JoeEntrepreneur

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   What are the chances of one succeeding with moonlighting?(onista.wordpress.com)

   23 points by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago|15 comments
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   by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

   It really does not matter much if you are doing it part-time or full-time except for the time it takes to get the first release out. I have been working on http://www.onista.com for almost a year now and I am doing it mostly in evenings
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   by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

   Can you please explain what you meant by "Get a friend of yours to try it out and then link to it on Digg". I did not follow. Thanks in advance,
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   by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

   This is GREAT advice. Thank you so much. Any idea, who can write a nice press release? My English Writing skills are as good as MC Hammer's money management skills.
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   by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

   Thanks lot ed. Point very well taken. Same thing happened to me. There was a company called www.riya.com who hyped lot before launch. They were building some image comparison and search technology. I saw there demo on demo.com and signed u
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   by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

   I have profile on Facebook. Actually after initial launch, we are planning to build a Facebook application as well. I expect our Facebook app to be out by end of the year.
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   by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

   Thanks for the info.
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   by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

   We are bootstrapping this startup. Wish I had money to spend on hot items to buy and sell on Onista. It's a great idea though.
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   by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

   Right. Will use that going forward. Thanks
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

    I am very optimistic man in general. I know. I wish I knew the secret.
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

    Thanks greendestiny. You have valid point. I picked a date November 1st a target for us to make sure we fix all issues and also communicate to interested folks about upcoming launch. I feel pretty confident that we can achieve November 1st
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

    Thanks a lot chmac for all the suggestions. Yes Onista is amalgam of eBay, LendingTree, Priceline and LinkedIn. We are basically trying to close the gap between social network and a marketplace. We picked the date: November 1st. Will upda
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

    Thank you so much everybody for taking time and replying to my questions. To make things clear, yes we are building onista as amalgam of eBay, LendingTree, Priceline and LinkedIn. We are basically trying to close the gap between social netw
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    Where and how to announce the launch of a website?

    39 points by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago|35 comments
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

    bls, Thank you very much for all the suggestions. GREAT information.
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

    Thanks for the information. Ae you referring to the form at http://help.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mail/cgi_bulkmail (This link was at bottom of the article that you gave me). I submitted the form. Hope Yahoo will help us. Yes, Gmail is real
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

    Hi Everybody, We are working on developing Social Marketplace called Onista ( http://www.onista.com) and we are in QA cycle right now on our test server. Most of the emails that our application is generating for users (like Invite emails o
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    How to avoid emails being sent to bulk Folders?

    3 points by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago|6 comments
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    Any suggestions on having PR before launch? About to launch Onista.com in early June and want to prepare the PR before the launch. (onista.com)

    2 points by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago|0 comments
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

    Sure. This is a good idea. I am launching http://www.onista.com in June time-frame and would be nice to have other folks look at it and give valuable feedback. Our team will also help out others to test their apps.
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago

    Exactly. There is no point in expecting cofounder to be competent in same areas. What is more important for cofounder is share same passion as you do. Technical stuff can be learned. Languages and technology comes and goes.
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    Are all the slides and presentations from today startup school available somewhere?

    1 points by JoeEntrepreneur 19y ago|0 comments
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 20y ago

    Thank you very much. You are right. There might be lot of changes after launch and thats when we will find out what users want us to deliver.
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    Is it effective to provide API with first version? We have this dilemma for our upcoming release of http://www.onista.com

    2 points by JoeEntrepreneur 20y ago|5 comments
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 20y ago

    Now http://www.socializr.com/ says that they are "gamma". Does that mean, its more crap than "beta" but it is still ok.
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 20y ago

    Wouldn't it be in YC's interest to take some equity WITHOUT providing any funding in return of advice, Guidance, and a platform and connections.
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 20y ago

    LinkedIn
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 20y ago

    That shoulds like a good idea. Can you please point me to any foreign startup blogs those you know of? Appreciate it.
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 20y ago

    Thanks Lucas. You have been very helpful. I guess I shall see when I launch it about what happens. Onista is HUGE application and I do not want to release it with any less features than originally planned. Just my UI Mockup is 200 pages. (j
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    by JoeEntrepreneur 20y ago

    Yeah, Same thought came to my mind as well. Thanks for supporting comment.