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by markbao 17y ago
We did a quick run with AdWords and it turned out to be total crap. The volume of searches for stuff like "family website" was abysmal and the CPCs for stuff like "family photos" was out of the water. So, yeah. We're definitely looking to d
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by markbao 17y ago
> Families may find comfort in knowing it's a paid service This was one of our arguments for a fully premium service. Don't know how much weight this holds. > But I'd make sure your market actually use blogs and twitter to post p
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by markbao 17y ago
Wow, Matt—thank you very much for the thorough suggestions. > First off I'd change the name. It makes no sense, and is hard to pronounce at a glance. Hell yeah, this has been a gut instinct since day 1. I've been trying to brainstorm
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by markbao 17y ago
Sweet graphic, thanks for that. Hmm, I've heard it both ways. 'Freemium isn't a business model, it's a marketing tool!' 'Freemium isn't a marketing tool, it's a business model! ' The problem is that we'd like to launch (since we're doing th
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by markbao 17y ago
Thanks! We have this implemented already. If a user refers another family that becomes a paying family, then they get 25% off their yearly price—for life.
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by markbao 17y ago
Clickable: http://staging.ramamia.com
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by markbao 17y ago
One of Ray Kurzweil's companies, FatKat, does quant finance based on pattern recognition. http://www.fatkat.com/overview.html
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by markbao 17y ago
Interesting part is that Arrington used to be a lawyer, and he used to work for the firm mentioned. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/18/tweetphoto-dan-caufield...
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Creative Destruction: How Entrepreneurs and the Internet Disrupt Old Industries(journal.markbao.com)
13 points by markbao 17y ago|1 comments
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by markbao 17y ago
Redmine is nice, though I think I prefer the little things that Backpack gives you that's tailored towards personal/team use and the better UX. It's only $7 a month if you use the (unadvertised) "solo" plan, which you can upgrade to after y
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by markbao 17y ago
The Hit List for Mac, a Moleskine, 37signals Backpack (and its Journal function) and my Work Progress Journal http://markbao.com/wpj.pdf
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by markbao 17y ago
Not only is she going to become a millionaire from it, but she's doing great work helping the disabled. Incredible work.
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by markbao 17y ago
Congratulations, but—please don't a) use flash websites for a software dev firm and b) use a purchased template like that one. If you're going to use a purchased template, at least go for something better.
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by markbao 17y ago
Justin.tv is a great startup, but this is going to kill their traffic.
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by markbao 17y ago
:) - a number of people who saw the page didn't take note of it, thinking 'cyoa' was the name of the site, or something.
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by markbao 17y ago
He's also created a digital version of a book that is browsable and shows your jump history here: http://samizdat.cc/cyoa/#/zork
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by markbao 17y ago
Absolutely. There is a ton more leverage in the current space, you're totally right. It's just not the dreamy $0 CPA world that you'd expect as a 'seed-stage entrepreneur' reading that article. :)
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by markbao 17y ago
> Most web products have no marginal cost of replication, so adding a new customer is pure profit. This is my single gripe about this article. This isn't true: although there's a higher profit margin because the cost of one customer o
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Google: a New Movement in Good Business and Transparency(journal.markbao.com)
2 points by markbao 17y ago|0 comments
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by markbao 17y ago
Good point. Replace Bill Gates with Michael Dell or some other suit-type.
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by markbao 17y ago
Employees were pissed off that their CEO was an actual person that likes to have fun like themselves? The day that a picture of Bill Gates headbanging at an Iron Maiden concert gets leaked is the day that the internet will appreciate him in
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Being Open and Honest About Startup Process(andrewhyde.net)
35 points by markbao 17y ago|6 comments
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Google Dashboard: This is a brief of how much Google knows about you(google.com)
92 points by markbao 17y ago|59 comments
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by markbao 17y ago
Huh, interesting idea, thanks! Is there any kind of data on niche vs. general (and bigger) audience? The press thing has actually happened twice, even though we haven't done any marketing nor have we press-launched yet. http://screenshots.
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by markbao 17y ago
Clickable: http://staging.ramamia.com
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Ask HN: Refocusing our Family-focused Startup for Business Users?
14 points by markbao 17y ago|12 comments
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by markbao 17y ago
This is guerilla marketing. Taking what one competitor says and saying "they haven't tried it yet and neither have you" isn't. Aggressive tactics, but all's fair in love and war.
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by markbao 17y ago
Uh. Myself. :/ We could use a better one.
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by markbao 17y ago
Certainly. My comment was an initial exclamation. I think it works pretty well with the copy on the right side. The bookshelf makes a bit more of an impact with how much space it takes on the page. Furthermore, if you move the text copy to
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by markbao 17y ago
Holy shit, the design.

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