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uurayan | 15 years ago | on: Digg: A Cautionary Tale

<em>The basic problem is that these new-media companies don’t really have customers; they have audiences. Starting a company like Digg is less like building a traditional tech company (think Apple or HP) and more like launching a TV show. </em>

This is always the risk in creating community based platforms that don't monetize directly. One day you're the hot chick at the party, the next you're that creepy old guy who keeps coming back to said party.

uurayan | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any desperate things you did just to keep your startup alive?

The AirBnB cereal boxes is more genius than desperate. I consider desperate things like the Zappos story where Tony literally sold everything he owned to keep the business afloat.

uurayan | 15 years ago | on: Show HN: Vittyo, Roll your own video store

What percentage of the sales are you guys taking or is there a monthly fee?

uurayan | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: What to do for logos?

A method that worked for me but might not work for all. We had a friend in a graphic arts program at the local university. We asked him if he wanted to do our logo for a project.