hippo33

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Want to move off FeedBurner? (launchbit.com)
8 points by hippo33 14y ago|4 comments
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by hippo33 14y ago
Love how you are testing this business idea in the same manner as advertised with an Unbounce page and a call to action before coding it out. :)
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How startups really survive(launchbit.com)
1 points by hippo33 14y ago|0 comments
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How to grow a saas company through content marketing(startupfrontier.com)
33 points by hippo33 14y ago|5 comments
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by hippo33 14y ago
I completely agree with this. I think using plain English and a couple of concrete examples at the top of the page would help immensely. I didn't know what this meant, for example: "Wysp is a journey to realize your full creative potential
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by hippo33 14y ago
Agree! I doubt you'll run into this person. He isn't well known and hasn't even made his first angel investment yet. (that in itself should probably have been a clue for me to not waste my time with him...)
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by hippo33 14y ago
I think we are generally in agreement -- I just used the pipeline line to convey this urgency. I'm not a big fan of name-dropping in this case, because from what I see, lots of founders do this all the time, and it's not worth anything IMH
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by hippo33 14y ago
Any suggestions? After a while, we could say that we had 2nd round mtgs with VCs and that we had so and so committed, but in the beginning, there wasn't too much else to say.
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by hippo33 14y ago
That may be true, but there is the psychology of people wanting what other people have. By having a full pipeline, you are also conveying that you're "popular" with other investors.
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Behind the scenes of a seed round(hippoland.tumblr.com)
54 points by hippo33 14y ago|26 comments
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by hippo33 14y ago
As one of the co-founders, I can tell you that click fraud and bots are certainly issues with many ad networks. This is something we think about a lot. We try to pre-empt this by writing algorithms to not count clicks of known-bots. But,
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by hippo33 14y ago
I'm one of the co-founders of LaunchBit. @jhuckestein, feel free to ping me if you have specific qs about the campaign you're thinking of running. If we're not able to reach the demographic that you want to reach, I will definitely tell yo
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How the best startups do paid marketing(hippoland.tumblr.com)
12 points by hippo33 14y ago|0 comments
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How to hack free flights(hippoland.tumblr.com)
5 points by hippo33 14y ago|0 comments
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by hippo33 14y ago
completely agree! we're in the same boat as you (pun intended) :)
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by hippo33 14y ago
good pt -- yep, I didn't spell that out well, but yes, that's the pt of the rafts.
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Is your startup constantly zig-zagging? (like mine)(hippoland.tumblr.com)
23 points by hippo33 14y ago|5 comments
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How startups really survive(blog.launchbit.com)
2 points by hippo33 14y ago|0 comments
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Why we look outside the Valley for talent(blog.launchbit.com)
1 points by hippo33 14y ago|0 comments
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by hippo33 15y ago
thanks so much for all of your ongoing feedback and support, Tim!
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by hippo33 15y ago
thanks @twakefield! yep -- def want to talk :) elizabeth [at] launchbit
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by hippo33 15y ago
yeah -- we actually started without a minimum and it was a disaster for everyone. advertisers would try very small amounts $20 or $50, which to kposehn's point, you need a good sample size to know if the channel is valuable to you, and if
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by hippo33 15y ago
Thanks -- let me know if you have any qs and would love your feedback: elizabeth [at] launchbit. Re: #1 and #2, what we have right now is just the beginning. We certainly have a lot more work to do re: these two pts. #3: you can add trac
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by hippo33 15y ago
Founder of LaunchBit here. That's right. We bought the right to use the rocketship off iStockPhoto. It's fair game for anyone to purchase it as well.
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by hippo33 15y ago
Hey -- yeah, I'm one of the co-founders of LaunchBit, and it's true that on a startup budget, we bought the image from iStockphoto.
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by hippo33 15y ago
Oh I think scratching an itch is an important piece in figuring out if it's really your passion. But, it just doesn't necessarily mean that all itches will be interesting until you try them.
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by hippo33 15y ago
Haha -- fair enough Damoncali. Good point.
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by hippo33 15y ago
yup, good point -- thanks Danielfone!
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by hippo33 15y ago
Great idea, Salman89! Sounds like a demo on the front page is in order and would make this more clear.
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by hippo33 15y ago
Thanks, HoyaSaxa. I should probably add some sort of demo outside of the logged in area. Yeah, I'm still working out the pricing. Good idea on pegging it to page views. Email collection is the ability to collect emails when someone click

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