spencerfry

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by spencerfry 18y ago
My biggest regret from college is not getting more involved with the activities/groups my college offered. I was plenty active around campus socially, but I was only in one group my entire four years. (Well, two if you consider being a comp
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by spencerfry 18y ago
We use PayPal and Credit Cards (Visa, MC, Discover, and AmEx) through Chase Paymentech ( http://www.chasepaymentech.com/ ). We don't support Google Checkout, because nobody uses it, but I do want to take a look at Amazon eventually.
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by spencerfry 18y ago
I see what you're saying and I agree that they're more of a "lifestyle business" as defined in this thread. They're not the traditional type of startup, but they do share startup values to an extent.
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by spencerfry 18y ago
That's actually not true. You can certainly be a startup and have sustained revenue. In fact, most investors/VCs won't even talk to you if you don't have any kind of revenue. Getting that first customer is a must if you want to even get a m
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by spencerfry 18y ago
You should ideally support: MasterCard, Visa, Discover, AmEx, and PayPal
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by spencerfry 18y ago
Yes, but the focus of YCN are Internet businesses for the most part.
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by spencerfry 18y ago
Investors don't typically look at business plans. They look at your elevator pitch and about a 10 page PPT slide highlighting your main points: your technology, your team, and the market.
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by spencerfry 18y ago
Everyone has already said this, but I want to give you my own thanks. Cheers to you, sir!
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by spencerfry 19y ago
Yes.
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by spencerfry 19y ago
http://www.chasepaymentech.com/ + PayPal Chase has excellent rates and amazing customer service. I've tried many Merchants and they're by far the best I've ever used.
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by spencerfry 19y ago
36.62% so far in 2008 38.87% in the past 30 days for carbonmade.com
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by spencerfry 19y ago
I use stickk.com as an incentive to workout regularly. I play squash 3 times a week and do cardio and weightlifting twice a week. It's all about regular exercise as well as cutting out fatty foods (hamburgers, fries, pizza, etc.). Also, be
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by spencerfry 19y ago
The quality is really amazing for the price. They also ship overnight, etc.
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by spencerfry 19y ago
This article misses the most important bit in the Terms of Service: "By submitting, posting or displaying the Content on or through the Service you give Google a worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify
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Developing and deploying an application on Google App Engine(youtube.com)
7 points by spencerfry 19y ago|0 comments
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by spencerfry 19y ago
Thanks for sharing. We can all learn from Tiger Woods and his determination and heart.
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by spencerfry 19y ago
I like Campfire a lot, because it's simple and gets the job done. I can't recommend Basecamp and other 37Signals products, because they've just never been right for me and I don't have enough experience with them. ThePlanet, on the other ha
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by spencerfry 19y ago
Decent list. I'd include: Google's GrandCentral (for phone #) 37Signals' Campfire (for chatting... in office or not) ThePlanet (dedicated servers)
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by spencerfry 19y ago
I'll have to look into Blue Cross Blue Shield. What do you do about dental? Do you just pay that out of your pocket?
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Ask YC: Startup healthcare and dental?
7 points by spencerfry 19y ago|6 comments
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by spencerfry 19y ago
I don't think she's saying that all of her 5 points are unique to recessions per say, but rather she's saying they're more apparent and important during a recession. While her interesting points to me -- being frugal and taking a closer loo
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by spencerfry 19y ago
I was shocked too. I didn't need to restart for the last iTunes update, but I did for Safari! What gives?
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by spencerfry 19y ago
Is Startup School only for hackers or can others involved and interested in startups apply too?