rmATinnovafy

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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
This is just a sympton of the real problem. A fair amount of startups (and other small businesses) don't have a clue about who their average customer is. They go and build their MVP without ever thinking about how the sell the darn thing.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Also real customers are a source of good ideas. Great point. Getting the problem to fix straight from the source is ideal. Do you have any examples of how you have used that to your advantage?
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
I've been doing consulting for a while. Not only on software, but on other industries. I'm curious about your whole experience. It seems that you are a bunch of smart people cooking up an awesome startup. That's why I want to read more. You
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
I know you guys are not amateurs, and that's why I feel so bad about the whole thing. I wouldn't call the service expensive or cheap. In security, price is not important. People will pay anything to be and feel secure. But the whole secure
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
I'll wait this one out to see if the issue snowballs. Either way, this could turn out to be a positive PR tactic. God luck to the flattr team.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
I like the overall theme behind your design. Yet the site feels clumsy to navigate. The layout does not seem to follow some sort of grid. The links are far apart. The short about you have to the left of the site describing what you do looks
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
I wish you would have expanded a bit more. Consulting does indeed bring in some chashflow when its most needed (I do it, too (email on profile)). But what are your reasons for consulting, aside from money? Also, consulting brings a host of
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
You should link them. People will find them either way.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
From article: "I'm not just picking on Flattr, they are just the last in a long line of blogs that have done this." i++;
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
My brothers would just unplug it. Boy did that make me fly off the handle! I would write 50LOC programs in basic (C64), and when I was about to make my GOTO frenzy start, they would unplug it. takes a deep breath
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Please remember that Twitter is also not a replacement for email. I cannot contact you privately through Twitter. Its OK if you include your Twitter handle, but please include your email too. This also goes for your blog.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Why don't we ditch Python/Ruby and just go with CLISP?
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
It wont let me. The edit link does not show. sorry for the poor editing. This comment will appear as a full article in my soon to be released MVP called !session magazine. Keep posted for the launch to be announced on these very pages. Also
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Agreed. Now Zynga, well, they are a bunch of good intentioned developers being led by people with a focus on short term money and not long term value.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
I know its not perfect, and has some little loved features. But for me a language is a tool. And tools are meant for specific jobs. Like I wouldn't use a phillips head screwdriver where a set of pliers is needed. If php is to advance we sho
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
When many own one, no one is to blame.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Why not PHP?
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
I disagree. You would have an MVP. Something tangible to sell. Vapor-ware is software/hardware that is sold before it is built. The purpose of the MVP is to get something good enough out of the door so you can focus on testing. Testing sa
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
I do. You are wasting your time by building the product first. You have to do the inverse. Become a marketing money for the first four to five months and do minimal coding (that is why its called an MVP). Once you have people buying your pr
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
I would add: -Stop over-analyzing things. Stop thinking things through and just jump into it. -Focus on making a habit out of exercising/coding/whatever. Once the habit is done, you will do it without much trouble. -Don't tell people what
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
They are taught to trust the computer. To let it do its magic. Why then, should they go and learn how it works? For what purpose? Imagine a world where people actually knew how to code. That means they would have enough skills to do basic m
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Most people don't have a clue about cars either. These are not the 80's, where most cars shared a common oil filter, used 10w-40 oil, and where very alike. Nowdays the complexity of car has turned it into "magic", too. Choosing the wrong oi
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Yes, you do modify the code to make the computer run better, and to do things it originally couldn't do. I do agree that the analogy is not a good one.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
As some who used to work on cars for a living, I can say that the analogy does not fit very well. Learning how to check your oil level, or even how to change a tire is more akin to learning how to install a new wi-fi dongle for your laptop,
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
What about privacy? How do you approach that?
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Its a negotiation tactic. A good one. Have the prospect call for the item and then start closing from the start. You can fix this if you can fix selling.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
My name is too common. I think it was already registered before I started coding back in '85. Though I agree that for programmers who want to create a brand around themselves, having their name as their domain is a fair move.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Tell us about the stack/code.
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
You talk as if the truckers will let this happen. They will fight it, even to the point of blocking the distribution centers. This will cause a lot of problems. You just can't expect these people to react as if they were corporate drones be
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by rmATinnovafy 14y ago
Don't STFU. Tell us about it, but be prudent with the details. As a community of hackers/business people we want to find out what works. Sharing results allows us to analyse the data. Any person that knows a bit about business understands

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