thewordpainter

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by thewordpainter 8y ago
love mixpanel, keep up the great work
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by thewordpainter 8y ago
love to know how much of the HN community suspected this -- when can we get an instagram poll?? :)
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by thewordpainter 8y ago
this feels like such a clickbait piece. hope usa today pleases their advertisers. speaking for where i was born & raised, there is little semblance of crime in the great majority of atlanta. if anything, it feels like it's all comi
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Ask HN: What's the best payment processing system for B2B startup?
1 points by thewordpainter 15y ago|0 comments
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Using Facebook to Find Employees(online.wsj.com)
1 points by thewordpainter 15y ago|0 comments
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
i'd like to think a guy that has been at the center of the technology beat with some of the best opinions in the biz is a good person to have on the VC side.
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
twitter is the most powerful tool if used properly. you can cultivate a rapport that can translate into a relationship before you know it...and for companies like ours that are completely outside of the heart of the action, it's allowed us
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
agree with the guys above...sounds like a pretty easy solution to me. i think there's a lot of positives that can come from a standing desk. more than anything, it's a much healthier lifestyle than slouching over 10 hours/day.
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Discovered a New Band? Find Out Which Songs To Check Out First With GoRankem(mashable.com)
6 points by thewordpainter 15y ago|2 comments
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
when 2.4mil are following an account, it's safe to say word will spread :) feel like i've run into the issue with facebook likes before. have they really not resolved it by now?
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Ask HN: More traffic: Mashable Tweet buttons or Mashable mention? (Ongoing)
4 points by thewordpainter 15y ago|2 comments
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
love it, mike. you in miami? as for a simple request, our startup ( http://gorankem.com ) should be getting a nice mashable writeup soon enough tonight in their spark of genius feature. if you could share that across your networks using t
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
^great advice. there's a good chance the business will morph with time so i wouldn't drop anywhere near that kind of money until you've started making money with a product. actually wrote a quick blog post about this subject as we were batt
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
yeah, was already planning to pass along the mashable story to other industry specific writers and ask 'em "did you catch our mashable writeup?" and hopefully it could snowball from there. i know when lifehacker picked us up out of the blue
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Ask HN: How to optimize press coverage?
2 points by thewordpainter 15y ago|3 comments
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
i'm with rick...this is public validation that you were on to something. depending on the resources they have behind them, it's probably too early to throw in the towel...then again, if you take your passion for the concept and apply it to
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
been wondering ... how's the job market compare for bizdev types in the valley & SF?
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
when i'm working from home, i love breaking up my late morning with exercise right before lunch. it allows me to take a step back from the morning work & clear my head. also doesn't hurt for staying in shape! as for the daily fish oil i
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
call me naive, but other than YC & 500 startups, when i think mountain view, i think the startups turned corporations (google, linkedin, etc). i think mountain view is much more of a family friendly local, compared with SF's younger sce
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
thanks for the heads up. i just wish influential sites like crunchbase were not reliant on compete...
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Ask HN: How to correct incorrect reporting from traffic counters?
1 points by thewordpainter 15y ago|2 comments
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
like you acknowledged, i'm not sure how much weight i'd put in brand awareness when many view myspace as a laughingstock these days. plus, all that traffic is ramping downward at a crazy high rate: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/myspace.
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Ask HN: Best CRM solution for bootstrapped startup?
3 points by thewordpainter 15y ago|2 comments
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
biggest issue i had: ran into the same problem i have on youtube, grooveshark,etc -- i may be able to think of a song or two to play, but then you freeze up and can't think of anything. you need some kind of reference/resource. that's just
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Behind Pandora, There’s Walden Venture Capital—A Little-Known “Sprout Stage”..(xconomy.com)
1 points by thewordpainter 15y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What have been the biggest hits for websites that end in .co .me or .ly?
1 points by thewordpainter 15y ago|0 comments
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
from a brand awareness standpoint, facebook is definitely the way to go. if you're trying to drive sales, people are a lot closer to a purchase on google.
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
you can always pursue press coverage, but that traffic doesn't last so i'd continue to share your progress on places like HN. i wouldn't exhaust too much money on a google adwords campaign just yet. if you're looking at that though, i often
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
it's an extra click...but like you said, i think it'll become more & more expected with time.
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by thewordpainter 15y ago
really think so? i think .net is the one that's getting jumped. another interesting note: i think all these new domains will favor more & more google queries as people just don't know how to find the sites.

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