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How Columbus raised funds & 'founded' America.(thricearoundtheblock.com)
3 points by twidlit 16y ago|0 comments
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How Twitter increased conversion rate to 29% by adding 1 extra step.(lukew.com)
68 points by twidlit 16y ago|10 comments
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by twidlit 16y ago
Forgive me but doesnt white labeling implies some sort of written agreement preventing white labellee (?) from stealing those codes? from my limited understanding white labeling is just licensing the product sans branding?
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by twidlit 16y ago
I think the main reason here more than anything, is the founder's are not just into it anymore.
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by twidlit 16y ago
Haha, should've known someone will apply that arbitrarily typed bit.
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by twidlit 16y ago
everyone you/I know = 0.00000001% of Facebook's users.
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by twidlit 16y ago
Awesome. Microsoft does search, Google does mobile OS, Apple does social networks, now Facebook does phones. Its an all out tech war.
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by twidlit 16y ago
Probably the best interview about Gabriel Weinberg.
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by twidlit 16y ago
Strange how an unfunded startup with a single founder (DuckDuckGo) is getting better results than a $30million backed one comprised of a bunch of ex-Googlers.
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Ask HN: What were you doing when 9/11 happened?
13 points by twidlit 16y ago|29 comments
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Ev, Biz & Jack - Twitter 2006 interview. (blip.tv)
2 points by twidlit 16y ago|0 comments
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by twidlit 16y ago
For a guy running a "lifestyle" business, he's doing pretty good...
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by twidlit 16y ago
This is the best written post i have ever read with regards to launching. http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/03/dont-launch.htm... Summary: there are two types of launch - product and marketing launch. do the former ASAP, the latte
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by twidlit 16y ago
How do you monetize forrst? ads?
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Fred Wilson on Google: To stagnate like Microsoft
2 points by twidlit 16y ago|0 comments
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by twidlit 16y ago
lets all move to Chile then. :)
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by twidlit 16y ago
Our very tiny funding from a foreigner investor is taking almost 6 months now in the Philippines. we suck.
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by twidlit 16y ago
This was one of my prediction in the "What can kill Facebook" thread. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1604211
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Ask HN: What would be negative implications of HIV becoming a curable disease?
2 points by twidlit 16y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: How do you determine if user owns the RSS?
2 points by twidlit 16y ago|0 comments
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by twidlit 16y ago
For some reason, I forgot that MS did make tablets. Anyway, I think the perception that the iPad succeeded because it had less features is false. The reason it succeeded was because it expertly worked on top of an existing ecosystem of the
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Ask HN: What if the iPad came from Microsoft, first?
3 points by twidlit 16y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: Is anyone using Piwik as analytics for their paying customers?
1 points by twidlit 16y ago|0 comments
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by twidlit 16y ago
Does anybody else get ASP errors when trying to apply?
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by twidlit 16y ago
IMHO it will be related in a way that it will still be around replicating social interactions offline online. The way i predict success in online businesses is how well they can replicate real-world actions and dynamic. The bigger and bette
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by twidlit 16y ago
But Facebook has proven to be very vigilant on potential competitors and has been effective in snuffing it out by not just cloning them but improving the (feature based) startup's concept. Or they acquire them or its next smaller competitor
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by twidlit 16y ago
To expand on #1. MS has Xbox, Xbox Live, Windows but weak mobile + web products. Apple has itunes, ios, macosx but negligible web prowess and zero social web domain expertise. Google has strong web engineering output and Android, nothing el
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by twidlit 16y ago
Here are a few of my solid guesses. 1. A destination site that is closely tied to a mobile hardware device. (Apple, Google and MS have the closest chance with this). +1 if company has TV expansion to get the rest of the population. 2. Implo
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Ask HN: What can kill Facebook?
57 points by twidlit 16y ago|123 comments
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by twidlit 16y ago
solid citizens i guess or well-rounded people. I wonder what was lost in the guild / mentorship / apprenticeship system of old where it produced people like Da Vinci and michelangelo.

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