shaolin69

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Goodbye Facebook - cutting Facebook tools, buttons, plugins from our platform(yogatrail.com)
6 points by shaolin69 8y ago|0 comments
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by shaolin69 12y ago
Thanks very much for this extensive feedback - very helpful! Getting some more noodles now :)
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by shaolin69 12y ago
Hi impendia, we're working on a number of things that will make YT better for yogis and yoga pro's alike - stay tuned :)
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by shaolin69 12y ago
In that case, we're hitting it out of the park - over 4 invites sent per user, but these invites convert at ~25%. There's also "k factor" (invites sent x conversion rate), and the interval between user #1 bringing on use
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by shaolin69 12y ago
sounds good. feel free to get in touch via our website.
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by shaolin69 12y ago
Here's something we didn't share in the blog post. It's some of the print outs we brought along with us to the interview. No reason not to share it I guess. It shows some graphs illustrating virality, connection clusters (jus
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by shaolin69 12y ago
Thanks for your supporting comment and good luck with your business! Besides the money more of an issue was possible distraction for us. We are 3 co-founders. For us all going there would mean several hundred hours of flight and travelling.
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by shaolin69 12y ago
We are a BOI company. You're welcome to stop by our office space anytime for a cup of coffee :-)
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by shaolin69 12y ago
... Sven here (sharing this acccount with Alex). I'm full-time on YogaTrail. Besides me there are 2 full-time employees (Drupal Developers) on board, plus we use lots of free development resources from BUZZWOO!, a digital agency I co-f
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by shaolin69 12y ago
Wow, thanks for the encouraging words :)
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by shaolin69 12y ago
True - I hope I didn't come across as bitter, overall this was an awesome experience and the people at YC are amazing. I actually do think that they can probably tell if a startup is a good one or not in a matter of minutes.
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by shaolin69 12y ago
The bulk of our user growth is due to viral loops we've built into things - we're pretty much getting each new user to successfully invite another at this point. Unlike Yelp, we're very "yoga-centric", and while Yel
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by shaolin69 12y ago
Hi, "YT Premium" has been live for a few months and is the main source of revenue (we've actually doubled revenue nearly every month since January). Ads are there too, but they just started and are making only a small dent in
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Y Combinator Interview: Our Experience(yogatrail.com)
174 points by shaolin69 12y ago|101 comments