making money on a scalable business.
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
They have a fantastic product. I was extremely impressed with how well it worked. To top it off, Matt seemed like a really great guy when I interviewed him.
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ShoeFitr: The company Amazon must buy immediately(thestartupfoundry.com)
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
I'm not really sure what you're talking about… Did the video not play for you?
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by g0atbutt 16y ago
Yes, he did a fantastic job. Here's a link to the Disqus blog where Chris talks about @font-face http://blog.disqus.com/post/2944356158/introducing-houdini-t...
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Managing 400m users, Disqus shares 3 hacks for a better UX in lean startups(thestartupfoundry.com)
30 points by g0atbutt 16y ago|4 comments
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What happened to "real world" startups?(thestartupfoundry.com)
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