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by robfitz 8y ago
They claim 7-10% reduction in fuel usage, with fuel making up 60% of their total costs. Given that they soon expect to be spending $5 billion/year on fuel for 800 ships, fuel spend is a bit north of $6 million/year for an "av
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by robfitz 8y ago
IMO your only real options are to (a) quit to do the other thing or (b) not quit and forget about the other thing. If you're funded, you can't do both. But there's some nuance in how one can quit, which depends largely on how
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by robfitz 11y ago
> It's like I'm missing some key element necessary to just start writing things. You're probably missing the value proposition of your writing in general (what is your set of essays giving to the people who read it), and t
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Wealth narratives(thestartuptoolkit.com)
1 points by robfitz 12y ago|0 comments
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by robfitz 12y ago
A kindle direct title can easily earn you $3 profit even if you keep the price very low, and more like $7 if you price it like a normal book. So if you're able to move that many copies, then certainly yes. Self-publishing is more profi
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by robfitz 12y ago
There are lots of freelance editors and cover designers, yes. Covers may run $100-300. Editors from roughly $1000-3000. The marketing you largely have to do yourself, and there are a few different approaches. For business books, the main on
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Tool and resource list for new founders(thestartuptoolkit.com)
2 points by robfitz 12y ago|0 comments
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by robfitz 12y ago
And given that I'm currently borrowing (and conveniently forgetting to return) swombat's copy of the aforementioned book, I would have to agree. I've been recommending it to everyone as a counterpoint to the Lean Startup stuf
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by robfitz 13y ago
Any sense of what makes him that way? Is it something you've seen in other people as well? Is it a skill thing or a communication thing?
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by robfitz 13y ago
Any of the host companies willing to share details of the projects that were worked on? Quite curious! Edit: Also wondering about the general experience of getting good work done with someone new to the team/project in just a couple da
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by robfitz 13y ago
The Mom Test book (how to talk to customers when everyone is lying to you)[1] sold roughly $5k in preorders and another $10k since launch ~4 months ago. Probably 50% of that has come from speaking gigs where the event bought a bunch of book
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Why he is there and I am here(thestartuptoolkit.com)
64 points by robfitz 13y ago|25 comments
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by robfitz 13y ago
Quick testimonial: I went to Georgia Tech and did a CS degree there from 02-06. I taught some of the courses as a teaching assistant and did a year of grad school there before dropping out to go through YC in summer 07. The CS education was
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Ask HN: Would you share your sales proposals? Do you have a standard template?
1 points by robfitz 13y ago|0 comments
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by robfitz 13y ago
When I was video blogging it reduced a 1h daily process to a 5m one, so depending on how you value time. In my case, my alternative was to pay a PA £15/h, so there was some [small] money attached. I had socialcam on my phone post to YouTube
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by robfitz 13y ago
You are conflating minimal and cheap. A good minimal design takes the same sort of person (who may or may not enjoy milky coffee) as a good design of any other aesthetic.
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by robfitz 13y ago
[HN Meta] Comments aren't ranked by upvotes. The stuff at the top has a combination of upvotes, recency, and a poster with a high average comment rating (discounting their most recent X comments). So if someone who is typically insightful p
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The Startup Toolkit series(thestartuptoolkit.com)
54 points by robfitz 14y ago|7 comments
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by robfitz 14y ago
For more css wizardry, check out the author's homepage and click on the big him: http://hailpixel.com
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Startups for Startups: Top B2B Tools Used by Startups(vccafe.com)
5 points by robfitz 14y ago|0 comments
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A co-founder's guide to Biz Dev(soundboy.tumblr.com)
41 points by robfitz 14y ago|7 comments
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by robfitz 14y ago
Have any other investors posted similarly concrete perspectives/guidelines? I've seen some fluffy PR ones on VC sites, but never anything this clear or honest. Does anyone have links to good ones? Will any additional angels write up their o
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The 10X Hustler(soundboy.tumblr.com)
55 points by robfitz 14y ago|28 comments
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by robfitz 14y ago
This isn't accurate. An "acquihire" is, by definition, purely about the people. Face.com was an acquisition, not an acquihire (or talent acquisition). As for retaining the acquired folks, you usually pay out their earning over 4 years rathe
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What Startups Should Do Before They Get Into The VC’s Office(techcrunch.com)
8 points by robfitz 14y ago|0 comments
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How to attract a tech co-founder - Stephen Rapoport(stephenrapoport.posterous.com)
6 points by robfitz 14y ago|0 comments
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by robfitz 14y ago
Just realised I never said thanks for these kind words. Thanks!
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Patterns for thinking about strong network biz models (thoughts-in-progress)(blog.thestartuptoolkit.com)
4 points by robfitz 14y ago|0 comments
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by robfitz 14y ago
Enough people have asked about it that I'll add it asap -- I only check my email about once a day so it didn't even occur to me as a relevant use case!
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by robfitz 14y ago
It's super fun when they arrive unexpectedly. Here's to hoping you don't have long to wait! ;)

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