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   by paulitex 13y ago

   Thanks! Definitely sounds like we need to tighten up the message. This is great. :)
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   by paulitex 13y ago

   Yes, prospects. Mailing lists, relevant LinkedIn groups, etc. I generally agree with you, but I think this community has an eye for detail we might not find in other groups.
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   by paulitex 13y ago

   Thanks – that's similar to what cooperadymas was saying. Who did you mean by "their"? We are soliciting feedback on our more B2B channels too. But I'm posting here because a) it's a startup and HN likes startups and b) I like HN and wanted
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   Show HN: Finally opening signup on my education for business startup, Learndot

   55 points by paulitex 13y ago|17 comments
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   Apple Design Teams Get Cozier(blogs.wsj.com)

   4 points by paulitex 14y ago|0 comments
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   by paulitex 14y ago

   vegetarianism is not the answer. Monsanto is one of the evilest companies on earth and they control most soy production (I say this because many vegetarians eat a lot of tofu). It's about understanding the source and making good choices. Ea
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   by paulitex 14y ago

   I just watched "Food, Inc" this weekend, it's a very well made documentary. Much more evidence-based and non-preachy than I expected. They talk at length about what they call 'veggie libel laws' and other laws introduced by food producer lo
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   Reverse Engineering the CompStak 500 Startups Demo Day pitch(prlambert.com)

   3 points by paulitex 14y ago|0 comments
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   by paulitex 14y ago

   Learndot – Vancouver, BC, Canada or San Francisco, CA, USA http://www.learndot.com/ Full-time, Intern, or Remote (North America) Learndot builds beautiful learning centers for organizations. We exist to make the world a smarter place. Lea
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Worth noting, we actually did that as well. I believe we got 7-8 conversions on launch day from the ML. Built from ~6 months of email capture on the landing page + 4 months of active customer discovery interviews.
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Sorry about the confusion. When I say I will pay $60 for a warm lead, that's assuming a number of them will not convert. Our LTV is in the 1000s, but another part of the cost of acquisition is the time on the phone to close the deal. It's m
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Numbers are always trustworthy if they're accurate. You just need to right context to interpret them in. These numbers are straight from Google Analytics, and you are correct that one was a direct link and the other was via TC. I say this i
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Thanks, fixed.
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Good catch, thanks.
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    TechCrunch vs. Hacker News: Which is a better front page to launch your startup?(prlambert.com)

    91 points by paulitex 14y ago|38 comments
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    White House Gun Proposals – NYT posts full documents(nytimes.com)

    1 points by paulitex 14y ago|0 comments
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Another great solution that doesn't involved changing anything in how you run your blog (or even moving off of Dreamhost), is a front-end cache like http://www.fastly.com/ . It's really affordable for personal sites, and for static sites l
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    ...5 minutes ago "Paul, come look at this cool new recipe website. This is awesome. It's like a really good recipe sharing site" - Sonia (she points to Punchfork on her screen). "Oh, I just saw on HN it got acquired by Pinterest." - me "Wai
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    5 traits of the most successful entrepreneurs(versiononeventures.com)

    7 points by paulitex 14y ago|1 comments
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    Hype Machine down?(hypem.com)

    2 points by paulitex 14y ago|1 comments
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Learndot – Vancouver, BC, Canada or San Francisco, CA http://www.learndot.com/ Full-time, Intern, or Remote. Learndot builds beautiful learning centers for organizations. Our goal is to help make the world a smarter place. We've been crea
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Thanks Micah. The final price was greater than 1k and less than 5k.
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    [meta: HN is a great critic, the two biggest issues we had before pulling the trigger was this one and what pud pointed out :)] This was a tough call. We thought it was a clever design that tied together the name mark and the logo. In the p
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Fair enough - usually I just say "Learndot, dee oh tee" and it's no problem. Though I agree it's not perfect. The other factors balanced it out (spellability, MVP-ness and so forth). You're right, naming is hard.
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Hey pud, OP here. The thing is, we never say the domain. We say the name of the company. I totally agree that "Learn dot dot com" is confusing. But "Learn dot" isn't. Vast majority of people use Google to find things on the web (that was th
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    How to name your startup: A 9 month first-hand journey through rebranding(learndot.com)

    90 points by paulitex 14y ago|46 comments
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    Evan Williams: What I Learned Building Medium (So Far)(medium.com)

    51 points by paulitex 14y ago|11 comments
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Repost of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4098430 Here's where he discussed the metrics around last time it hit #1 here: http://rigoneri.com/post/25804668500
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    Swiss Federal Railways Says Apple Copied Its Iconic Railway Clock(macrumors.com)

    5 points by paulitex 14y ago|0 comments
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    by paulitex 14y ago

    Yes, I saw Vic interviewed by Guy Kawasaki at SXSW this year and he basically said exactly this. He was counting active users as people who had plus accounts, were logged in, and were using any product with a plus/social component, i.e sear