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by il 17y ago
The bit about schizophrenia is true. I was referring to physical brain damage, like the "LSD makes holes in your brain" myth.
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by il 17y ago
I'm going just to quote Peep Show as a response to that: Jeremy: "If you build it, they will come". That's my market research. Mark: Field of Dreams? A man who builds a baseball field in his backyard for ghosts? That's your role mod
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by il 17y ago
Just an unscientific example. There have been numerous peer-reviewed studies done on the safety of LSD.
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by il 17y ago
I think everyone should try psychedelics at least once in their life. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it can be a life-changing, very positive experience that will persist long after the effects of the drugs have worn off. It will give
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by il 17y ago
I think the point of the article is that too many startups are wasting time and money trying to create a market for their worldchanging revolutionary new product, as opposed to entering an existing niche market and dominating in it.
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by il 17y ago
Think and Grow Rich, old as it is, is still the best book on getting rich I've ever read.
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by il 17y ago
I agree, travel. Travel travel travel while you have the opportunity and aren't tied down by job, family, etc. Especially in places like South America or Asia(Thailand for example) you can live very well for $20k a year. It's funny, I'm bas
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by il 17y ago
Well, you don't look like a shill at all.
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by il 17y ago
Your comment is so very incorrect. It's not that _ads_ as a whole don't work, it's that untargeted, random banner ads are very ineffective at driving conversions. Ads on search, which frequently tell you what to buy, and don't have room to
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While you're worrying about Web standards or clean code, your users dont care(youtube.com)
5 points by il 17y ago|0 comments
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by il 17y ago
It's much better to develop a site yourself and then sell it on Sitepoint than to buy one. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is-maybe traffic has been declining, its been dropping in the serps, revenue is down, etc. Spend that $4
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by il 17y ago
The tracking on the advertiser's server also takes a few milliseconds before you're redirected to the landing page.
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by il 17y ago
That would mean 20-50% of Facebook users have ninja-like reflexes that let them close a browser within milliseconds of clicking an ad, before a redirect is recorded. Unlikely.
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by il 17y ago
Jobs and Apple have changed the world in so many ways. WTF have you done with your life?
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How to become a better entrepreneur in 30 minutes(quicksprout.com)
4 points by il 17y ago|5 comments
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by il 17y ago
Adderall has the same exact stimulating effect on people with and without ADHD. It stimulates the part of the brain that keeps you calm and focused.
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by il 17y ago
Read 4 hour workweek if you haven't already, it describes this exact lifestyle. As for funding the lifestyle, check out affiliate marketing, it's a great business. I'm now at the point where I have enough campaigns(and SEO traffic) running
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by il 17y ago
I'm an affiliate marketer, should hit six figures in net income by the end of this year. Beats doing a zero-revenue startup :)
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by il 17y ago
It's not negative, it's accurate. Most blogs (and startups) fail to generate a lot of traffic and get abandoned, that's just a fact.
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by il 17y ago
Slightly cheaper than EC2 and incoming bandwidth is free, which is huge for some apps. Looks like a winner.
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by il 17y ago
I would love to see more "one year later" type pieces from other YC startups, I'm sure theres a wealth of useful information in the direct experience of startup founders.
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by il 17y ago
WebMoney is a major payment system in Eastern Europe, it works worldwide though.
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by il 17y ago
It would be great to meet other hackers in Chicago, everyone on this site seems so valley focused, nice to see there are hackers in the Midwest too.
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by il 17y ago
It's not. If any ebook had all the information you needed to make money online, the author would just use the techniques himself and scale them instead of putting them in a $7 ebook.
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by il 17y ago
Anyone subscribe to this?
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by il 17y ago
Check out affiliate marketing, if you're any good at coding, you can make a lot of money(4-5 figures a month) doing affiliate marketing PPC/SEO part time.
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by il 17y ago
I can comment on this from the perspective of an affiliate promoting products on networks like CJ. Affiliate programs can be a very profitable way to gain customers, but there are lots of issues that come up. In particular: -Before your pro
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by il 18y ago
Having a business plan may not mean much to VCs, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have one. If you have no idea how you're going to make money, you have bigger problems than getting VC funding.
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by il 18y ago
There's a lot of room for improvement in your site's SEO. For example, the urls- instead of having URLs like http://www.tripntale.com/trip/4820 , get some text in your URL, even something like http://www.tripntale.com/trip/mai-chau-vietna
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Venture Capital Returns Plummet(blogs.wsj.com)
9 points by il 18y ago|1 comments

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