jamesmcbennett

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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
So the aim would be to order a product on www.fabsie.com that will be cut locally (in North Carolina for example if thats where you are and available for collection or delivery.
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Hope so!
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Sounds like a great place you have! I think this whole comment can be summarised by the line of 'do you trust us?' The answer is currently no which is fine, but over time, we might just win you over. On touch, I completely agree. - Buying s
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
10 Chairs we like made using digital CNC routers. http://fabsie.com/blog/ten-of-our-favourite-digitally-cut-fu...
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
You make the assumption that it is like for like. IKEA does average products for average people, it is not the Amazon of the furniture world, it is the Borders. If we want to offer furniture specific to airbnb users that is more privacy ori
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
And I think you make some great points, I see them as challenges, not impassable gates. I see complexity such as this http://www.dezeen.com/2008/10/27/joints-by-nathan-wierink/ going mass market. Also there are many things this model can
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Thanks for your comment pifflesnort. Quite a few points mentioned, so will break it up. i) CNC - 1951 - Not new at all - However its price point is completely new dropping 10X in price since my university paid $250,000 for theirs, now $20,0
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Will be making tables and lots of other things availble soon. Trying to get Techstars a table now. Business Model Get wood sent to you cut - no hassle - Paid. Get a file to download - know what you are doing - Free
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
So i've made this stool rocks file available for free. (Creative Commons - non-commercial) http://fabsie.com/store/this-stool-rocks/ So far a school in alberta, canada are making it and a guy in Sweden as they sent photos. Will add more f
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Fabsie hopes to help the mass market enjoy the fruits of the DIY movement(gigaom.com)
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
one more person to agree with comments, about.me is a landing page. Dribble in 3D is better.
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Ha! Amazing!
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Also interesting email conversation on timing in investment between Paul Graham and Fred Wilson. Not so simple.. http://www.paulgraham.com/airbnb.html
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Why do all VC's need to be leaders? I think some do, but remembering this 3min talk by Derek Sivers http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movemen... about leaders and followers, we need more followers than leaders. Once a l
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Thanks, will add another set of companies later today.
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
DO you have a link to 'PD3's O2 Academy campaign'?
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
referring to the design of which one?
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Easier to read on blog, but copy/paste as of 04/02/13 The myth of “we had 25,000 users sign up on our first day” or the line “we told our friends and they told their friends,” are both likely to have been backed up by a smart strategy. I am
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Posted a link to discuss launch strategies. New to posting on HN although signed up a while ago, would appreciate if people could post any older threads that are relevant. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5164583
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
I am looking at strategies for gaining the first users to a startup and have made bullet points on several now well-known companies from the last couple of years. Would love your help at finding more examples of what companies have the best
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First 1,000 users.(mcbennett.wordpress.com)
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Congrats! I am making a list of launch strategies and will post on my blog later, there are so many great tales out there (especially on quora)
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Just saw this ad from .co domain, (disclaimer: it's not great.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a...
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
When a startup gets cloned, the thing is that it is never just one clone, its is one hundred of them. If this startup is so lucrative and easy to copy, put your game face on the one hundred other competitors... As its your friend, you can w
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
and Steve Jobs who said that quote in his younger years, but in his later years sued Samsung from stealing from Apple and patented eveyrthing. The lesson being "Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal,"...but not from me.
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Have you heard of Rocket Internet - (Samwer brothers) they have become experts in how to copy recently funded companies although hated by startup communities everywhere. Worth googling them and you will likely find lots of information. They
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
You guys might like a TEDx talk by a friend of mine Grzegorz 'The collapse of complex societies' specifically Roman Empire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcE0rIEHEFI
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
From what I've learned, Don't find a co-founder because most internet reports say that a business needs two co-founders to be sucessful. (Despite statistically proven) I would of have be much leaner/faster going solo and not worrying who nu
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by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
1. Both 3D printing and CNC are limited in my opinion, (having taught masters students on the subject) it is the job of designers to test those limits, but many things can be done in CNC machining that 3D printing is not capable of and vice