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You should figure out websites that have affiliate programs, force the requester to choose a website, and when you end the text message, include the website to add some validity. I…

It's great that Eric Ries used his own lean startup methodology to figure out what influenced people to buy the book. Eric built a website to take pre-orders so he could A/B test t…

W3Schools says that IE usage is at 22.9% in Sept 2011. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

If you were applying to work at my start-up, chances are I would try to find you on the Internets anyway, and I would greatly appreciate you saving me time by just providing me you…

Wordpress is a good reminder that every great product starts from humble beginnings.

There's another start-up that does something similar to this called Brass Monkey. Their angle is turning the iPhone into a Wiimote-type controller. http://brassmonkeysdk.com/ Both …

Thanks for the comment and you make a good point. I guess what my main point was that you should pick one thing to focus on once you know what the optimal thing to focus on is. Ima…

Single quotes as much as possible, unless it's a MySQL call or HTML. I hack in PHP mostly.

It's supposed to be an online version of Grimlock from Transformers. He's part of a clan or robots that all talk in third person and have broken English. That being said, I thought…

I think you should trial run every employee before hiring them full time if possible. Sales people can lie about their qualifications just as much as any hacker. In fact, it might …

As a fellow founder, I experience the ups-and-downs of the start-up roller coaster everyday. One of my favorite quotes from Founders at Work comes from Joe Kraus, one of the creato…

I just saw Sam Altman speak at YCNYC and I was impressed. I have never actually met him or heard him speak before Monday, but one of his stories really stuck out and went something…

At Startup Bootcamp in Boston last week, Charlie Cheever from Quora said that even the people you hang out with influence and shape your product. My take away from YCNYC last night…

I just heard Drew Houston of DropBox talk in Boston at StartupBootcamp and this resume rings true to what he said. The reality is that every founder starts in the same place and at…

Here's an article I wrote about the merits of the program if anyone's interested: 14 Reasons You Should Enter the MassChallenge - http://bit.ly/f6wSvm Tweet me @andygcook or andy@r…

Your point is very true. They hope to stimulate innovation in Boston through the competition, but the main goal is to stimulate innovation nationwide. One of the winning teams last…

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I was a $50,000 winner in MassChallenge 2010 and it's a great organization. I've written a few blog posts on my experiences there. Hope they are helpful: 7 Startup Lessons Learned …