Dan

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bio	website	blueshiftlab.com
	location	Minneapolis, MN
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Co-founder of Blue Shift Lab, creator of Thinkmeter.

Interested in aggregation and synthesis of online information, data mining, making piles of data useful, social computing.

	303 reputation	bio	website	blueshiftlab.com	visits	member for	3 years, 6 months
18 badges		location	Minneapolis, MN		seen	Mar 31 at 14:27

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Mar 2	comment	How does Hubspot get Google statistics? Romy, I believe the terms of service say limited to noncommercial use. Do you have a ref saying otherwise?
Feb 15	comment	How does Hubspot get Google statistics? So do you think they are illegal, or got a commercial license from Yahoo somehow?
Jan 27	answered	What to do with a startup, that is not thriving, but is not complete failure either
Jan 19	comment	How does Hubspot get Google statistics? Dharmesh, any comment?
Jan 18	comment	How does Hubspot get Google statistics? I should say, what makes you think they are using YSE?
Jan 18	comment	How does Hubspot get Google statistics? Yahoo Site Explorer a) only allows you to get info on your own verified site, b) is limited to noncommercial use. Are they really using YSE?
Jan 15	comment	How does Hubspot get Google statistics? "The implementation of the Service on your Property must be generally accessible to users without charge and must not require a fee-based subscription or other fee-based restricted access." code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/terms.html. Hmm, so all the Google features they use are free to their end-users.
Jan 15	asked	How does Hubspot get Google statistics?
Jan 14	comment	How to use social media to drive traffic to my website I agree with commenter that a starting and/or trailing phrase will unify if you have a particular crowd in mind.
Jan 14	comment	How to use social media to drive traffic to my website +1 for megaphone analogy.
Jan 14	comment	What should you monitor about your company in social media? Can you point out concrete instances where this monitoring has helped, or is the benefit more indirect than that for you?
Jan 8	comment	Is 163 backlinks alot? Nice article. Short, references Matt Cutts (well-known Google search engineer).
Jan 8	asked	What is a good crash course in marketing for small businesses or startups?
Jan 8	answered	how important is a name and where to start
Jan 7	comment	How do you evaluate the competitive landscape before building? +1 for distinguishing between vague customers and concrete ones. What if I know lots of people concretely, but I don't think they'll pay money? I feel pressure to change the market to say, "small-to-medium-sized businesses" because I think they might have a need. Slightly less concrete, but feels more like an opportunity. Do I then pursue the people think might exist, or just discard as a mirage? Basically, what if I don't know people who will pay for what I can build?
Jan 7	comment	How do you evaluate the competitive landscape before building? I love that in your answer you say why you shot some ideas down. Willing to give any more detail?
Jan 6	comment	How do you evaluate the competitive landscape before building? Yes, Blank recommends market segmentation. Perhaps this is a different question, but how do you identify promising verticals? The ones we know the most about personally don't always look like great moneymakers.