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by salman89 14y ago
A big issue is document security...you will have to convince companies to trust you with confidential documents.
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by salman89 14y ago
Does a $15 fee mean that Amazon puts the value of ads for a customer over the lifetime of the product $15?
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by salman89 14y ago
OP is missing the point. I don't think App.net is going out to be a Twitter replacement. I don't think App.net requires the critical mass or wide spread popularity that Twitter enjoys. Its a niche product that is serving a very particular p
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by salman89 14y ago
First step to crowdfunding for equity online. I think AngelList is being smart and honing down what that would begin to look like.
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by salman89 14y ago
I don't hate having a single sign on option, but I hate not having more control what data is available to the app.
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by salman89 14y ago
So OP thinks that google should stop working on ads and should start charging for all its free services? There's nothing wrong with ads - just make them good and make sure it aligns with the product (Adsense).
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by salman89 14y ago
Went to UCLA - when I took out a loan for a year the estimated cost was ~$27k a year (In-state). Friends of mine who were international students were already paying $50k+ at UCLA. Could easily imagine $50k/year for private schools.
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by salman89 14y ago
Considering a $50 discount and a guess of 70% for AppSumo, OP paid an effective $120 CPA. In return, did OP gain lifetime value from bought actions? Did he increase exposure for his book so that more people will buy at full price? Will he h
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by salman89 14y ago
This article is pretty off. This is not the "feature" of PadMapper. PadMapper made it easy to locate aggregate postings on Craigslist, along with the ability to filter those postings by attributes. Additionally, they provide some auxiliary
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by salman89 14y ago
Cool. Tried out appfog, was pretty straight forward and easy to use. No SSL support as of yet though, so not committing to them. Need a node.js PaaS that supports both sockets and SSL. Haven't found anything yet.
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by salman89 14y ago
Also, the feedback cycle you have in place is also very exciting. I don't want to downplay what you are doing by likening it to gamification, but positive feedback is key for repeat donations. From a consumer standpoint, my main qualms when
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by salman89 14y ago
Awesome site, congrats on making the world a better place. I would suggest that you integrate directly with reputable organizations - it will place an abstraction between you and potential backlash for scamming. Also allows you to provide a
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by salman89 14y ago
A common trend I am noticing amongst these startups are that they target a particular industry pain point, and have the ability to charge for their product. None of them seem the type that can be huge businesses, but they all seem like they
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by salman89 14y ago
Have you ever gone to UPS to pick up a package? I've tried before - I ended up just deciding to wait for redelivery. If you've ever lived in an apartment complex that's gated/closed, you miss a ton of packages. There is also the receipt of
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by salman89 14y ago
Awesome price, but worrisome for the state of high quality digital publications. I feel that this is worth much more than $2.99, and I am afraid that it will become a race to the floor . Does anyone involved in print publications know what
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by salman89 14y ago
This is not an API. An API would be a service that takes these feeds in, parses it, and makes it easily query able by different factors.
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by salman89 14y ago
Fair point. But having said data is only the first step. Routing and directions based on the data is another. That list looks really short though.
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by salman89 14y ago
0.5% upsell sounds about right. In the app business you want to avoid a one time sale and focus on recurring revenue. There is a cap on growth, and revenues must be sustained by current users.
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by salman89 14y ago
Have some Beats (Studio) that I got as a gift, but if its for working I would aim for comfort.
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It would be nice if Google opened this up in some API, but having an API for this doesn't really align with their goals.
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I think its more an issue of platform maturity. Google has years on Apple in terms of building up these data sources. Apple (I believe) will be licensing map data, whose cost is not cheap. Google uses mostly their own maps, and have spent y
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by salman89 14y ago
Can someone describe better (than pando) how this is different than a traditional video advertising platform? If I am reading correctly, Virool is trying to tie into existing, engaged user bases and publishing there? Are there any requireme
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4) This has nothing to do with Google and more to do with auto manufacturers. I don't think the problem is that people can't drive their cars to the auto shop. 5) Agreed. Also better traffic flow if you can get the cars to work together. 6)
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by salman89 14y ago
I totally agree. My point is that Google has the potential to become part of the value chain - not replace it.
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OK, I'll bite on the robo-taxi fleets. The average cab driver makes $10.79 an hour: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/transportation-and-material-moving/ta... Give a 50% overhead and make the cab driver's cost $15 an hour. I used to pay about $50 fo
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by salman89 14y ago
Author is missing a few important points that are highly relavent: 1) No insurance implies no liability. When people "buy" these mostly autonomous vehicles, who is assuming liability? Google? 2) "Death of car companies" - is Google going to
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Cool idea, it will be interesting if they can make their process scale while maintaining quality. Another route they can go down is making the service very cheap and instead making money on partnerships with furnishing manufacturers. It wou
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by salman89 14y ago
Fair, but what if simple economics/margins do not allow you to offer the old price/package. Ex, say you license Twitter data at $0.10/1k, and Twitter decides one day that they want $0.15? What do you do when your old pricing scheme is no lo
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by salman89 14y ago
I always wondered how volatile your pricing scheme can be. Suppose you wanted to A/B test a pricing scheme - is there any potential impact/backlash from customers? And when a company changes their pricing scheme, what happens to customers w
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I think a more useful statistic would be time spent per active Facebook user.

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