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by maxklein 16y ago
Gmail as a web app is pretty awful. Web apps have improved somewhat, but in general they suck a lot compared to native apps. Web developers want the web to take over from apps, in spite of the fact that the market has CLEARLY chosen native
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by maxklein 16y ago
You forget that 'apps' started off as web-apps in the first iphone, and neither the users nor developers liked them, so the SDK was released. The future lies in thicker clients, particularly for mobile where the internet is not as assured a
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by maxklein 16y ago
That's just decorative plumage. They are demonstrating their superiority over other similar companies.
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Business always needs investment. These private investors you got investment from, did they know your family already?
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by maxklein 16y ago
Big and risky business has always been paid for by big money. Trading voyages were big business and were limited in the number available. There were not millions of ships setting sail everyday. The risk and cost factor in websites is rapidl
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by maxklein 16y ago
Business has traditionally not needed outside funding. Funding has mostly come from revenue or from family. This angel/small scale investment is only neccessary because technology is changing so quickly and there are many opportunities at t
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by maxklein 16y ago
I'm confused about if the things outlined in the blog have actually been executed, or if this is just a theoretical plan. You don't have many twitter users, don't have many facebook 'likes', and there is just one note written so far on the
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by maxklein 16y ago
Rent - 3000rmb, each meal 15-20rmb, coke 8rmb for the big bottle, taxi fare - 30rmb average distance, nice dinner at restaurant for 5 people - 300rmb.
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by maxklein 16y ago
Come to Shenzhen. It's beside Hong Kong but without the terrible rent prices. See my latest blog entry, link in profile.
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There is a lot of space, not so many people, and an efficient transport network means that people don't need to live all in the same area, which would drive up rents.
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by maxklein 16y ago
I've got like 20 new follows by being on that list, even if near the bottom. Those at the top have probably changed even more. So by observing this phenomena, you have changed it.
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by maxklein 16y ago
But there are only 2.1 million events, and you'll only reach a small percentage of these. Even if you maximise the revenue you receive from each marriage, it won't be much unless you absolutely and totally dominate the wedding scene, which
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by maxklein 16y ago
The biggest question is this: Have you actually done a calculation to see if your market is big enough? Will you reach enough wedding people, particular considering that people only wed once or twice in their lifetime?
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Shenzhen is Hong Kong without the terrible apartment costs, but with slightly better internet.
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Shenzhen, beside Hong Kong.
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I would certainly love to meet other HNers that are going this route, perhaps you could set me up. I've got two close and old friends of mine that are locals and are collaborating with me, so that's good.
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by maxklein 16y ago
I wish this were possible, but the difficulty in doing this is massive. If you are not U.S born, it's QUITE difficult to simply walk in and start a company in the U.S. And you'd spend a lot of time just solving those problems, and have a lo
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by maxklein 16y ago
This is the new old HN: http://techstartu.ps/
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A wordpress theme, or extend my last.fm subscription.
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All these other blogging services sometimes forget the basics: People write because they want to be appreciated. Tumblr has very good 'appreciation' and 'feel good' triggers in there. So it grows.
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by maxklein 16y ago
I like the BSD license. I made my first money on the nets by benefitting a lot from BSD licenses, and all open source software I ever write will be BSD. I believe - if you want it to be free, make it free. If you want it to be closed, then
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by maxklein 16y ago
The more interesting a hook is, the more dangerous it is for the company. Let me give you some samples of hooks: Slumdog Millionare Hook: "I'm a pennilless indian guy who has taken over the market from american companies." They will call yo
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by maxklein 16y ago
You're absolutely right. Such lists mean nothing to your core business, and the effect is minor in the long run. Imagine you want to create a great airline. What do newspaper articles have to do with that? If your airline is great, people w
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by maxklein 16y ago
This article made me realise - no matter how much money you are making or how cool your company is - to get featured in such big magazines, your idea has to be simple and it has to be interesting. There has to be some interesting hook, eith
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by maxklein 16y ago
But it's likely that ranch owners were once ranch hands.
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It's easy to inflame passion on the net, most people just never try.
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Motivational video(maxkle.in)
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by maxklein 16y ago
I'll say one thing about FastSpring - you can use them like a highly intelligent robot. Instead of going to their panel, I'd send emails like: "I'd like a source code option on product x, and it should be for free with variation y, and shou
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by maxklein 16y ago
Say what you want about the Singapore system - it has resulted in the most successful south east Asian country. So perhaps this model actually works.
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by maxklein 16y ago
There are very few Richard Bransons. But there are lots of millionaires who just did one thing and kept expanding in the field and growing bigger and bigger in related fields.

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