nkohari

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by nkohari 19y ago
That doesn't make sense. Even if my whole strategy WAS to get acquired, I wouldn't plaster it in 48-pt font on the website. What do you think Twitter's strategy is? It's a pretty cool idea, but I fail to see how anyone could monetize it. Do
902.
by nkohari 19y ago
You mean "sending hotness" is not a sustainable business model? :)
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by nkohari 19y ago
I agree entirely, but you have to look at it from the perspective of the investor. The only way they actually get paid is if the company has a liquidation event. That's (at least in my understanding) why all VCs want to know your exit strat
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by nkohari 19y ago
Is it really okay to say you're not sure about revenue? I keep reading that that's one thing you really need to nail down. (Then again, I see these companies like Twitter with no realistic business model get funding...)
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by nkohari 19y ago
That's interesting. I've always been uncomfortable even describing my exit strategy, because it seems to be like presenting one means my idea is just the means to an end. Not only is that not really how I feel, but it's sort of at odds with
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Is acquisition a valid exit strategy?
11 points by nkohari 19y ago|26 comments
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by nkohari 19y ago
Spolsky has a lot of good things to say, but he does take it a little too far sometimes. His technical credibility took a major hit in my eyes when I heard about the mess that is Wasabi. Still, the way he runs his company is very innovative
908.
by nkohari 19y ago
There's been a lot of press around that application. That seems pretty shady. Maybe it's been compromised?
909.
by nkohari 19y ago
I disagree. I still don't think any app that's been created really takes advantage of the Facebook platform. The toy applications are the easiest and most obvious ones to create. The real ones will come later, particularly when they start i
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by nkohari 19y ago
Dear Robert Scoble, please stop being the Paris Hilton of the blog world and do something relevant. Although, I will say that the Kindle misses the mark. Too expensive and not open enough.
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by nkohari 19y ago
I live in Northeast Ohio. My major concern is that if I try to shop around my business plan in my area, investors won't understand half of what I'm talking about. I'm not speaking from experience, mind you, but the area is not exactly a pow
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by nkohari 19y ago
The trouble is, no walled garden will be able to replace email. Email works because it's open -- anyone who can set up an MX record and an SMTP server can send and receive email. Social networks will succeed if someone can figure out how to
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by nkohari 19y ago
I agree that the Facebook site itself is nothing special, but the data that they control is. The next class of people graduating from college will have had Facebook throughout their entire tenure. It's likely that Facebook will try to evolv
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by nkohari 19y ago
There still has yet to be an application that takes advantage of the real value of the Facebook platform. Current applications are all about virility and simple fun. While there's nothing wrong with that, the social information about Facebo
915.
by nkohari 19y ago
Good concept. I find myself still sending things directly to other people that I find on digg/reddit/delicious. This has potential.
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by nkohari 19y ago
I didn't make the first comment. I just showed up to say that you were completely wrong in your retort. I also don't know exactly what you're arguing about, so I'll just let you ramble in peace. :)
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by nkohari 19y ago
I'm disappointed that no one here has mentioned MonoRail (www.castleproject.org). When people say they hate ASP.NET, what they're really saying is that they hate WebForms. WebForms are an abomination that should be stricken from the earth.
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by nkohari 19y ago
Rapid design is not necessarily sustainable design. The "speed of development" argument for RoR is about maintenance and flexibility rather than getting it done fast. (By day I'm a C# developer, by night a Ruby one. ;)
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by nkohari 19y ago
No offense, but you clearly have not used both languages. When you consider the platform in addition to the syntax, C# is absolutely nothing like C++. C# is managed, garbage collected, bytecode-based and JITted. Saying C++ and C# are simila
920.
by nkohari 19y ago
I think it really depends. Most of the applications that currently exist on Facebook are defined by Facebook itself. That is to say, the applications add to the features of Facebook, rather than Facebook adding to the application. I think t
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by nkohari 19y ago
You're probably thinking too big. I have that problem often. Sometimes, the best ideas are the simplest ones.
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by nkohari 19y ago
If you're considering "cloud computing", you should also check out Joyent. ( http://www.joyent.com/ ) They're different than Amazon EC2, though... rather than just being able to scale up by adding additional virtual servers, your servers ar
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Joyent offers free Accelerator hosting for Facebook applications(joyent.com)
15 points by nkohari 19y ago|2 comments
924.
by nkohari 19y ago
I love the fact that you referred to "low-level firmware" in our brains. :)
925.
by nkohari 19y ago
Wow. I live in Akron, and have been working up a business plan. As you might imagine, there aren't as many funding opportunities in NE Ohio as there is in say, Silicon Valley. :) This is exciting.
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by nkohari 19y ago
While they might resist at first, Facebook is likely to join in and support the OpenSocial API. That doesn't mean F8 is going anywhere, but OpenSocial has a lot of potential to unify social networks on the web, and I doubt Facebook wants to
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by nkohari 19y ago
I wasn't necessarily saying that it would be an AdSense killer, just that it could be an equally interesting take on targeted ads. I definitely agree that it'll take time.
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by nkohari 19y ago
I think this is going to change very soon. They're close to unveiling a targeted ad system. As smart as AdSense is (targeting ads to content of a page), targeting them to the specific preferences of a user is even more compelling.
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by nkohari 19y ago
On second thought, it might not be that simple... :)
930.
by nkohari 19y ago
If they can legally do it, I'm sure they'll re-issue options to avoid that very problem. Not sure what the restrictions are for private companies.

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