kieftrav

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by kieftrav 15y ago
The more important question is "Why do you want TC to cover you?" Does your target audience read TC? If not, you shouldn't bother. Get your product in front of your target customer. Get some relevant blogger to cover you. Cold call potentia
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by kieftrav 15y ago
My personal strategy has been to start out with paypal because it's super easy to integrate, and then when you have enough sales, upgrade to something like braintree. That way you wait until proof of concept and revenue before you put down
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Great post, David! I remember the beginning days and hearing the story as it happened. Nice to read the whole story in one well-written article. Keep it up!
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Thank you. While I wouldn't say masterful (rather serendipitious), I'm definitely planning to write an article about it.
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by kieftrav 16y ago
From the Gumball Capital page or TC? If TC, please follow through to the Gumball Capital page and click "Make a Donation". Does that help?
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Got the email and noted the request. I'll see what I can do about the penguin!
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Yep. Just tell me who you want it to, what you want me to do, and that you want it to be anonymous and I'll do it!
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by kieftrav 16y ago
No border guards as far as I know... And I should double check as I'm supposed to claim some land for a couple groups of people. North Dakota, eh? Yeah, I got over the mortal enemies thing when I realized how few of us are in Silicon Valley
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by kieftrav 16y ago
There's a little "HEY YOU" on the second page, which you click and tell me your idea. Or you can send me an email! Either works. Thanks for the support!
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Yes, I'm 23. And I'm a kid at heart.
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by kieftrav 16y ago
I'm doing this because I wanted to do something so crazy that it would help raise awareness for this organization. In two hours here's what's happened: 1) We've raised $3,000 (6% of the goal), 2) 10 schools from California to Brazil want to
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Yes... That would be pretty sweet.
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Awesome! If you wanted to tick them both off in one go, I totally think you could do it... ;) Here's the company organizing my marathon: http://www.icemarathon.com/
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Yeah, I know. I'd love to set up something like WePay but simply didn't have the time and we're already verified on Paypal. But I would like to talk to the WePay guys... :) Also, the link doesn't work in TC but it does work when you visit o
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Thanks for the offer but I'm a pretty big PHP guy (yeah, I know, snide comments)... ;)
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by kieftrav 16y ago
My apologies. I meant to say Ivy League caliber... ;)
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Thanks David!
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Thanks Ian! woOOOooohooOOOOooo!
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by kieftrav 16y ago
That's what I have to look forward to! It's going to be Awesome!!
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Thanks!
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by kieftrav 16y ago
Good question. I'll keep an eye out... :)
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by kieftrav 16y ago
1) Set up a plane to Puntas Arenas, Chile. 2) Coordinate with group of other crazy people to fly to Antarctica 3) Bring LOTS of warm clothing. 4) To run, be very careful. Mostly shuffling. 5) Find big ice sheets to run on - Travis (the guy