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901.
Key to Sustaining Rapid Growth(startup-marketing.com)
2 points by revorad 15y ago|1 comments
902.
by revorad 15y ago
Ze Frank said it better in Braincrack - http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/replay/?p=363
903.
by revorad 15y ago
That's such an encouraging read.
904.
by revorad 15y ago
That half-baked idea got hundreds of thousands of users in 3 months. That is success. Just because your definition of skills is limited to writing code does not mean having connections, being good at marketing, PR or selling has no value.
905.
Card.io partners with PayPal(blog.lumberlabs.com)
2 points by revorad 15y ago|0 comments
906.
by revorad 15y ago
Hardly anyone knows the details, but the amount of jealousy and hatred that comes out on HN on these stories is shocking.
907.
by revorad 15y ago
Choice is a funny word. When all the customers are going to the supermarket to buy their fresh veg, you can set up your own puny little stall in the alley, but guess what, no one's buying because they can't even find you . Apple does not a
908.
by revorad 15y ago
It's how Apple has commoditized mobile apps and is now trying the same on the desktop.
909.
How to pivot successfully(sgentrepreneurs.com)
2 points by revorad 15y ago|0 comments
910.
by revorad 15y ago
Attaching rfid tags (or anything) to everything sounds like a very inefficient and impractical solution. I think I have a better idea involving other types of sensors. I just need another life to work on it.
911.
by revorad 15y ago
It reinforces jwr's point, not your argument that YC's interests are not aligned with free users. It's only companies with a good business model that can support free users as a marketing cost in the long run. All others die once they run o
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by revorad 15y ago
Your music visualization software idea sounds intriguing. Please tell us more about it so that we can immediately drop everything we are working on and steal your idea to become insta-billionaires.
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Google Gives Search a Refresh(online.wsj.com)
17 points by revorad 15y ago|17 comments
914.
by revorad 15y ago
I'm not sure about "drone", but Zoho comes to mind. They've built a workforce by hiring young kids out of high school/college and training them on the job. I suspect they turn out to be pretty good programmers.
915.
Micromort(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by revorad 15y ago|1 comments
916.
by revorad 15y ago
Actually, YC's real returns will come from IPOs of big profitable companies like Airbnb and Dropbox, not exits any smaller than them. And I think there's room for more Dropboxes. What I find strange is that so few startups (YC-funded or not
917.
by revorad 15y ago
If your users love you so much, have you considered selling them some premium version of your service? If you want to survive, you've got to sell something , whether it's equity, someone else's product/service or your own. Explore the spac
918.
by revorad 15y ago
Wow, do you always copy+paste or download everything you write on the internets?
919.
by revorad 15y ago
Don't partner with people who you can't even trust with an idea.
920.
Patio11's talk at Business of Software 2011 (with transcript)(thebln.com)
26 points by revorad 15y ago|5 comments
921.
E-Commerce Mistakes (1997)(paulgraham.com)
1 points by revorad 15y ago|0 comments
922.
Open Sourcers Drop Software Religion for Common Sense(wired.com)
19 points by revorad 15y ago|31 comments
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by revorad 15y ago
Personally, I'm working on a new product at Google that will make computers do something that they've never done before, something that many people have wanted for a long time. There are 2 things I've wanted for a long time: A search engi
924.
by revorad 15y ago
Interest is the key word there.
925.
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann's Lesson for Start-Ups: Go Your Own Way(allthingsd.com)
1 points by revorad 15y ago|0 comments
926.
by revorad 15y ago
This is utter genius. Thank you so much. When I try the fu 1 command, I get an invalid index number error.
927.
by revorad 15y ago
Congrats Sachin and team. HN Y U SO HATE?
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UX: Product Image Categories(baymard.com)
1 points by revorad 15y ago|0 comments
929.
by revorad 15y ago
"Draw Something" is one of the highest grossing apps on the UK appstore right now. They have a free and paid version. You could take some clues from them. The great thing about getting money is that you can buy traction with it.
930.
by revorad 15y ago
Congrats! Is there a premium version you can charge for?

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