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by earbitscom 13y ago
To that point, anybody who works for an ad-supported web business ought to realize this is a plan to rip them off by someone who really just cannot figure out how to make money without taking it from others.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Two massive problems with this plan. Next to no artists own the rights to their music. So, there will be no significant catalog on this service unless people falsely claim to be the rights holder (as they do on Grooveshark) and upload the
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Yes, and equally great if criminals got convicted instead of awarded damages.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
The friends of my neighbors are every bit the stranger to me that a renter is, and there are easier ways to get into an apartment building than Airbnb.
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Google Analytics: Fool Me Once, Shame On You(blog.earbits.com)
6 points by earbitscom 13y ago|0 comments
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Haha. Most starups have a website/CEO/attorney/coffee maker. Most startups fail. Don't have a website/CEO/attorney/coffee maker.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
I think you forgot brand ambassadors, people who actually wear your shirt because they love your service, want to promote it, and proudly do so. These ones are the best, because when asked what the company is or does, they'll know wha
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Would love to see some info about the difference in strategy for raising in a toxic industry/vertical.
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Help us build a complex auction-based music algorithm (Ruby/Mongo)
1 points by earbitscom 13y ago
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by earbitscom 13y ago
I learned of Weebly when someone complained on HN about your email communications. I immediately signed up and (with very few technical bones in my body) built a totally bad ass website for a friend of mine in 2 hours. There's a very
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by earbitscom 13y ago
If those were as common as fires and doors being deadbolted closed with child 911 callers, we might do it. You act as if the scenarios outlined by the parent are as rare as biohazard emergencies.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
That's why I enjoyed it so much. PG puts thought into every word of these essays. If I know him well enough to have an opinion, that sentence was crafted as much for its contents as for its tone, and that's what made it so aweso
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Oh man. This may be my favorite startup quote in all of history. "Investors make more money as founders' bitches than their bosses."
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Ask HN: What is the best way to transition away from supporting IE
1 points by earbitscom 13y ago|2 comments
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Companies only do well what makes them money. We designed our business to be good at helping artists, so yes, that's why we made them our clients. We're not shy about it.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
He said "performers". If your radio station pays performers, you need to fire your accountant.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Our entire company (www.earbits.com) is built on the premise that more value can be created for artists out of streaming radio by using it as a fan acquisition tool and marketing platform for the artists and labels than by using it to sell
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Not featured, have raised about $800k from AL. It took a special kind of determination.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Can they make this app also tell you when valet parking companies are falsely putting cones and signs in front of parking meters, etc? This happens in every area of Santa Monica, Venice, LA, etc. They make it look like several parking spo
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by earbitscom 13y ago
I tend not to do this, which is why I find myself at age 35 with practically no grudges held and very few people who I cannot tolerate or even appreciate. It also makes it easier to recognize whether something is reconcilable in business,
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19-Year-Old Develops Ocean Array to Clean Up 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic(whydontyoutrythis.com)
3 points by earbitscom 13y ago|0 comments
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by earbitscom 13y ago
That is correct. If they make the pool pre-money, only the people who had stock pre-money get diluted. If they do it post-money, or even do part of it post-money, the investors share in the dilution.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Great. We agree to these terms. Thanks, Sam. Welcome to Team Earbits.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
No connections. Got rejected once. Accepted second time.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
The competitive aspect of demo day and investing in YC companies drives prices up. Investors are trying to maximize returns and some may feel these prices are not justified or that their capital can be put to better use investing in a comp
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Revenue does not equal profit and they want to scale quickly. They may have only $150k in profit on $1M in revenue and want to run operations at $250k in monthly expenses.
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by earbitscom 13y ago
You're forgetting that they are talking about the companies getting $1B valuations, not all startups. If you line up 100 companies that are Instagrams, Pinterests, Facebooks (when it was valued at $1B), etc, one of them getting to $100B c
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Ask HN: What are your best Android app marketing hacks?
7 points by earbitscom 13y ago|0 comments
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Earbits (w11) Brings Its Indie Music Discovery Service To Android(techcrunch.com)
2 points by earbitscom 13y ago|0 comments
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by earbitscom 13y ago
Just fyi, this is 100% broken on my galaxy s3.

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