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by vacanti 15y ago
Headline could be improved. While revenue fell in half, gross margin just increased 50%! In other words, this is just perception and has no bearing on the performance of the actual business. Also, headline seems to imply that COO left becau
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by vacanti 15y ago
Google Cache Version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...
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What Needs to Be Said(parislemon.com)
3 points by vacanti 15y ago|2 comments
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by vacanti 15y ago
I've actually come to believe that, with what I know now, I could have gotten traction with a few of my earlier ideas. Impossible to know for sure.
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by vacanti 15y ago
Yeah. I built the first version using Django but my code has been re-written by our engineers. I'll have our CTO chime-in on the stack.
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by vacanti 15y ago
affiliate revenue, advertising revenue, data licensing revenue
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by vacanti 15y ago
Why is it a pain to read? (Always trying to improve our writing)
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by vacanti 15y ago
The author of the blog post is a head-hunter. Since the Ladders is disrupting head-hunters, he's not exactly an impartial participant in this conversation.
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by vacanti 16y ago
If you're a first-time entrepreneur and haven't gotten traction, it's going to be really hard to get you or anyone like you as an angel, mentor or advisor.
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by vacanti 16y ago
They care more whether the site has been covered by someone.
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by vacanti 16y ago
Agree though I was writing the post more from the perspective of getting first 1,000 users. Focusing on adwords, facebook is good for going from first 1,000 users to first 100,000 users. And, investors will definitely get excited if you fig
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by vacanti 16y ago
Thanks for this. Will update the post to explain that the main reason people should stop saying it is because it might be grammatically incorrect.
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by vacanti 16y ago
You also have to wait for the person to confirm before you can really put it down on your calendar definitively.
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JFK's Harvard Application Now Online(thecrimson.com)
1 points by vacanti 16y ago|0 comments
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The HoPE Manifesto: How I Taught Myself to Code(innonate.com)
39 points by vacanti 16y ago|5 comments
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by vacanti 16y ago
The real reason why Groupon is growing faster than Foursquare is because Groupon can and is aggressively buying users at $5 to $10. Foursquare can't.
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How We Used a Python Script to Find Our Domain Name Yipit(viniciusvacanti.com)
2 points by vacanti 16y ago|0 comments
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Six Things You Need To Learn To Build Your Own Prototype(viniciusvacanti.com)
2 points by vacanti 16y ago|0 comments
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by vacanti 16y ago
You just have to make sure you're not asking them for money. You're just looking for feedback on your project.
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by vacanti 16y ago
Yeah, the space really helped. With regards to meeting investors, it's actually fairly easy. It's their job to meet with you. I would recommend meeting with the young VC's at firms first. You can also find investors at most tech events.
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How We Raised $1.3 Million as First-Time Founders(viniciusvacanti.com)
44 points by vacanti 16y ago|6 comments
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How to Go From Hacker to Founder(viniciusvacanti.com)
2 points by vacanti 16y ago|0 comments
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by vacanti 16y ago
Some of them stay on for 30 minutes. They really like that someone is listening to them and trying to solve their problems.
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by vacanti 16y ago
Thanks! Though I suspect that almost everyone has been more confused than amused.
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by vacanti 16y ago
Not really. Some people don't respond, others just respond to the email with the reason and the remaning take us up on the offer and give us great feedback.
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by vacanti 16y ago
I like how it says "make this unique. don't share it with anybody" and we shared it with every CNN viewer several times.
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by vacanti 16y ago
Our virtual admin sends this email: Hello: My name is [], and I'm part of the Yipit team. I want to confirm that you've been unsubscribed and will no longer receive emails from us. However, as you may know, we're in the very early stages of
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How Our Startup Got Featured on CNN(viniciusvacanti.com)
80 points by vacanti 16y ago|26 comments
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Are 36 companies too many for Y Combinator?(twitter.com)
2 points by vacanti 16y ago|1 comments
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by vacanti 16y ago
Completely agree. It sounds like the new add on product was related to your current product. The danger is a distraction from a completely unrelated product.

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