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| bio | website | 1withrd.com |
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| location | United States | |
| age | 45 | |
| visits | member for | 3 years, 7 months |
| seen | Dec 20 '12 at 22:53 | |
| stats | profile views | 351 |
VP of Products at Stack Exchange, aka, Stack Overflow Coveted Associate #C800:0000
Previously, I was Founder/CTO of Allworx that achieved a respectable exit and in general think of myself as an Entrepreneur.
I like to work on and think about building businesses, market positioning and product strategy. Although, by training, I'm a Software Engineer, Hardware Engineer, Embedded systems and Networking Expert....and, oh yeah, a Corvette enthusiast.
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Oct 17 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jul 16 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 10 |
awarded | Announcer |
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Jan 10 |
awarded | Announcer |
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Nov 22 |
awarded | Excavator |
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Nov 21 |
revised |
How to Resolve a classic Chicken and Egg Dilemma? fixed some typos |
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Nov 21 |
comment |
How much traffic should a site have before selling ad space makes sense? You may find the answers to this question helpful. |
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Nov 18 |
answered | How do I price website advertisements? |
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Nov 18 |
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How do I price website advertisements? Just using the CTR does not capture the potential conversion quality differences between the two venues. I thinking you are confusing the difference between PRICE and VALUE. A really good niche site with a targeted creative could easily yield traffic 2 to 10 times better than what you'd get from a generic paid search click through. |
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Nov 18 |
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How do I price website advertisements? I completely disagree with this answer. This assumes there is absolutely no difference between advertising with Google ads vs. this niche site. And even then this answer implies you should be leaving 20% on the table. Selling solely based on price only makes any sense at all when you are selling identical commodities. In this case there could be huge difference is prospective value (better or worse) between the two venues. |
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Nov 18 |
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Do you test all developers you hire? I believe anyone you would actually want to hire should not be at all turned off by a reasonable test of their abilities. After all, your interviewing process determines how good all their prospective team mates are going to be, so they should be impressed by the thoroughness of your process. Also, IMHO, any employer would be CRAZY not to have programmers program in an interview unless they come with a rock solid recommendation from somebody who has worked with them for a non-trivial period of time. |
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Oct 28 |
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Can I offer stocks to an employee before being incorporated? The filing of the articles of incorporation is very straight forward assuming you know how you want stuff setup. Getting the certified documents back from the state can take awhile, but there is usually a way to expedite them to get them in a matter of a couple business days if you really need them back that fast. FWIW, I've heard California can be really slow, but most other states are pretty reasonable, including Delaware which is typically considered to be the most business friendly state to be incorporated in no matter where you are physically located. |
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Oct 28 |
answered | Can I offer stocks to an employee before being incorporated? |
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Oct 17 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Oct 6 |
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Employee abusing sick leave I think having position redundancy is a luxury most startups, almost by definition, cannot afford. |
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Aug 19 |
awarded | Announcer |
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Aug 18 |
revised |
Advice for overcoming fear of quitting a good job to build a startup fixed typo |
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Aug 18 |
answered | Advice for overcoming fear of quitting a good job to build a startup |
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Jul 29 |
answered | What is a DUNS number and how do I acquire one? |
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Mar 22 |
revised |
New to VC world. Looking for direction removed salutation |
