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DecisionJam helps startups make smart and fast decisions

DecisionJam provides suggestions about the products and services covering almost all possible scenarios which an entrepreneur/startup guy might face while making decisions about which website creation tool, blogging tool, feedback tool, chat widget, web analytics, project managment, collaboration tool etc., to use for their startuphttp://decisionjam.com

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ApplicationCatalyst - Technologies are emerging are you tracking them? We are

ApplicationCatalyst is a Technology Research and Analysis startup focused on tracking and organizing world's technologies.Over the years technology research and analysis has been continuously represented in the form of cluttered text in boring PDFs. We on the other hand have taken a different approach by organizing the information in a simple and minimalistic fashion which helps the user to...

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Which Wordpress membership plugin?

Hi,I am looking for a simple WP membership plugin, I want to create only one membership level and would like to integrate it my Paypal account.I have googled but there are so many of them with so many different features and price ranges.Please advice which one to use.

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Ask HN: Ning or WP based membership website?

Hi,I want to create paid membership based website, I have 2 options1) Go with usual WP+Membership Plugin+Hosting Costs: Theme:$35, Membership plugin:$30 to $100, Hosting:$20 per month(Zippykid/page.ly) Pros: Customization, full control Cons: I hate WP (bcoz it gets hacked)2) Ning paid membership addon Costs: $25 per month Pros: Peace of mind(no upgrades, no hacking) Cons: bandwidth issue, lots...

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Ask HN:Free/Open source visualization tool?

Hi HN Community,I want to use a simple free/open source tool to visualize the data present in excel sheets, it would be great if it has more visualization options apart from bar graph, line graph, pie chart.. something similar to visual.ly (but can't use it as it is not publicly launched yet)Plz share your 2centsThanks

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Re:Ask HN: Ebook or Membership website which is better? on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @01:19PM (#2837888)
Thank u very much
Re:Ask HN: Ebook or Membership website which is better? on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @01:19PM (#2837882)
Thanks a lot

Ask HN: Ebook or Membership website which is better?

Hi HN Community,I have written a well researched content on a particular web design niche, to monetize the content I have 2 options either I can sell it as an ebook or create a membership website, but I am confused which one to go forEbook:Pros: >Easy and fast to implement >Simple HTML page + e-junkie >Easy for users to buy and downloadCons: >Once it is downloaded it will be...

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Re:What software do you use to create ebooks? on Saturday June 04, 2011 @04:05PM (#2620328)
The easiest way is to create a document in Google Docs and export it as a PDF
Re:Which signup strategy is good: $5 or $10 per year? on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @02:40PM (#2561167)
Good idea
Re:Which signup strategy is good: $5 or $10 per year? on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @02:39PM (#2561163)
Good idea, but its a new blog without any existing members
Re:Which signup strategy is good: $5 or $10 per year? on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @02:37PM (#2561157)
Interesting
Re:Show HN: lightweight Blog / Tumblelog engine "embr" on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @10:52AM (#2560322)
Wow, I have checked it, it looks cool, esp. the logo

Which signup strategy is good: $5 or $10 per year?

Hi HN Community,We are building a paid membership blog that will be very useful to all startup founders.We are trying to figure out how much should we charge the users, one thing is for sure is that we will be going for yearly or one-time signup fee. We are confused between $5 or $10, does $5 sounds cheap or will it make more users to sign-up. Like if take a look at the iPhone Apps most of...

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