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by pitdesi 16y ago
More accurate is probably "less people are dressing up." Those that are dressing up are buying. I bought a tux for less than twice the cost of a rental
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by pitdesi 16y ago
Not true that Killerstartups.com is Startups... they are different sites. At first I thought Killerstartups was changing it's domain to Startups.com, which would be interesting - they are one of the companies that got severely penalized dur
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by pitdesi 16y ago
Agreed that there will always be a market for video postproduction (and actually all of the other things on the list too), but it is dying (in terms of revenues), because having a guy who knows how to use After Effects is a lot cheaper than
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by pitdesi 16y ago
I agree with that statement generally. One (sort of) case in point is American Apparel. While they are now in deep shit (nearly going to bankruptcy but just got rescued), they were doing pretty well for a few years as a vertically integrate
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by pitdesi 16y ago
It is useful because in our global world you can often live anywhere for certain jobs (at FeeFighters, our designer is in Bulgaria, for example)... There are many opportunities to earn in USD while living abroad.
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India Puts a Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech(nytimes.com)
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by pitdesi 16y ago
Random tangential thought: There are many areas in the world where you can eat a lot more than this for $3 a day. I lived on $2/day in India for a year (was working in microfinance and wanted to live like my borrowers). I got full vegetaria
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by pitdesi 16y ago
Your pricing is simple and makes sense. Regarding marketing - for reaching niche audiences, one of the best things you can do is try to get into Trade Magazines or go to tradeshows. It costs a lot but oftentimes is worth the expense of a bo
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by pitdesi 16y ago
I like the spelling Gadaffi, but here are atleast 112 different ways to spell his full name: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/09/how-many-dif...
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Chicago-Based Startup Incubator Adds 10 New Companies to Its Roster(mashable.com)
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Non-Libyan URL Shortener(gadaf.fi)
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by pitdesi 16y ago
Does anyone else find this ridiculous? "And on Square’s homepage, the company depicts a user swiping a credit card on Square’s mobile reader using a Visa Signature card. It is telling that Square chose to feature Visa, when the reader accep
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Sittercity Raises $22.6 Million To Connect Families With Caregivers(techcrunch.com)
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by pitdesi 16y ago
Nope - this started Jan 2011 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20027546-17.html
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by pitdesi 16y ago
Counterpoint: AT&T is running a huge campaign right now that you can buy an iPhone 3GS for $49- in fact it is the lead on the iphone page on their site: http://www.att.com/wireless/iphone/ Another thing you didn't mention is that none
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by pitdesi 16y ago
In case you didn't click through to the actual article or hadn't seen it, Fahrenheit uses a clever hack to push the actual temperature on the home screen, which I think is awesome: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fahrenheit-weather-temperat
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5 New Tactics For SEO Post-Panda(searchengineland.com)
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by pitdesi 16y ago
The first time I heard this stat I followed up with the Jenkins Group, the group cited here. I couldn't find anything about it on their site: http://www.bookpublishing.com/ and I tried to contact them for more information but never heard
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by pitdesi 16y ago
If you enjoyed this, you should definitely visit the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mi... They take apart and reassemble a model T everyday in the museum. My favorite part of the museum is the Rouge factory tour. Completely integrated manuf
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Demystifying the VC term sheet: Drag-along provisions(venturebeat.com)
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Inspired by an XKCD comic, a new Tetris game(gudmagazine.com)
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by pitdesi 16y ago
It's misleading because if you put in $100 and say "all to developer" it says that $100 will go to developers. Not a big deal, it's just easier to present the data this way even though it isn't strictly true.
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by pitdesi 16y ago
I don't know much about YC, but my take is that there haven't been that many around with big enough exits to become angels. Here is some counterproof: http://daskapitalcapital.com/ (Alexis Ohanian of Reddit's investments)
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by pitdesi 16y ago
Someone should try selling a book that there are limited copies of (ie one that can't be procured easily) to see what happens if someone buys from a seller who doesn't have it.
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by pitdesi 16y ago
The slider defaults to tip Humble Bundle 15%... seems fair. We implemented something similar at Kiva where the users could optionally donate 10% but it was defaulted in... 85ish% of people made the donation. Who pays for payment processing?
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Houston Grandma Is Nation's First "Super Wi-Fi" Adopter(fastcompany.com)
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Kiva Expands Micro-Loans To Green Businesses(techcrunch.com)
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by pitdesi 16y ago
I had no issues with the login
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by pitdesi 16y ago
That makes sense... Except that I've seen a lot of those on the front page (5 ways to X) But I agree that it makes sense to crop it. Thanks for a refresher on the guidelines.
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by pitdesi 16y ago
I'm having a similar issue, with links from our startup. Sometimes folks have submitted links from us that probably aren't meant for the HN crowd, but we definitely also write a lot of stuff that might be useful to HN folks. For example, s

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