Re:Fundable Acquires Clarity.fm as Part of Its New Launch Pl...
by Abundnce10 on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @02:00PM
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Is there any way to tell within Fundable how much equity the startup gave up in order to attain their funding goal? Referring to these examples: https://www.fundable.com/raise-capital
Re:Fundable Acquires Clarity.fm as Part of Its New Launch Pl...
by rgovind on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @01:55PM
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Why choose a ".co" instead of an entirely different name or TLD? Isn't .co quiet confusing? I think its a bad name inspite of the fact that most people come to you via a search engine.
Re:Fundable Acquires Clarity.fm as Part of Its New Launch Pl...
by petercooper on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @04:28PM
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Because it doesn't really matter anymore, it seems. Lots of established sites are on alternative TLDs now or at least began on them. I imagine the number of people who type in full domains to access a site each time nowadays without autocomplete coming up is very low.
Re:Fundable Acquires Clarity.fm as Part of Its New Launch Pl...
by tomtai on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @07:40PM
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I think "it doesn't really matter anymore" is right on the money.
.co as a TLD was essentially built around tech companies and directly marketed to them.
Plus if we're honest - most of the time people Google for companies websites that don't autocomplete in their address bar...
As an OTT example: If I want to come to Hacker News I type HN into Google and its the top result. I type two letters and click one link vs typing 'news.ycombinator.com' (typing 'news' for me brings the BBC). If a startup has put thought into their branding then a full web address isn't needed to find them. For that reason .co isn't confusing to most web users these days.
.co as a TLD was essentially built around tech companies and directly marketed to them.
Plus if we're honest - most of the time people Google for companies websites that don't autocomplete in their address bar...
As an OTT example: If I want to come to Hacker News I type HN into Google and its the top result. I type two letters and click one link vs typing 'news.ycombinator.com' (typing 'news' for me brings the BBC). If a startup has put thought into their branding then a full web address isn't needed to find them. For that reason .co isn't confusing to most web users these days.