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by nckpark 13y ago
Incomparable Things is looking for talented developers to grow our engineering team as first employees. Our mission is to inspire adventures that get people outside, active, and feeling alive. This drives our product as well as our lifestyl
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by nckpark 13y ago
NYC - iOS / Mobile Developer - Incomparable Things We are a three person team just out of the Nike+ Accelerator powered by TechStars and moving fast towards launch. Our product provides a new way for people to discover and share outdoo
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by nckpark 14y ago
Fair, but dismissing a thread that could be really valuable to entrepreneurs considering applying isn't great behavior either.
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by nckpark 14y ago
This is partly true. Start-Up Chile makes a big effort to bring in speakers and mentors. That being said, Santiago isn't Silicon Valley, and Start-Up Chile doesn't have the network of a YCombinator or TechStars. I'll also say that outsid
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by nckpark 14y ago
I'm also participating in the current round and happy to answer questions. Start-Up Chile isn't for everyone, but it is an awesome opportunity if the fit is right and a great way to experience a new part of the world.
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by nckpark 14y ago
The contact list, consumer trust, and appropriate context. A third-party developer offering this has the significant challenge of making users trust them with a payment. People know Facebook and (most) trust them. PayPal or Bump are options
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by nckpark 14y ago
I picture a payments system on Facebook being geared to person-to-person payments and web payments, not in store, mobile payments. Need to pay back a friend for dinner, split the rent, pitch in for a co-workers gift? FB is a natural place.
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by nckpark 15y ago
Indeed, but this time someone is actually making a profit! That's a refreshing change.
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by nckpark 15y ago
Pandora's problem is that they are locked into paying royalties on every song they stream. So as their listenership and total ad market increases, so do their costs. So far they've managed to scale their profits with the rising costs, but t
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by nckpark 16y ago
This doesn't prove anything about the quality of a 'startup idea' It just proves that you are able to convince a small number of people to drop five bucks. I don't see how that has a correlation to the future success of a business. This wou
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by nckpark 17y ago
I've got to admit, the board game idea for the ipad is pretty cool. In general, though, I'm not convinced I see the game market for the ipad being as large as it is on the iphone. A phone is in your pocket when you're on the bus, in the w
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by nckpark 17y ago
I can see crosswords and similar games taking off for people who use their kindle to read newspapers. It's one of the major (to some people) sections missing from the kindle versions right now. I think we could also see apps that use the k