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What anki desperately needs (to the point years ago I explored this), is out of app nudges. I know I know, lots of folks dont like nagware, but I've found that for recreational things sometimes life happens and I just forget to go back to certain decks. If it's not tied to a goal I never get back to it.

All opinions are my own

It depends on who you're selling to; it seems like you might be doing more enterprise/b2b sales?

Starting in the early aughts I transitioned from being solely technical to having been a key stakeholder (either as a Solution Consultant equivalent, Account Manager, Product Manager) in selling millions in professional services and saas offerings in enterprise b2b sales. I've also created products that lead to and millions in direct to consumer sales. (I get that this isn't a LOT compared to some folks, but I've been exposed to the problem space for a while.)

If I had to start all over again, I would start with the Value Selling Framework. While I've mostly aligned to this any time I've sold things they get a few key things right that make it so much simpler to sell once you understand how you provide value to your customer. It also addresses identifying key stakeholders and ensuring you're talking to the right people.

If you're selling direct to consumers with no conversations to allow for problem/needs discovery, you can still use this. You'll know what you need to do to address the value your offering provides and common objections in your sales collateral.

Finally, if you are selling to businesses, it's important to understand your customers BUYING process. Certain level of expenses require different levels of signoff, so you can get more business sometimes just by lowering your prices a few dollars because it doesn't require a more arduous approval process. Certain features in your product may make the buying process take much longer. Understanding this at the outset can be key to sales success.

Good luck!

I've lived in St. Pete since 2000. If Tom was who I think he was, he was certainly a character. He'd drive around with that d* jeep blasting flight of the Valkyries.

Shopify is a big customer of theirs....this is interesting.

As a shopify store operator, I'm super frustrated at a few things that we can't edit. This looks like it's not editable, but BETTER from a conversion standpoint, which could be a significant impact to profits.

Every health event is literally a blank check to multiple unknown providers. There's nothing to stop them from charging whatever they want.

The question is, do you do different things for YouTube vs. Patreon. Potentially, YouTube is more akin to a short lived annuity vs. a Patreon job.

Maybe not, depends on the accretion of your content.

Are you familiar with Porters five forces? and the sixth, which is regulatory environment?

If you're not, it's worth it's weight in gold when evaluating markets and looking at how do build your business model.

Not only that, but it creates an anti competitive environment where someone like me, who sells to US customers, subsidizes those shipments from other countries.

That's the real kicker in this whole thing.

Have you read “Traction” by the founder of DuckDuckGo? It’s perfect for startups such as yourself.

I think Kevin Rose looked into recommendations at the dish level with a startup (milk?). You might consider checking to see if he posted any lessons learned.

I'm super curious how this will impact the future of elections; big cities tend to skew heavily blue. Suburbs tend to skew red. Will this change the suburbs? Example in the article was from NY to SC; SC tends to be red...

Ventilation systems like what happened in South Korea?

Have you read the book "Traction" (by Weinberg and Mares)? It might help you break out of the specific niche you're looking at and be able to come up with some white space to work on.

Is your argument that because something is legal, it's ethical? I want to make sure I understand your assertion.

Had the same experience, except it was a pool in one of the Dakota's. I could not move, and it was completely unexpected. I recovered in a few seconds and I'm sure the pool ladder is the only reason I got out without needing rescue.

Sounds very similar to Prometheus Fuels. The AMA thread on here from the founder was amazing.

How is this not directly fraud?

It’s a 50k; Ive raced with them in 100’s and theres a reason they frequently have cloth between the sandals and their feet.

My personal experience if moving to zero drop shoes was positive but took about a year before my ankles felt OK.

I’m oddly of the opinion that anything that makes someones vote worth more than another's isnt a good system.

Democratic candidates have won the popular vote 4/5 times in the most re ent elections, but only won the Presidency 2/5. That’s an issue.

I do the same, this breaks that.

To frame this another way; it’s voter supression.

Amazon is a good cash business, but hard to build a brand on.

Shopify is easier to build a brand on, but harder to make actual money on initially.

If Shopify turned us off tomorrow (they can), we’d be able to continue. If Amazon did, it’s game over on that platform.

Chris is one of the most generous people Ive seen in the business.

Not afraid of hard work either.

“Around their house”- key point when youre not near home.

Wow, add in those truckers that’ll lose those jobs from autonomous and some states end up VERY hollowed out.

It’s my understanding they are metric’d on wins....

US military does this as well (shorter duration). The reason is so that people are loyal to the role, not the person.

Don't forget making bricks from the tunnels that have been dug...

There’s some ridiculous stuff going on where users come into a group, post bad stuff, then report the group. Boom, group deleted. Facebooks gotta do something about it...