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by majani 14y ago
I think alot of the angst that comes towards people who sold their companies, is simply using the term "sell." That gives the impression that you went out and shamelessly hawked your product to the highest bidder. I personally find that if
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by majani 14y ago
The information they have is getting rather noisy though. People are liking and sharing all kinds of random stuff nowadays. Wonder if they can mitigate for this.
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by majani 14y ago
Another brutal marketing truth: you're probably going to have to SPAM prospects at some point.
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by majani 14y ago
After the power-drunk players of the internet bubble made everything free, market expectations were set, and now there's an expectation by most internet users that a large part of the online services they use be free.
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by majani 14y ago
Can anybody explain why tech circles are so prone to doomsday predictions? I don't see so many proclamations of impending demise in other industries, but in tech, a newcomer would be forgiven for thinking that most of the large incumbents a
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by majani 14y ago
Actually... here's the hockey version: http://vimeo.com/57632265
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Refcam - A Camera Strapped Onto The Referee's Head [video](youtube.com)
5 points by majani 14y ago|2 comments
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by majani 14y ago
'Veneer tactics' are quite commonly employed by startups: - YouTube talked about being primarily a site for sharing homemade videos, when its true backbone for growth was illegal music uploads - Buzzfeed talk about how they are taking media
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by majani 14y ago
I'm pretty sure they don't like clients like you either. Avoid each other and everybody wins. Back on topic...
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Filmmaker Uses Kenyan Pirates to Distribute His Film(ghafla.co.ke)
1 points by majani 14y ago|0 comments
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by majani 14y ago
A lot of startup articles need to come with a disclaimer: "FOR SILICON VALLEY ONLY." I really don't think they appreciate just how unique their situation is over there.
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by majani 14y ago
What's the distribution of revenue like across the sites? Is there one which props up the rest? Are there some that are walking dead?
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Ask HN: Anyone here have more than two revenue streams?
12 points by majani 14y ago|9 comments
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by majani 14y ago
How about the cashflow side of things? Which startups are showing good traction on their revenue/profit?
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by majani 14y ago
If you come in with set terms like Yc, you'll avoid that. That's what my company's investors ( http://88mph.ac )did.
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by majani 14y ago
Kenyan startup guy here. In three years, my company has developed two top Kenyan websites. In 2009, we developed the largest lyrics site in Kenya, and now we run the largest blog in Kenya: http://ghafla.co.ke with close to 500,000 monthly
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by majani 14y ago
So in this world of more than 8.3 billion web pages[1], I'm just supposed to write really good content and wait for the traffic to roll in? Believing that if you build it well, they will come is something that has contributed to the death o
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by majani 14y ago
The closest you can get to that is a consulting business.
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Poll: What would you rather build now? High-growth startup or small business?
2 points by majani 14y ago|1 comments
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High-growth startup
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by majani 14y ago
I would simply build something. Whatever way it goes, I don't mind
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by majani 14y ago
Small business
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by majani 14y ago
I think there is a good balance in discussion between hot startups and bootstrapped businesses now. In fact, there's been a large number of exit-focused threads filled with guys who are mad at the whole situation, while I don't see too many
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by majani 14y ago
Actually, I find that a lot of the metrics mentioned like uniques and pageviews are the ones that affect revenue for ad-driven startups. That's as real as it gets with metrics. When it comes to ad-driven startups, you could actually say tha
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Ask HN: What are the exceptions Google makes for the largest websites?
1 points by majani 14y ago|0 comments
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by majani 14y ago
One of the top searches in my country, Kenya, is 'how to abort.' What an eye-opener for a reportedly Christian country where abortion is illegal. http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#kenya
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by majani 14y ago
Late for what?
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by majani 14y ago
Because investors know that no matter what people say, everyone has their price. That's just a human reality.
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by majani 14y ago
You're right, it is cloaking. Is Google invested in Quora in any way that might compromise their judgement?
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by majani 14y ago
You start by describing problems affecting publishers, then you provide solutions for advertisers?

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