hansel

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by hansel 16y ago
this makes a big difference from 'just an idea'. I would do two things: 1) offer them some equity based upon what would have been fairly vested (you will have to negotiate this, but start with room to get to "fair" but not insultingly low.
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by hansel 16y ago
how does it compare to the Vocus service?
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by hansel 16y ago
B2B deals can be closed on the phone. For B2C, you can always put on your contact form that all emails are read and that you will respond within 12 hours and usually within X hours. Every time we (PlantMyPhone.com) responds instantly, peop
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by hansel 16y ago
Can we turn this into a 'What isn't Google trying to build and why?" thread. That way entrepreneurs don't have to rethink from scratch this every time (investors tend to ask this question).
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by hansel 16y ago
I guess all we do is choose how steep the downward slope is?
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Ask HN:best examples of pre-sold customers?
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by hansel 16y ago
1) get them to show you a big list of pre-sold clients....then discount that by 10x 2) contact a few of these clients and see if they would be hooked on it like crack 3) use 1 and 3 to estimate the value 4) demand control of the price at th
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by hansel 16y ago
can you provide more context such as the value prop of your product?
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by hansel 16y ago
This seems like the standard gloom and doom article that is easy for journalists to publish for an audience looking for an enemy to hate on. Energy efficiency and end-user economic efficiency can be separated. The simplest way would be to
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by hansel 16y ago
do you speak/read portuguese? i think this is more of a 'support group' http://www.endeavor.org.br/cases-empreendedores energy innovation awards: http://www.edpbr.com.br/energia/ government VC: http://www.fundocriatec.com.br/ http://
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by hansel 16y ago
Check out Stratus, maybe they do mobile. Go through the portfolios of LAVCA http://lavca.org/membership/current-members/ I've looked at some portfolios of Brazil VCs and incubators if you are are interested in Brazil.
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by hansel 16y ago
I concur with the rest that say don't get a lawyer too soon, but that you do need one if things get serious. The key questions to consider are: 1) have they proven that they are serious? Sometimes they are just fishing for competitive inf