brendan

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by brendan 8y ago
Thanks for reading! We can't disclose the exact terms of the debt, but it's fairly traditional. The interest rate is higher than if we had years of profitability to show -- makes sense as that's the risk the lender is taking.
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How an offer to sell our business inspired us to take on $17M in debt(wistia.com)
35 points by brendan 8y ago|10 comments
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Your brand is not your logo or color scheme, it’s how people think about you(savagethoughts.com)
43 points by brendan 15y ago|13 comments
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by brendan 16y ago
I made hi-res cutouts of each person. The plan is just to shrink everyone slightly and add the new people to the left and right. I'm not sure how it will look, but that's the idea at least. Also, at first I was worried about matching the li
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by brendan 16y ago
Mz, thanks again for spotting that and taking the time to let us know. Just fixed it on the website. You rock!
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by brendan 16y ago
I'm not single, my girlfriend just dresses me.
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by brendan 16y ago
Thanks for the details. I didn't test dance mode in IE. I thought I'd cut myself some slack since it's just an easter egg. I'll see what I can do though!
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by brendan 16y ago
The benefits of being a big company ;)
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by brendan 16y ago
It's the last track on Girl Talk's All Day: http://www.illegal-art.net/allday/
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What do you think of our new team page? (type "dance" for party mode)(wistia.com)
172 points by brendan 16y ago|62 comments
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by brendan 16y ago
+1, Chris did a great job and was a pleasure to work with!
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by brendan 16y ago
If it comes down to that, yes. Though I'd first try to track down their requests in the logs and see if it's something we can fix on our end. Obviously, some companies make a conscious decision not to support all browsers, so there might be
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by brendan 16y ago
Right on. I'm an engineer (and one of the founders of Wistia), and I really enjoy talking to customers and doing support. I can understand that this type of behavior might not be typical, but it's such a huge advantage to have the people bu
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by brendan 16y ago
In my experience, the best response is one in which you make it clear that you personally care about the customer's problem and will do your best to get it resolved quickly. This trumps everything else, so long as it's the truth. If your en
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by brendan 16y ago
The vast majority of our customers are far from tech savvy. In fact, on the rare occasion where we suggest getting a customer's IT department involved (say, for an email deliverability issue), they often beg us not to -- "IT is too slow, ne
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Etymology of "Foo"(faqs.org)
2 points by brendan 16y ago|0 comments
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Why 10 Million Dollar IPOs Matter(urgentspeed.com)
5 points by brendan 16y ago|1 comments
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by brendan 16y ago
Boston, MA http://wistia.com We're an early stage company entering growth mode. We're looking for a developer who's excited to solve both technical and business challenges. If this sounds interesting, email me at brendan at wistia.
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Why 95% Speech to Text Accuracy Is Startlingly Bad(3playmedia.com)
7 points by brendan 16y ago|0 comments