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   by jayzee 16y ago

   This changes everything. I have been trying to sell enterprise to universities. They are slow, bureaucratic, cash strapped, risk averse, willing to take time with making a decision since they do not face competitive marketplace pressures (a
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   by jayzee 16y ago

   I read that more and more VCs want the cachet of having invested in hot stocks like twitter, fb so that they can tell future investors about their portfolio and go raise the next round. Not that there is anything wrong with that but we need
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   by jayzee 16y ago

   That is an interesting option but that makes it too much work for the end user. But appreciate your help!
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   by jayzee 16y ago

   Thanks tombaker. Appreciate the help!
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   by jayzee 16y ago

   Thanks a ton!
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   by jayzee 16y ago

   Perhaps it's a failure of my imagination, but I cannot see a way for you to run this as a profitable business without similarly turning the 'users' into the product. That is a criticism not only of this start-up but all other start-ups wh
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   by jayzee 16y ago

   Name :( like prophylactics, polyps, pap smear, prostate etc.
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   by jayzee 16y ago

   I am more curious to know how much traffic it takes for a site like this to become profitable ads? Anybody has any details? ps: I guess quite a few of us have such "Oh that would be a fun site" ideas... I just don't know what traffic will m
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   Ask HN: Checking uploaded file types

   5 points by jayzee 16y ago|7 comments
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    Investors in the round consist of the who’s-who of angel investing in Seattle, including Mike Slade, Nick Hanauer, Pete Higgins, Rich Barton, Erik Blachford, John Cunningham and others. umm... Who? But not to be snarky what I wonder is ho
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    You can't buy stolen stuff. If the FBI wants to use the stuff they may still have to pay for it. Besides deals at that level are all political and given to their buddies. The person who gave the deal to HBGary is going to still fork over th
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    If this is this the website: http://www.hbgary.com/ then it is even funnier.
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    Mucho thanks! Will explore your suggestions and follow up with you. Appreciate your help!
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    Thanks a ton for the input. Appreciate it. We are about to try to start monetizing the site after developing it over the last few months and appreciate your help! Would love to hear from the others.
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    I doubt it since Google is fighting this battle in public instead of getting its lawyers involved. On the other hand: An interesting and possibly relevant legal issue here is how WestLaw's star pagination system was copied by LexisNexis ( h
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    Ask HN: Which service do you use to accept payment?

    5 points by jayzee 16y ago|4 comments
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    Kinda huge assumption that you are going to go viral. Mark himself said in some earlier thread that he has been trying many things for many years and this was the one that took off. Bottom-line is that you can predict what would go viral as
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    please dont say 'star.' please.
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    http://www.receivablesxchange.com/
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    God awful breathless hype article: 'calling x a rockstar would be an insult.' gag.
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    I have always felt that one of the saddest tragedies is that percentages have to add up to 100.
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    What's a lame article worth?
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    Just saw this go by: I'd rather sit on someone's knee, while they're taking a shit, than imagine Steve Buscemi eating corn-on-the-cob in slow motion
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    I was transfixed and I watched the stream for several minutes.
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    In Defense of the Guilty, Ambivalent, Preoccupied Western Mom (online.wsj.com)

    2 points by jayzee 16y ago|0 comments
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    N=?
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    Ask HN: Do facebook ads worked for you compared to other online ads

    2 points by jayzee 16y ago|0 comments
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    It is e. e. cummings and not E. E. Cummings. As Will Arnett would say in arrested development, 'coooome oon!'
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    umm... Yeah ok. But you are off base on A/B. We got a 5x conversion based on text changes that we made. Same great product that users love.
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    by jayzee 16y ago

    Arrington divested himself of all his shares in tech companies.