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Digg's challenge: The front page isn’t where the advertising revenue is (or was)(philmichaelson.com)
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
as a customer, i would be very upset if something was taken away from me, unless initially it was clearly labeled a trial (and beta does not equal trial--gmail is still in beta). could you let them use the pro version they have for free (ve
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
agree. high quality comments on related blogs can be very effective. and it can't hurt to define 'related' broadly.
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
can you invite them in waves? send 500 invites, see how many join on day 1, maybe assume 50% more will join over the next week. Repeat to get to the number you want in the beta. also, many will sign in once or twice and never come back.
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
writing a blog can demonstrate your subject matter expertise to investors, employees, and business partners. philmichaelson.com has very small readership, but the leads its generated have already been worth the effort. Twitter, Flickr, and
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
a couple of questions: target market: do you want university students' friends as your earliest members? incentives: do you want to pay for referrals or active users (e.g., the friend uploads a pictures, posts a review, etc.)?
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
there is someone in a big company who gets in trouble if they buy a start-up for more than $50M and it doesn't meet forecasts each of the next few of years
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When to Use Which User Experience Research Methods (Alertbox)(useit.com)
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
make sure to think about a downside scenario. what happens if they get an exclusive partnership, and then don't use your application? how can you exit the partnership? might consider including a minimum revenue stream necessary for the pa
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
i keep waiting for the gmail+gears hook, so i can use gmail offline. than google apps starts to become the MS Office killer. anyone know what i can do to get gmail to work offline?
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Google’s Gears: Not Just For Offline Accessibility(techcrunch.com)
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9 digital media exits: who bought them and why(philmichaelson.com)
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EBay Launches Browser Highlighter to Compare Pricing, Make Skype Calls(techcrunch.com)
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Best Buy Remix - Welcome to the Best Buy Remix Developer Network(remix.bestbuy.com)
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Yelp founders early decisions lead to plenty of awful user generated content(philmichaelson.com)
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
This post from eastcoastblogging looks like a summary of this great article from jason calacanis on pr: http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/jason-calacanis-on-how-to...
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Win^4: Google’s billion dollar AdSense Business and the Future of Advertising(philmichaelson.com)
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
customer risk. assuming people know what they want. specifically, do the potential customers who i interview really know how they want their information management problems solved payoff: tbd
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
-Art of the Start -How to win friends and influence people [this title pains me] -Tipping point -Design of every day things [not business..but product]
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User generated content won't kill the professional critic(philmichaelson.com)
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
I dream of finding an angel like Ron Conway on the East Coast. It feels like most former consumer web CEOs and executives are on the west coast.
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Great look for stealth site, according to Scobleizer(scobleizer.com)
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Ask YC: Where to find a movie, restaurant, music or hotel database?
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
nice tagline for the post. its a great idea to have beta testers be in your target market
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
TechCrunch notes that: "Chen included the '.com” at the end of each site’s name when he created his maps (”techcrunch.com,” “twitter.com,” etc.)....Only nerds add the “.com” in the search box when they are looking for a site." This affects
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
agree. watch the price and duration of the registered agent.
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
if you don't mind forms, you can get an EIN online http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=102767,00....
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TopSpin Media gets Series B, long term relationships help(ryanmcintyre.com)
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
What is your business goal for the app? If its customer adoption, what customers do you want to start with and which do you want to attract? I'll probably start on Facebook as it is most used by my existing and target users
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by phil_KartMe 18y ago
completely agree. you can make progress quickly and cheaply, and start learning about the customers and technology, by outsourcing. in my view, it will be nice to have a scaling or slow code problem--for many web apps, that proves that th

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