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@bmelton - I agree. We are going to first target the small enterprises. Thanks for you advice.

The app we are trying to build is a complement to Box.com (that offers solutions to SMBs as well as enterprises)

@PabloOsinaga - thanks. Getting connections via alumni is a cool advice. I wish there was a social network to connect with Alumni.

Also, do you think that contacting Fortune 500 companies will be a better way to go. If not, do you know where to find a list of SMBs that we can target?

Cool, great advice.

However, phoning them up generally connects us to their customer helpline. What is the best way to reach the right person within that organization of >50 people?

@robinwarren thanks a lot for the link!

I agree that selling to SMBs and Enterprises are very different approaches.

We are still in the customer development phase (http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2008/11/what-is-custome...) and really want to "get out of the building" to start learning about whether our assumptions are right.

I am not really sure how to approach the organizations. Is face-to-face a better option or online networking is better?

How is it different from IdeaScale? http://ideascale.com/

@daralthus: great feedback. will work on the screen-shot size and new todos on the landing page.

Can you please explain what type of graphs would you like to see?

Thanks a lot!

@eLobato - thanks a lot for your feedback.

I really like tomorrow.do and it's an awesome app.

Votodo is a little different from tomorrow.do as it allows you to share your todos with your followers - which makes it really interesting at times.

We are currently beta testing and going to launch apps for iOS & Android very soon.

We are also planning to release an API for our app. Interested developers can reach us at team@votodo.com

It is interesting to know what people are doing right now.

We thought it will also be interesting to know what people are going to do. So we built Votodo.

Votodo is an app to share what you are going to do with the people you care about. Moreover, it is deeply integrated with Facebook & Twitter to help you connect & share with people you already know.

Constructive feedback will be very helpful. Thanks!

Facebook has a clear monetization model. If Facebook releases a product like AdSense - which shows content relevant ads as well as targeted ads will be a great blow to Google.

Also, as far as mobile is concerned there are apps like Karma (http://getkarma.com) and TagTile that Facebook recently acquired - and they showed a great way to monetize using Facebook data.

There are some many apps that have crossed millions of users just because of Facebook integration.

Haters gonna hate but Facebook is here to stay for a long, long time.

Well, if I create secret groups and add my friends and others add me to their secret groups, I will be in about 50 secret groups - which doesn't make sense. Also, managing groups, like circles in very cumbersome. That's where apps like Path & Pair help a lot.

Considering it does not require any additional hardware, I believe it is easily scalable.

What do you think?

It is just being paranoid by Viddy & Socialcam funding.

Both the apps (and Dailymotion) are deeply integrated with the FB timeline and hence getting a lot of views because of it.

People will laugh if they integrated Youtube with FB timeline. So, I think it was in their best interest to integrate it with Google+.

So, either Google+ wins or Youtube loses. I believe that most likely the latter will come true because of this move.

I think Google should buy social networks like Pinterest, Viddy or Socialcam (and leaving them they way they are) instead of ruining its own products by integrating them with Google+.

Facebook acquired Instagram in spite of it being integrated with Twitter. Google should also play the same game.

More results here: https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/ycombinator%20intervi...

Even Java Plumbr: https://twitter.com/#!/JavaPlumbr/status/192147574206119936

Chatimity got through: http://www.pluggd.in/chatimity-app-chat-with-nice-people-297...

Hello HN Community!

Ads Suck. They ruin user experience, annoy your audience and drive away traffic. We are ourselves developers and we want to build an alternative to the existing ad networks.

Daily deal websites like Groupon, Living Social, etc. have proved that people love deals that are relevant.

So we built Ossum - The Deal Network. It is like Adsense, but for deals.

Ossum gathers deals from top deal websites (like Groupon, Living Social, etc.) and gives you an API to embed them in your apps, blogs or websites. You earn affiliate revenue when someone acquires a deal via your app/blogs/website. Moreover, you can choose the location, categories and sources from where you want to show the deals.

So you can now earn revenue, increase engagement and build something that your users will love even more.

Interested developers can join our beta for free at http://ossum.in

Votodo is an Action Network that helps you to Share, Discover & Do what you want to do.

People use Votodo to share & keep track of what they want to do. Votodo also helps you to discover what others want to do based on your location & interests.

Best of all, Votodo community also joins, helps & inspires others to do interesting things and make stuff actually happen!

Also, "todos" on Votodo give a fair idea of what's going to trend.

We are accepting beta invites from the HN community. We would love to have your thoughts & suggestions.

Following are some great technology and startups related resources that I have come across:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc (Steve Jobs Speech. Watch it again and again and again...)

http://news.ycombinator.com/ (Latest News in the Tech/Startup Industry)

http://ycombinator.com/lib.html (YCombinator Startup Library)

http://www.sfu.ca/~mvolker/biz/ (Business Basics for Engineers)

http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/ (Stanford CS Library)

http://stackoverflow.com/ (Tech Q & A)

http://answers.onstartups.com (Startup Q & A)

http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html (Paul Graham Essays)

http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book (Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book)

https://www.djangoproject.com/ (Python - Django Framework)

http://angel.co/ (Angel List)

http://webchat.freenode.net/ (Join any channel, for example, #rubyonrails, #css, #jquery, #ubuntu, etc. for quick Q & A and chat)

http://www.github.com (For open source code)

http://ecorner.stanford.edu/popularVideos.html (Stanford E-Corner Popular Videos)

I will keep the list updated. If you believe I am missing something, please mention it in the comments.

I see facebook ads on Google search. Google also allowed Bing's ads. http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/ads-for-new-microsoft-bing-...

Facebook doesn't have the same spirit. It knows that Google+ is far better than what they have to offer.

Venue Updated to Red Box Cafe, Bandra

We have also created a facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_146806595388717...

We are going to build a web soon. Until that you can RSVP for the event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183401495047729

Thanks!

Time for the third round of Hackers and Founders - Mumbai meet!

So, a dinner meet for Mumbai based hackers and founders. If you love http://news.ycombinator.com/ - you should come. If you have started your own startup, or are looking for co-founders or people to join your team, you should come. If you have a cool side project and want to scale it up, you should come.

(This is a Dutch event. Not free. Everyone shares the bill.)

Time: Wednesday, June 29 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: TBD (Somewhere in Bandra)