BrianAnderson

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by BrianAnderson 15y ago
Way to issue a challenge that all large communities struggle to solve! So I have two thoughts that I think are in a different vein than many comments below (tried to read them all but may have missed some. Apologize for repeats) 1. Similar
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by BrianAnderson 15y ago
Going to throw my company, CrowdSavvy into this, though we are early, early stage. Been working on it since mid-2010. Launched to public beta in 2011. http://www.crowdsavvy.com
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
By any chance are you in the mobile space? Your feedback seems to be on the fence around the value of the product. What would help tip the scales?
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
Yep. The reason is we are actually in beta mode right now. More interested in finding early adopters and proving utility than making a quick buck. However at some point we will likely turn on a subscription billing service, then that page w
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
Interesting... I am going to have to setup some a/b testing or just a quick email to a larger group to see how this plays out across a larger data set. As a separate question: When you hit the page, does the copy below the Ask / Learn/ Win
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
Hi there. Any reason why you feel that would be a good change? Here is my thinking (So you can see where I am coming from). It is better to articulate the end-goal, or what the client will get in return from using the product, instead of ar
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Ask HN: Review my startup, crowdsavvy.com
7 points by BrianAnderson 16y ago|11 comments
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
I would also be interested in hearing what services people use to handle monthly billing as well as plusses and minuses. For example, is it true with pay pal that on their credit card statement it will say something like Paypal <com
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
First question is if the app is profitable. If yes, I would look into a process like this: http://taptaptap.com/blog/the-easy-way-to-get-into-the-iphon... I would first post an explanation to your users as to why you are moving on / seeki
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
Don't bill for travel as income. Either bill it as an expense, or what is often more convienent/easier to manage since the client doesn't worry about it is if you have a car, is take the tax write-ff at 58 cents per mile (or whatever that f
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
Good to hear that I wasn't alone in that thinking! I would be an interesting experiment in pricing. All things "iPhone" get premium priced (except the amount a user is willing to pay for the app), so I wonder if it could be priced higher, o
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
I am really struggling with some of the comments on TC. Maybe I am naive, but $50 is a drop in the bucket for the amount of time padpressed could save you plus the increase of your brand affinity. Given I am going to be launching a start-up
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
Im interested. I travel to msp every week Monday - Thursday so I could do a mid-week meet-up
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State budget crisis - Will it impact the recovery?(mybudget360.com)
1 points by BrianAnderson 16y ago|0 comments
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
I just wanted to express my gratitude for putting this together. Hopefully I can get my product out the door and buy some space in this sooner rather than later!
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
Imagine if del.icio.us was not bought by Yahoo and instead progressed to where we all thought it would be... Basically, it would serve the same discovery mechanism as app store. You could see what other people were bookmarking and quickly a
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
I am wondering how many people are like me and see this as analogous to the the codesketch marketing model where you give something away for free in order to generate increased exposure, pr, etc? ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1359
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
Thanks for posting this for review. Like the concept a lot. If you have some beta customers, I would recommend you post quotes from them on the site. Nothing will help win over small business owners better than their fellow business owners.
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by BrianAnderson 16y ago
I think one thing to think about is how, unlike Apple, Google does not want to upset the "apple" cart (yes, I am a literary genius). To them, removing friction in carriers and device manufacturers from adopting Android is critical. Given th
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by BrianAnderson 17y ago
One recommendation I would make is to shift your focus from how you can accomplish the project to how best to deliver the project regardless of the person. I used to have a similar problem (and still do at times) and the reason I could alwa