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by dominikb 14y ago
We eventually raised from SV Angel, Floodgate, TechCrunch co-founder Keith Teare (Archimedes Labs) and others. We had enough offers to raise 1M, we took only 700K. We didn't get much feedback during the interview; Paul, Robert and Trevor di
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by dominikb 14y ago
Thanks :) We let small businesses create their mobile-optimized website from a phone. Check out http://mdot.it
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by dominikb 14y ago
Good luck everybody. If you fail, don't worry, keep learning, iterating and hustling. We failed last time, made some changes and then successfully raised from great early stage investors.
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by dominikb 14y ago
I agree. But we also thought it's not possible to cut video on a phone before iPhone. Look around, millions of people grab 1080p and cut on a pocket device. Not just that, much more. I was suggesting to be creative and think ahead. I am bia
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by dominikb 14y ago
I see your technical point of view, but the average user market shows something else. People couldn't imagine doing stuff they do on a phone before iPhone. Now they do all sorts of mass content creation and they prefer it. UI is just a matt
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by dominikb 14y ago
What's more likely - that you go to a resume builder website when your mate recommends, or download an app? What would you recommend - a cool app, or a website? Apps are physical and cool. CVs should be fun to do. That's the future. Assumin
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by dominikb 14y ago
1. You're a geek, you prefer computers. Random people who need help with CVs don't see it that way. They take whatever they find. 2. They find the app because it's cool to try and use. Websites are boring and obstruct. Apps generate huge tr
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by dominikb 14y ago
Make it automated and mobile: build a beautiful CV from an iPhone app, pay via in-app purchase and get 5 physical printouts delivered (also PDF in email and HTML version hosted for sharing). Your sales will jump from $10,000 to $100,000.
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by dominikb 14y ago
Maybe you're complicating this. It's just a basic principle of capitalism and freedom. Etsy can give away their money to anyone they choose to, if it helps them commercially (or in any other way). We should consider this socially acceptable
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by dominikb 14y ago
Me and my co-founder had a "little" adventure recently with delivering rich text to iOS, including images and video, with HTML output and both way sync. You bet it was hell. I wanted to show you guys and hear what you think. Check out our a
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iOS hacked to support rich text, with images, video & clean HTML output(dominikbalogh.com)
8 points by dominikb 14y ago|1 comments
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by dominikb 14y ago
The HUD is very difficult to photograph. I have one in 5 series and you can see it only from a direct angle. Only the driver sees the HUD. These promotional photos are completely fabricated. From my experience BMW's HUD is the greatest feat
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by dominikb 14y ago
I disagree. You don't need any skill. Anybody can ship a crappy photo viewer in 72 hours. But many people can't ship a quality photo viewer even in months. What heavily distinguished Facebook from Myspace in 2006 when it became open to publ
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by dominikb 14y ago
Sorry, that is ridiculous. 72 hours is not even enough to analyze a fragment of the initial problems. I'm not even talking about coding yet. Just starting to code some crap is exactly what's wrong with the current market. Anybody can do tha
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Startup advice: Stop solving a "problem", users don't have any(dominikbalogh.com)
11 points by dominikb 14y ago|1 comments
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by dominikb 15y ago
How would it look if Microsoft and Google stood up to "help" and fight for Apple just because Apple's app ecosystem has unresolved patent issues? Hypocritical as it is, obviously they will stay quiet, they want Apple to be troubled for thei
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by dominikb 15y ago
It will take a year to reconsider. Apple needs to act quickly and aggressively on this to show the public and media that they stand behind the developers. They can't let the App Store become a feared, shady, legal-gibberish ecosystem.
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by dominikb 15y ago
It's clear that their goal is to force Apple to acquire their patent portfolio. Clever trolls.
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by dominikb 15y ago
Apple claims that Mac OS X is "the world's most advanced operating system". But it's these details that I consider advanced and clever. Apple's marketing statements went from funny to offensive and unsupported.