rrikhy

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Great for enterprise but it needs a different name. Probably an outlook invite for the time after setting all the parameters would be ideal.

Precisely what i've been looking for. Thought Gist was a solution. They got it wrong, you guys got it right.Was actually planning on building this for myself.

I hate feature creep too, but important:

1. Company pages for company e-mails

2. Merging contacts

3. how to smartly import facebook and linkedin like gist does i.e. keep the people with companies, chuck the rest.

4. Updating/removing accounts etc needs some QA

Any reason why you guys haven't secured the socialblaze.com url?

your wish is granted:

http://answers.onstartups.com/

Sure, and if online dating (representative of your example of meeting singles with a pre-determined description) was unsuccessful, I would agree with you. Also, I'm not sure I see the example as completely congruous. At a bar, you're not really predisposed to a potential partner. In a search for a co-founder, what if you're looking for someone that really complements your skillset really well, or someone that has a clearly defined passion for your space?

I think that a lot of the dialogue about trusting cofounders and having them have been BFFs for life is grand, but not everybody gets that lucky. As far as go forth and hack is concerned, aren't we talking about the same thing, except in one case we're having discussion prior to working together, and the other you eliminate that step and get started.

It's not ideal-sure. But this is the toughest thing 99% of people have ever done. Why not use all available methods for success?

Brilliant. I've always liked Jobnob's "find people to help with your startup for free" events, where the participants can preview the companies and see which ones they would like to work for as well. I think it would also facilitate things if we had some kind of public wiki with which to display companies and/or individual's backgrounds.

Where is Patrick BCC when you need him? I'd love his take on this.

I think mark suster's new camp will be a good magnet for gravitating those types, slay2k. You may want to check it out. http://bit.ly/launchpadla

Aardvark?

Steve blank's blog is a virtual treasure trove of these insights. www.steveblank.com

Eric Reis takes Blank's CD model and extends it into actual product development...where the discussion is much less "Why?" and more "How?" www.startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com

You can also get Steve's book on Cafe Press and Amazon. (can't get it at B&N or Borders) http://www.cafepress.com/kandsranch http://bit.ly/1m4R1S

And so it begins anew...

my own tests showed google for all 6. Does this mean I am subconciously cognitively biased after repeated impressions of the same results format? Was this their plan all along..? Hmmm..

I wholly agree with you on the benefits of watching a user interact with your site, but I find Userfly : www.userfly.com 's delivery model to be more cost-effective. HUGE con against userfly is no user narrative, this proves to be a big downfall when it comes to iterative development, because correlation =! causation.

I'll be applying this winter. Have not applied yet, because I'm still racing out the MVP.

Should've gone with Ninjas and Pirates...

5 is something that Joshua Porter strongly emphasizes in his "Psychology of social design" talk. REALLY IMPORTANT for my startup. Give a read: http://bit.ly/1J00n

"...Providing a stand-alone use is the strategy that VCR producers used to achieve a successful launch and avoid fighting the difficult chicken and egg startup problem. Unlike the VDP, the VCR offered the ability to time-shift television programming. In fact, when the VCR was launched this was the only application available because the market for pre-recorded videocassettes had not yet developed. The standalone value for the VCR “time-shifting television programming” was sufficiently strong to get over a million people to purchase the product in the first 3-4 years after its launch. "

where/what's the contest?

Thanks for the advice. Does it cover all groups? I really don't have that much experience with interacting directly with angels yet (haven't needed to dive into that level of funding) , so I thought when we received a "You've been invited to pitch, just give us $1500!" e-mail, it was a good sign.

This is great...thanks for the upload, Chirag!