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by tbrooks 13y ago
If an intern knew they wouldn't be getting paid before they started and no one forced them to take the job, I don't see any reason to complain.
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Required Reading for Product Designers(robertlenne.com)
2 points by tbrooks 13y ago|0 comments
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by tbrooks 13y ago
Ooh, yes I love this idea. zt, when are you guys planning to make the API available to devs?
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by tbrooks 13y ago
That's correct.
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by tbrooks 13y ago
No APIs that I know of, but there are several companies in my vertical (donations) that do this. This is one: http://www.acceptiva.com
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by tbrooks 13y ago
I feel like you, ST, should be able to pass that liability to the company using the API. Maybe make them put $1mm in escrow or something. I know of a few organizations that don't require verification for ACH debits.
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by tbrooks 13y ago
I'm really interested in a service that allows you to: a) transfer money between 2 bank accounts for a flat fee b) allows you to debit a bank account w/o any verification or micro-deposits
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by tbrooks 13y ago
I've been looking for something like groupdate for a long time. Time to go back and refactor...
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by tbrooks 13y ago
I'm a huge fan of Jekyll. Two things I'd love to see pop out from the community: 1) Online Editor. I know there is Prose.io, but it requires me to host on GH pages. I like hosting on S3. parkr, I'm guessing Cornell is using some sort of bac
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by tbrooks 13y ago
> Having no dependents, I could dedicate myself to what seemed right rather than to whatever someone with money wanted me to do. I don't buy the false choice of GNU/no children or children/no GNU. Why does it have to be either/or?
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by tbrooks 13y ago
Cool site. The only thing I dislike is the date format in the URL for past days. http://xkcd.com/1179/
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by tbrooks 13y ago
It doesn't matter whether its a non-profit or for-profit, charity or business, or whether pg personally benefits from Watsi flourishing. He's using the events in Boston as a way to promote a service that has nothing to do with the horror oc
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by tbrooks 13y ago
Really PG? https://twitter.com/paulg/status/323909260826259457
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by tbrooks 14y ago
The post you cherry-picked doesn't show the whole context. You're ignoring an earlier post where a Heroku GM apologized profusely. Read the 2nd and 4th paragraph: https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2013/2/15/bamboo_routing_pe...
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by tbrooks 14y ago
My bad.
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by tbrooks 14y ago
No, they are competitors. A16Z is just indexing.
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Code School Has 172,000 Users(taylorbrooks.org)
7 points by tbrooks 14y ago|3 comments
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by tbrooks 14y ago
What I do on the 1st and 15th of every month: 1) Calculate payout totals for each organization for the prior 2 weeks. 2) Write a check to each organization. 3) Mail the checks. So when I tell my customers that you're paid on the 1st and 15t
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by tbrooks 14y ago
It's important to note there IS a difference between smartbear.com and asmartbear.com
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by tbrooks 14y ago
Looks like Shipping/Postage APIs are about to heat up: https://www.postmaster.io/
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by tbrooks 14y ago
# of churches > # of startups Also have a company geared towards church giving: https://simpledonation.co I've never understood why people think that targeting churches is "limiting." There are far more churches than there are startup
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by tbrooks 14y ago
news.yc Drudge Report Reddit
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by tbrooks 14y ago
Why should they? If the entrepreneurs risked their own cash and the possibility of losing the case, they should be entitled to the money. But they didn't, so they're not.
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by tbrooks 14y ago
You're forgetting the legal cost AND the risk of not getting paid the VC took.
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by tbrooks 14y ago
I think you should change the pricing from per month to per course. You'll be able to do more price testing, make more profit, and I bet your customer LTV will increase as well. Have you guys thought of this or are you totally committed to
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by tbrooks 14y ago
Is it possible that AppSumo just shifted their customer focus from the HN/startup type to more of a general entry-level audience? If that's the case, then the products they sell might not be so scammy... maybe they actually help real people
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by tbrooks 14y ago
It's no secret - 50-75%
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by tbrooks 14y ago
Check out Capital Factory - http://www.capitalfactory.com We host a number of startups and meetups in the space. You can learn a ton just by hanging around the co-working space.
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by tbrooks 14y ago
Is it working? PPC seems like an expensive way to predictably acquire customers.
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by tbrooks 14y ago
Interestingly enough, he never mentioned it was built on Python/GAE. Sorry to out you buddy!

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