Startups Chat

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Snow Crash– 162,578
The Diamond Age – 189,043
Cryptonomicon- 411,810
Anathem – 333,837

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806 2500 = 2 million words

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damn son

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i guess it is 6x longer than a neal stephenson book 😛

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hey folks, I'm looking for some example B2B websites that are a great example of marketing.. sales copy, CTAs, etc.. do you folks have any favorites?

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kddfniwmt andyet, thoughtbot, heroku, stripe

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not b2b, but this is always a fun landing page to share muzzleapp.com/

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Not sure if still around, but copyblogger wrote a _ton_ of good stuff on the topic

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Saas b2b i like following what Helpscout does, also Close (the crm). for agencies i like smashdigital +1 for copyblogger, also conversionXL is a great resource for CRO stuff

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The notifications are hilarious. I can't stop reading them.

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nokotime.com/ (formerly freckle)

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protip .. if the .com is taken.. get the .cam instead troll

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I think the muzzleapp landing is so bad business wise, I got hooked to the funny messages and forgot why i was there nor what it was for xD

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_Dear team,_

_Let me congratulate you on the app you updated a few weeks ago._

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Damn skilled targetting. I'm sold

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does anyone know any good CRMs that allow multiple photos per profile? maybe even batch photo upload?

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oh nice, just signed up into airtable.. i backed out of the google auth when it asked for contacts, and then i saw it showed a link "sign up without giving contacts access", handy that

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I don't have a ton of use for that kind of product, but I experimented with Airtable and thought it was quite nice

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Huh, MS Access still exists - latest release in 2013?

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yeah good news about airtable is that it allows for an attachment field that can handle multiple attachments

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Last one I used was sometime in the late 90s

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Anyway seems like basically the same thing

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huh, MS Access was/is pretty neat.. good tip

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hmm, maybe i should actually try MS Access

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offline would be nicer

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looks like MS Access is in Office 2019 (windows only)

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Did any project like LibreOffice maybe clone it?

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oh good point

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+1 for Airtable. Podio is great as well

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I was wondering how you test your mobile apps? What tools do you use? :)

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Unit tests, and fingers

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^^^ yup unit test in app and dedicated qa team do manual and automation testing using selenium / appium

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i hate when i have a great domain name idea but no actual plan for it, also it's $30/yr

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I hate when I have a great name, a great idea, and never have the time to work on it >_<

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hah, wouldn't it be funny if you packaged it up and sold it on flippa ?

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"here's the domain, here's the honking sweet idea.. "

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heh

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_Uber for cats_ 🐈

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snipwdeu I saw an ad for a service in Bangkok this weekend called Petxi. A taxi for pets.

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There's a lot of wacky nonsense in the startup space.

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I really want to get a coding job working on something insane like that

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It depends how long you are working at it for. 1-2 years ok, but anything over 2 years it will suck if it doesn't work out.

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Any amount of time would be fine to work at a pet taxi startup 😜 😜

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I hate it when I have 190312 ideas and I spend a little time on each which gets me nowhere

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Yes, I know. Pick one and focus on it. Working on that part.

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Getting some success kind of sucks because once you get some success it becomes way harder to work on other stuff. You have to focus on the thing that is working.

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You think, oh yeah I am going to do all these other things but it is so hard.

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If you are stupid successful, like making MM or B then you can do anything because you can fund startups, but anything below that it is very hard.

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Yeah agreed.

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I think I might be the only nomad who has no ideas. Implementing ideas and being super organized about project management and a stickler for getting the infrastructure built? Check. Creativity? Nope. 😞

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i'm in the same boat. That's why i end up mostly doing consulting rather than trying to implement my side projects...

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i believe i'm good at "ideas" (even though they are worth nothing by themselves) and sommetimes implementations, but I never really share them and noone ever knows about my sideprojects 😂

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I'm intentionally taking a break from sideprojects and it's quite hard, new ideas all the time

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I think that’s the differences in brain types. I know it’s probably a pseudo science. But there’s this notion of “visionary” and “operator”. Rarely these two are combined in a single person, and when they are - that’s a powerful mix and usually these people do well. Otherwise it’s advantageous to team up with your opposite.

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hbr.org/2017/11/how-to-excel-at-both-strategy-and-execution|https://hbr.org/2017/11/how-to-excel-at-both-strategy-and-execution

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I have an insane amount of ideas.. but conversely I'm kind of ADHD? I'm terrible at finishing projects and staying organized/focused

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elon musk def has both then

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(tho I enjoy organizing, and I'm somewhat organized)

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I just listened to an interview from a restaurant chain owner who is investing in expansion now. He said, “during a forest fire, you want to be the seed. The big trees are getting burned and there will be lots of space for new trees to grow fast.”

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If there was ever a time to double down on a promising startup idea, NOW is the time!

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Elon is so much both.

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ahyurhtrcnwrr it’s a common wisdom in business. Statistically businesses started during the recession have a higher chance of survival too.

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Hey qqjmbxhlzydbo is that interview in English or Thai and if so where can I find it?

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tivzgjenwudzf I see your link got deleted

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Got a Google search term? DM I guess, since not allowed

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lame rules don’t allow me to share any links unless I’ve been in this slack for over 90 days

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Yeah. It keeps the spam out but also lots of things I want to see

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Ahh saw it this time

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Thx

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PM is a fun podcast, wish they went deeper

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dammit, even copied text with an <a> tag gets redacted

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lol

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Planet Money
#999 The Restaurant From The Future
May 13, 2020

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Think I have it downloaded already :)

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nice - you know what’s up then

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Big fan fo PM and The Indicator
and also everything from A16Z

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If anyone's got anything about the emotional side of startups, I'm not looking for therapy but maybe like a good book right now haha

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Wandering through my empty office not feeling awesome about it rn

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add Daily Stoic podcast to your list

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Sweet

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Thanks man

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it’s the only one I listen to at just 1x speed. very calming and helps me focus on clarity of thought, approaching startups

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Sounds ideal

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I've tried to get into the a16z stuff but didn't feel it too much

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Will have a look at The Indicator tho

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Cheesy maybe but The War Of Art is a pretty fun Audible listen with a mixed bag of ideas, some gems

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Enjoying that right now

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any canadian's running soul proprietorships in bali?

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or even sole proprietorships

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soul proprietorship sounds way better

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especially for bali.. i hear ubud is the best place for soul proprietorships

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ygmnlbyenivsh i assume you're talking about a canadian sole proprietorship? what's your question? maybe somebody can help.. but i don't know if any canadian is doing exactly that in exactly bali right now

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Wonder what relevance does location have?

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Also I don’t think Canada had sole proprietorship status anyways.

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There’s self employed and incorporated provincially or federally.

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Self employed has no registration or any formal recognition to it. You just make money as self and report it as income

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Sole proprietorship is in contrast to partnership www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed-income/setting-your-business/partnership.html|https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed-income/setting-your-business/partnership.html

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I think you basically have sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation