daveying99
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Comment · 13 years ago
What assets? The Washington Post real estate is not being sold. It's just the people, their pensions, and the brand that was purchased.
Comment · 13 years ago
To show that he wasn't fooling around with side projects when he was still full time at YCombinator?
The journalist wouldn't have put it had it not been emphasized by his sources. And if they brought it up it's likely because Harj giving less attention to YC is a sensitive topic for the other partners at the firm.
Comment · 13 years ago
Tweeted you :)
Comment · 13 years ago
I totally agree with the point about technical hiring
Comment · 13 years ago
Cool, I tried to signup but needed an invite code:)
I think that satago would fit nicely into a few media themes like what people can do to beat the recession, the empowerment of small businesses, and crowdsourcing data.
Comment · 13 years ago
Not really :)
Comment · 13 years ago
Hey Egreg, I've met Peter Shankman and love what he's done with HARO. However we're doing a few things differently.
First, it's global from day one. So we have a much lower volume of overall queries to start with. However we've already made connections in the UK, India, US, & Dubai (where we're based).
Second, opportunities are public and shared. This is a huge no no with HARO look at this link for example: http://www.publiseek.com/opportunity/seeking-new-stories-for...
Third: any content creator (not just reporters) can use it. That includes movie producers (product placements), event organizers (speaking opportunities), etc.
Also we're putting a bit more focus on design/branding. Hope this answers your question. Do you use HARO?
Comment · 13 years ago
Hey Major_Grooves, that's a bug, IP geolocation gone wrong :( If you select United Kingdom you'll only get publicity opportunities related to the UK. let me know if I can do anything to help.
By the way what is your startup about? :)
Comment · 13 years ago
Hi Egreg, I'm going to go ahead and say that yes it is. In the sense that every piece of content you share online with your name on it is publicity.
That includes that instagram photo of a great day at the beach, that blog post you wrote about reaching your 50th paid user, or a retweet of a hacker news article about lisp.
In each case you're saying look, that's me, that's what I do, and that's what I stand for.
It's called content marketing. And everyone is doing it if they're aware of it or not.
Comment · 13 years ago
Hey minimaxir, you're right that they're not. Founders are short on time and need to focus. So I'm illustrating a point that you can reliably get publicity within the time limit that you allocate for this activity. It doesn't need to be a hit or miss :)
Comment · 14 years ago
Great. So First Round Capital is pushing idea that they stood with David against Goliath and won teaching a lesson to Big Co. Did the entrepreneurs see any of the money?
Comment · 14 years ago
Lack of SMS shouldn't be a problem. You can use two factor authentication with the app version.It's on that same page.
Comment · 14 years ago
You could both be right. Login with Facebook, buy with 1 click. And let the merchant know all kinds of information about you to show you the right products.