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Re:A graphic illustration of music industry madness on Tuesday August 17, 2010 @07:01AM (#1610771)
ah here we go again - society bashing!

if you actually spoke to the artists, you'd realise they're pretty happy with the PRS. it does send them cheques after all, which can be a nice thing if you're a struggling artist.

if you fundamentally believe in the role of copyright, then the collection societies have an important role.

Re:Swinefighter: the swine flu game goes viral [Heyzap YC'09] on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @08:04PM (#584286)
Yep I actually think it's pretty amusing. And I'm not a massive game-player.
Re:Ask HN: Stats on freemium services on Monday February 02, 2009 @08:12AM (#462221)
Here's Andrew Chen when you need him!

http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/01/19/how-to-create-a-profita...

Great post.

And thanks for all the other links guys, very useful resources. The SXSW Web App Autopsy deck is very interesting.

Ask HN: Stats on freemium services

Posted by nikhils on Sunday February 01, 2009 @09:07PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Anyone know where I can get hold of useful stats on % of users who upgrade to premium/paid for accounts on services like Flickr and Last.fm.Need some decent stats for benchmarking and have had no luck getting anything of use.Thanks.

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Re:If you applied this cycle and haven't heard from us, please check y... on Friday October 31, 2008 @09:00AM (#349890)
same here. bizarre.

Ask HN: Online legal forms subscription. Worthwhile?

Posted by nikhils on Tuesday July 29, 2008 @08:27AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Has anyone had experience with this site/service or anything similar?http://www.formsmadesimple.co.ukCosts 85 pounds, we're thinking about forking out as it should save us a lot of legal fees if we're able to draft and get lawyers to review our docs.

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Ask HN: Recommended books for usability, workflow/project management, IA and more

Posted by nikhils on Thursday July 17, 2008 @06:53PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'd like to do some broad background reading on a range of subjects such as website usability, information architecture, project/workflow management of large website builds, management of functional tasks, etc. to supplement existing knowledge through common sense, small project experience, anecdotal learnings etc.I've got 2 books I've come across that I'm considering purchasing:Don't Make Me...

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Re:Short (5 mins) bit of market research for our startup please on Monday July 14, 2008 @01:59PM (#245884)
apologies. the rest of the feedback we've got (and doing it ourselves) suggested it takes around 5 mins. I appreciate your time.
Re:How to make your product a habit on Monday July 14, 2008 @10:45AM (#245739)
Classic marketing stuff. Definitely applies to the web but i do think the rules are changing with behaviour evolving so rapidly. Back when I was a brand consultant we often encountered situations with clients trying to launch new products (or innovations, as we referred to them in marketing breeze!), with the objective of changing the category.

The general learning was that changing a category or changing consumers' behaviour in a category can be done but it's important to maintain "hooks" in the existing category norms.

Re:Great collection of UI blogs and resources on Monday July 14, 2008 @10:36AM (#245726)
What's Guy? That's the first time i've seen Alltop and I quite like their UI. Supremely simple and easy to understand... and very unique. Difficult to be different whilst maintaining simplicity.
Re:Ask YC: Equity question for very early stage startup on Tuesday July 01, 2008 @01:52PM (#233216)
Thanks to everyone for some great responses. I think we can live with the number 3!

Vesting is something we've definitely thought about - I now just need to do a lot more reading/learning about vesting arrangements and unallocated stock. Anyone know any good resources on these?

We also definitely need a good startup lawyer! Any recommendations for people in London?

Thanks again

Ask YC: Equity question for very early stage startup

Posted by nikhils on Tuesday July 01, 2008 @07:52AM
from the self-post dept.

We are a team of three co-founders, each with equal equity share (1/3 each, we've yet to gain funding as we're still early on our journey).We have an opportunity for someone to get involved who has lots to bring to the business, having worked for one of the major players in the space. He loves the concept and wants to take an active role in the company - more than just adviser but not quite...

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