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.
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.
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).
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?
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.
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.
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 :)
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?
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.
Search rate limits through the normal API can be prohibitive for many use cases like news/brand monitoring. Or even citizen monitoring programs for local police. So they resort to datasift and gnip and are charged volume-based amounts on behalf of Twitter. And presumably, at the end of every month, a wire transfer goes out to Twitter.
Now that doesn't mean that twitter makes $1 per 10,000 tweets. A license to the tweet is required separately for each end user of those two platforms. So with 1000 datasift users accessing a particular tweet, Twitter is making $0.10 on it. The more people request that tweet the more money Twitter makes. Marginal cost = 0.
You're underestimating the drive hat comes from conviction in an idea. The guy has been living like a nomad. He gave away his book rights earlier to pay for his and the organization's defense. That's when all donations were blocked by credit card companies and Paypal. He could be making much more money working as a programmer in San Francisco or as a talk sho host on CNN. His fame came from the effects of his actions. It's like saying Larry Page started Google because he enjoys the limelight. He built a world-changing organization, and fame happened as a side effect. He might get rich in the future though another book or a movie. But at this point he's personally in the red.
With billions in revenue per year, Starbucks has direct advantageous deals with credit card companies that probably follow them no matter what transaction system they use including Square. In other words, they are likely to pay less than the standard Square fees.