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   by tyng 16y ago

   Thanks for sharing this. As entrepreneurs we (especially myself) tend to forget about the importance of the support we receive from our partners. But, life just isn't quite complete without spending quality time with our "other half". Four
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   by tyng 16y ago

   If you really have lots of questions to ask the users, don't do it all in one go. Especially for customer acquisition, the first form should be as simple as name, password, email address. The other information about the user can be asked la
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   by tyng 16y ago

   Thanks for the reply pg! We are based in Australia and are putting together an application for the next round of YC. Hopefully we'll join the YC community and broaden its global presence!
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   by tyng 16y ago

   Wow, I wonder how big the YC network is now after so many years in operation. Has anybody done any statistical analysis? Like how many cofounders walked out the programme and where their startups are currently located
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   by tyng 16y ago

   Ok maybe I'm new on HN but I did read the "Welcome to Hacker News" ( http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html ) guideline which said: 'Empty comments can be ok if they're positive. There's nothing wrong with submitting a comment saying just
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   by tyng 16y ago

   Thanks for sharing, will look out for that message when I get that "Oops" page again.
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   by tyng 16y ago

   Add to the point above - when I first checked out Adioso uncertainty was the first thing I felt. If I didn't read about Adioso in the first place I wouldn't know what to do with the website. Perhaps get a few people who have never heard abo
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   by tyng 16y ago

   I think the "natural language search" championed by Adioso is really cool, but the question I want to raise is whether the "natural" in our everyday speech is also "natural" in human-machine communication? i.e. could it be the case that peo
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   by tyng 16y ago

   Twitter is getting some big YC love, I hope the reverse happens too (like what Facebook did)
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    by tyng 16y ago

    It's still a much hyped valuation - while facebook's technology, brand and information of its millions of users certainly worth a lot, it's not generating real returns for its investors. Funny how a company can survive solely relying on ext
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    by tyng 16y ago

    Interesting, but it's still in prototype stage, how long is it going to take before it reaches mass production? Funding is a key issue
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    by tyng 16y ago

    Maybe consider Jailbreak - there's a paid jailbreak-apps store called Rock, which I heard is legally legal (don't quote me on this). Although I suspect people who jailbreak their phones may not be the target market for something like Briefs
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    by tyng 16y ago

    I happen to be one of those "gurus" that provide social media consultancy service to a government agency on the sideline. I totally agree with your points and am surprised there are people who just pretend to be professional social media ex
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    by tyng 16y ago

    From an entrepreneur's perspective, devoting one's business solely into the app store isn't a wise move. Since Apple has the veto power over the app distribution channel the risk of wasting hundreds of hours but not getting to the market is
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    by tyng 16y ago

    Thanks for sharing, I truly believe a "fast mover advantage" is super important in Startups, especially when a window of opportunity becomes obvious, it's all but a race of speed to market by a multiplitude of startups. Having said that, I
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    by tyng 16y ago

    There's the "Begger King" in Hongkong whose daughter studied her undergrad in Oxford, UK!
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    by tyng 16y ago

    Hey craftsman, though I think you should quit too, but asking for such advice on HN you'll most definitely get a biased view - because everybody here is so passionate about what they do, not how much money they get paid! right? I think ther
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    by tyng 16y ago

    I hardly use Digg so I won't comment on the change. But I once spoke with founder of Webjet David Clarke and he told me the story that there was one time Webjet replaced its old travel search engine with a new "statistically proven better"
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    by tyng 16y ago

    This is awesome news! I hope Paul will have the time to tweet often