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Re:YC-Backed Bluesmart Raises $2M for Its Self-Tracking Suitcase
on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:08PM (#8937629)
was the IG campaign pre or post acceptance into YC?
Re:Magicflix launches worry free digital parenting app that engage kid...
on Monday November 03, 2014 @02:14PM (#8552782)
This is a really solid looking app for parents. Curious, how do you differentiate against guys like Netflix doing something similar?
Re:We Got Accepted into Techstars and Turned Them Down
on Thursday October 02, 2014 @11:31PM (#8404198)
Techstars should see some other big exits over time with SendGrid (couldn't find actual current valuation) and DigitalOcean ($153M Valuation in 3 years) to name a few
Re:YC Portfolio Stats
on Thursday July 17, 2014 @02:43AM (#8046336)
yclist has a few errors, so not sure if it's all 100% accurate.
To name a few: xobni - bought by yahoo and now shut down (listed as active) like.fm - dead, but listed as active Exec - listed as active, but was bought by Handybook Bump - listed active, but dead
Do accelerators help startups? Here’s what we found
Re:To Succeed, Growth Hacking Has To Focus More On Product Than Marketing
on Sunday February 02, 2014 @03:49PM (#7167523)
I think this video by Chamath Palihapitiya about FB growth strategy is super interesting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raIUQP71SBU).
Relentless focus on building the thing the customer wanted vs focus on viral marketing strategies. That said, they had an inherent viral growth strategy by targeting their initial user base to a very sociable/vocal college crowd. That wasn't a growth hack, it was merely solving a problem that most college kids had.
The Builder's High
Re:What I Didn't Say
on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @07:33PM (#6993602)
consulting
Help build a school in the Philippines
http://www.buildschoolforpi.co/
A startup weekend project that wants to build schools following the devastation of Hurricane Haiyan, which has killed thousands and altered life for everyone there
Re:Snap Out of It: Kids Aren't Reliable Tech Predictors
on Monday November 18, 2013 @02:25AM (#6753092)
It's true...can you imagine if the adults have their chance of showing the true valuation of SC in the public markets
Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook
on Thursday November 14, 2013 @12:10AM (#6730668)
Looks like Spiegel didn't pay attention at the bullish attitude Andrew Mason had this early on turning down crazy acquisition offers with Groupon, and we know how that ended.
Re:Show HN: Online Reputation Management for Restaurants
on Thursday October 31, 2013 @03:16AM (#6645614)
were you able to get any other early market or customer validation beyond your co-founder's personal problem? Awesome concept!
Re:Things wrong with the ‘Lean Startup’ model
on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @09:10PM (#6563095)
I added the article here because that is exactly how I felt after someone forwarded it to me. There was no value in the comments on VentureBeat (and the author was commenting at all there anyway) so I figured there would be some worthwhile discussions here on the topic and potential someone with data to backup Michael if they agreed with him.
Things wrong with the ‘Lean Startup’ model
Re:Ask HN: Is there an HN for finance?
on Monday September 02, 2013 @02:39AM (#6313746)
Without a doubt, SA is the go to resource
Re:More Connected, Yet More Alone
on Monday September 02, 2013 @02:27AM (#6313725)
Atleast your brain is absorbing knowledge through HN vs facebook, instagram, snapchat, etc. where it adds little to no value
The Global Startup Battle
Re:How to get traction/usage for your product
on Friday May 10, 2013 @02:53PM (#5687980)
I would completely agree. At the core of it, customer discovery and learning what product your customers want/will pay for (and thus you should build) is the core of subscribing to being a "lean startup." Product does matter, but what matters more is building something someone would pay for
Re:Is Your Startup Really a Startup?
on Thursday April 11, 2013 @10:35PM (#5536250)
What does that make Compylr?
Paying It Forward: America's Corporations & Next Generation Startups
SEOmoz CEO Rand Fishkin Talk: "How To Earn Customers Without Spending A Fortune"
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