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Statistics Refresher?
6 points by jyu 18y ago|2 comments
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by jyu 18y ago
Most people buy with their emotions, and use logic to justify the purchase. To maximize the number of people that get into that emotional buying state, you give out sales info in several different ways to cover most readers. For something l
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Google to Offer Ads Based on Interests(nytimes.com)
6 points by jyu 18y ago|0 comments
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by jyu 18y ago
When searching around for Hauser's Law, I found this comment that directly addresses some of the issues in the WSJ article: The problem I have with Hauser’s Law is that it doesn’t seem to include state and local taxes, which should raise t
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by jyu 18y ago
It's a reference to the movie "Office Space." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/quotes
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by jyu 18y ago
They certainly have a business model. Advertising. Problem is, they haven't accepted who their paying customers really are: Advertisers.
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Question: Where to Buy Music?
2 points by jyu 18y ago|2 comments
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by jyu 18y ago
Why do you slap me in the face with a full page sign up form, without giving me any clear benefits to signing up?
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by jyu 18y ago
By "make it work," I mean accomplishing your original goals. Those goals were probably something like "acquire hundreds of new customers per month that Fog Creek otherwise would not have access to." The easiest way to make it work is contac
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by jyu 18y ago
"We tried. COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME." does not apply to everyone. Most likely you weren't doing it right, and didn't try long enough to make it work.
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Ask: Voicemail-to-text for Voip landlines?
1 points by jyu 18y ago|0 comments
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Problem with NameCheap?(domainnamenews.com)
1 points by jyu 18y ago|0 comments
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by jyu 18y ago
When you don't know where else to look, eBay is a pretty good general purpose solution: http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZsimQ20earthQQ_armrsZ1QQ...
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by jyu 18y ago
I do a more GTD style than the previous suggestions, focusing on reducing mental clutter. Every week I carry around a todo list with the top priority projects. When I think of something, I jot it down on the back of the todo list. I'll revi
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by jyu 18y ago
In the audio, he says expenses of 80M, with revenues between 90M to 100M. He also was not holding out for the best price, but a combination of price, terms, and ability to deliver good service to existing customers.
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by jyu 18y ago
This is the same model Songza is/was offering nearly 1 year ago.
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by jyu 18y ago
Credit is useful for buying things you don't have enough immediate cash to buy, like cars or houses. It allows you to leverage, which is a powerful concept if used wisely. For a simple example, if you buy an investment property with a 20%
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by jyu 18y ago
Given your current position, this is really sound advice. The team behind Bioshock was innovative, relatively small, and they made an incredible impact on the gaming world. As many before me have said, it's better to start a start up when
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by jyu 18y ago
"...I don't think it is terribly relevant to today." This article is relevant because little has changed (from an outsider's perspective) since May. Imagine if you were a VC. One of your portfolio companies is deeply behind revenue milesto
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by jyu 18y ago
It's too early to tell, but here's what's happened so far: powerset acquired $100mm 7/08 cubic telecom acquired $6mm 1/08 viewdle additional funding 3/08 yap series A $6.5mm 6/08 flock seies D $15mm 5/08 docstoc series B $3.25mm 4/08 mint s
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Laptops: Mac vs WinXP/Ubuntu?
9 points by jyu 18y ago|35 comments
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by jyu 18y ago
Community driven sounds too geeky for your target audience. How about "Real Advice from Real People" or "Answers to Your Relationship Questions" or something along those lines. Then maybe you can include a more detailed description with w
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Ask HN: Growing a Company?
1 points by jyu 18y ago|2 comments
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by jyu 18y ago
How big is the addressable market? What you just described sounds pretty small. "...still some people we've talked to who aren't entirely happy with it" This sounds like people that are slightly annoyed, and not really displeased enough to
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Is it acceptable to profit from the poor?(economist.com)
12 points by jyu 18y ago|40 comments
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Using the Mobile Phone as a Medical Diagnostic Tool(economist.com)
6 points by jyu 18y ago|1 comments
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by jyu 18y ago
Thanks, this is what I was looking for.
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Ask YC: IPO requirements?
1 points by jyu 18y ago|6 comments
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Early Warning System(economist.com)
1 points by jyu 18y ago|0 comments
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by jyu 18y ago
Clay (angel investor) states, "Why did Omnidrive fail in my opinion? Something strange can happen in the valley and I think Nik got trapped by it completely. Too many parties, too many conferences, too much working between 1-4am, not enough

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