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721.
by il 18y ago
Actually, the article talks about "the number of accredited angel investors – who tend to be angels who join organized angel-investing networks and invest in high-growth start-ups that go on to win venture capital". Sounds like a tech start
722.
by il 18y ago
I can see this being a useful and popular niche app, but what's your exit strategy? You're applying to YC with this, who's likely to acquire you? How will you monetize? Not necessarily a critique of the site, just some questions YC or inves
723.
by il 18y ago
PayPal's API was actually pretty easy to implement for my subscription service. PayPalTech has a nice script generator that outputs a simple PHP script that gets data from PayPal's API after a purchase/subscription is processed, I'm a terri
724.
by il 18y ago
Yeah, programming is the easy part of execution. It's naive to think that's the only part of execution. Getting customers is execution. Scaling your business is execution. Monetizing effectively is execution. Why do you think so many startu
725.
by il 18y ago
More specifically: skype-profitable, but hemorrhaging money for ebay, ebay $1B in the hole facebook-not profitable, needs new investment youtube - not profitable, hemorrhaging money for google digg - not profitable, can't find a buyer reddi
726.
by il 18y ago
Finally, some sanity within the Web 2.0 circlejerk. There's only so many apps you can aim at "early adopters" before they say "enough, i'm tired of signing up for yet another gimmick app!". Where's the next innovation aimed at the mainstrea
727.
by il 18y ago
If you're going to game a site, might as well make it a high traffic site- I'm sure Digg and reddit get the vast majority of the bots/fake users. That said, I see no ethical distinction between asking your friends to vote for a story and as
728.
by il 18y ago
Gaming social news sites has been going on for quite some time now, although I don't see why anyonenwould bother gaming HN- the traffic is minimal and too savvy to click on ads. As for Digg and reddit- many of you have startups and blogs th
729.
by il 18y ago
As a freelancer working at home, I would love such a space. Working at home is boring and lonely. and coffeeshops are distracting and have poor internet connectivity. I know coworking spaces exist, but there are none currently that really f
730.
by il 18y ago
heh those were probably my ads
731.
by il 18y ago
Read wickedfire.com. You'll learn everything you need from the advertiser perspective and the affiliate perspective.
732.
by il 18y ago
Their "thing" will be spamming blogs and forums with your links, which, unless done skilfully, will create severe negative backlash and get your site banned from Google. Alternatively, their "thing" will be showing your site as a popunder o
733.
by il 18y ago
As someone who has (succesfully) frontpaged dozens of Digg stories, I can tell you that unless you game the system with dozens of dummy accounts, there's a snowball's chance in hell you'll hit the front page. Spend $100 to hire some Indians
734.
by il 18y ago
Heh, that's funny, I had the idea for this exact same product about a year ago, and never got around to building it. Props to you for actually executing. Feature suggestion: I'm more of an advertiser than a publisher, but as an advertiser,
735.
by il 18y ago
Advertise your services on HN :) Seriously, send me an email to silent.watcher[-at-]gmail.com. I need some web development done, and if it works out I'll probably have several other leads for you.
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by il 18y ago
Heh, maybe I'm a bit biased, as at one point I used to work for a startup(not YC) that was only 3 guys in an apartment, but also spent thousands of dollars a month on hosting for a site that had only a hundred or visitors a day, because the
737.
by il 18y ago
The problem is that "if you build it they will come" DOESN'T WORK in a field where thousands of startups are competing for the same set of eyeballs. Unless you market aggressively, and cut costs enough to survive longer than your competitor
738.
by il 18y ago
Not necessarily! I'm an advertiser, and I spend about 10 times as much on Facebook ads as I do on search. As search advertising gets more crowded(you can only have 8 or so advertisers on a page) lots of people are turning to Facebook and My
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Anyone looking for part-time web development work?
14 points by il 18y ago|1 comments
740.
by il 18y ago
Ummm,no, display ads is still the dominant format for major advertisers who make millions of sales from banner ad traffic. Display ads may get lower CTR or conversion rate than search ads, but properly targeted display ads most definitely w
741.
by il 18y ago
Exactly. Unless you're working on an open source project, you're building a business. The core purpose of any business is to maximize value for your shareholders- that's business school 101. If innovating or having fun are means to maximize
742.
by il 18y ago
Simple: Mail from a different server or use a dedicated mailing service(you can send millions of mails for a few thousand $)
743.
by il 18y ago
I think it's crucial for a startup to have at least one person dedicated exclusively to marketing-unless you're exceptional, only having developers won't cut it. Despite the fact that we're "Web 2.0"/new economy, you still face the same mar
744.
by il 18y ago
In other words, Pressflip/Persai is failing so they want to have at least one successful website. aka Building a startup is a lot harder than making fun of others startups.
745.
by il 18y ago
Numerous psychology studies have found that .97 is the new .99 - you're already used to rounding .99 up to $1 but not $.97
746.
by il 18y ago
I have a lot of experience with affiliate marketing(as an affiliate), and I think you should strongly consider a CPA rather than CPS model. Very very few affiliate programs, even ones with recurring monthly income pay their affiliates recur
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We're Not Rock Stars Anymore(howtosplitanatom.com)
21 points by il 18y ago|11 comments
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by il 18y ago
Not to mention that you're risking your own money instead of the VC's. And since most startups, even yours, are likely to fail, you'll probably have better odds going to Vegas and putting it all on red.
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by il 18y ago
Either get ready to spend money doing traditional advertising, or go blackhat. "Going viral" is a myth. The majority of the spontaneous viral hits in the past few years have been carefully planned and executed. Stories get to the Digg front
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by il 18y ago
"And that's nothing but grim news for the myriad feature-oriented Web startups that were founded mainly to be acquired by Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo. If the Web giants stop buying, a lot of Web 2.0 fruit will die on the vine." Maybe now s

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