ccollins

8 ms·

1.
by ccollins 13y ago
In a marketplace model (e.g. ebay, airbnb, amazon, seamless / any food delivery), the take rate generally falls between 10%-20%. Credit card processing fees are somewhere around 2% - 3%, so in a marketplace with all credit card transac
2.
by ccollins 14y ago
Previously discussed on HN 535 days ago, still a good article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2396120
3.
by ccollins 14y ago
"Client IP address is forwarded to application as X-Forwarded-For" is the biggest news here. Previously, it cost $100 per month to have access to the Client IP over SSL, so any sort of geo-location was out of the question. Insane prices for
4.
by ccollins 14y ago
Great looking site and clear focus, but your Facebook Connect permission requirements caused me to give up before trying your product! Getting past the home page requires connecting with facebook and providing the following info: Your basic
5.
by ccollins 14y ago
Geuis: .004 / 100 == .00004 / 1 And .004% = .00004
6.
by ccollins 15y ago
Cool - what are you using to edit the fonts? Any way I could help?
7.
by ccollins 15y ago
First, this is great. The Bootstrap Sprites definitely need some love and this is a solid forward step. I am close to dropping in Font Awesome, but the small font sizes really need work. Here is a comparison screenshot of the standard boots
8.
by ccollins 15y ago
A couple of years ago, I spent Thanksgiving with a friend and the first thing he warned was, "My family does not drink alcohol!". Interesting... I am accustomed to intoxicated family parties, but on that specific Thanksgiving, 20 of us dran
9.
by ccollins 15y ago
Awesome offer & perfect timing - I emailed you and look forward to chatting! Chris
10.
by ccollins 15y ago
Given a lump sum of cash and annual withdrawal of a certain percentage of that cash (3% per year is safe, 4% is pushing it, 5% is a sure way to lose your money), you would need the following amounts of money to pay yourself $50,000 per year
11.
by ccollins 15y ago
Thank you for bringing this up! Like you, I vehemently recoil when I spot a "This." in the wild. To me, "This." == "I am incapable of formulating my own thoughts and therefore choose to fully agree with whatever that guy above me just said.
12.
by ccollins 15y ago
What are the biggest factors that increase the time suck? Amount of money you are raising, inexperience? Conversely, what consistently decreases the amount of time spent closing a round?
13.
by ccollins 15y ago
Entering the Airbnb for dogs market might face competition from entrenched players, as a whois search shows that Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky already owns dogbnb.com
14.
by ccollins 15y ago
From Mistake 10: "People interested in local events (that one is a perennial tarpit)". Would you please give an example or elaborate a little bit more on that? I fear I may heading for the tarpit...
15.
by ccollins 15y ago
Vimeo recently released Vimeo Pro ( http://vimeo.com/pro ) which seems to be addressing a similar market. Is Vidyard competing with Vimeo or are you addressing a different need?
16.
by ccollins 15y ago
FYI, for those who missed it: This is from November 27, 2005
17.
by ccollins 15y ago
From the first article, "Some of the highest-profile pop-ups involve established chefs relocating to summer quarters." - Agree there is a movement of DIY'ers starting these. I just acknowledge that there are two separate entrance points int
18.
by ccollins 15y ago
Thanks for the mention (I'm Chris from http://www.gusta.com and previously Airbnb). I do think a distinction should be drawn between "an Airbnb for food" (where regular people are cooking for strangers) and the established "pop-up" moveme
19.
by ccollins 15y ago
That's annoying. Well, you can just go straight to the source instead http://www.gusta.com/ :)
20.
by ccollins 15y ago
Hey Guys - I'm the non-Carly co-founder of Gusta. Before co-founding Gusta, I was an engineer at Airbnb for ~1.5 years. I loved it there. Leaving was a tough decision, but starting my own company is so far awesome! Any feedback about www.gu
21.
Former Airbnb Employees Launch Supper Club Platform Gusta(foodandtechconnect.com)
6 points by ccollins 15y ago|3 comments
22.
by ccollins 15y ago
Heads up guys: I am getting 500 errors when I enter a zip code on your site.
23.
by ccollins 15y ago
Don't let them get you down, Brian.
24.
by ccollins 15y ago
From the article, to find out what your website is doing: openssl s_client -host HOSTNAME -port 443 I ran this for my own website and a few bigger websites openssl s_client -host www.gusta.com -port 443 (My site, hosted on Heroku) Cip
25.
by ccollins 15y ago
http://www.twilio.com/engineering/2011/06/06/making-a-local-...
26.
by ccollins 15y ago
I inadvertently hit someone else's server when refreshing XXXX.localtunnel.com that I had left open in my browser (but since closed my tunnel). That was annoying. Two suggestions: 1) Randomly assign subdomain names instead of reusing existi
27.
by ccollins 15y ago
Awesome - Thanks for the reply. I know international SMS is a pain in the ass, so thank you for trying to make it easier to implement and cheaper to use!
28.
by ccollins 15y ago
First of all, I love Twilio, have used it in production apps, and will continue to use it in production apps. Just want to give a heads up about a very big limitation of Twilio SMS: It only delivers to US and Canadian phone numbers ( http:/
29.
by ccollins 16y ago
I am absolutely not suggesting you withhold tools and knowledge, but that you should give them more tools tools that fully inform them. When you show "Improvement: 25%" after say, 20 page views - that is simply inaccurate.
30.
by ccollins 16y ago
I think it is irresponsible to put tools like this into the hands of non-technical users. The lack of statistical Significance or recommended sample size will cause a lot of people to make uninformed decisions.

More ›