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I think stories of entrepreneurs can seem biased, because those are all success stories on the whole, but if you dial down deep into all of those stories you can hear from the entrepreneurs of the years that they struggled and the years the
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I did not mean to lump all depression into one boat, and while I personally do not know that kind of deep long-term depression, I do know the kind of that effects entrepreneurs. There are so many ups-and-downs that it can be hard to weather
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I am running out the door with my family, but I will try and post more later, sorry if there are any grammatical errors in there as well...
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Depression is a hard feeling to cope with, in the moment it seems like it will never go away, but the truth is, that it always does. One of the things that helps me in the short-term whenever I get down as an entrepreneur is watching videos
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They aren't all co-registration sites. Some of the examples are CPA (cost-per-action), where submitting email, taking phone surveys, submitting zip, etc generate revenue for the site owner.
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I'm not going around advocating doing this, I was just pointing out that AirBnB used this technique to acquire it's first users...
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I've seen Amicus' software in action and it's awesome!
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I don't see the harm in them trying to help wanting people connect with a useful service that solves their needs.
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I think as long as you are providing valuable and relevant information to the user, that it is fine. In this case, AirBnB connected people who were looking for renters, to an excellent service that furthered their goal.
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Great article, but in your Craigslist section, you could mention how AirBnB used Craigslist to get their first houses listed http://davegooden.com/2011/05/how-airbnb-became-a-billion-do...
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Website is a great place to host content, but they still need sources to drive traffic. They should be using all of the platforms to drive people there and then capture their emails and other data.
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The power of owning the channel is a huge advantage, I wish more people understood. Email marketing used to be the best, but email read rates are usually less than 20% and it's over a few days. There is a better medium to build an audience
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It's well known that many people manipulate followers, retweets, video views, fan page counts, like, shares, SEO results etc to make it appear as if a given candidate has more momentum than they really do.
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I've heard that NYC had an incredible trolley system where you could get anywhere in manhattan in about 10 minutes. Such a shame that cars displaced true public transit solutions.
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What do you guys think?
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I don't think you will really have too big of a problem, people are so distracted by all of the other ideas being pitched. I participated in at the last Startup Weekend in NYC, and out of little more than 100 people, 60+ of them presented t
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how could they build a business off of guessing if the purchases are made. especially with the 24 hour length of the cookie, it would make it nearly impossible to track if multiple referly users have the same items. they must have some arra
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Congrats @dmor, keep up the good work!
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While it is nice to see Facebook has no qualms about shutting down features, it is also problematic for people who build their businesses on a platform that is constantly shifting it's policies and features.
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Reminds me of a friend's app http://www.sportspickerapp.com/
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If you are building a modern day site, there is just no reason not to make it mobile (phone/tablet) friendly. If you don't want to redesign an existing website, you can just make a separate site that redirects, but which is a less elegant s
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I sometimes do go with the regular version of a website on my phone, but generally I prefer a mobile optimized version, less ads, more readable font size, faster loading, etc. Reading HN on a phone isn't that great, I use http://cheeaun.gi
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Biggest proof that this article is wrong? I'm on my phone reading the blog post and the site doesn't scale for my screen width and it is so annoying to read because I have to keep scrolling left and right to see all of the text. I got so fr
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There are crazy politics involved in editing Wikipedia articles and it really does take a lot of skill to know how to edit, format, and properly cite an article so that your changes do not get reversed or article deleted. The editors have t
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I think it is important to do it in the right mindset and with the right intentions. Most people associate MDMA with partying, and while that may be one use, I don't think it is necessarily the best. I don't even understand how people go pa
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I'm sorry to hear about what happened to you, but I'm glad you are making progress in getting over it. Based on your dosage, I do not think you have a lot to worry about, just don't become dependent on it. Here is a pubmed study regarding h
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I'll take the down votes for my post, and note that I'm not advocating you do them often, but there is something to be said about their positive effects if used sparingly and therapeutically.
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Startup Threads is a cool idea. If you're one of the people who is not interested in "swag" just don't sign up. I don't understand why people get offended by products. No one is forcing the "swag." If you've ever run your own startup, there
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There are also similar therapeutic effects from taking mushrooms (psilocybin) or LSD. In these studies and others with MDMA, it appears that the effect lasts over a year. ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/23/magic-mushroom... )

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