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Echoes of gabocorp.

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In 2008, a Consumer Reports Money Advisor TV segment that featured http://www.PriceAdvance.com was syndicated to news programs in 15 states right around the holidays. That led to 125k+ installs of our toolbar.

In October 2007, the Wall Street Journal mentioned Startup Schwag on the front page, below the fold. That yielded ~15 signups for the ~$20/mo service, though admittedly its appeal was a bit niche.

There's a joke in here about adbrite ending up on fuckedcompany.com

Take a look at SickBeard + SABnzbd+

Looks cool - logo immediately reminds me of Valvoline's - http://www.valvoline.com/

Take a look at www.StartupThreadsMonthly.com - they've been running for awhile and do a great job. American Apparel, stickers in the bag, etc. They've taken what we did with StartupSchwag to the next level.

Good luck to the hntees guys tho =) Really tight landing page.

hides the old Twilio tshirts we shipped out during StartupSchwag ;)

Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive. The Cukoo's Egg is good as well.

What could possibly go wrong?

I've paid $35 for a shirt at a concert. I'd pay $25 for this. At $15 + shipping that's the cost of an American Apparel tshirt with nothing on it. It's pretty reasonable imho.

ValleySchwag went on to start GetSatisfaction. StartupSchwag (which I ran) shut down b/c after 31 months, it was time for other projects. Really excited to see this coming back and I've already signed up!

+1 for Techno / Electronica (Chemical Brothers - Further, for example)

Is it that evil is efficient or that being "good" (providing positive externalities in the process of delivering goods/services) is less efficient?

This is so irrelevant to hacking/startups.

Office space with walls is limited but there's lots of coworking space - check out loosecubes.com to search it. Private reserved desks are ~$500/mo.

Apartments: nybits.com / streeteasy.com / nakedapartments.com. Look for no fee apartments. Brokers here take 15% of your annual rent as a commission and renters generally have to pay that. They'll also want to make sure you make 40x your rent. For example, $2500/mo apartment (~650sq ft in Manhattan) == prove you make $100k/yr with 2 years of tax returns, financial statements. If they could take a blood sample I think they probably would.

For camaraderie, go to events at GeneralAssemb.ly, check out meetups, check out Hackers & Founders.

$14.95+$4.60 S&H in the US.

Love the concept and execution. Manually cross referencing "Then and Now" pictures from the Denver Library of Congress made history tangible and finally interesting for me.

Thought this was already revealed as a viral marketing campaign by starbucks:

http://www.coffeestrategies.com/2011/08/08/starbucks-and-the...

Not sure if that means there's more of a reason to exploit it or not, at least Sam's doing it for good =)

... except it's at-will. If you can't negotiate a rate that makes you feel like you're not being exploited, and introduce boundaries that keep you sane, you're doing it wrong.

Check out: http://theymakeapps.com/

It's still in beta, but I'm finally ready to get some more eyes on this. I'd love any feedback / suggestions.

This is similar to Allify.com (full disclosure, I'm involved in Allify), AppCircle from Flurry.com and Applifier.com's new mobile offering. ChartBoost.com is closely related - it's for mostly closed cross-promotion.

zach- I'll give you startuptees.com if you want it... drop me a line,

roddy from StartupSchwag here. It was time for bigger and better things =)

Or feel free to email me, I ran StartupSchwag - I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Yes. They're not targeting you.

Every major label has a deal with them, nearly every hit on the top 50 for the last 5+ years was pre-screened by management. The last numbers I heard were $1m/year for the service with a $20k/song screening charge.

HitPredictor.com has been doing this successfully for years without the brainwaves.

Yeah, TM is free, (R) means registered and costs ~$450+

Try Noble Tree, ~2600ish N Clark