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by toumhi 15y ago
I think the founders of Mint.com could have said that.
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by toumhi 15y ago
Same in France, there's a very popular site with several millions of members: http://www.covoiturage.fr I used the service myself and they have plenty of good ideas, feedback, voting, preferences, good ride search etc. I myself wanted to
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by toumhi 15y ago
Not sure if I follow you here. In some parts of Europe, de-growth movement is quite popular and proposes to shift the focus of government policies from economic growth to population well-being (how this is reached lends itself to debates).
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by toumhi 15y ago
half of success is showing up? :-) I really like to see my childhood friends' reactions when they see me dance, after having witnessed my robot dance of high school years. I was not really genetically programmed to dance that's for sure, bu
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by toumhi 15y ago
Being myself a software developer and a (half) serious salsa dancer, I find that intriguing. I have also noticed there are quite some technical people in the salsa scene, but I thought most did it out of the need of meeting people, after sp
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by toumhi 15y ago
Yeah, Wikipedia works to an extent. I feel it's easier to grasp a subject with videos rather than with reference material. I've watched a few Khan academy videos about inflation/deflation, they're very accessible and explain the basics. I'v
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by toumhi 15y ago
True, I expect there's not one and only resource. I'd like to know of quality resources from different models, even contradictory ones. By just reading the news I learn about facts but not about underlying processes, root causes etc. Not ab
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Ask HN: what are some good resources to understand economics?
28 points by toumhi 15y ago|45 comments
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by toumhi 15y ago
It is social proof IMHO. A social proof of one, but a social proof nonetheless - social proof coming from a fellow HN user might add some authority to the mix: "social proof: People are more willing to take a recommended action if they see
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by toumhi 15y ago
It's also a very good example on how to use HN to get exposure for your product: 1- show HN post 2- let someone else blog about it (or ask for it) and submit to HN 3- post again about the comparison of #1 and #2, with a interesting reflexio
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by toumhi 15y ago
a to-read note in evernote, in a todo notebook. simple and sufficient for me.
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by toumhi 15y ago
Doubts are unavoidable. I'm in the same boat at the moment. People don't understand new ideas in general, only once it becomes mainstream. I think what's important is to go talk to people that would be potential customers and listen to them
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by toumhi 15y ago
Before hiring a developer, why don't you try to outsource parts of the dev for example on oDesk/eLance. Granted, it will take you some time to find someone good, but if you give a few small projects to several devs and take the best, you'll
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by toumhi 15y ago
Good to read that as I'm currently going through my call calling scripts (not for selling but for interviewing potential customers to get a feel of the market). I also find it scary, coming from a technical background, to pick up the phone
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by toumhi 15y ago
I disagree: I would say it's about the customer since you have to imagine what it's like to be him in order to sell well. Sure, you need to make the sale to live, and maybe you need some visualizations of what will happen if you don't sell
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by toumhi 15y ago
I'm almost sure there is a market for it because there are a couple of competitors in the english-speaking market. I intend to make better marketing than existing competitors, that's how I see the differenciation as of now. But I'm not sure
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17 Domain Names I Bought This Year, and What I Intend To Do With It(sparklewise.com)
3 points by toumhi 15y ago|0 comments
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by toumhi 15y ago
OK, I was doubtful of spending time learning things that competitors expose in their "features & benefits" page, but now I'm convinced I should spend some time out of the building :-)
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by toumhi 15y ago
Thanks, it helps! I was thinking that it was better to focus on a couple of main features as highlighted by competitors. It's not that I have a lot of knowledge about the area, but I thought that I could see what the competitors in bigger m
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by toumhi 15y ago
yes, it can also happen you discover a new market. In that case, great :-) However, I think many developers make a mistake of doing something that has absolutely no market...
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by toumhi 15y ago
It happens all the time. Actually you should be worried if it doesn't exist (it may mean there's no market for it - however another website doesn't imply that there's a market, but it's a clue). Also, you will know what to copy and what to
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Ask HN: is customer development necessary for an existing B2B market?
6 points by toumhi 15y ago|6 comments
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by toumhi 15y ago
hey Roel, thanks for the detailed critic :-) It's true I'm a software developer and design is difficult for me. I've noted your points and will try to address them with my designer. BTW, are you dutch (your name)? I'm French but am based in
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by toumhi 15y ago
IMHO the OP is misleading in saying he only wants to "know more about <industry>", because he actually wants to turn these people into early customers. Isn't that a way to piss them off? Otherwise maybe the idea is to defer the cust
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by toumhi 15y ago
Yeah it corresponds to what I've been reading lately on customer acquisition: build the list! Very nice ideas on how to take it to the next level, thanks!
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by toumhi 15y ago
I understand your point, however I think the idea is validated by looked at google search results: 40.000 people look for exactly how to compute their BMI. I also saw that there were several sites built around the purpose of calculating you
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by toumhi 15y ago
SEO is hard, what tricks do you have in mind? For now my SEO strategy is to contact people who have fitness related blogs and fitness related link lists and get my site in there. Also I could build more content with a blog for example. But
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by toumhi 15y ago
Yeah that's true but I chose the domain specifically to calculate the BMI (calculerimc.com -> "bmi calculator").It could still potentially accomodate more calculators though. For now, I want to build traffic to "BMI calculator" keywords
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by toumhi 15y ago
I hadn't realized that. I got several comments because of other color problems. Other people have told me that they thought there was a problem because of the result in red text (it's always red). So you're skinny uh? :-) Thanks for the fee
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by toumhi 15y ago
Hey roel, I'm a software developer. I outsourced the design through Odesk (for something like 200 euros). You have to test a few designers to find one you like but it's so worth it not to spend tons of time myself to end with a crappy desig

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