jonathanjaeger

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by jonathanjaeger 11y ago
What: HypedSound, http://www.hypedsound.com , soon to be http://www.hype.co , community where creatives can upload their media and sync their social networks to one simple, clean profile to showcase to their audience.
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by jonathanjaeger 11y ago
I don't have much experience in e-commerce, app installs. Our clients tend to be in home security, trade schools/education, and other high cost per lead areas. There were definitely fads in the past like daily deals and user acqui
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by jonathanjaeger 11y ago
I run a ton of ads on Facebook (full-time), and if you target both desktop and mobile newsfeed users, I find that for the same bid I get 90% coming from mobile vs. 10% desktop. I could bid higher for desktop, but that would increase my cost
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by jonathanjaeger 11y ago
"2) 45m daily active users" Source? Maybe user signups, but I can't imagine daily active users.
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
My mom just told me about that story, and when I came to HN I thought it had to be related that this made front page on HN exactly when this tragedy happened.
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
* This Week in Startups: http://thisweekinstartups.com/ * Freakonomics: http://freakonomics.com/radio/freakonomics-radio-podcast-arc... * WTF with Marc Maron: http://www.wtfpod.com/ *
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
The Google and AirBnB references seem on point, but were people skeptical of Facebook being a good idea? Sure there were naysayers who thought Facebook couldn't beat MySpace or break out of the college campuses, but people did love Fac
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
They aggressively spent money on Facebook ads at the beginning and it seemed at first like a winning strategy. But if lifetime value < cost of acquisition you're burning through money. We saw it in daily deals and then we saw it in
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
True in part, but that didn't stop these thieves from smashing the window and stealing a little bit of stuff before running away in fear (we had prominent signs). An actual working alarm helps, but I suspect the signs do most of the le
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
To defend alarm systems a bit here, not all burglars are that sophisticated (so it's not trivial). As a teenager I came home from school after a break-in and the novice burglars had scurried off on account of the alarm system and had b
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
On Facebook I've seen people post about it. These are people who might have a job in tech (e.g. marketing at a tech company) but for the most part don't read Hacker News or tech articles often. Keep in mind there were some late ni
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
It was started out as a lifestyle hack in order to save time and money on cooking and eating (something that many busy people don't want to worry about ALL the time, including tech folks). They also crowdfunded millions of dollars wort
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
You can't raise $6.1 million and suddenly have a big team overnight. Recruiting isn't THAT easy in the Valley, from what I've heard (competition and talent pool).
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
"Product Hunt still doesn't allow anyone to join and comment/submit" I recently listened to Ryan from Product Hunt on This Week in Startups, and while I can't remember him addressing this, I do remember getting the
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
OkCupid does have big ads for PlentyOfFish on their logout screen. They do allow ads, but of course, PlentyOfFish is paying for that ad space. Many niche or competitor dating sites advertise on other dating sites, but since it's paid a
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
I see what you're saying, but let's say on OkCupid the vast majority of people you wouldn't want to message, let alone meet. You message the highest matches based on similarity, interests, and appearance (who you might be pot
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
Not to hate on a startup, but I've dated on OkCupid before, and while it's not foolproof, you can meet someone who seems perfect online and then you don't hit it off in person. Having limited matches is just a dealbreaker. Su
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
OkCupid has fake profiles but it's not THAT bad (maybe Tinder has spam problems, or so I've heard, but they're spammed because they are at scale). Nothing a reverse-image search on Google can't usually solve.
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
I listen to This Week in Startups and Jason Calacanis always makes the ads really personal. I've gotten value from at least a couple products advertised on This Week in Startups and This Week in Venture Capital (e.g. Scott Walker, star
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
I live around Ave A and in a couple block radius I've seen a woman almost get run over (her fault for running a light) and another get side-swiped by a taxi's door (looked like the taxi's fault). There's less traffic aro
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
Oftentimes I see one-word titles for companies that we already know of. For example, Drawbridge on Microsoft.com is most likely a new product from Microsoft and it's just as easy to clickthrough and read about it than try to decipher f
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
@Zikes: I HATE this! I've complained on TC about them not linking to Kickstarter projects and instead linking to other stories about Kickstarter on TechCrunch. I feel like they've gotten better at linking to Kickstarter/Indie
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
If you have no investors to answer to and very little debt, then there is no number. But here are some factors in play: -Do you still believe in your idea to the extent you want to grind it out and see some serious upside? -If there is seri
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
The trycaviar link comes up first for me.
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
Definitely talk to a lawyer in the U.S. who works with startups. If they incorporated in the same way most startups with investors do, it's a Delaware C-Corp, and lawyers who work with startups will know the nuances of the vesting and
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
Betteridge's law of headlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
I would much rather have less sleep + a 15-20 minute nap in the evening than no nap and an extra 45 minutes sleep at night. Luckily at 7pm it's not hard to take a power nap at the office in the conference room on a bean bag chair. I w
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The Origins of Product Hunt(medium.com)
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
This whole "controversy" over companies who do Kickstarters and later raise money (or sell their company) seems overblown. When you're backing a Kickstarter for these types of companies you're often trying to get the pro
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by jonathanjaeger 12y ago
Seems like a poor prescription to ONLY go off of referrals. The bigger the company gets, the more likely people will not want to bring in talent that they might view as competition. I know that's cynical, and perhaps placated by referr

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