Frocer

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by Frocer 15y ago
Well, according to TechCrunch, they are averaging 3M check-in's per day. Even if the average check-in per user is 1, that's 3M DAUs (which is highly unlikely). My guess is between 1M-2M DAUs with average of 1-3 check-in's per user per day
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by Frocer 16y ago
Aw, no Pascal?
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by Frocer 16y ago
Congrats!! Always great to see another Cornellian entrepreneur :)
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How to Lead a Self-Managing Team(pubpages.unh.edu)
1 points by Frocer 16y ago|0 comments
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by Frocer 17y ago
Similar story with some hard number forecasts: http://blog.flurry.com/bid/28872/Move-over-Black-Friday-and-...
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IPhone game downloads to hit record high between Christmas and New Year's(techcrunch.com)
1 points by Frocer 17y ago|1 comments
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by Frocer 17y ago
I have been experimenting with various iPhone marketing strategies. In the past few months, I worked with some very talented iPhone game devs and learned some more interesting marketing / promotion tricks they employed. I thought I'd summa
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Tips for Beating the App Store Blackbox(blog.playhaven.com)
33 points by Frocer 17y ago|6 comments
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by Frocer 17y ago
PlayHaven is hiring multiple positions (devs, UI/UX engineers): http://www.playhaven.com/about/jobs/ We are a small team based in San Mateo, CA. If you love games, web, and iPhone. And love to solve challenging issues, please shoot me a
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How Geared (iPhone game) built a community of 4,500 fans in two weeks(blog.playhaven.com)
4 points by Frocer 17y ago|0 comments
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by Frocer 17y ago
That's one of our strategies. While we are actively pursuing opportunities with developers, but we also want community to flourish even without the developers present.
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by Frocer 17y ago
I am one of the co-founders. The problem we are trying to solve is right now the App Store is a black box and the developers are flying blind in there. We want to connect developers directly with their customers, and help them build a pas
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IPhone game devs can now build a passionate fan following(techcrunch.com)
5 points by Frocer 17y ago|3 comments
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by Frocer 17y ago
Can't you get an iPhone for $99 now? Seems like a much better deal with more functionality.
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by Frocer 17y ago
Yes, very expensive as well. All of these angel groups are pretty much a total joke. By the way, here is a very similar discussion on this topic a few months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=782980
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by Frocer 17y ago
Is it really 2.5 years? I am always skeptical of these numbers because they are always way shorten for PR purposes.I am really curious on how much time Aaron spent during his spare time working on Mint before he started seeking funding. P
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by Frocer 17y ago
Wow... stealth mode and already profitable?
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Designing for Social Traction(slideshare.net)
17 points by Frocer 17y ago|0 comments
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by Frocer 17y ago
It's the new way to get free coverage on TC: 1. Create a study based on your users without having any background in statistics or economics 2. Make a ridiculous and outrageous claim 3. ... 4. Profit! Free PR on TC!
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by Frocer 17y ago
This is one of the best quotes I've read on HN. Very true! I have also seen much crazier things. A friend of mine from college who is a stand up comedian, decided to hitchhike his way from NYC to LA to "find Tom" of MySpace. He filmed hi
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by Frocer 17y ago
Two of my biggest use of LinkedIn right now: 1. Request for introductions. If there's anyone I want to get connected with, first place I go to is LinkedIn and see if he is friends with any of my friends. If a friend of mine knows him, I w
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by Frocer 17y ago
LinkedIn actually makes a lot of money from ads, their CPM is crazy... ~$75 last I read. Think of their demographics
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by Frocer 17y ago
While this irks me because I use LI quite a bit, but this is the reason why LinkedIn > Facebook. They know how to monetize really well. I have always wondered why Facebook doesn't charge annual fee for their service. They are at the p
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by Frocer 17y ago
Ahh... I see. I didn't even know such dictionaries existed! Thanks!
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by Frocer 17y ago
Ya, could someone explain how this algorithm works?
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by Frocer 17y ago
Exactly, because of those 3 points above the new employee also takes on significantly less risk in comparison to joining pre-Series A. It's very logical and I don't really get what the OP was trying to explain.
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by Frocer 17y ago
Ok, may be "scam" is too harsh. Keep in mind these angel groups are usually group of rich people who made their fortune from big corporations such as Cisco, IBM, etc. They are not the type of angels you read about on TechCrunch (Ron Conwa
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by Frocer 17y ago
Absolute waste of time. Please don't bother with it.
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by Frocer 17y ago
Absolutely right -- when we were fund raising we experienced the exact same thing. I am convinced these angel groups are the biggest scam to first-time entrepreneurs. When we first moved out to the valley to fund raise, we didn't know the
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by Frocer 17y ago
Well, I just officially tested the service. According to FlightCaster my flight is 85% chance of being on-time, but after getting to the airport my flight is delayed. I am waiting at the gate right now, and no reasons were given by the air

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