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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Thanks again. We'll have the content and service more concisely defined in the next few days.
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
The communication of what our service does is an issue we're aware of and the feedback we received today has helped us pinpoint the key things that we can fix quickly so that it makes much more sense to everyone. We'll have it fixed up in
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Excellent. We're building a marketplace, so if that isn't clear I definitely dropped the ball in communications on the first few pages. (It's more clear when there are active listings, but we don't have any of those yet...) Which text spec
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback. 1) We would prefer it if people register with Facebook but I agree that I've made it a little too discrete to register without it in the new design. 2/3) I'll add the background text examples to the search fields li
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Show HN: We Built a Marketplace for Auto Enthusiasts
13 points by kerryfalk 16y ago|8 comments
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
No problem. Good luck. :)
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Finding the line between persistent and annoying is the skill of an exceptionally good salesperson. I find that it's situational. On an attempt like this where it's the first call and I've managed to get through with an e-mail. I set the fi
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
"How did you get their contact info?" Sometimes very creatively. First, try the easy path and call the office and ask the receptionist to pass you through. They're VERY skilled at telling you to go away nicely so be polite and get your pitc
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Selling is hard. Selling something new is harder. Selling something new B2B without connections or an extremely strong value add feels almost impossible. I've been there a few times, though I had some previous use cases as tools in my selli
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Bias towards action: release it! Then fix it based on what people tell you and what your own thoughts are. Find ways to make it so that people want to use it. Without releasing it, you'll never know. It's really hard to release something th
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
We're also a Winnipeg based startup located out of the NRC on Ellice. If you happen to be using or interested in Ruby one of our guys runs the Ruby User Group out of our office once a month. The next one is this coming Thursday. If that's n
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
I actually follow a number of blogs of some of the ladies in my city because they post interesting pictures that give me some inspiration because it's very foreign to the space my head is in all the time. I think they'll love this. Visually
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
A very big problem, indeed. I assume since the OP has been able to convince others to join them in the first place that the idea and what they're working on is compelling enough. Therefore if they're leaving so quickly there is most likely
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
"Is there anything other than business that you've risen to the top in? Hobby, sport, etc." Start there. If there's nothing, they probably don't have the drive. If there's something then I think there's at least a chance that they'll work
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
I think he feels that that was one of the most moving and important pieces of information in the letter. I'm not religious, but that's how I felt.
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Hmmm. Interesting, thanks. All news to me, unfortunately. We need a more connected nationally distributed network of startup founders, methinks. We're spread out in Canada and even the larger urban centres aren't _rich_ with tech activity (
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Waterloo? I admit I'm really sheltered from the rest of the Canadian scene from Winnipeg as the startup scene is scarce but I haven't heard much from Waterloo out here. If I had to name the top three I would have said the same in that orde
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Agreed. I spent years thinking of ideas and dropped many of them because I felt they weren't good enough. When one hits that is good enough, don't stop, just do it.
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
That's what my second paragraph was trying to say, if you're doing multiple deals per day and targeting those based on the demographics you collect then it is in fact a more targeted approach. My current understanding is that it's just one
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
The demographic information you have on the users still doesn't make them more targeted beyond the geographic segmentation. If however you're doing multiple deals per city, per day based on more than one demographic metric then it's targe
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Agreed. It's not hard to tell how someone is feeling about their position. Your boss probably wants to find something for you that you'll be happy with as much as you do, the pain of losing someone good sucks, but it's worse watching them t
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
I'm trying to find a path through to the Acquiring Banks, have been unsuccessful thus far, sadly. E-mail coming your way. :)
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Your suggestion could be a possibility but it then introduces fraud on behalf of the buyer that we'd have to account for and put more thought into. We've got the Ts & Cs fairly well covered, that's an evolving document though, I think.
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Marc deals with the processors on a slightly different level and has been hitting the same wall we have. Our model is designed to cover a lot of that risk. We can determine when the package arrives as we've built in the shipping system to o
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Ask HN: Who Has Solved the Third Party Payment Aggregator (TPPA) Problem?
6 points by kerryfalk 16y ago|10 comments
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
There really isn't any magic to it. To get the data someone has to do the Primary Research (Grunt Work). It's either in a report that an agency has put together which you can purchase (Good ones are expensive), or you open up the marketer
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
At the risk of being down-voted, there is too much arrogance in the comments of this thread. I run into this constantly and I find it mind-blowing. There is very little respect for the skills and talents of people in different disciplines.
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by kerryfalk 16y ago
Brilliant. It's difficult to network with hackers in my city outside of the regular bunch. This just made it easier. Thank you.
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Ask HN: Easier to Find Hackers in the Valley?
3 points by kerryfalk 16y ago|0 comments