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by martinshen 12y ago
UpOut - SoMA, San Francisco http://www.upout.com/insiders-club We help locals get out more. Our primary service is Insiders, a "Netflix for Events". We have 25% MoM growth with real revenue and thousands of custom
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Ask HN: “Physical” subscription allowed in iOS?
1 points by martinshen 12y ago|1 comments
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HowAboutWe likely to be acquired by IAC (owns Match, OkCupid and stake in Tinder)(businessinsider.com)
1 points by martinshen 12y ago|0 comments
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Earbits will be shutting down June 16th(blog.earbits.com)
88 points by martinshen 12y ago|58 comments
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by martinshen 12y ago
I posted our subscription product up months ago and all in all generates $460 MRR
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by martinshen 12y ago
We've been leaning towards Redactor. Main concern isn't browser support but clean HTML.
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Ask HN: Best WYSIWIG?
12 points by martinshen 12y ago|8 comments
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by martinshen 12y ago
We've been working with "escape room" game event organizers like SCRAP for a while now. They're incredibly popular on our "Netflix for Events" service. I've done a handful and can certainly attest to this
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Ask HN: Should you divide the dev team to multiple offices?
4 points by martinshen 13y ago|0 comments
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by martinshen 13y ago
Anti-tech protesters have gathered around Kevin Rose's house (presumably in San Francisco) with a large banner. Kevin tweeted that he acknowledges the problems with housing here. "Greetings Your neighbor at [redacted] a man named
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by martinshen 13y ago
We're rolling out more cities really soon :) www.upout.com/insiders-club
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The Birchbox model for the event/experience discovery space(pando.com)
5 points by martinshen 13y ago|2 comments
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by martinshen 13y ago
I wonder if you'll be able to do this kind of stuff with CarPlay
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by martinshen 13y ago
Would love to use StackLead (or any Rapportive-esque) services with our internal dashboards.
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Ask HN: Is there a Rapportive-like service to get info on your customers?
1 points by martinshen 13y ago|1 comments
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In-App Review Mechanics pushed Flappy Bird to the Top of the Charts?(venturebeat.com)
43 points by martinshen 13y ago|27 comments
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by martinshen 13y ago
There are a few startups tackling this end of the business. Integration here with restaurants is challenging and usually only applicable to people who use restaurants as a utility (not a luxury). Spoke to someone yesterday about http:&#x2F
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by martinshen 13y ago
I just checked out nearby.lk's Facebook page and it's no wonder that they weren't getting performance out of Facebook Ads. Facebook Ads are amazing. Nothing else has come close for us both for direct conversion and likes. Lik
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Study: Nearly all cars to be autonomous by 2050(autoblog.com)
2 points by martinshen 13y ago|1 comments
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The Victoria Secret model that codes(pando.com)
8 points by martinshen 13y ago|3 comments
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by martinshen 13y ago
San Francisco - SoMA (TN ok, No telecommute) We are growing (users, revenue, team) and need dev to help us scale. We are only hiring people with 5+ years experience. I'm happy to chat with anyone interested in applying. My personal cel
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by martinshen 13y ago
Do you believe YC will increase the value of your company by 5-8%? Yes. Their brand brings better investors, more qualified employees, press and more qualified employees.
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by martinshen 13y ago
Thanks man. We're planning to bring this to NYC in January. Email me. Would love to hear about what you were trying to do.
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by martinshen 13y ago
Still tweaking around with the Premium Claims concept. We don't know yet what the ratio will be between normal:premium so right now we just give them out to longstanding members. Should look though like every 4 months. Thanks for the f
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by martinshen 13y ago
Great suggestion! We've thought about doing an annual/6month etc plan but figured we'd get the product right first. I do like hearing it be called a "no brainer"!
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by martinshen 13y ago
Unfortunately not yet. We'll move this to more cities in January. Need to keep the event quality high.
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by martinshen 13y ago
We launched 2 and a half years ago on HN and have been growing a lot in SF. Insiders Club is a "pivot" in our business model. It's a subscription club that gets you out trying new things. For $20/month, you pick from 12-
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Show HN: Our pivot that nudges you to try new offline things. No lame coupons(upout.com)
33 points by martinshen 13y ago|13 comments
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by martinshen 13y ago
I use a brand new MacBook Air. Previously a 3 year old MacBook pro. Only reason to switch: battery life. 12 hours is a major game changer for me. I never worry about running out of juice throughout the day.
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Ask HN: Why would or wouldn't you do a marijuana-focused startup?
26 points by martinshen 13y ago|56 comments

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