ryanckulp

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   How I beat an online scammer and made $2,100 in the process(ryanckulp.com)

   16 points by ryanckulp 7y ago|10 comments
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   by ryanckulp 7y ago

   Lobiloo ( https://www.lobiloo.com ) is an invoicing tool exclusively for florists. i acquired it from a florist about 1.5 years ago and have been going deep on the industry ever since. my challenge is (obviously) not having domain
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   by ryanckulp 7y ago

   i'm writing a book about this actually, and giving away some free copies... fitnessforhackers.com even folks who buy it, get a 100% refund in exchange for progress pics.
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   by ryanckulp 8y ago

   maybe this is harsh. idk. but am i the only one who senses caste system > ecosystem?
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   Show HN: Your Spot in the Startup Caste System(ryanckulp.com)

   1 points by ryanckulp 8y ago|1 comments
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   by ryanckulp 8y ago

   hi everyone, i was stolen from last weekend by a scammer who bought my course, listed it for sale on his "group buying" site, then filed a chargeback. i put everything i know in this spreadsheet; tldr you can email the website adm
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   Show HN: Spreadsheet of 1,847 stolen online courses and how to fix it(docs.google.com)

   1 points by ryanckulp 8y ago|2 comments
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   by ryanckulp 8y ago

   yep, you can do this with Fomo(.com) as well.
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   by ryanckulp 8y ago

   thank you. we actually acquired a Shopify app, which already had some customers via organic app store traffic. more here: https://blog.fomo.com/how-we-bought-a-small-software-startup... (note, 2.5 year old post)
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    by ryanckulp 8y ago

    https://blog.fomo.com/tag/case-study/
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    by ryanckulp 8y ago

    many of our competitors do allow customers to plug in fake data, it's sad + illegal + gives the space a bad rep. sigh. this is why we aggressively build native integrations, sometimes 1 per week. deters bad actors. changelog: https:&#
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    by ryanckulp 8y ago

    hey, the 11k figure is active websites. you can verify all this via our Open API: https://fomo.com/open since a customer can have unlimited websites per plan, we actually have around 5,500-6,000 customers. many will add a p
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    by ryanckulp 8y ago

    thanks for the feedback. this homepage is actually our 3rd and probably most abstract implementation. 1st, 2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20161108025452/https://www.usefo... 2nd, 2017/2018: http
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    A pledge for businesses not offering Cyber Monday deals(fomo.com)

    1 points by ryanckulp 8y ago|0 comments
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    by ryanckulp 8y ago

    i'd hardly consider not paying $2k for 2k sq ft in Midtown "being priced out." the term is "market demand."
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    Show HN: The new home of Fomo.com(blog.fomo.com)

    1 points by ryanckulp 8y ago|0 comments
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    I'm Quitting Indie Hackers(ryanckulp.com)

    2 points by ryanckulp 8y ago|0 comments
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    by ryanckulp 8y ago

    going live in 48 mins... should be fun! am also the founder of Fomo: https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/fomo-05b996966c
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    Live streaming a new SaaS product(youtube.com)

    1 points by ryanckulp 8y ago|1 comments
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    by ryanckulp 9y ago

    ^ recommend these guys! have worked with the co-founder before on a multi-year project.
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    by ryanckulp 9y ago

    my company would happily fund a study like this. we rely on these strategies "working" for our customers, in order to exist. i'll wager that when consumers know a "widget" or live notification is provided by an exte
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    by ryanckulp 9y ago

    what's unfortunate is we'll never know if hotels.com is true, because they built the component in-house. the use of 3rd party platforms increases trust, ie restaurants using Yelp vs self-hosted text boxes.
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    by ryanckulp 9y ago

    are you still involved w/ non-profits? we offer our social proof platform 100% free to all charities: https://www.usefomo.com ping me (ryan@usefomo.com) for a free-forever account, no strings.
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    When Engineers are Marketers(blog.usefomo.com)

    6 points by ryanckulp 9y ago|0 comments
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    False Advertising(blog.usefomo.com)

    1 points by ryanckulp 10y ago|0 comments
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    by ryanckulp 10y ago

    thanks for sharing -- i have a perfect use case for this. built a twilio app, sorta like "mailchimp for texting," and was dreading building a back/forth reply system. trying this out in the next few days, you'll see my s
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    by ryanckulp 10y ago

    hey guys-- i built this because i'm also a performing / recording musician. not trying to make any $$ from it, so if you run out of free credits, just email me through the website. groupies lets you import your fans' contact
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    Show HN: Groupies – SMS newsletters for indie artists(groupies.io)

    3 points by ryanckulp 10y ago|1 comments
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    by ryanckulp 10y ago

    code here: github.com/ryanckulp/friendly_csv most of my email campaigns look something like: hey Ryan , i'd like to learn more about Acme Co . however, many of the lists i build have a few problems: * merge variables
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    Show HN: Friendly CSV, open-source merge variable sanitizer for outbound sales(friendly-csv.herokuapp.com)

    2 points by ryanckulp 10y ago|1 comments