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roddyr2

NYC -> Denver

entrepreneur/dev

startupschwag, iconmetrics, allify (betaworks), rescueid, priceadvance, maxloren, refreshthing, treetini, etc

  1. After 6 months of development and thousands paid with no milestone notes or evidence of progress, a biochemist I've hired has become completely unresponsive. His most recent communication suggested that he'd like the…

  2. We've been working on a site as a side project for ~2 years now. It's had great media attention, good growth. It's profitable, there are clear models for greater profitability, but we've hit an inflection point; we…

  3. Startup Schwag is a surprise bag of schwag (promo materials) distributed to web types monthly. Some past bags have included schwag from TechCrunch, reddit, tipjoy, disqus, socialthing!, pownce, etc. We've posted this…

  4. I'm on Aetna's individual plan. They seem to increase premiums around $50/month every 6mos. I don't think I should be spending $300/month on health insurance (I haven't been to see a doc in over a year, no other issues,…

  5. When Free Content Remains Captive (internetevolution.com)
  6. A recent comment about TipIt ("feel sorry for these guys, going up against a well covered and now leader TipJoy") made me wonder (as tipjoy is brand new) how one would measure that. What do you use to measure awareness…

  7. PriceAdvance Beta Launch (priceadvance.com)

    We submitted our app in October not expecting anything and got asked to come talk to YC. We put together a tight demo, couldn't sleep the night before, waited until late Saturday night after the interview to hear they'd…

  8. The situation: one support / customer service email address and 2-3 people keeping track of incoming email / responses / etc. Is there something well designed that we can set up (or subscribe to) to allow us to share…

  9. I am the creator of StartupSchwag.com, a subscription tshirt/chochki of the month club. We currently print one startup's shirt per month (startup pays nothing for this) and accept stickers/chochkis for distribution to a…

  10. I'm working on a business model that requires charging something for a web-based service (not consulting/nothing hourly). I've never known where to begin the process of arriving at the 'right' price. Clearly, there are…