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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
Hahaha. Glad my misuse of "hack" inspired you to write this great post :)
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How to have a Great Day(okdork.com)
4 points by lloydarmbrust 14y ago|0 comments
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
caching error. apologies. up now.
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
look at my profile.
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
Our not-so-well written post about this last year is here: http://ownlocal.com/newspaper-support-group/a-successful-sta... The short version is that we work with small newspapers, and small newspapers sometimes like the idea of working wi
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
Ha.. nice!
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
There are literally no requirements to apply to YC, except wanting to be in YC (which implies you want to build something). Rhodes and Marshall have specific requirements, even your job hire probably had requirements (high-school education,
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
I think we believe the same things here, and are talking around each other. Spending time thinking about our business for us included talking to customers and asking hard questions. Only after understanding our customers could we build anyt
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
If you switched projects four times, I can only assume that the last company, the one that YC accepted, has the most potential... otherwise, you would have continued working on the other projects. I think it's way more than serendipity. I t
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
You were rejected three times for the same company?
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
A month is not 730.484 hours on your application, it's spending a lot of time thinking and musing about your application and your business. Our application process helped hone and focus our business in ways that nothing else has. I would ar
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
To be fair, I said "How We..." Did it. Also, I made sure to clarify the point of the post with the beginning disclaimer. Apologies if you felt mislead. LMK a better title and ill change it. Also, I hope there's plenty of stuff in there that
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
Because when you start a company, everything is against you. Being a YC company, for the knowledge base and the connections, removes a lot of barriers and opens a lot of doors. Plus, being two guys from the Midwest, we really didn't know wh
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How We Got into Y Combinator(lloyd.tc)
166 points by lloydarmbrust 14y ago|81 comments
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Taskbox - Mail Could Become A Worthy Sparrow Alternative(appadvice.com)
20 points by lloydarmbrust 14y ago|2 comments
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Is it time to say goodbye to the pageview?(inma.org)
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
I currently have the app, and this was the first thing I changed :)
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Craig Newmark, the Principled Jerk(blog.jeremymims.com)
126 points by lloydarmbrust 14y ago|102 comments
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Green Graffiti or marketing SXSW for under $1,000(blog.loku.com)
44 points by lloydarmbrust 14y ago|26 comments
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by lloydarmbrust 14y ago
What newspapers have is the trust of a powerful local brand--even Google gives local newspapers some of the highest PRs in these markets. Smaller the market; better the brand. No one else has this and that's what Buffet is buying. If I'm a
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Building a simple multi-player game using node.js, backbone.js, & socket.io(tech.loku.com)
50 points by lloydarmbrust 14y ago|3 comments
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Can small rural publishers make enough money online to survive? (entrepreneur.com)
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by lloydarmbrust 15y ago
Agreed, this is just plain awesome.
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Reactive Web Crawl Visualization(tech.loku.com)
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by lloydarmbrust 15y ago
Working in the Industry for over 10 years I can give you numerous examples where newspapers will risk sacrificing revenue to cover the news. I've seen the largest customer at a newspaper (a bank) in the news for months because their preside
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by lloydarmbrust 15y ago
Most of our newspapers see new customers, and an on-whole margin increase of 10% annually. Think of it this way, a small print ad costs $100 for one-time placement. Most real newspaper customers are the ones who can afford $10k-$100k per ye
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Newspapers Should Become Digital Marketing Agencies(adrants.com)
21 points by lloydarmbrust 15y ago|7 comments
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What Google Local should be(techcrunch.com)
8 points by lloydarmbrust 15y ago|0 comments
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OwnLocal (YC W10) nabs funding from Automattic to resurrect newspaper revenues(venturebeat.com)
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by lloydarmbrust 15y ago
Yes. It's almost a smell test--if you can't get your team to move, are you really committed?

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