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by rgraham 15y ago
I know exactly what you're talking about. Cold calling has gotten easier after doing it for some time, but each call feels like an approaching disaster and I've never had a particularly bad call.
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by rgraham 15y ago
Yeah. This builds on http://bit.ly/oeZDzC .
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How cold calling (properly) works better than AdWords(blog.asmartbear.com)
187 points by rgraham 15y ago|57 comments
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Why (and How) You Should Script Customer Development Like Sales(whitetailsoftware.com)
1 points by rgraham 15y ago|0 comments
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by rgraham 15y ago
I agree with autocomplete. I created a habit in college of using Google as calculator. It was the fastest way to use and convert units like astronomical units and solar masses. My wife and I switched to DDG for several months (Nov 10 - July
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How To Find People That Will Buy Your Product Idea(whitetailsoftware.com)
1 points by rgraham 15y ago|0 comments
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by rgraham 15y ago
To me, unit testing is a way to prevent regressions and try to enforce contracts. Because the same developer usually writes the tests and the code, they have 'the curse of knowledge' and seem to me unlikely to find a lot of bugs this way. T
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by rgraham 15y ago
There are several comments here along these lines. I don't disagree that the latter is a better framing of the question, but... No one wants to hear that they're ignorant. No one wants to listen to a condescending speech about how they don'
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by rgraham 15y ago
I heard recently that market naysayers had 'predicted twenty of the last two recessions'. I think that about sums up this activity whether or not the predictions are made by interested (read: untrustworthy) men.
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by rgraham 15y ago
They should concentrate on making users really happy. Features may or may not figure in there. It would be pretty tough to compete with an over 10,000 engineer company with incredible building blocks on features.
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by rgraham 15y ago
The best argument I see in all that text is that it can leave you with substandard work. The rest of it is a lot of corollaries to the idea that doing speculative work is not a good deal for a designer. I think the idea in this guide is tha
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by rgraham 15y ago
Why is it sad to see him recommend 99designs?
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by rgraham 15y ago
Taking a calculated risk is not the same as playing roulette. Poor choices should not be glorified in the name of entrepreneurial risk.
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by rgraham 15y ago
Do you want me to meet you at the right place or on time? You want both. It's a false dichotomy.
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by rgraham 15y ago
I think there is an address listed on the About page. Get in touch with Brenda.
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HN Charity: H2O Project Needs A Mobile App
2 points by rgraham 15y ago|2 comments
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The 5 Best Podcasts For Startup Bootstrappers(whitetailsoftware.com)
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by rgraham 15y ago
I built a system around Shibboleth at a University several years ago. We did some extra work to improve the UX. I'm not sure how installing Shibboleth itself went, but from an API use perspective I can't complain. OpenID might be a better c
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Ask HN: Should I actively tell my new boss about side projects?
3 points by rgraham 15y ago|2 comments
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by rgraham 15y ago
What made you get into this market in particular? What are your main channels for new customers? What were the biggest lessons on the business and marketing end?
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Project Management is the Janitorial Service of SaaS(whitetailsoftware.com)
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Tips on exhibiting at your first trade show(whitetailsoftware.com)
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by rgraham 15y ago
>First note that the childless already massively subsidize parents through taxes that pay for education. Also note that I am considering replacement levels of fertility desirable. This isn't as simple as that. The tax revenue used for e
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by rgraham 15y ago
Keynes wanted governments to save in good times so that they could spend in bad times. We just spend more all the time. It can't work.
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by rgraham 15y ago
This is an important point. Raising taxes is not a static game either. There are a lot of ways people with money avoid taxes now. I think Cuban was right that we do have a spending problem. We spend too much on things that are not important
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by rgraham 15y ago
Get an HDTV antenna. Fox and CBS broadcast most of the NFL games and they do so in HD, OTA for free. ABC buys you college football. March Madness was streamed online this last go. Add CBS from above. Get an internet provider that grants you
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by rgraham 15y ago
I think the 'grip' is referring to the power of social proof. People are capable of both good and evil. You take a lot of cues from what you see around you.
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by rgraham 15y ago
I took two things away from what patio11 said. One is to do things start to finish. Tests, deployment, faqs, code, marketing, polish, etc. You learn to appreciate the people and teams around you. You also gain useful skills. The other is to
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by rgraham 15y ago
Read up on Steve Keen or find a good explanation video for fractional reserve banking. The short answer is that we have a money supply that must grow by the amount of interest owed each year. This necessitates more loans. Which means more i
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by rgraham 15y ago
Yeah, but the real problem is the younger younger generation. Those kids have no direction. You should see them...

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