socialmedian

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by socialmedian 17y ago
Fail fast, for sure. Give yourself one year to prove it. If you can't prove it in a year, move on. There are plenty of other interesting problems to solve.
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by socialmedian 18y ago
Thanks!
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by socialmedian 18y ago
Agree on all fronts. Right now it is an early adopter product with crappy registration requirements. And that's the founder writing this.
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by socialmedian 18y ago
with 12 people $40k/month total burn is like paying each person around $30k/year annual salary when you factor in other expenses like equipment, telecom, travel, etc. So yeah, that's pretty tight.
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by socialmedian 18y ago
@Michael -- give it another whirl. We've gone a lot past the initial alpha features. Our repeat usage is very high right now -- about 30% of users returning daily.
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by socialmedian 18y ago
Yes, we agree. We are working to get rid of all the registration requirements. It was just a holdover from our alpha.
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by socialmedian 18y ago
@augustus -- I encourage you to "dig" a little deeper. socialmedian = social news meets the social graph. Very different from Digg, although our roots are from their foundation. What we're trying to do here is personalized news at the to
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by socialmedian 18y ago
Oh, and in case I forgot to mention, it's alpha :) so please send your feedback!
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by socialmedian 18y ago
Hey guys. This is Jason Goldberg, from former Jobster. I started working on socialmedian in January. The team is myself and 9 awesome guys/gals in Pune, India. We're going scrappy, throwing stuff out there and figuring it out as we go. S
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by socialmedian 18y ago
Michael -- this is from Jason Goldberg, founder of socialmedian in response to your question. First, let me say that this is ALPHA in every way -- there's very little polish and we've spent 0 time on messaging, faq's, about files, etc. yet.
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by socialmedian 18y ago
Hey guys. you just need to go to www.socialmedian.com, click on "create an account" and enter the invite code "hacker" We've opened up 100 invites using this code today.
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100 exclusive alpha invites to socialmedian code = hacker(socialmedian.com)
9 points by socialmedian 18y ago|11 comments
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When is the right time to "ship" your product?(socialmedian.com)
2 points by socialmedian 19y ago|1 comments
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Startup: How to keep costs down in early days(socialmedian.com)
1 points by socialmedian 19y ago|0 comments