wensing

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   by wensing 14y ago

   If you're looking for unpromising-ness + determination, how do you avoid the thesis devolving into "invest in everyone that's smart and determined since you just never know"?
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   by wensing 14y ago

   After 5 years of bootstrapping, Stormpulse is finally getting some serious lift this year and I'm experiencing the truth of this post first hand. While not fun (growing pains are ... pains), it's encouraging to hear (from Feld's own mouth)
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   by wensing 14y ago

   Special status isn't the point. They're simply cohorts and it would be interesting to see what the conversation would be like when segmented as such.
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   by wensing 14y ago

   Re: the TBH - exactly. I just might have to try this.
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   by wensing 14y ago

   If you go to the URL in the code, it defines what a leader is: the 100 people with the highest karma. By define get_leaders I meant write the scraper, not come up with the definition. Heh!
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   by wensing 14y ago

   def cutoff(): return min([leader.age for leader in get_leaders("http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders")] I leave you to define get_leaders. :)
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   by wensing 14y ago

   I've been around for 2,017 days. Number of comments has gone down steadily, but I agree with mixmax as for the reason. Would any old-timer care to use the open-source HN code and create a vintage HN by automatically inviting anyone with an
8. 98.▲
   by wensing 14y ago

   Yes on learning new skills, but the nuance is that you quickly identify which of those are not core to your business and offload/delegate them as soon as possible.
9. 99.▲
   by wensing 14y ago

   And what percentage of investors are actually in that top tier of legitimate value-add?
10. 100.▲
    by wensing 14y ago

    What were they missing? Distribution?
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    by wensing 14y ago

    Major boring.
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    by wensing 14y ago

    When you say that "Bootstrapping a startup is stressful", are you only referring to the time before you raised the $2.5 million? How long was that? EDIT: According to CrunchBase you raised $500K two months after your company was founded, a
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    by wensing 14y ago

    Can't wait for the article 4 years from now complaining about Twitter logjamming fans' real-time Olympic tweets with ads from P&G.
15. 105.▲
    by wensing 14y ago

    I suggest we henceforth call this the Nightly Build Sect.
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    by wensing 14y ago

    If it's <1% of internet users, most web designers will have already moved on. The only ones that haven't will be the ones where this user is a customer and he is unable to use a different browser. Then that developer is being paid to
17. 107.▲
    by wensing 14y ago

    I insist that the developer is immoral for aiding and abetting his laggardness by continuing to support his ancient technology. ;)
18. 108.▲
    by wensing 14y ago

    But the person that suffers is the visitor. That should therefore be their own choice. Sheesh - I bet many of these developers also think you should have the right to do whatever you want with your body as long as it doesn't harm anyone el
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    by wensing 14y ago

    I'm an upgrade laggard, I feel your pain. All of the comments saying that you have no right to complain can be summarized as "If I don't understand why someone is doing something, they must be wrong." I guess we've entered the age when bro
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    by wensing 14y ago

    Or in that case, monitor their subsea oil & gas project.
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    by wensing 14y ago

    Go figure. In certain B2B segments people pay for software billed PER DAY.
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    by wensing 14y ago

    How do we recalibrate people's expectations about the value of software back to pre-2008 levels? One suggestion: Stop trying to push the cutting edge forward and start delivering value to people in the technical stone ages. In other word
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    by wensing 14y ago

    You can always try moving "the line" between paid and free with A/B testing, though I admit it would be rather elaborate. You can also be sure that you're forcing them to choose by taking away the free tier altogether. I'm not sure how yo
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    by wensing 14y ago

    Thanks for the catch! This was a recent change.
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    by wensing 14y ago

    Some products are incompatible with freemium. http://wensing.tumblr.com/post/24419082927/freemium-ferrari
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    by wensing 14y ago

    Freemium is nothing more than an indefinite free trial with limitations placed on usage. I disagree in the sense that freemium is also a little understood business model, chosen by many entrepreneurs by default, with little to no thought.
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    by wensing 14y ago

    Stormpulse is now B2B, but we started with a multi-year "free trial" for millions of people - i.e. freemium. This was obviously critical for distribution / adoption, but ultimately wasn't profitable.
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    by wensing 14y ago

    But it's not safe to assume that you can take any product, make it free, and then make 20x more money with in-app purchases / add-ons / freemium.
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    by wensing 14y ago

    In some cases, a lot of the people using the free version will pay if you force them to.
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    by wensing 14y ago

    I'm quoted a few times in this article, but I do think freemium can work. The key is knowing if it can be profitable and sustainably so given your product and market. I recently dissected this issue in a blog post: http://wensing.tumblr.