nedwin

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by nedwin 10y ago
"YC is threatened by crowdfunding" Maybe, or maybe he actually thinks its not a great idea. ""Kickstart with equity" is clearly the model of the future. " Clearly? I would disagree.
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by nedwin 10y ago
"For the next two years, people continued to sign up for and use Ridejoy despite our complete lack of involvement in the site. Apple featured our app twice in the App Store, once in a travel collection, and later for Earth Day. Finally
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by nedwin 10y ago
Why do you think that is?
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by nedwin 10y ago
My experience is quite different. Almost every Indian-born engineer I have worked with has been hard working, intelligent, skilled and experienced. This is reflected in not only the volumes of Indian candidates hired in SV but also their se
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by nedwin 10y ago
Two approaches I've taken: What are the jobs in my industry that everyone does but no one enjoys? I ran a digital agency for a while. No one wanted to do maintenance work on a site, or security work. Or low budget work. We sat down and
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by nedwin 10y ago
I wonder if you would see a comparable result if people didn't think this was a new product from Google.
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An oral history of the “Get a Mac” ads(campaignlive.com)
3 points by nedwin 10y ago|0 comments
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by nedwin 10y ago
What state was this in?
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by nedwin 10y ago
Would love to see the conversion rate from visit to creat, visit to download and visit to provide email. I suspect you're going to have a super high email capture conversion because of the value you're giving up front.
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by nedwin 10y ago
Looks awesome. Have reviewed a ton of website builders and this is one of the easier ones. Only problem is when I hit the download button the .txt file is blank.
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by nedwin 10y ago
This is a great post^^. I've had a similar size list as high as 55% open rate and 22% click through. The key is high quality content that tailors to the subscribers on your list, and preferably that is low on spam. Surveying the users
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by nedwin 10y ago
The conversion rates from someone visiting your site to making a purchase of whatever product you're selling is incredibly important in terms of revenue. You've already spent money getting the person to your site, you just need to
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by nedwin 10y ago
I think a killer feature on the ecommerce side would be conversion rate.
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by nedwin 10y ago
> The fact is in 2016, startup founders take considerably less risk than they did a decade ago. You can go from idea to revenue in days, with essentially no cost upfront. That's awesome. If it's so easy why are you an employee?
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by nedwin 10y ago
Did they actually leave though? Or just switch up their corporate structure to reduce tax?
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by nedwin 10y ago
How big is the "digital nomad movement"? And how do you differentiate a digital nomad from a backpacker or a professional on a sabbatical?
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AppLovin to Be Acquired by Chinese Investor for $1.4B(fortune.com)
7 points by nedwin 10y ago|1 comments
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by nedwin 10y ago
Setup a site on the domain name and start using it (static site, some content, a contact detail, explanation of the service you're providing that doesn't relate to financial institution). Sit back and watch this guys head explode.
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by nedwin 10y ago
If the cost of licensing to the licensor then it would be possible to do that kind of transaction. Unfortunately it takes time + energy/bandwidth + money to put these kinds of deals together. 50 centers for every copy sold (which would
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by nedwin 10y ago
I'm curious why remote work is "US or Uruguay" :)
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by nedwin 10y ago
Which is why it exists - to reduce tax avoidance by holing up in tax-friendly jurisdictions away from Uncle Sam.
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by nedwin 10y ago
I use this Chrome extension and it has been awesome. text area + edit + save whenever you open a new tab.
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by nedwin 10y ago
For me I keep a well updated Linkedin profile and recruiters will drop me a line every now and then. I think you could apply to roles that look interesting but that's a little disingenuous if you're not seriously considering a mov
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by nedwin 10y ago
Many great comments here which hopefully help, and I'm not going to address the anxiety/depressive side of the coin - others have done that better. One piece of advice I got from a manager around interviewing was to be trying to i
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by nedwin 10y ago
Showers also make it easy to get exercise in. Heading out for a quick run at lunch completely resets my day but without showers I have to head home or to a gym afterwards to freshen up.
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by nedwin 10y ago
Wow, I'd never considered that side of things. The company I work at recently bumped to 12/12 which is incredible.
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by nedwin 10y ago
This happens with the current system already. They get found out and charged accordingly.
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by nedwin 10y ago
Loved weave and sad to see it go.
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by nedwin 10y ago
They had two monetization strategies. I was a premium user - paying for features like being able to pick who I met with and setting a meeting point. They also explored enterprise - helping companies create new connections throughout the org
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by nedwin 10y ago
$3k per month should get you a studio apartment in the Mission, SOMA, downtown etc. If you're willing to share you can get for cheaper. If you want 1 bedroom you're going to struggle to find something for $3k.

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