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Gambit is now Live
After 2 years of working at my startup (kickflip) we’ve released what we’ve been working on to the public, Gambit. There are many stories of how my 2 partners and I got to this point, which I’ll share later. For now, Gambit is a payments engine for social games and communities. For a more in-depth [...]
Why should you read Scratch Beginnings? Straight from the author…
I asked this question to Adam Shepard who wrote Scratch Beginnings which is a great story of him starting from nothing (literally) in a town and what happens 6 months later… Why should anyone read this book and what will they get out of it? There are a couple of reasons to read this book… [...]
Email Deliverability Hack: Adding mark as spam in your own email
With our new startup one of our BIGGEST challenges is getting email into inboxes, and we just started sending them:O If you’ve ever ran a website with more than 20 users, I am guessing you know my pain. I know Ted has written up some great tips on making your email work. So has Auren. [...]
Should you give discounts?
Fortunately, my car and motorcycle have both broken within the week. Yay! Now, my mom is driving me to meetings;) Anyways, I was at JP Automotive (car mechanics) and trying to get a deal. Our conversation went like this: link to photo Noah: “JP, I am broke, poor and hungry. Please can I get a [...]
Startup Tips: Health Insurance
This is not a sexy post about marketing or product but something I was hoping to share with anyone starting or looking to start a start-up. We are a small team of 3 working on our new project and my mom kept bugging me to get health insurance for riding my motorcycle. I frankly never [...]
Learning Viral: What to do when you are NOT Viral
I was thinking about this during a drive about many sites and services that just don’t have a natural or artificial viral component. Some great sites come to mind: Kayak.com, like.com, scribd.com (questionable). link to photo Your Marketing person is thinking: “Shit, I wrote that I do viral marketing on my resume and our site [...]
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