mwseibel

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   by mwseibel 10y ago

   That's tricky - this sounds like you might have a lifestyle business (successful product in small market). You can try profiling your customers and see if if there are other companies with the same problems that your aren't servi
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   by mwseibel 10y ago

   I agree with your point 100% - if we could tell you how to get there we would! I think the biggest point is that many companies die because they scale expenses as if they had reached product market fit when they haven't. We are tryin
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   by mwseibel 10y ago

   I think I'd optimize for a personal pain point or a pain point of family/friends.
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   by mwseibel 10y ago

   Good point - I think there is a good blog post to be written on this topic.
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   by mwseibel 10y ago

   I know about Airbnb personally and it started with a hair on fire problem - a design conference where all the hotel rooms in the city where sold out. Brian and Joe hosted attendees in their apartment on air beds. That sounds like a hair o
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   by mwseibel 10y ago

   Exactly!
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   by mwseibel 10y ago

   Hey folks - this is Michael from YC - happy to hear your thoughts on the post
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   by mwseibel 11y ago

   Real skills as the skills I didn't learn in poli sci classes. I went to Yale - there were tons of smart people who were almost never in the library - for example Justin Kan and Emmett Shear
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   by mwseibel 11y ago

   Choose startups - it's a ton of fun - want to bring people together in college - trying building something interesting
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Lol - seems very reasonable - I always fear that people will get too used to the free lunches and 9-5 lifestyle
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    I don't think it has value - my former co-founder Kyle Vogt is building self driving cars and he didn't graduate from college. I just think you learn a lot faster in a startup environment.
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Hey there - would love to hear what you guys think about the post :) - Michael
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    I think giving your customers what they want is the central theme behind most of our advice
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Can they clearly communicate what they are working on in 2 sentences in a way that any parent would understand? Do they believe the measurement and testing?
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Why would custom domains turn users away?
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    How is the board organized and is there a vesting schedule?
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Clerky is probably the best bet here - looks like they will do it for $400 all in
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Why do you believe charging for domains would be self limiting?
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    I would attempt to hand recruit my first 50 customer - find startups who you think could use the service - also I might prefer email marketing over ads. Best way to figure out the problems users have is to ask them :)
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Interesting - I would still apply - you dont have to worry about the fact that we have funded Meadow. The major barrier is the questionable legal picture currently. Have you been able to get a bank account etc? Where are you currently op
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Seems to me like you should be featuring interactive streams on the frontpage - its hard to showcase your value prop if its hidden
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    1) That is a better description - although I feel like this only describes a small set of things that a government does - is this just for constituent services? Is that a small or big part of the day to day work of a local government? 2) c
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Why do you need to work with university administrators at all?
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Taking a look at the product here are a couple thoughts 1) You push me onto a landing page instead of right into the product - why? 2) The initial form you ask me to fill out is a bit intimidating - perhaps it can be broken up a bit 3) On t
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Team team team - make sure you are working with 1-3 smart and passionate people who you are friends with. The more technical team often the better. Next step - build the simplest and easiest MVP possible and launch.
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    ... for me the question is what is the impact stat you are trying to improve... I'm not if readership is ideal - how about job placements? Then you can analyze your question in the context of whether it will increase job placements.
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    1) You need to be more clear about what the product does - Ticketing cloud service / CRM are jargon - how would you describe it to your mother and father? 2) When sizing the market you need to either go top down or bottom up? How much
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Can you be more specific? What is your idea?
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    Personally, I prefer to go to Amazon over shopping comparison sites for a couple reasons: I already have an amazon account so I don't have to create an account and put type in my cc info and I know amazon can ship quickly. I wonder if
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    by mwseibel 11y ago

    I went to your site and I am watching this stream: https://beam.pro/Noplix - how do I participate in the game play?