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by vaksel 16y ago
I dunno, but I think the whole "we are young kids" may be counterproductive in this instance. It'll be great for getting coverage...but would that coverage be more or less effective? Would a 50 year old business owner who sees coverage in W
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by vaksel 16y ago
digg really shot themselves in the foot here
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by vaksel 16y ago
For me it's a 3 step process. 1. Make it, release it, drive 2,000 hits to the site, see conversions. If there are 0 conversions, then the idea is probably crap. If not, I try to optimize and drive another 2,000 hits to it. 2. If I get down
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by vaksel 16y ago
that just sounds like bullshit to me: He did this, and rather than making software for clients, he created his own software products, which he put on the internet. He said that 3 days after he copied a simple idea from the
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by vaksel 16y ago
no reason why he would...according to Jason Mahalo is a search engine
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by vaksel 16y ago
#3: you don't need $750 for a logo/business cards/letter head...adding those is a piece of cake for designers, you can just request that with your original brief #8: why do you need to pay to run a survey? #9: $100 for some sticky notes? +
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by vaksel 16y ago
not really. those tend to die very quickly and generated either $0 or maybe $1-5 every 2 months. the ones that actually worked were those that were actually useful to the people using them...so they linked it on other sites and kept it rele
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by vaksel 16y ago
it's because their idea of businesses isn't based around the web. They start more traditional business, since they aren't web centric like the younger generation.
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by vaksel 16y ago
depends. if we are talking individual ideas, I went through 4 before I found something that was actually profitable(~$2-3K of affiliate marketing). 5, before I found that "million dollar idea"(it's not making 6 figures/mo yet...but it'll ge
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by vaksel 16y ago
it's because older people aren't as interested in doing startups(in comparison)...and those that are have a lot more commitments that they can't just get up and move to California for a YC session. If you have less people applying, of cours
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by vaksel 16y ago
of course reddit is monetizable...all it takes is flooding it with ads 768x90 adsense unit just below the submission title alone would probably make reddit instantly profitable. and that doesn't take into account the premium google adsense
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by vaksel 16y ago
you are welcome HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1632531
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by vaksel 16y ago
another mistake a lot of people make is try to base their price on competitors. sure you can undercut their $3/mo...or you can bump your price up to $15/mo and use the difference on advertising. Chances are that 99% of your customers will n
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by vaksel 16y ago
I think it's fine...as long as the person doesn't do the whole "I've read so and so story on HN...but instead of replying in comments, here is my reply as a blog post"
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by vaksel 16y ago
write essay -> twit out a bit.ly link -> get retweeted -> more exposure
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by vaksel 16y ago
twitter has access to the accounts...I'm sure they check whether or not the guy logged in or DMed within the past 3 years before transferring an account. Either way, he can have the pgyc one I got...and the other people get to keep their ac
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by vaksel 16y ago
if you look at many inventions we use today...they were actually invented decades before they started getting used by consumers.
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by vaksel 16y ago
In regards to twitter...they should just give pg this guy's twitter account http://twitter.com/paulg He only used it once, and that was back in 2007. I'm sure the twitter guys would pull some strings to get pg as a user. Especially since
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by vaksel 16y ago
ah I see what it is...I thought you were promoting a more expensive product. At $50, the 1:10 is a lot harder to believe...for $8 it's still pretty far fetched but it may be possible...has to be some hot product though. And yes I know Geary
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by vaksel 16y ago
by paid traffic I meant media buys. actually the third matters a lot...you can get .05 a click, but it won't matter if that particular keyword converts at 1:200. I know the mechanics of the industry...nothing can actually convert at 1:10. T
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by vaksel 16y ago
conversion rates depend on your traffic. You can get 1:50 or you can get 1:200...or you can buy some paid traffic and get 0:25,000 I'd like to see the product that you are getting 1:10 conversion rates on. Frankly that sounds like bullshit.
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by vaksel 16y ago
I doubt he made 1.5 million off bingo card creator
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by vaksel 16y ago
I know guys with lists like that. Lists like that get a 15-17% open rate(# of people who view emails)...and out of those 3-5% click rate(# of people who click on the link) So that 50,000 list = ~400 clicks. Even if every one of these conver
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by vaksel 16y ago
none it's bullshit...that's $60-$120 million profit a year from a single book. These numbers just don't exist. If most of his sales are from affiliates, who typically get 75% per sale...that means the book would need to sell close to $200 m
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by vaksel 16y ago
$3,000 USD per year for a kid? That seems low. I think the private middle school by my house costs something like $12K a year.
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by vaksel 16y ago
well the car doesn't really need to be 30 years old. sure if you buy some unreliable piece of crap...but there are plenty of fast cars that only require regular oil changes to keep in shape. granted there are different definitions of fast,
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by vaksel 16y ago
why exactly do you need to switch gears? Just leave it in first. And engage the clutch when you are stopped.
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by vaksel 16y ago
I think there needs to be a more one of book publishing model. Where I can get the ebook...read it...then if it's something truly valuable, I can spend $10-20-30 to have it printed as an actual hardcover book and shipped to my house. I know
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by vaksel 16y ago
Seems like an incubator is the wrong type of vehicle for them. These guys seem to be great product guys...but they don't seem to have been founders prior to Google. What does a product guy at a corporation like Google know about jump starti
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by vaksel 16y ago
I think all this will do, is just get the people to add one tiny functionality that meets this requirement.

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