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Less Turbulence on Delta Flights?
(thepointsguy.com)
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jsiminoff
8y ago
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Ring has now raised $100M for video doorbells
(fortune.com)
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jsiminoff
11y ago
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MSG is a Natural Substance
(fda.gov)
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jsiminoff
11y ago
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A doorbell that prevents crime? Give us a Ring- Richard Branson
(virgin.com)
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jsiminoff
11y ago
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The Magnus Effect
(iflscience.com)
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11y ago
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jsiminoff
11y ago
:)
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jsiminoff
11y ago
Should be announcing some things on that shortly
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jsiminoff
11y ago
Have some plans. Will be announcing soon.
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jsiminoff
11y ago
Did not abandon. Still support it. Was a Gen 1 product for sure. Ring is our V2 and so far has been very well received, great reviews and very happy customers. We did do a $99 upgrade for everyone that had bought a Doorbot .
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jsiminoff
11y ago
Good question. We had already been doing a lot of direct business before we changed the name to Ring (we were formally Doorbot). I basically made the assumption that if Ring.com increased our direct sales by X%, how many years would it pay
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jsiminoff
11y ago
Appreciate your opinion (really do). The design was driven not just by what we wanted it to look like but also the physical constraints around some of the features the product has. The main drivers: 1. Battery that lasts for one year (5,2
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jsiminoff
11y ago
The domain was definitely not cheap. So far I think it was the right decision to buy it and I believe we have seen enough benefit from it to make it worthwhile. However we will not know if it was really worth it for at least another year
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Doorbot becomes Ring
(blog.ring.com)
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12y ago
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The FyreTV Porn Streamer Maker Is Suing Amazon For Trademark Infringement
(techcrunch.com)
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12y ago
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jsiminoff
13y ago
Yes
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jsiminoff
14y ago
We did which is why we felt we had no choice but to refund if we could not support it.
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jsiminoff
14y ago
We more then asked Apple we had submitted the project to them through the MFI process. Apple changed their policy and I have to think it is because of the incredible response this story got.
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jsiminoff
14y ago
Luckily we had not done the refunds yet. That would have really sucked...
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jsiminoff
14y ago
I am Jamie Siminoff the inventor of POP. We are in the process of confirming if the changes that Apple PR told the press are true. If they are then POP will be made and I look forward to delivering it to all of the doubters out there. @De
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jsiminoff
14y ago
Just want to add some points to this thread as I am the inventor of POP. For those who question our motives, your reasoning is fair but let me clarify some things. We started Christie Street because of our our experiences with POP. We have