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by tyang 14y ago
Just Make Lemonade. If you start with a low base (9 sign ups), then just focus on percentage increases in user growth rather than actual users. This can make your growth charts look great for several months.
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by tyang 14y ago
Very helpful, thanks.
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by tyang 14y ago
True. What else? No experts I know like investing in this space. What are the returns for investors to date in music startups, exactly?
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by tyang 14y ago
This article stirs the pot but is flawed. Low hanging fruit gone? Proof? And how is that relevant? If you want to innovate, do it. Figure it out. Stop blaming investors or the government. Blame yourself and fix yourself so you are doing the
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by tyang 14y ago
Comic Sans: Because some of us run lemonade stands.
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by tyang 14y ago
Still few exits among music tech startups.
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by tyang 14y ago
This is eye-opening: "Goodman credits the company's success to--get this--in person seminars through Chambers of Commerce across the country." The problem is most startups targeting SMBs have neither of the following - the numbers just aren
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by tyang 14y ago
Seldom do we get to hear from folks who almost made it big in such an instructive and open manner. Thank you. Besides being a way to "see the world through the eyes of your friends", Instagram is a one-stop shop for taking pictures, photosh
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by tyang 14y ago
I don't see how you make Yahoo! a great company again without having employees work hard (not just smart) and work side-by-side, physically. Whatever percentage of Google or Facebook works from home, I'd argue the percentage at Yahoo! shoul
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by tyang 14y ago
What about Yahoo! Answers? Asking for a friend.
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by tyang 14y ago
You all keep underestimating Dave McClure. That man is incredibly savvy and smart.
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by tyang 14y ago
About as much as a fly on a windshield.
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by tyang 14y ago
This headline is misleading, because it implies the common stock was worth something at one point. :)
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by tyang 14y ago
Yes, and I'd argue the daily deal model never worked in the first place. Why? No real value add to small businesses. The daily deal model was an experiment that went on too long, overfunded by delusional investors - some playing with other
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by tyang 14y ago
Agree. Great points.
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by tyang 14y ago
Not really buying this. Bill Gates and Elon Musk and their inner circle worked very long hours consistently to build something great. How do you compete with those who work smart and work hard doing something they are very committed to and
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by tyang 14y ago
Call your Congressperson and urge them to pass Aaron's Law. Aaron’s Law is in the process of being introduced and debated by members of Congress. The bill would fix the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to prevent the type of prosecutoria
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by tyang 14y ago
Amazon has a defensible moat for physical products. Apple has Samsung.
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by tyang 14y ago
Why is this 2009 article trending now? People want to live in San Francisco in spite of the city government, just like the summers there.
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by tyang 14y ago
The future is now, apparently.
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by tyang 14y ago
But how do you really feel? ;)
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by tyang 14y ago
Exactly. This is great, out-of-the box thinking by the OP. Anyone who want to do something like this (esp. the OP and jacquesm), please connect with me on LinkedIn: Terrence C. Yang, mentor, angel.
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by tyang 14y ago
Besides the obvious answer of firing him or making his life so miserable he'll quit, etc., here's an out of the box idea (I don't know if the preceding 38 comments touch on this - if they did, that validates my idea a bit): What about the i
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by tyang 14y ago
Congrats. You are a great example of a YC startup and an angel network fund working together to get you $200K.
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by tyang 14y ago
Sorry to hear this. I used F.B. Purity for several weeks/months. But good job in going public the way you did. You're now trending on HN.
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by tyang 14y ago
Awesome. Alex could be Zuck 2.0. :)
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by tyang 14y ago
It was unfortunate and bone-headed, but they are good enough to be able to recover. Uber has a great algorithm to help supply meet demand through variable pricing. They did forget to account for emergencies. During the NYC blackouts not lon
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by tyang 14y ago
"pretentious Harvard drop-outs" I have no idea who you're talking about. Could you please elaborate? :)
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by tyang 14y ago
Congrats. You guys were great at Demo Day but my wiser elder angel friends did not invest so I did not pursue. Oops. Unrelated: I can't believe Google is branching out to this kind of thing. Competing with Amazon and Apple? Nexus, Glass, et
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by tyang 14y ago
Love Alex, atthepool, YC and HN. Great idea to combine HN and atthepool. Go ATP!

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