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by tommy_mcclung 15y ago
Agree. For how hard we got hit in the accident, it was amazing how little anyone was hurt. Honda FTW.
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by tommy_mcclung 15y ago
If you're interested... here's a bunch of threads going on about this on Ford, Honda, Toyota, etc's social media pages. The problem now is I have about 10,000 opinions. Now what do I do? This is a pretty interesting experiment in how soci
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by tommy_mcclung 15y ago
Ok, here's some more info... I want something practical with a little power, maybe more than a little. An EVO is definitely in the running, my co-founder used to have one of those (until he crashed it into a wall at Infineon). Don't care
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by tommy_mcclung 15y ago
Thanks for having me. Lots of fun.
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CarWoo! hiring developers who love disrupting huge industries(carwoo.com)
5 points by tommy_mcclung 15y ago
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CarWoo - Senior Rails Developer(carwoo.com)
18 points by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
One of the things I hated most about Portland was the culture around startups needing to pay for coaching, etc... I was worried about the pay to play issues with the Portland Seed Fund and heavily encouraged them not to do that. In fact I
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback and I really appreciate you trying CarWoo! We only improve by listening closely to feedback like this. A couple things as a follow-up to this. Our model is new for dealers. Honesty and transparency is a relatively
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CarWoo! - Visual Experience Designer(carwoo.com)
3 points by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
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CarWoo! - Senior Rails Developer(carwoo.com)
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CarWoo! - Director of Marketing(carwoo.com)
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CarWoo! - Director of Marketing(carwoo.com)
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
I'm also dropping her a note Bill. Game on. :)
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CarWoo! - Visual Experience Designer(carwoo.com)
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CarWoo! - Senior Rails Developer(carwoo.com)
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Why $150k for YC companies is a huge deal(carwoo.com)
92 points by tommy_mcclung 16y ago|36 comments
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
Congrats Gary! Woo!
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
Apologize about the parking ticket thing. We actually did NOT do that PR stunt in a large scale. A couple people tested it at the train station and we had several complaints so we decided not to go through with it. Sorry for the inconven
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
Thanks for all the great feedback. Let me comment on why I posted this. First, we've (the founders) have been doing all of the customer acquisition work since day one... but the realities of the demands that are splitting up our focus are
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Where Are All The Internet Sales Guys? (CarWoo YC S09)(carwoo.com)
58 points by tommy_mcclung 16y ago|49 comments
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Offer HN: CarWoo CyberMonday Deal (YC S09)(carwoo.com)
12 points by tommy_mcclung 16y ago|2 comments
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CarWoo - User Acquisition Hacker (YC S09)
22 points by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
Right now most people take the test drive prior to using our service. We know it opens the door for dealers to do what they do, but our target customers tend to avoid the games dealers play anyway so it's sort of a self selection process t
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
I meant our success in getting to the funding milestone. We are very well aware that we are at the beginning, not the end.
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
Through a ton of phone calls :). We followed our buyers and built some scheduling software to help us prioritize notifying existing dealers and contacting new ones to satisfy the buyers. Another great topic for another blog post. Stay tun
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
As it turns out, there is no way I could have done CarWoo! without my wife's support. But that's a topic for another blog post. Go figure.
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
That's a great point, although I guess I should have said "old in life situation". I have kids, a house, etc... It's not just about your age but also about how much baggage you carry with you. Obviosly it's easier to do a startup if you
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CarWoo (YC S09): Dispelling 3 myths about Y Combinator(carwoo.com)
80 points by tommy_mcclung 16y ago|35 comments
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
It really is a "classic clunker". The thing barely runs. We had to replace the battery on our way up to AT&T Park, the front seat is broken, the turn signals don't work, when we opened the engine the cap on the radiator coolant contai
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by tommy_mcclung 16y ago
We picked the Camaro for a bunch of reasons. First, it's awesome. Why? Because it just is. The end. The Camaro is one of those iconic American cars... we could just see ourselves driving this thing back in 78 and we figured lots of peopl

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