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by yubrew 19y ago
I would like to add that "3. Observe" can get complicated. Initially, the metric to "Observe" should be how many people buy it. Then you can look at total revenues generated at $D price, total sales generated per customer at $D price, etc
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by yubrew 19y ago
I have dealt with this problem before. Even if you are a first mover, you will still have indirect competitors, and customers used to paying a certain price and buying at a certain frequency. Talk to your customers, find out how they are
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by yubrew 19y ago
I am also in Providence.
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by yubrew 19y ago
http://www.forummatrix.org/ is a good source for comparing different forum software.
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by yubrew 19y ago
It would be nice to know more about their portfolio, such as the companies that have gotten funding from them and achieved a liquidity event.
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by yubrew 19y ago
I downmodded you because this sounds like an advertisement for GeniTeam without any meaningful value proposition for the members of this community. You (and your website) don't clearly state why start ups should use your services and justi
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by yubrew 19y ago
One of the techcrunch comments said that the itunes UI is patented.[0] Any thoughts on this? Anyways, it's very cool and useful. grats. [0] http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?IDX=WO02061563&CY=gb&#38...
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Possible Source of Adpinion's Idea?(radar.oreilly.com)
1 points by yubrew 19y ago|0 comments
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by yubrew 19y ago
You're saying that you would help the marketing/sales guy outsource the programming, right? So how are you going to defend your product against anyone else that has $15k?
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by yubrew 19y ago
iinnovate.blogspot.com is pretty decent. I really like the one w/ Eric Schmidt.
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Towards the Attention Economy: Will Attention Silos Ever Open Up?(readwriteweb.com)
1 points by yubrew 19y ago|0 comments
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by yubrew 19y ago
I think overhear.us is a place where you can bitch about your job, but doesn't offer any way to do anything about it. Rokhayakebe is suggesting to fix this problem via social networking. I think the alternatives are the intact networks t
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by yubrew 19y ago
All new competitors have access to the ridiculous amount of data available to Facebook apps. Is anyone else here interested in or working on a behavioral targeting project?
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(One Way to Monetize Facebook Apps) Xuqa becomes Peanut Labs, targeting online market research(venturebeat.com)
1 points by yubrew 19y ago|0 comments
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C.E.O. Libraries Reveal Keys to Success(nytimes.com)
11 points by yubrew 19y ago|8 comments
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by yubrew 19y ago
There's also http://www.ycsearch.com which does a decent job.
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by yubrew 19y ago
How about reverse vesting instead of normal vesting? This may alleviate some of the tax consequences of someone that wants to leave early. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/07/17.html
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Setting the record straight (Seth Levine's response)(sethlevine.typepad.com)
25 points by yubrew 19y ago|10 comments
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by yubrew 19y ago
There is a Boston Start-up Meetup Group that meets every month. The focus is on anything software/webapp. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/boston-startup-meetup/
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by yubrew 19y ago
One personal tip, you come off as an arrogant prick because of your "I am holier than thou" statements. These kind of behaviors will drastically reduce the amount of people that will want to work with you or help you. I work with MDs and P
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by yubrew 19y ago
So you've shown that you have some (impressive) academic achievements, but have you had any business success? Just because you're book smart doesn't mean you will have a successful start up. Many times people think that they can transfer g
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Do blog comments still matter?(mathewingram.com)
1 points by yubrew 19y ago|0 comments
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The nature of entrepreneurship: randomness, trial and error, and how intelligence can get in the way(fabricegrinda.com)
2 points by yubrew 19y ago|0 comments
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by yubrew 19y ago
I strongly disagree with this article. Models like CPC/CPM and context based advertising will not work for social networking sites. Even contextual ads are a pretty recent phenomenon that are still evolving. Web 2.0 has mainly been fueled
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Hiring staff in India may not be worth it(venturebeat.com)
5 points by yubrew 19y ago|9 comments
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by yubrew 19y ago
If your site gets big, ask someone to host it for you (30boxes hosted one of the most popular apps). You can sell it to RockYou or Slide if it gets too popular. IMO, not a real concern, and when you reach this point, then you will think o
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by yubrew 19y ago
If the team has no defensible advantage, then maybe it's not such a great idea after all.
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Facebook Acquisitions: Fad or Proof of Platform Success?(readwriteweb.com)
1 points by yubrew 19y ago|0 comments
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by yubrew 19y ago
There is this great myth that a marketer is critical for start ups. However, all the marketing you need for web apps is to verify that there is a serious problem that you can solve/alleviate. If you build something truly useful with a spe
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by yubrew 19y ago
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