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| bio | website | dreamtby.me |
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| location | Portugal | |
| age | 25 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 4 months |
| seen | May 14 at 17:19 | |
| stats | profile views | 21 |
building awesome stuff.
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Dec 6 |
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Running an aggressive promotion against a competing product I can't believe someone downvoted this. I'd really like to know what they have to contribute to this topic/answer. |
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Aug 2 |
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Should one join local pitch programme, which will be aired on national TV? A new development, relevant to this: TechStars teams up with Bloomberg |
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Jul 25 |
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Is a startup a full-time job? Yes, it can. There are other questions here about growing a startup with another job, perhaps this is a duplicate question. People have proved it can be done: this is an example and you can find others around. |
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Jul 24 |
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What to use to collect emails on a startup launch page? What's the problem with future sign-ups? Won't users be able to create an account on your SaaS directly on its website? |
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Jul 23 |
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Good startups resources on Europe? Indeed. You should also see his talk at BOS 2010. Very, very good for first-time entrepreneurs imho. |
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Jul 23 |
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Good startups resources on Europe? Yeah, I'm keeping this open for now hoping to get a few more content :) |
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Jul 23 |
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putting new and not cheap product on global market No problem. :) What I mean is: sometimes you'll find someone who you really wish would adopt your product. Best thing may be to send your sales pitch to the sales team there, and then send him/her an email saying: "Hey, I sent a sales pitch about my product to your team, but I was hoping you could give me some feedback (which I'd really appreciate) on how it may or may be not useful to your company given your experience with X, Y and Z." |
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Jul 23 |
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Good startups resources on Europe? Excellent resource, thanks. |
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Jul 23 |
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What is the business model for a URL shortener service? You can find this out with a simple google search. A relevant answer to your question on quora, regarding bit.ly: |
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Jul 21 |
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What questions do new clients ask themselves before trying/buying your service or product? Good list, thanks. |
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Jul 21 |
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Developer IP and personal Coding Unrelated, so I'm commenting here: if you and your friend (the non techs) are planning on raising capital, it's going to be really hard to do so when all your product relies on ONE guy and HIS framework. He leaves, you're busted. Have a backup plan. Disclaimer: I'm a technical guy and a founder, and I don't force options on my team because of that - if I leave, the business must go on. It's about the customer, not what technology you're more familiar with. |
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Jul 21 |
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Launching Website +1 for "become good at content generation first". Very solid thinking. |
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Jul 20 |
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First time selling indirect, need advice! No, I have no experience in that field. I just commented because I'm interested in great answers too :) |
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Jul 20 |
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What are the funding “rounds” equity tradeoffs for most startups? I understand that and also that there is no "silver bullet" when it comes to valuation. I did get into this line of thinking trying to understand better how financing (in startups) work, after seeing mixed usage of the terms and sometimes contradicting values. That's why put "most startups" in the title, maybe not enough. Thank you for the links, I'll definitely see what I can learn from that. |
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Jul 20 |
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What are the funding “rounds” equity tradeoffs for most startups? The percentages are (what I think) the usual equity tradeoffs given at that stage. I'll clarify the question, thank you. I understand the more funding rounds, the more diluted founder shares get, yeah. How much higher in series A? 5M? 10M? |
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Jul 20 |
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Stuck in a cubicle supporting family +1 "The only way a competitor will eclipse me is to help these people even better, so I still win." - I wish everyone would do business like this. Great post, @Mako. |
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Jul 20 |
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How to identify the need? No problem. However, I think @alhpadogg's answer is better suited to your question than mine (see the comments above). Or were you asking about "see and fix" rather than only identifying the need? |
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Jul 19 |
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What are the funding “rounds” equity tradeoffs for most startups? I tried to keep it specific to "is this right or not, and if not what is wrong?", but I understand there are grounds to make this a subjective question since not one startup is like the other. Feel free to edit and clarify the question if you think it's needed. |
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Jul 19 |
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First time selling indirect, need advice! Please consider making the CRM question a separate one, so answers to that are not mixed with your "main" question. Easier for everyone to find relevant info ;-). Great question, by the way. |
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Jul 19 |
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Stuck in a cubicle supporting family @CubicleSlave wasn't that comment meant for @Siva? I just fixed the formatting, not my answer :) |
