timjahn

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by timjahn 11y ago
It doesn't matter. Focus on validating the problem first. Get people to pay you to solve that problem and once you have people begging you for the solution, then figure out something to build. I've seen (and experienced myself) th
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by timjahn 11y ago
Living in Chicago, the Chicago Loop - Naperville comparison hit me....wow! That's quite an accomplishment.
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iAd App Network Will Be Discontinued(developer.apple.com)
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by timjahn 11y ago
Exactly. By joining YC, the goal is automatically getting acquired. So the parent is solving the problem temporarily, until they become the problem.
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by timjahn 11y ago
Same. They don't even really know what commercials are.
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by timjahn 11y ago
Start by asking yourself: what do you need? There are now dozens of co-working spaces in Chicago, with all sorts of amenities, specialties, sizes, etc. 1871 is the flagship, created by and supported by the city/government and rich tech
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by timjahn 11y ago
You and me both. We must be doing something wrong. :)
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by timjahn 11y ago
I'd venture to guess you're single, a renter, and have no children or relevant financial obligations?
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by timjahn 11y ago
This is exactly why I created Donald ( http://getDonald.com ). So many clients just default to email and don't use whatever project management system you ask them to. Sometimes even your own team defaults to email above all e
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Edward Snowden on Twitter(twitter.com)
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New messaging experience comes to LinkedIn, finally(blog.linkedin.com)
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by timjahn 11y ago
I'm aware of what a SaaS is. :) Great analogy though!
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by timjahn 11y ago
I know what a SaaS is. :) I'm asking what he built.
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by timjahn 11y ago
What's the SaaS?
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by timjahn 11y ago
You could say the same about television. I don't buy it. I don't see us all watching cartoons only in the future.
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by timjahn 11y ago
Man it feels good to hear somebody else say this. I feel like I'm shooting myself in the foot sometimes business-wise by not participating regularly in Product Hunt but I find that it's just not inviting. I don't feel a part
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by timjahn 11y ago
"Yes, it still an echo chamber which I believe actually hurts the startup community because it incentives them to work on products which have zero value outside the echo chamber." This. I hate this. I love the idea behind Product
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Show HN: How Much Time Are You Wasting – Learn how much $$ your agency is losing(howmuchtimeareyouwasting.com)
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4 Common Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make When Sending Email(getdonald.com)
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by timjahn 11y ago
Ah, we didn't need dedicated IPs so not familiar with those costs.
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This Texas Gas Station Turned Camels and Karaoke into a $30M Business(inc.com)
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by timjahn 11y ago
Use Sendgrid for my previous company ( http://matchist.com ) and using Mandrill for my new one ( http://getdonald.com ). We used Sendgrid because in additional to transactional email, we needed parsing and events. Sendgr
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by timjahn 11y ago
Launch it. Launch launch launch. Let customers tell you what features they need.
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by timjahn 11y ago
Nice! Was thinking about building a Gmail counterpart for Donald in the future, looks like this will simplify/speed up development for that.
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4 Reasons Email Isn’t Dead and Won’t Die(getdonald.com)
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Why I brought zero business cards to Big Omaha(getdonald.com)
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by timjahn 11y ago
Hah! I was thinking the same thing. Being based in the US, I was very confused by what the headline meant. Even in the article, they never explain what a "boot" is. Appears to be the trunk?
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by timjahn 11y ago
Amen.
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by timjahn 11y ago
"disclosing up front that you have a competing product" You're aware this blog post is posted on the blog of said competing product, right? Not sure how much more disclosure is needed.
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by timjahn 12y ago
I'm confident you could alter the current design to allow for extremely easy emergency service access to whatever part of the building needed, without having a giant ass road right in front of the building's front door.

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