Ask YC: How to evaluate a potential ad network partner?
Hi, I am in early stage discussions with a potential ad network partner. I would really appreciate if anyone could give me tips on what we should look for, the right questions to ask etc.
mig
Re:Ask YC: How can I fix poor adsense targeting on my site?
on Wednesday February 27, 2008 @02:17PM (#124924)
Perhaps you should try other ad alternatives besides adsense.
Re:Walking Away from VC
on Wednesday February 27, 2008 @02:15PM (#124922)
The link is broken!!
Re:Yahoo Buzz - Digg & Reddit Competitor?
on Wednesday February 27, 2008 @04:31AM (#124633)
Digg is too techie!!
I like Yahoo's offbeat stories on their homepage.
Re:Ask/Poll News.YC: What is a good open source Bayes classifier?
on Wednesday February 27, 2008 @04:29AM (#124632)
Use CRF for classifying/labeling.
Its extremely well written, easy to define features etc. Reasonably good support too.
Re:Ask YC: Will software development ever be so cheap, that we will w...
on Wednesday February 27, 2008 @04:26AM (#124631)
Everytime I fail, I redefine success ;)
Re:Ask YC: What is the last task one should do before launching a star...
on Wednesday February 27, 2008 @04:24AM (#124629)
pray ;)
Re:Ask YC: Feedback on my startup
on Tuesday February 05, 2008 @04:23AM (#109609)
I liked the nifty drop down menus!!
Blog Radio for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Suggest YC: Create a user generated advice db for entrepreneurs
Hi, Is it possible for YC to create an advice db/forum for entrepreneurs similar to what thefunded does? I am sure it would be a lot easier for YC to bootstrap it. thefunded does not make all the content avaialble to non-members plus their membership is too restrictive.
Re:Ask YC: Sharing everything in our startup via a videocast - what do...
on Sunday January 27, 2008 @03:36AM (#104912)
I agree. The video is a lil too long!!
Re:Ask News.YC: iPhone development
on Wednesday January 23, 2008 @08:01PM (#103197)
poptakeout looks very professional and clean!
Re:Ask News.YC: iPhone development
on Wednesday January 23, 2008 @06:32PM (#103154)
We are doing IPhone development. Its a web app. To the best of my knowledge, there is no official SDK available (yet) to build native IPhone apps. Is there any specific reason why you want to build a native app?
Re:CSS Gradient Text Effect
on Saturday January 19, 2008 @07:20PM (#101073)
Very impressive. Is it just css or did you use any images etc.? Are you a designer?
Re:Ask YC: I'm pitching to an angel. How do I value my startup?
on Saturday January 19, 2008 @01:03AM (#100805)
$100K is not enough to sustain two employees for an year. $50K is less than the annual average living expenses for a person. (Just do the Math, housing, insurance, etc.). I would strongggggggggly recommend to try raising something between 0.75M an 1M. I have noticed a lot of fellow hackers seriously undervaluing the time they spend building a product. Two strong hackers, working for 6 months is eaily $140K expenses(and I am including just the salary an employer would pay). Please, please do not undervalue your time and expertise.
With the oncoming recession and all, you do want to have enough in the bank for at least 1 to 2 years, if you are serious about your startup.
Re:Slide raises $50M at $500M Valuation
on Friday January 18, 2008 @06:35PM (#100606)
That's a very keen observation. I am not sure about the 'lot easier' part though.
One thing that's common among all these "mega-valuations" startups are star-founders who have had billion dollar exits in the past.
Re:Slide raises $50M at $500M Valuation
on Friday January 18, 2008 @05:53PM (#100566)
I really wish someone made wise estimates of their current revenue/profit numbers or at least provide the thought process that went behind coming up with $500M+ valuation.
Re:Bobby Fischer dead at 64
on Friday January 18, 2008 @02:05PM (#100436)
That's very keen observation indeed!
Re:Ask YC: OfficeZilla.com at Twiistup right now, help me win.
on Thursday January 17, 2008 @04:21AM (#99709)
Okay George you got my vote :)
PC versus Mac - U.S. presidential candidates
Re:Which Linux should I install?
on Tuesday January 15, 2008 @03:31PM (#98822)
I would recommend ubuntu dapper.
Re:Ask YC: How do you (or how did you), a start-up, get your first lum...
on Friday January 11, 2008 @05:01AM (#97110)
Nice post!
What company did you start Modoc?
Re:High school dropout becomes Goldman Sachs chairman
on Friday January 11, 2008 @04:51AM (#97109)
Very inspiring indeed!
Re:Ask YC: Kingmaker- Our Political Game Site
on Thursday January 10, 2008 @05:51PM (#96956)
There is no 'Sign up' next to the login. Are you guys still in private beta/alpha?
I am using flock 1.0.5.
Re:Ask YC: How do I get Started Making Games in Flash?
on Thursday January 10, 2008 @04:57PM (#96934)
- Get CS3. You would waste more time figuring out how to get the stuff done using free tools. Plus you might not be able to avail use of adobe's help lists/groups.
Your time is valuable.
- Instead of trying to create from scratch, get .swf/.as files for some free/open source flash game and hack your way through. With your strong coding skills, it would be a lot easier to hack through an existing piece of code.
Re:9 VCs You're Gonna Want to Avoid
on Tuesday January 08, 2008 @02:51PM (#96077)
I would really like to see a real name in each category ;)
Re:Revenue/User in Social Networks
on Tuesday January 08, 2008 @02:48PM (#96076)
How did they come up with these numbers?
Re:Ask YC: Any ideas about intelligent crawlers :)
on Tuesday January 08, 2008 @02:45PM (#96072)
Don't write your own crawler. Use nutch.
It is designed to scale and do mapreduce kind of parallel processing. I would strongly recommend you to take a look before writing your own.
Re:Ask YC: Monetizing your blogs?
on Tuesday January 08, 2008 @03:02AM (#95896)
Hi,
300K pviews a month is pretty good. Can you point me to your blog? I would love to check it out.
Re:Ask News.YC: How much time and effort do you spend on SEO technique...
on Tuesday January 08, 2008 @02:32AM (#95887)
What does your startup do?