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by porter 14y ago
I was just looking for something like this the other day. Memstash looks like it sends you 3 text messages over a week. Are you doing longer term spaced repetition?
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by porter 14y ago
The catch is that all those companies get new customers by being a part of the bundled startup pack. It's just a way to acquire new customers for all these companies. In exchange they give you a great deal. It's win-win.
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by porter 14y ago
I wonder what the averages are for users of business software. Lead to trial. Trial to customer. Paying customer to active user. It would be interested just to get an average of how many dormant paying customers there are for web-based s
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by porter 14y ago
Nail It Scale it is definitely worth it. Very readable and cogent.
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by porter 14y ago
Interesting idea. Similar to what the CFA designation does in the world of finance. A lot of college programs actually tailor their coursework to prepare you for the exams, which have a high failure rate.
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Starting Up The Start-Up of You(casnocha.com)
1 points by porter 14y ago|0 comments
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by porter 14y ago
This is a great success story. Would you mind sharing what your conversion rate is on the 14-day free trial? Have you experimented with asking for a credit card upfront? Also, was there ever a time you thought about giving up?
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Bootstrapping a Software Company(klhess.com)
31 points by porter 14y ago|1 comments
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by porter 14y ago
I just snipped that exact quote and saved it. I would really love to see this unpacked a bit more. Anyone know of similar stories of struggle by other successful software entrepreneurs?
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This is my struggle(howtolaunchastartup.com)
4 points by porter 14y ago|0 comments
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by porter 14y ago
who would need to use QuantLib in Excel?
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by porter 14y ago
Why the name change?
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Ten Reasons Winners Keep Winning, Aside from Skill(blogs.hbr.org)
3 points by porter 14y ago|0 comments
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A life-changing challenge: Guided by Pascal’s Wager(blog.asmartbear.com)
1 points by porter 14y ago|0 comments
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by porter 14y ago
Because once you invest your time in their free plan, then you'll use them for every other site you have too. Heroku did this to me and so far it's worked out well for us both.
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by porter 14y ago
I just got my system76 laptop today with Ubuntu pre-loaded. Nothing like opening the box, turning on your new laptop, and just having it all work. Can't beat the prices either.
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by porter 14y ago
Just join a crossfit gym. Get fit and meet dozens or hundreds of locals in a non-forced environment.
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Less-Confident People Are More Successful(blogs.hbr.org)
1 points by porter 14y ago|0 comments
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by porter 14y ago
So much negativity here. Udacity is great. I have a finance background and struggled through some MIT OCW courses when I was learning how to program, and then ended up taking a year's worth of computer science courses at UF. One year late
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by porter 14y ago
"There are days I just feel terrible, like everything could crumble to pieces in the blink of an eye. Those days I dread reading my morning emails, fearing for a disastrous bug report, or a cancelled paying user, or even a declined customer
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by porter 14y ago
Great post. I'd love to hear about the other failed startup.
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by porter 14y ago
Is "better design" or the agony feature really a sustainable competitive advantage? You're clearly on to something, but why can't someone just copy what you have?
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by porter 14y ago
Is there anything like this for Django?
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Why Windows Tablet will Beat iPad in the Enterprise(hal2020.com)
1 points by porter 14y ago|0 comments
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Technology and the Growth Imperative(american.com)
1 points by porter 15y ago|0 comments
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by porter 15y ago
We're using this combined with yesware and it's been great.
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by porter 15y ago
FYI, the recommended books are much cheaper on Amazon.
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Why God Loves Entrepreneurs(inc.com)
1 points by porter 15y ago|0 comments
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by porter 15y ago
You can also use foam rollers and lacrosse balls to get the same effect while increasing mobility. See http://www.mobilitywod.com/ for plenty of video instruction.
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by porter 15y ago
I studied finance/economics in college and spent 5 years in banking. Eighteen months ago I quit my job and picked up a few computer science courses and simultaneously taught myself python/django. I now have a fully built web application w

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