rcavezza

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The Wolf From Pulp Fiction is the Ideal Startup Founder(ibuildmvps.com)
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Ideas for Startups(paulgraham.com)
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by rcavezza 15y ago
There is a 0% chance SOPA will lead to Wikipedia or Google being taken down permanently.
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Some Redditors Actually Support SOPA(reddit.com)
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What I Remember Learning from the Books on my Shelf(ibuildmvps.com)
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It's Okay If Your First Product Makes Your User's Situation Worse(ibuildmvps.com)
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by rcavezza 15y ago
I don't think this is why companies can't find good developers. To sum up your email: Hi, You've never met me before, but I like your company. I expect to get paid $115K to lead a team as a senior developer, but don't want to relocate in
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Hey Business Cofounders - Learn Rails before Christmas(ibuildmvps.com)
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by rcavezza 15y ago
When asked about paid marketing. Starts around 74:30 "Holy crazy crap does retargeting work." "If you do great inbound, the first money you should spend should be on retargeting... people that were sort of interested but left" "...uses a c
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by rcavezza 15y ago
It really depends. Ideally, these guys you are asking for advice would either be potential customers or have some sort of interest in your application. Don't email the star street sports guys about a financial startup (unless it's a B2B p
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by rcavezza 15y ago
Here's the problem: Even that's too much friction. You probably will have a nice base of users that are hardcore dieters, but I don't think you will reach the niche you are targeting. I think the problem lies in the fact that most eating
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by rcavezza 15y ago
Before reaching out to a VC or investor, reach out to founders of companies they invested in. Get some feedback from them - founders love helping other founders. If a founder is really interested or intrigued with what you are doing, and o
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Ask HN: Does anyone use popups?
1 points by rcavezza 15y ago|1 comments
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by rcavezza 15y ago
most do but you don't get a premium - i would call 10-20 businesses in your town.
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by rcavezza 15y ago
Mark Cuban talked about this. When he first started he would say "yes" to everything a client needed and then worked around the clock to make sure he delivered it to them and learned along the way. This probably includes many unbilled hou
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by rcavezza 15y ago
local business ads - extremely well targeted and higher cpm than Google ads. Also maybe you can get government funding of some kind.
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Show HN: NFL Week 9 Confidence Score prototype(howtostartthebusiness.com)
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by rcavezza 15y ago
Will do.
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by rcavezza 15y ago
I'm working on an app that automatically saves you money per click on Adwords and adCenter
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by rcavezza 15y ago
Here's a few things I've seen work for a shoestring marketing budget. Reach out to bloggers in this niche. If this is something that doesn't exist in some capacity and can really help people, maybe some bloggers will mention it and you can
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Ask HN: Anyone frustrated by Google Adwords?
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by rcavezza 15y ago
It's probably tough to find a technical cofounder if you're not willing to at least try to learn how to code or spend the cash to have someone build it for you. More than finding a technical cofounder, a minimum viable product should help y
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by rcavezza 15y ago
I think this is a good start, I don't think you need to change the theme to test this idea. I'd buy some adwords and see what happens. Maybe test it at different price points. It seems a little expensive for me on a quick glance, but I ma
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by rcavezza 15y ago
Go on a cruise. They have no WiFi and you get to go somewhere tropical with your friends and family.
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by rcavezza 15y ago
I'm glad you're thinking about your existing users. I don't have a problem with your plan but I would suggest cohort analysis to test different free trial versions. Eric Ries talks about this on his blog and in his book. Also the sure I w
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by rcavezza 15y ago
I remember talking about this at the startup guild. one of the founders had a similar idea and then tested a shorter period and had similar results. Three months seems like a long time. Why not one month or two weeks? also different peo
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by rcavezza 15y ago
very interesting. "airbnb for travel"? There's gotta be a better way to get data though instead of a text box. I'm assuming most users will have zero results like my Boston to New York search. Maybe limit to a few cities at first with a
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by rcavezza 15y ago
forrst
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by rcavezza 15y ago
I have a business background and I taught myself to code after getting involved in startups. I'm in the middle of deciding whether it is worth it to go back to school and get a master's degree in computer science. I hope this course will
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by rcavezza 15y ago
I'm surprised he doesn't suggest to "get out of the building". IIRC, Steve often suggests that you need to get away from the computer and out of the building to talk to customers - even on web projects. He didn't use that phrase once in th

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