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by trotzke 8y ago
CEO of Cheddar here. I think this is a big step in the right direction for Stripe (unclear pricing aside). We’ve been thinking about usage based billing for a long time now. We built a bunch of apps using Stripe and found there was a lot m
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Which Billing & Subscriptions App to Choose for your Business?(getapp.com)
3 points by trotzke 15y ago|0 comments
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Subscription Billing in 5 Minutes(blog.cheddargetter.com)
1 points by trotzke 15y ago|0 comments
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New Pricing and PayPal X for CheddarGetter(blog.cheddargetter.com)
6 points by trotzke 16y ago|0 comments
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by trotzke 16y ago
This is pretty much what we do at SproutBox. Though we offer a whole team: designers, coders, accounting and HR support, etc. It's pretty rad.
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by trotzke 16y ago
Social media is SproutBox's primary source of deal flow. It just makes sense when you have an application process like we do that we would tweet about apps opening and closing-- and that people would retweet the opportunity. We also use Fac
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by trotzke 17y ago
We've been ironing out this process over the last year. We inject a venture with need resources up front and then taper them off. That way we don't continuously struggle with conflicts. Details at http://sproutbox.com/what .
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by trotzke 17y ago
This is reminds me of how SproutBox came to be. The 3 founders were all considering starting their own ventures and decided to pool resources. Things have evolved a lot since then, but that (and us wanting to also be 'active' angels ) playe
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by trotzke 17y ago
Great suggestions. 1. The ads were too much for sure. When each ad was made it didn't seem too bad, but once all the dancing was on the page at once we knew it wasn't going to work. Unfortunately it was one of the last things we put in befo
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by trotzke 17y ago
I agree that as a company we're in great position to capitalize on this opportunity. Repurposing our core real-time editing technology to create something like EtherPad may be a very good idea. But turning Squad into EtherPad isn't. The nex
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by trotzke 17y ago
Maybe down the road. We are only about 3 days old. :)
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by trotzke 17y ago
Squad is one of my passion projects. And while I love it, I've never really thought of it as a competitor/replacement for EtherPad. Squad serves a great purpose for developers working together on code, but it isn't embedable, and doesn't do
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by trotzke 17y ago
The first version of Squad didn't lock people out, but after some testing we liked the lock out method for code review and help purposes. The goggle wave everyone type at once stuff is like reverb in the 80's if you ask me. Too much. Partic
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by trotzke 17y ago
We looked into using Wave as the basis for http://squadedit.com . But we quickly realized to really use it effectively you needed a different Wave for each of say your model, view and controller. The mail like interface vs. something like
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by trotzke 17y ago
I posted the HN link on Twitter. Looks like it's a bunch of my friends. God bless'em. Sorry about that. I'd love some non softball comments/feedback. So fire away.
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by trotzke 17y ago
Thanks for posting this on Hacker News, Josh. We're pretty excited. Let me know if you have any questions or comments. I'd be glad to try to answer.
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by trotzke 17y ago
That actually seems worse than working for someone. At least it's their idea that gets screwed up when you work for someone. Watching someone screw up your idea, now that really sucks. BTDT. Oh..and Thanks. Lot more to come soon.
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by trotzke 17y ago
Now that I'm thinking about it, I should have just rick rolled to Hold on. Damn. It's always some mundane detail.
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by trotzke 17y ago
The answer to your question actually happens to be pretty awesome. Not on purpose, but timing just works out that the answer is: Hold on for one more day.
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by trotzke 17y ago
My presentation from Ignite Bloomington. Thought some struggling startups might enjoy.
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Startups: Hold on for one more day(slideshare.net)
21 points by trotzke 17y ago|13 comments
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by trotzke 17y ago
It's not rejection guys. It's non-selection. Oh... wait... no here it is pretty much just rejection.
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by trotzke 17y ago
Obviously brilliant-- but more in a kinda gritty 'only works once' way. Like the reaction I had when I first saw the million dollar home page: A little ill, but mostly just mad I didn't think of it first.
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by trotzke 18y ago
It's trendy to bash Long Tail, but doesn't your comment imply that it's prevalent enough that a entrepreneur should read, disagree or agree with it?
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by trotzke 18y ago
I think the premise of the article is misguided. If they need time tracking with accounting software integration, have they tried Harvest? Linda sounds like the problem not basecamp. If Linda was doing a good job she would have researched p
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by trotzke 18y ago
Sorry...Wasn't really meaning that he was fighting-- just that this thread might get ugly.
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by trotzke 18y ago
On my desk: Getting Real (37Signals), Hardball (Chris Mathews), Prioritizing Web Usability (Jakob Nielsen) Nearby shelf: The Design of Everyday Things, Maverick, Founders at work, A Brief History of Time, A Pattern Language, Peopleware, Mad
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by trotzke 18y ago
Uh O... Thems may be fighting words.
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by trotzke 18y ago
Bloomington is amazing for it's size. It's a university town with a ton of people focused on UI, usability and programing coming out of IU's School of Informatics. IU also has a great music and business school. The rest of Indiana is certai
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by trotzke 18y ago
It was a blast. I attended the Bloomington, IN weekend. The actual product didn't go much of anywhere, but that wasn't the point. The event sold out-- capped at 100 attendees. I met some great people and it really clarified to me how much s

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