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by robryan 13y ago
Or it was and they are backtracking, although maybe not best to think too much about that.
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by robryan 13y ago
As someone who doesn't engage in much personal gossip I would focus on the business relationships aspect. There is often a lot of nuance in these relationships and talking to them in one way and internally in another. That is not to sa
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by robryan 13y ago
You are suggesting that people in China must be afforded a much lower average carbon footprint than somewhere like America or Australia?
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by robryan 13y ago
Yeah, I was also amazed at how good the 3g was on a random sim I bought at the airport. Works great in the metro too which is awesome coming from Melbourne and having no connectivity between stations in our metro.
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by robryan 13y ago
I haven't participated in a startup weekend but from following what has come out of our local one "AirBnB for x" does seem the be the most popular starting point. I would agree with the author that the idea is unlikely to hit
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by robryan 13y ago
Why can't they do both? Make the world a better place and make a nice profit while doing so?
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by robryan 13y ago
Some will say that they think people don't click on ads (which in general is false). For some terms clicks can be very expensive. There is plenty of spammy leads campaigns that Adwords won't let you on that will absolutely make yo
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by robryan 13y ago
Most? I agree with you there will always be some but it definitely won't be the majority. I doubt the average lifetime of use for a car would be more than 10/15 years?
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by robryan 13y ago
It is hardly that simple, the costs involved could be completely different, high organic ratings might create a positive ROI whereas PPC might be far too expensive. Also if your content isn't at all really desirable it is possible you
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by robryan 13y ago
Without some drive and enthusiasm about what you are doing those 9-5s could end up being a lot worse than the alternative of putting in some extra effort because you are really enthusiastic about what you are doing.
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by robryan 13y ago
Last time I went in there I was impressed that they had now invested in a few tables around their counter area.
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by robryan 13y ago
I think an AI could be made to be pretty good at laning, at least against a static set of 1 or 2 opponents without others coming in.
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by robryan 13y ago
Give it a coupe of years and won't people be commenting on how company x makes more revenue than all of Supercell with 2 games? For these big social gaming companies that got to where they were because of hits, the real challenge is in foll
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by robryan 13y ago
Without being a company owner or manager with a list of what everyone is being paid how we can't really do much better than unscientific poles. Wouldn't glassdoor and similar essentially have the same issues?
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by robryan 13y ago
Yeah, only a handful of >$40MM exits. Really we won't have a more complete picture for another 5 years or more.
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by robryan 13y ago
Not sure why they need to do that, AUD/USD forex is something like .1 of a percent given a high enough amount if I recall correctly. I am probably missing something.
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by robryan 13y ago
Sure, if you generate the same amount of traffic.
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by robryan 13y ago
Disagree, at least at this stage. Medium seems to be low enough volume and high enough quality that it probably beats a no name blog right now. Not sure how they will handle open publishing.
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by robryan 13y ago
Yeah, worked fine on iPhone 5.
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by robryan 13y ago
Yeah, seems to be industry standard to throw nearly one percent on top of any conversion.
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by robryan 13y ago
Which unless you have a stack of cash to park there and are doing something they don't associate with risk is pretty hard to do when getting started.
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by robryan 13y ago
There is a risk in that the money spent on becoming a thought leader could have been better spent on ads, in terms of ROI.
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by robryan 13y ago
One thing about b I would hate: Bring a small team they may spin my departure as having been the ultimate cause for the projects failure.
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by robryan 13y ago
It is interesting, I don't think it will actually help them much. If you have Foxtel already you can likely get the whole of showtime for around the same price your paying on itunes for Game of Thrones. (While the season is going and there
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by robryan 13y ago
I read there was something coming in next season to prevent same time iTunes release in Australia? Is this currently the case as well?
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by robryan 13y ago
Spotify is legal and the artists on the platform are on there of their own free will (or their publishers will who they signed that right away to). They could decide that they on want to steam on another platform if that is a better deal fo
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by robryan 13y ago
I guess we will have to agree to disagree. Here is a good article on the web app vs downloadable: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/09/05/desktop-aps-versus-web-a... I don't have an stats but from watching regular people use computers I absol
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by robryan 13y ago
Your average Internet user has no problems clicking on Adwords ads. If anything in ecommerce they are just as likely or more likely to click an ad than an organic listing.
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by robryan 13y ago
It is hard to split out the effects that are leading to a tougher Adwords market in general and this particular campaign. One thing we have noticed about Adwords is that longer campaigns are being ran as essentially residual income with mai
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by robryan 13y ago
I think rather than state an average time to get through the airport and on the plane and have everything break down the second it gets congested they are going to recommend a timeframe that should get everyone on the plane even in the wors

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