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Another form of mobile Ads, will be coupons, based on how many times you check-in somewhere. It's not 100% ads, but it works great for coffee shop, clubs, restaurants and bar that wanna improve loyalty with their clients.

I mean, you probably don't need to throw away all the software, but just a part of that, you have to modify that not to delete everything. About Marketing, I don't think that spend money in ads and stuff like that is a good idea. I prefer unconventional and cheaper ways to attract your early adopters, or at least at the beginning, (during first months). Only once you have found your first users, you have to find a way to scale the ROI with the lowest marketing investment, but again, I prefer unconventional stuff. Like Airbnb has made Obama and McCain cereal boxes to buzz the company name, and at that time they have found "already" their market.

In part this is true, but I will add a third kind: ideas/startups that evolve.

Looking back at YouTube, PayPal or many others (now) most successful companies, their originally idea was completely different. PayPal changed 4 times during his first year, YouTube at the beginning was a video dating site. So, I think that another way to build huge companies is more in the ability of the founders to understand and iterate on first early adopters needs instead of "I need that" scenario. They have to be as fast as possible to change the product around what people want. But if they are fast enough a startup that looks a completely disaster at the beginning could turn into a gold mine.

Thinking about Slide; Max Levchin has changed the company proposition many times, or look at Airbnb, they were a renting couch website with the focus on the events and not on travelling, they changed that very fast and now they are just making a revolution into the world of travel.

The most important part, is to start, with the conscience that your company could change completely, and you have to accept that before it will be too late to fit the market.

(700k #iPad sold today) x (avg price of $700) = $490,000,000

http://www.pickv.com has the same concept but with movie,tvshow,music and food as well

yes but it doesn't work: 500 Internal Server Error

I think a way more of 20TB

more than one year ago was twitter

I would add the 12th: Once you are happy, spread and share it all over the world, don't keep it just for yourself.

Firs of all, YC is about amazing people, and only later about amazing conferences.

they just use a "panel multi-sourcing" method. http://www.compete.com/resources/methodology/

It's number of visits. If you look at Unique Visitors stats google.com still first: http://bit.ly/8UDhHK. What is real amazing about these stats is not the visits itself, but the growth. Thinking about the future, FB will pass google under every aspect.

it's just what compete can track and show for free. If you have the PRO version you can see these analytics deeper.

you are right, now it's clearer... ;)

Thanks for the Linux Dropobox Client.. we exist!

When you are into a social network you don't want to see ads, you want to see friends. Otherwise when you are on google your mind is on "search mode" so you really want to see ads related to what are you looking for.

If you are in SF area, tell me if you need help!

cheers!

When you are a public company there is just one thing that count: REVENUE REVENUE REVENUE!

You can say whatever to your community... But if you are public you need to increase your revenue and enter in every market that can satisfy this need for the investors. "Don't be evil" and things like that are BS, if you are not evil into the markets, someone will take yours.

not now

not now

Imagine Bump as the fastest way to transfer money within friends or somebody...

e.x: Hey buddy you should give me 10 bucks from yesterday!

Oh yes! let's bump.