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Ask HN: Importance of a good .com domain?
3 points by vishaldpatel 11y ago|13 comments
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Here's 'one weird trick' that will instantly stop you from procrastinating: - Schedule the activity - When the time comes, you'll probably try to think of ways to put it off - ohh the great internal debate: to do, or to
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Interesting. If I wanted to translate my webpage in a bunch of languages, would you do that too?
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Couldn't agree more. "How do you know where you're going if you don't know where you've come from?"
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Customers will only provide payment information to a company that they trust.
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Hey all! I wrote this article. Please feel free to ask me any questions.
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How Mayvenn Built Its Community Using SMS(500.co)
4 points by vishaldpatel 11y ago|0 comments
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Will there be plugin support so teams can share their add-ons?
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
This is really great. We talk a lot about reducing friction. Have other company's experience been similar to Mayvenn's in-terms of conversations?
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
I think it's because we are more connected than ever. It's easy to get caught up in your reality, but the internet makes it more possible than ever to see what's out there and how things could really be.
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
I love stuff like this. We should have a site where resources can be bookmarked ... like pins if you will. And.. and we can follow certain topics of our interest. And we can call it Pinterest! And then we can keep hacker news for news :D
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
This is really up to you and how well you know your users. Like some have said, you're not being evil by making all new FEATURES to only in the paid app. Alternatively, you could make this app as full-featured as possible, and make the
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
I'd definitely try to leverage the success of this app towards something else. The reason why this app is so popular is because it is simple and free. The good will is kind of a big deal. That said, I think adding support for other soc
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Sounds like the institution moved and left Carnegie Melon behind.
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Great work, Mike! :)
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
The author through her cultural lens is passing some fairly strong judgment. The women are highly educated and highly intelligent. They've decided to play a supporting role in the relationship. Many decisions that would otherwise seem
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Dear PG: Make up/down voting reversible
75 points by vishaldpatel 11y ago|25 comments
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Text-First Services – How to take advantage of SMS as a channel(blog.sendsonar.com)
1 points by vishaldpatel 11y ago|0 comments
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Conversations as in 2-way messaging (customer service, sales, status updates etc..), rather than one-way advertising.
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
We did receive inquiries from companies about being able to deliver SMS messages during recent natural disasters. Turns out that people need to communicate during calamities and often prefer text and so do services that are delivering servi
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Not free, but fairly inexpensive. Most US mobile plans provide unlimited SMS messaging to their customers, and many foreign ones provide free incoming messages. For business, the value of reliable delivery, timely and increased customer eng
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Even with the limits. The back-and-forth is fairly quick, and longer messages are just broken up into multiple messages. Like regular conversations though, people tend to keep it short and sweet.
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
At Sonar (sendsonar.com), we're seeing SMS take e-mail's place for conversations. Of course, e-mail is great for longer-form information sharing. But for conversations, SMS is often the right channel.
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
And by accident, you mean, a really great teacher. Had teachers who would move me into learning physics and chemistry. Then I had teachers who'd put me to sleep. Passion can be kindled, that's for certain, but after a certain poin
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Did not expect to have my mind blown this late on a Saturday night. Talk about an amazing example of "teach a man how to fish".
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
Having been through three colleges, the professors that seemed to be disliked were not the ones that were the most difficult, but the ones that were terrible at explaining the material to the students. For some classes, students stopped goi
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The text-only revolution and why you need to pay attention(blog.sendsonar.com)
3 points by vishaldpatel 11y ago|0 comments
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
In your position, I would: - Tell my co-founders about what happened. They'd already know well before the sentencing and we'd already have a plan in place in-case I did have to serve time. In any case, I'd tell them what happ
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6 Reasons Your SMS Strategy Is Failing(blog.sendsonar.com)
2 points by vishaldpatel 11y ago|0 comments
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by vishaldpatel 11y ago
From all the blocking, maybe it should be called "no thanks"? :-/

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