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A Tribute to Findory(blog.newscred.com)
4 points by shafqat 19y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 19y ago
Very cool. Was fun trying to find my username on your charts (although I wish it could have been a bit higher up the points per post axis!).
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by shafqat 19y ago
Funny...
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by shafqat 19y ago
I think its important, but a few K interesting, not a few M. We got NewsCred for free (it happened to be available) and fit our business perfectly. You seem pretty obsessed about domain names... Channel that passion to building the actualy
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by shafqat 19y ago
Am actually in Switzerland, but surely it should be location independent right? Won't most legal counsel be avilable online/via email/phone?
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by shafqat 19y ago
Searching online/google etc. We're bootstrapping so hiring a laywer is not ideal, but we will propbably follow the advice of some others and write it ourselves and then get it reviewed by a lawyer. I cant tell if you were sarcastic about th
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by shafqat 19y ago
Great.. thanks for the tips. Any recommendations/ suggestions for 4)?
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ASK YC: Where to find standard user agreements and other boring legal stuff for my startup?
26 points by shafqat 19y ago|21 comments
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by shafqat 19y ago
Seriously boring.Why even try if it ain't different or better?
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by shafqat 19y ago
Hey there. I like the site redesign. I think you have a good product and a good looking site. But it doesnt tell a story. You have a great voice on the blog, but that doesnt come through on the site, which seems 'blah.' There is no 'About U
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Bootstrapping a Startup (inspired by a ASK YC post on Hacker News)(blog.newscred.com)
4 points by shafqat 19y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 19y ago
100% bootstrapped working on NewsCred ( http://www.newscred.com ). We've been hacking away for 6 months now and getting ready to launch the product in a few weeks. Its fun turning an extra inch into a yard, and the lack of money or Aeron ch
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by shafqat 19y ago
BSE computer engineering and economics, Penn, but don't use any of it at my startup!
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Talking to Scoble at LIFT(blog.newscred.com)
1 points by shafqat 19y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 19y ago
I occasionally submit posts that I wrote myself it if I think its relevant to the Hacker community. I'm not sure what the protocol is, but I read the ToS and didnt see anything against it. I'm only doing it if I think people will find it in
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by shafqat 19y ago
Hey, I like it! Creative, wacky, something different. Good luck! Don't get how the name is related though...
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Standing on the Shoulder of Giants - a post about entrepreneurship(blog.newscred.com)
2 points by shafqat 19y ago|1 comments
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by shafqat 19y ago
We've been hacking away building the technology for our startup since late last fall. We're finally close to launch time (end Feb hopefully). We're more focused on getting a product launched as quickly as possible and then letting our commu
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by shafqat 19y ago
We haven't spent a dime on PR at NewsCred. I've found the best way is to do it yourself, and make it very clear that you are NOT a PR person. When I correspond with bloggers, journalists or any other 'influential' types, I'm always up front
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by shafqat 19y ago
Once you build it, make sure you know when to drop it. Building something people want is the most important advice. Throwing away something when you realize people really don't want it is just as important.
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by shafqat 19y ago
I like the concept of a trust network where you select degrees of trust separation. I think there are some recommendation sites who do this already (except they call it groups). NewsVine perhaps? Interesting concept nonetheless...
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What a Car Can Tell You About Entrepreneurship(blog.newscred.com)
2 points by shafqat 19y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 19y ago
I should clarify, we're not actually looking for an 'official board.' I guess a 'set of advisers' is more like it, loosely tied together. We already have a decent amount of advisers, but they range from VCs to my mom. What we were looking f
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ASK YC: How soon and where to find the best advisors for your startup?
9 points by shafqat 19y ago|8 comments
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by shafqat 19y ago
Blog, blog, blog. We haven't fully launched yet, but we get a tremendous amount of traffic to our blog. We talk about the insides of our startup experience, but also a lot about the ideas and movements that we're passionate about. Don't for
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by shafqat 19y ago
NewsCred? Yes, its my startup, but its my favorite one right now!
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Social News Transparency - Collective Wisdom vs Mob Mentality(blog.newscred.com)
1 points by shafqat 19y ago|0 comments
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The Ultimate Office Dub Video (the original)(blog.newscred.com)
1 points by shafqat 19y ago|0 comments
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by shafqat 19y ago
Todd - apologies for missing the link. It was an honest mistake that was corrected. BTW, TechCrunch was not the original. The list was published in the FT, and the reason I posted the list was because most of my blog readers aren't necessar
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13 Rules for Entrepreneurial Success(blog.newscred.com)
6 points by shafqat 19y ago|2 comments

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