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jimlast | 13 years ago | on: Finding Anyone’s Email Address

It is. I'm planning to put out more stuff like this over time. Any feedback is welcome!

jimlast | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you promote your web apps?

2)SEO. I think you're confusing SEO with content marketing. Content marketing, like having a blog with great content, is only a portion of SEO, albeit the hardest portion.

jimlast | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: As founders/unemployed folks, what do you do for health insurance?

We don't have enough people to warrant group coverage, so I've always just paid for a health plan for my wife and kids. I'm healthy, so I don't see the need in paying several hundred $ per month on myself, when my costs are no where near that amount.

jimlast | 14 years ago | on: Bootstrapping an Ultra Low Latency Trading Firm, Part 1

This is very interesting. Would love to see more posts about it as you go.

jimlast | 14 years ago | on: Forget Anonymous: Evidence Suggests GOP Hacked, Stole 2004 Election

One guy making a claim and exit poll discrepancies do not equal evidence.

jimlast | 14 years ago | on: Forget Anonymous: Evidence Suggests GOP Hacked, Stole 2004 Election

This is just ridiculous.

jimlast | 14 years ago | on: 5 Practical Sources for Bootstrapping Funds

Hi, I'm the author of the post. Thanks for the comment.

I worked a day-job for years while I was building up the revenue from my startups. I finally was able to get to the point where the profit was enough to sustain me.

My advice is to treat the consulting work and your startup work as 2 completely separate jobs. Schedule time for both of them and make sure that they don't overlap. That way each job gets the best that you can give.

jimlast | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do I find a good software/web IP attorney?

I don't think you have to find someone necessarily with a heavy software background. I would think it's more important to find someone with a lot of IP experience that knows a little about software than vice-versa.

jimlast | 15 years ago | on: Startup Idea--Need Feedback

I like it. I think crowdfunding is a major trend and we'll see it increasingly used in the US and Europe for startups, not just developing countries.

jimlast | 15 years ago | on: How to Use Competitive Intelligence to Gain an Advantage

Good article. We've got a startup launching soon that helps with competitive intelligence. Signup at launch.tractionapp.com if you're interested.

jimlast | 15 years ago | on: The Decline of Facebook As A Social Network

Hi, I wrote the article. Thanks for the thoughts, but I've never added people I don't know or apps I don't use. Spam apps I was referring to are from other people that show up in my stream or wall, those "Billy answered a question about you" posts.

jimlast | 15 years ago | on: How to increase signups by 50% using “popup forms”

We converted ShrinkingApp.com to modal signup forms 6 months ago or so and saw a slight increase in conversions, nothing too dramatic. I can see how it would work from a simplicity standpoint (less page loads, quicker, etc.).