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   by rrival 19y ago

   Thank you! I completely agree. It is especially obnoxious when self-ascribed by very young (<25) entrepreneurs.
2. 392.▲
   by rrival 19y ago

   http://tinyurl.com/3ex4y8 ? =(
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   by rrival 19y ago

   "I'll keep it short and sweet -- Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business." - Mr. Burns
4. 394.▲
   by rrival 19y ago

   If anyone needs an invite, lemme know.
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   by rrival 19y ago

   name.com - $5.99 + $0.50 whois protect / year
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   by rrival 19y ago

   I'm not on there either =) I went to school with some of the kids who are, but really, if you're on there and not on facebook you're too full of yourself to matter, imho.
7. 397.▲
   by rrival 19y ago

   It's aSmallWorld. If you have to ask...
8. 398.▲
   by rrival 19y ago

   There is pertinent info to this topic in discussions of monetizing forum communities. SearchEngineWatch maybe? I forget the link.
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   by rrival 19y ago

   Nice site. Going to pass it on to a few friends in the industry to see if they have any comments I might pass along. SEO theory suggests dropping ads until you have lots of traffic b/c with AdSense you provide random relevant exit points a
10. 400.▲
    by rrival 19y ago

    Security through... obsolescence? =)
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    by rrival 19y ago

    Of course. There's a per-screen (per color) setup charge of $x, so it wouldn't work to have a very small number of subscribers. Fortunately variable costs decrease on a per-unit basis (at volume thresholds) and the relative impact of the fi
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    by rrival 19y ago

    Wow, someone posted that here? Wild. So that's me/my project - if any startups want to talk about licensing schwag (I would love to include some YC companies), let me know (roddy at startupschwag dot com). If anyone wants to discuss the mod
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    by rrival 19y ago

    Low end: http://www.ip2location.com/ High end: Akamai (akamai.com) has a ~$10k/month hyper-accurate solution.
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    by rrival 19y ago

    I think Kimmel said it best: http://tinyurl.com/2abgv8
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    by rrival 19y ago

    This is business. Envy is a distraction. Being able to see the paths someone else took to get somewhere shouldn't serve as the primary inspiration or impetus to pursue your ideas. Those paths are more than likely not opportunities for your
16. 406.▲
    by rrival 19y ago

    Is that bold or is it sophomoric? At what point does confidence turn into unfounded arrogance?
17. 407.▲
    by rrival 19y ago

    Interesting implications - would expanding / changing locales to include some CoWorking space and possibly improving the amenities (in light of elevator issues) inspire even more to move into a post-college startup community?
18. 408.▲
    by rrival 19y ago

    I'm sure it all varies by degrees, situation by situation, but the idea isn't the point - ideas, as has been repeated ad nauseam, are everywhere. Recognizing opportunities (the factors that make a team predisposed to excel where others with
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    by rrival 19y ago

    Someone at BarCampBlock yesterday suggested that in the past >15 years, vc-backed startups of all types accounted for 23% of successful exits, while focusing on tech-specific startups raises that number to 46%. It sounds possible, but a
20. 410.▲
    by rrival 19y ago

    In
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    by rrival 19y ago

    Sounds like we should get a Chicago news.yc meetup going. I'm thinking something more frequent than Tech Cocktail, is there a Chicago OpenCoffee Club yet? I know someone's working on a StartupWeekend here: http://startupweekendchicago.wetp
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    by rrival 19y ago

    What's the story with Chicago. You'd think with 37signals, feedburner and ... I can't think of a prominent 3rd, you'd get a local startup community slightly more active than TechCocktail...
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    by rrival 19y ago

    I lived in Boulder from 2002 to 2005. I spent 2 months in Boulder this summer trying to figure out if it's the place to be. I love it. I love the quality of life. I love the relaxed atmosphere, the perfect weather & proximity to skiing.
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    by rrival 19y ago

    Not to discount this remarkable achievement, but a lemonade stand would have a business model ;)
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    by rrival 19y ago

    Ahh right, I think I remember reading a blog post about pricing strategy for ebooks marketed on ClickBank that explored this. Very interesting. Thank you (all) for the comments - this is remarkably informative.
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    On Pricing Strategy

    7 points by rrival 19y ago|15 comments
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    by rrival 19y ago

    Fwiw, FPS, while progressive in comparison to PayPal in that its % cut increases as Amazon's costs do, is, unfortunately, limited to US customers at the moment.
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    by rrival 19y ago

    It's cliche, it's from a blockbuster movie, but it's sort of apropos. "Why do we fall down? So we can learn to pick ourselves up." (Batman Begins) My first company flopped (R.I.P. 2002). My second soared but didn't diversify and crashed. T
29. 419.▲
    by rrival 19y ago

    I'm in the market for something in a ... table. I don't want to spend any more than $15k.
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    by rrival 19y ago

    How much weight should we assign to the decrease in cost to entry between '99 and '06 in calculating the point at which we're saturated with startups? How many local event (and share your plans with your friends!) evite competitors do I nee