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   by markbao 16y ago

   Congratulations! You definitely need a tour page where I can take a closer look at your software without using it. Something like http://basecamphq.com/tour/ or http://supportbreeze.com/tour (to put in a personal plug). I can't get a re
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   by markbao 16y ago

   We're hoping November 20!
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   by markbao 16y ago

   Whoops, yeah. My bad.
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   by markbao 16y ago

   http://hfboston.com * fixed, thanks hsuresh, can't even spell my own site's name.
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   by markbao 16y ago

   I predict this is going to be up there with some PG articles as must-read startup material. Excellent.
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   by markbao 16y ago

   I want to see this hacked and be able to connected to my laptop so I can write programs using the Kinect sensor as an input. Think about how wild it would be to write software using a Kinect input as a sensor. For example, you could sit the
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   by markbao 16y ago

   In my limited experience, I feel like it's pretty common--many technology/business-related people say they see a little bit of a younger version of themselves in me.
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   by markbao 16y ago

   A lot of designer drugs are synthesized in places like Israel, which has no law prohibiting drug analogs. Mephedrone started to become widely popularized in the Middle East and Europe because of an Israeli manufacturer/online distributor. Q
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   by markbao 16y ago

   So you smoke some weed and take modafinil to get both?
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    by markbao 16y ago

    This is excellent. Thank you.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    I'm applying to transfer and would love your input. Will contact.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Time to drop Rails consulting and take up content... :)
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Wow, that's amazing. bloggergirl, you need to write and sell an ebook on web copy. Marketed correctly (and I have no doubts that you'd be able to), you'd make tens of thousands of dollars at the least. I mean, a $20 or even $25 ebook on web
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    by markbao 16y ago

    What college do you go to? I'm transferring this year and... inquiring minds want to know.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Seriously. If you're going to make a graphic like that, at least consider using a sans-serif font.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    It's interesting to see the move from "we can obviously implement a feature in a day... probably in an hour" to "impressive to introduce a rather basic feature but with introspection" — not a bad thing, since while it seems like the startup
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    by markbao 16y ago

    6. Set aside 1 hour sometime this week to go through your emails and kill them. Seeing and thinking "1 - 100 of hundreds" is psychologically tiring. Get it off your mind. Set aside an hour sometime this week and get through it all. Set an a
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    Comparison Spreadsheet for Subscription Billing Services(weblog.markbao.com)

    11 points by markbao 16y ago|1 comments
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    by markbao 16y ago

    That is what I found when I last looked at Spreedly as well. Good opportunity for them to beef up their API to attract defectors.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Wow, really? Chargify just lost its position as the best choice for subscription management. Extremely glad we didn't launch yet with Chargify... Here are some Chargify alternatives that we are looking at: Recurly, http://recurly.com/prici
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    by markbao 16y ago

    I visited for a month in the summer. While it was more bustling than Boston, it wasn't the startup mecca I expected.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Very cool. Though I can't imagine the gender ratio there will promote a huge social aspect...
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    by markbao 16y ago

    You should ask for a refund. PG, the YC team, and YC as a company is there to help those who they think they should help. It's their discretion. Decrying YC isn't going to help. Refusing that you suck is awesome. PG would agree that they do
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    Larry Ellison ‘Speechless’ Over New CEO of HP(blogs.wsj.com)

    4 points by markbao 16y ago|1 comments
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    by markbao 16y ago

    I'm looking for someone focused on marketing with an interest in family and social networks. The startup is a family sharing/storage app called Genevine http://genevine.com -- almost 100% built and on 2.0 but need a marketing-focused co-f
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Wow, nice! It actually is an Instant search, i.e. not just Amazon Suggest.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Even if it didn't mean disclosing the sale price. It's strange that MA doesn't talk at all about money—seems like it's his character to be blunt. Perhaps it (ironically) reveals more than he'd like to.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    They're on WordPress VIP. I don't know why they would have endless tech problems seeing that they're hosted on the largest WordPress system. EDIT: Yes, I know that WordPress VIP does go down, but that's WordPress.com's problem, not TechCrun
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    by markbao 16y ago

    xmarks: @PinboardIN hey if you've got some good ideas, we're all ears! and, of course, pinboardIN: @xmarks the model that has worked well for us is 'charge people money for a useful product or service'
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Excellent point. It's like when I was selling education software to large schools. That startup never really succeeded, but they were more receptive to a $2,000 ticket than a $500 ticket. And even $2k was seen as cheap.