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by m52go 11y ago
I'm indifferent to the situation. I don't hate traders & I don't hate VCs. I quite admire the few I've met. In a sense, one could say traders embody the essence of the human spirit. They provide an essential service
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by m52go 11y ago
I'd rather be an adventure capitalist: contribute excellent products and services to the market, while living an adventurous life with the proceeds. What's the fun in sitting on your ass rating/gambling on others' fortun
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by m52go 11y ago
Here are the resources I've found most helpful: Sales ------------- Steli Efti: his YouTube videos + blog posts at blog.close.io Smart Calling by Art Sobczak Question Your Way to Sales Success by Dave Kahle Marketing ------------- Trac
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by m52go 11y ago
Sales, marketing, and JavaScript. In that order. Then you'll be unstoppable in anything you decide to do.
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by m52go 11y ago
Thanks! This is precisely the sort of thing I'm looking for.
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by m52go 11y ago
Just took a 2-week trip there--with a 1-week road trip--and I second this a thousand times. Especially for tourists, it's SO worth paying for. It's a matter of staying well on a trip you've already paid thousands of bucks for
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by m52go 11y ago
That will happen soon. I just want some more real feedback from real people first. Which I guess sounds paradoxical but it seems all the product posts on here are already so refined.
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by m52go 11y ago
It's more about the books one finds at bookshops. Reddit and YouTube are destinations for some. Personally I don't really contribute to either...visiting a bookshop for me is more of an independent, spiritual type of activity simi
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by m52go 11y ago
Thank you sir. I'll also be visiting/engaging B&M bookshops. It's online marketing that seems less straightforward.
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by m52go 11y ago
I'm not scared of rejection. I've worked in sales. I expect it. I need it. But I'm not getting any now. So in a sense, I'm wondering how to get more.
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Ask HN: Just launched. Zero users. No clue how to market. Resource suggestions?
19 points by m52go 11y ago|28 comments
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by m52go 11y ago
"Its unexpected given the background of many of the players" Why's that? Professional athletes are some of the most disciplined and hardworking people in existence.
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by m52go 11y ago
Haha, agreed. I'd argue there's a strong chance of that happening with any tool meant to give non-professionals a 'professional' result. WYSIWYG web editors, divorce 'kits', many DIY 'kits' for home i
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by m52go 11y ago
Love it or hate it, Meteor has empowered a number of sales-types and small-business owners to create real tools to solve their own real problems. I've seen it happen in front of my own eyes!
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by m52go 11y ago
Side question: is there a responsive version of the HN homepage? I thought I saw it posted here a couple of months ago.
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by m52go 11y ago
Has anyone else experienced slow scrolling and no visible scrollbar? I'm on Chrome on a Nexus 6. I fear it's a ploy to keep my eyeballs on the site for as long as possible. Not a fan of this at all.
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by m52go 11y ago
The trend of boomers calling millennials 'entitled' is curious to me. Boomers, after all, are the ones who feel entitled to mountains of benefits, bankrupting the system at the peril of everyone else, no?
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by m52go 11y ago
Telegram is not governed by VCs or large corporations with ambiguous ties to government. Its code is open-source. It hasn't needed to spend money to make itself popular...its users did it for them. Which you could really say about all
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by m52go 11y ago
Email me at mfiver@gmail.com. I'm solving this exact problem right now at peruse.meteor.com. It could be valuable for both of us to exchange ideas. As people have mentioned here, wandering bookstores and libraries are excellent ways
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by m52go 12y ago
You're right again. Your method is especially powerful on the personal level. When it comes to propaganda and the media, however, this method doesn't work. Sensationalism and click-bait rule, and that calls for conflict and sound-
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by m52go 12y ago
That would be true in a perfect world, but there's much truth in the notion that we're a victimizing culture [1]. [1] http://reason.com/archives/2015/04/03/offended-by-everything
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by m52go 12y ago
Yeah, thanks. That's what I was getting at. Going outside without changing my information environment wouldn't help me escape the filter bubble. Thanks for the ideas.
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Getting off the internet is crucial. But the internet is a cornerstone of our lives no matter what, and every major service (search, social networking, e-commerce, etc) has made personalization part of their core strategy.
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by m52go 12y ago
Me too. That's why I made this post, but I didn't include any details because I just wanted honest opinions. Since your profile invites pings, I'll ping you. I'm interested to learn about your approach!
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by m52go 12y ago
Yeah, that's my exact issue with it. It seems very diverse on the surface, but its faults become apparent after spending just a little time on it.
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by m52go 12y ago
The serendipity of book browsing is something I find very underrated. I do exactly that, in real life, but can't find a way to do it properly (and enjoyably) online.
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Ask HN: Do you feel like you're in a filter bubble?
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by m52go 12y ago
I'm a developer/designer/writer who's worked in business development. No matter what stage you're in with your venture (or even if you're a bigger firm), I can help in almost any area: development, design (logo
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> Free, ad-supported Uber rides are inevitable What? Why? ------------------ While we're at it, why not post ads along the sides of houses and apartment buildings in the Bay Area to reduce housing costs? Maybe if we make the ads sma
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by m52go 12y ago
This is awesome! I was thinking of making the same thing just last week, but then I found Tile Tabs for Firefox. But this looks way more beautiful! And flexible too. Great work.

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