sf4lifer

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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Walking and talking is my preferred method of communication. I use to wait until I had a call scheduled but now I just go (3-4X a day) and send/listen to audio messages.
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
You shouldn't seek or take advice from the internet
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Interesting! That would explain motivation. Any insight on how to track if we're on one of those lists and remove ourselves?
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Ask HN: Daily Twilio OTP attacks, why, just why?
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
In my experience, there is no silver bullet outreach. Until you have dozens of customers you shouldn't do anything at scale. Best thing (depending on customer) is call, linkedin inmail and/or emails. It typically takes 3-7 touches
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Sales at a startup trying to find product market fit is probably the worst job of all time. You have no marketing/brand/leads and if by some miracle you do land a deal your product probably isn't quite right and there is no c
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Because Stephen Wolfram is a billionaire who knows what he's sitting on
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
I went through extreme zoom overload as a senior leader at a large organization. I found myself on upwards of 16 Zooms a day. It was exhausting and I felt not very productive. I found most people were multi-tasking and just waiting for thei
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
The second you hit record the vibe on the meeting is different.
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Things don't always go up and to the right. Life is not linear. If things aren't going your way professionally, you can always work on your personal life or physical body. You're only moving backwards if you stop moving.
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Hang in there. These 5 months rank among the worst times to get a job in software. Things will pick up in a couple of months. Make sure you're working on an interesting side project
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
No, we had a group chat on Telegram that we used during meetings for our snarky comments
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
In my experience there are 3 types of justifications for big decisions. The first is data supported, any logical person would come to the same conclusion. The second is data sort of supports it, yes there is a leap, but people can see it an
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Sounds like a universal chat app: https://www.makeuseof.com/best-all-in-one-messaging-platform...
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
x.com
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
The telegram chat was far more interesting than anything ever said in slack
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Zoom chat. It's a slack/teams competitor
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
we do audio messages. Taking the synchronous out of it allows for similar interactions on global time
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Totally agreed. This is the part that makes RTO mandates make no sense to me. When I worked in an office, we would video call instead of going up two floors
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
I believe Eric is right. It's often the moments before or after the scheduled meeting when the side conversations happen that build relationships. Sometimes the insight comes 20 minutes after the meeting ends and you walk up to the per
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
If you are growing MoM with clear PMF in a decent sized TAM you'll have no problem getting meetings or raising money. If you have paying a couple of customers who are passionate about your product (ready for seed round) then you can co
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Build relationships with paying customers ASAP in the journey. They will give you all the guidance you need.
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Most of the available addressable market of websites that want a chat widget already have intercom, drift, crisp installed. All these companies have AI-features either deployed or on the horizon. You're going to have differentiate con
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
When Path was shut down, a shared album became the default social network for my family. I now have one for different friend groups. It's not spectacular, but it works and privacy is the key feature.
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
How'd the fund do?
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Ok. In that case, I'd position a paid pilot for 100 users to prove out the value/ROI at some rate that's less than the cost of the existing tools. This should be within VP discretion and won't trigger a procurement proce
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Sounds promising. But be skeptical. Large companies will rarely risk trying something new with 5000 people. $5000 * $50 * 12 = $3M. This level of spend (on anything) will require c-level executive approval. Typically for a large enterprise
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
Yah, I'll usually wait until I have a couple of messages, then go for a walk and listen and respond. I have a group message where we all respond via audio messages and it's fun. We've never been able to get that crew on a fac
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
I started getting voice notes a couple of years ago and disliked them at first. It felt presumptuous of the person that I'd stop and listen to their 4 minute monologue. Scanning a text message is much more convenient. But I ended up re
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by sf4lifer 3y ago
I've only ever gotten jobs through people I know, so applying was purely a formality...

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