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   by shafqat 17y ago

   I like his no-nonsense style. What I found is that its not as much the substance (although that is important), but the fact that you have a clear strategy that makes a difference. Going about hiring or raising VC or marketing without a clea
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   by shafqat 17y ago

   Great product - very well executed. I think you might be able to capture a sweet spot in the market: self-service, afordable and fully customizable sports stats/content. Would love to see clear pricing info up-front. Again, great stuff!
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   by shafqat 17y ago

   I think the challenge might be in setting the valuation of these funds. With so many startup's, there is bound to be information asymetry. I wouldn't really wAnt to trade my equity based on a 'feel' or PR of the member startups. But I agree
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   by shafqat 17y ago

   That's sounds high. Isn't it closer to 2-3%?
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   by shafqat 17y ago

   thanks - that would have been a perfect fly-on-the-wall meeting when they debated and took this decision. obviously their numbers are different and more optimistic, but I commend them for giving it a go. since we entrepreneurs have irration
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   NY Times charges: A quick look at the numbers/opportunities(blog.newscred.com)

   11 points by shafqat 17y ago|2 comments
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   by shafqat 17y ago

   Absolutely right. Can't believe we missed that. Thx
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   by shafqat 17y ago

   We have explicit partnerships with a large percentage of our content providers. We also have partnerships with some for full text. We continue to reach out to more sources every day - we're not in the business of harvesting feeds without pe
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   by shafqat 17y ago

   Yeah, our servers got slammed. We weren't really planning a big launch, so it caught us a bit by surprise. Proper caching and other improvements will be in place by the weekend hopefully.
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Hi - we're working on a video. You're absolutely right that it would help users understand everything that you can do... Here's an example of editorials plus aggregation: http://manunitedfans.newscred.com/ Will pass on your comment to our
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Thanks for the post! There are a bunch of other HNers on our team now as well. We have some more exciting news on the API side to announce soon as well. Hope you guys don't mind if I do a separate "Provide Feedback on my startup" post once
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    What was the actual startup that they exited?
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    FWIW, we got funded because of our TC coverage. Our investor (a Silicon Valley VC) called us the day of the post. 2 months later, the money was in our accounts.
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    I was simply amazed... This is a must watch.
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Fascinating. Can I drop you an email? Didn't see it in your profile. I'm shafqat at newscred dot com.
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Care to share? Sounds awesome.
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Realtime (i.e. in game stats) or just up to date player, team, league stats. I think the leagues fight hard to disallow this although they have recently lost a couple high profile lawsuits.
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Interesting... what would be the application of this? Any ideas you can share?
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Wow, I forgot about this - couldn't agree more. Have been waiting for this for a long time.
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    I'll start. Wish there was an API that: 1) Allowed me to find high quality, license free images easily. 2) Let me access LinkedIn data. I know LinkedIn has an API, but its not open.
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    Ask HN: What APIs do you wish existed?

    68 points by shafqat 17y ago|153 comments
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Looks great. But the big green pricing/plans button was below the fold for me! Can you move it higher?
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    NewsCred is hiring - do you understand and love SOLR/Lucene or Information Retrieval? Do you want to learn? shafqat at newscred dot com. Can be based anywhere, but be prepared to fly out to Switzerland often. And yes, you can ski or snowboa
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Why was medianama's innocent question downmodded? I'd be curious to know as well? Downmodding for just asking the question is just bizarre.
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Registered - shafqat at newscred dot com. Great idea btw... look forward to trying it out.
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Venturebeat raised 320K of funding. Tradevibes raised close to 1M. Any guesses as to the acquisition price? Probably all stock, and I would guess Tradevibes was in zombie mode, out of money. This is all pure speculation - anyone have any in
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    Venturebeat aquires Tradevibes(inquisitr.com)

    3 points by shafqat 17y ago|1 comments
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Thank you. I dont understand why this is a big feature that needs press. Its just themes?!
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    Conferences are great - we've had a lot of success nailing clients in tech/industry conferences. Of course, you should be selective on the ones you choose to attend (avoid the high price/high BS ration ones). Also, cold e-mails can work sur
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    by shafqat 17y ago

    So to summarize, don't start full-fledged building of a product until you've done some customer development first. And make sure you've read Steve Blank.