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by shafqat 18y ago
This is a great interview. Good questions, intelligent answers. I'm impressed by Thiel the more I read about him/from him.
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by shafqat 18y ago
Thanks man. Will certainly post more details. Drop me a note if you have any specific questions.
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by shafqat 18y ago
I don't normally agree with a lot of things Jason says, but I am 100% behind him on this one. From day one, I've tried to talk/walk/eat/sleep/breathe the way he describes a CEO should be. Not because of him, but because it seemed like the r
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Sarah Lacy's counter argument to PG's 6.4% point(sarahlacy.com)
15 points by shafqat 18y ago|31 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
BTW, I'll do a follow up post detailing how we did the marketing and P.R. I've gotten a ton of e-mails, and I thought its only right that I give back to the community what I've learned. I think any startup here can make it through the noise
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What a Launch! Phew... A big thank you to everyone on HN from the NewsCred team(blog.newscred.com)
3 points by shafqat 18y ago|1 comments
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The Future of News?(sitepoint.com)
2 points by shafqat 18y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
I love how Josh posts here. Redeye VC or Grassroots VC?
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by shafqat 18y ago
PG - I think no matter how well or how often you try to explain this point, the real haters don't understand the derivation nor the impact of the 6.4% figure. If they did, it would be a moot point!
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Great article about Twitter, Valuations and Metcalfe's Law(broadstuff.com)
1 points by shafqat 18y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
Thanks this is exactly what we are doing... (the first option).
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by shafqat 18y ago
You're probably right. But at the same time, we don't want to create 'artificial' events... Let's see how things go with the official launch. Fingers crossed. Either way, its been a great ride so far!
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by shafqat 18y ago
I like this... we chose to go against standard advice and will be officially launching to the public on Tuesday. Our sneak preview has been up for a while but I really hope there will people around to spread the word!
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Ask YC: How does your startup send e-mail to users?
11 points by shafqat 18y ago|12 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
I'd love to get people's thoughts on this as well. What are the best ways to automatically back up your DB.
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AOL acquires SocialThing... is AOL where startups go to die?(techcrunch.com)
1 points by shafqat 18y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
We use Mediatemple and they are great. If you want a contact, email me at shafqat at newscred.com and I can put you in touch with someone to get a discount. (I have no affiliation with them, nor do I make any money - they've simply been goo
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by shafqat 18y ago
Good luck guys - don't forget that its a marathon, not a race!
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by shafqat 18y ago
Is this for real? What was his startup? I couldn't find anything about him on the web. I hope he will reveal some more.
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by shafqat 18y ago
i'm not sure people are making a big joke about it. i think we all learned something from the cuil launch. as i have said before, only time will tell and we should give them the benefit of the doubt. i made the first post, and it certainly
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by shafqat 18y ago
Wow, we are all geeks. Love it. Pleasantly surprised to see this submission get so much love!
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by shafqat 18y ago
Echoing my comment I left on RWW: so far, we haven't yet used any PR and have done all our marketing/outreach ourselves. Mainly due to costs more than anything else (although we do enjoy talking directly to bloggers/journalists). One thing
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Ask YC: Advice re: consultancy agreement (ownership)
5 points by shafqat 18y ago|3 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
So basically the whole thing is a scam?
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by shafqat 18y ago
NewsCred is in.
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by shafqat 18y ago
We're using the Symfony Framework, and connect using the Propel ORM. To be frank, I'm no longer happy with the Propel ORM - I find it quite inefficient. Sigh. Anyone else using Propel?
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by shafqat 18y ago
Very interesting study... Love this kind of stuff on Hacker News!
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by shafqat 18y ago
thanks to both of you!
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by shafqat 18y ago
hopefully we'll get a bit of a PR bump and it will mean more users. but either way, we're pretty happy!
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NewsCred was nominated for a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer Award(blog.newscred.com)
7 points by shafqat 18y ago|5 comments

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