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6 Credit Card Processing Facts Nobody Tells You
Well, we’ve solved our latest credit card validation problem and it seems like a good time to give a quick recap of the lessons we’ve learned during this whole sordid process. Things that nobody bothers to tell you, not even the people you’re paying to do just that. This is 2008, but credit card processing is a…
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Tipjoy (YC W08) now allows payments via Twitter
Tipjoy is different in a few ways. - We don't mandate branding in the tweet. You can just use 'p'. - We don't take a cut per tip, unlike their $0.05. That's 20% overhead on a $0.25 payment, which is high. - We allow cash out. People receiving money in Twitpay currently can't cash out. We're hoping to enable this…
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Balsamiq hits $100,000 in revenue
News and announcements from your friends at Balsamiq.
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The Man Who Sold Hot Dogs
Fast, FREE shipping on just-landed sneakers, boots, heels & more from your favorite brands. Now that's a win.
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Official Google Blog: Talk face-to-face right from within Gmail
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Google account disabled for 6+ days. Some thoughts
Mibbit is a fully featured IRC Client. Allowing you to interact realtime with your friends. Chat, play games, colaborate on projects together and more.
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10 Things 3D printers can produce right now
NUSA89 Server Jepang menghadirkan akses login game online yang cepat, stabil, dan praktis tanpa VPN, sehingga pengguna dapat masuk dengan lebih mudah kapan saja.
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How Steve Jobs pitches a startup
Watch the master pitch man, Steve Jobs, analyze the market for NeXT workstations in Part 1 of his Chalk Talk. He explains: “Who is our target customer? Why are they selecting our products ove…
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What's your story? Why start Balsamiq?
News and announcements from your friends at Balsamiq.
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Sequoia Capital: Armchair quarterbacks
Sequoia Capital’s “R.I.P. Good Times” deck made the rounds on the web last week. It’s Sequoia’s take on what happened with the economy and what their portfolio companies should do to weather the storm. Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturnView SlideSh…
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Do it yourself first
You should never hire anyone for something you haven’t first struggled to do on your own. It’ll teach you most of what you need to know to actually interview candidates, it’ll allow you to understand the nature of the work better (do I even need to hire or can we outsource?), and …
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Ask 37signals: How did you come up with pricing for your products?
Mattijs asks: I am developing an internet product and I am rapidly approaching the point at which I will need to set a pricing scheme for this product. Problem: I have no idea what to shoot for! I have done some research which shows a wide range of similar products with varying pricing schemes. …
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Wufoo's Secret to Customer Happiness? Googly Eyes
Wufoo inspires NMC to keep up with their customer base, even after they are customers.
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Making money twice
A good portion of this industry is still trying to figure out how to make money for the first time (hint: charge people). But for those who’ve mastered that, I want to talk about the next step: making money twice (or three or four times). Making money off original content isn’t hard …
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There's no shame in looking good
Aesthetics have a bad rap in geek circles. CmdrTaco infamously slammed the original iPod with “No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame”. In other words, it’s all about the features and the functionality. If you don’t do more than the other guy, you’re useless. I don…
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Dropbox finally launches to the public (YC summer 07)
Modern work can be frustrating and chaotic—if you don’t have the right tools. From context engineering to multimodal search, go behind the scenes and hear how Dropbox engineers are building AI that actually understands you, so you can focus on the work that matters most.
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10 interesting open source software forks and why they happened
In the race to provide full-stack visibility, many modern SaaS platforms have inadvertently created a new problem: information overload. High-end enterprise solutions are designed for companies with dedicated Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams that spend their entire day inside a dashboard. But for many…
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