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badgercapital

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American Dreamin'
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badgercapital··on Ask HN: How and Why Do You Upvote/Downvote?
I upvote a lot. Most of the people on here are posting personal work they have put their lives into.
badgercapital··on Stripe: Bitcoin
Wow.. I know a few startups that just killed after this announcement.
badgercapital··on Help Save 100K American Puppies and Watch This Video
Bringing west coast hidden cash to the east coast -- love it
badgercapital··on Show HN: VidFall – Pay with time, not your wallet
The idea is really based on crowdsourced discounts. Creating a win-win for advertisers and consumers. Will be interesting how the market reacts.
badgercapital··on VidFall.com – Pay with your time, not your wallet
We have security measures in place for suspicious activity! We have to protect our advertisers.
badgercapital··on VidFall.com – Pay with your time, not your wallet
Hey, sorry for the confusion. Each video you watch decreases the price of the item for sale. In addition to the price decrease, you get vidfall points. These points are used at the 50 to .01 ratio. It is just an added bonus. Something users get even if they don't make the purchase. Users can apply these points at any time.
badgercapital··on VidFall.com – Pay with your time, not your wallet
Thanks, yea we were definitely inspired by the penny auction sites. However, we saw them as predatory. The nice thing about VidFall is you can't lose any money. Just a fun way to get discounts on gift cards. Thanks for the feedback.
badgercapital··on Show HN: VidFall – Pay with time, not your wallet
Sorry you feel that way. Thanks for checking us out! Cheers!
badgercapital··on Show HN: VidFall – Pay with time, not your wallet
Hey the watchers variable is dependent upon the number of people actually watching videos. We were making a TON of calls to our ad networks at the peak of the HN craze, but not all the videos were coming through. That is why the viewer variable was all screwy. Lots of work ahead, appreciate the constructive criticism!
badgercapital··on Show HN: VidFall – Pay with time, not your wallet
Hey, we ship each night at 6pm! Your card should arrive then. Thank you so much for giving us a try.
badgercapital··on Show HN: VidFall – Pay with time, not your wallet
Definitely need to work on the pitch a bit. Thanks, this will put the fire under me to get around to cleaning that up. Appreciate the kind words!
badgercapital··on Show HN: VidFall – Pay with time, not your wallet
Thanks! Appreciate the kind words. We ship out around 6pm every night. We have a lot to do today!
badgercapital··on Show HN: VidFall – Pay with time, not your wallet
Wow, well thank you HN for the support. Really incredible to be on the front page. You guys blew up AWS! Cleaned up the DB issues! Let's party!
badgercapital··on Stripe Checkout
Stripe is awesome. We use stripe on VidFall.com... our alpha launch is on 3/10, would love to see you there.
badgercapital··on Ask HN: How do you go about acquiring your initial customers?
Talk to the customer directly! Pick up the phone and call them.. Everyone tries going viral.. but your chances are so slim. Let your customers do the work for you. It won't happen overnight, but if you believe in the process, it will work.
badgercapital··on Ask HN: Is this a stupid business idea?
But sooo much streaming?
badgercapital··on Ask HN: Is this a stupid business idea?
hahaha awesome idea!