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Profit is an almost perfect indicator of barriers to entry. If a company makes a lot of profit (35+% operating margin) doing something - Apple's HW, or Microsoft's OS - many observ…

I think you're ignoring the group of people who both work smart (as you define) AND work long hours. That combination would probably have the highest correlation with success. It's…

The reason that 200,000 apps is huge is not because all 200,000 benefit a single user; rather it's because 200,000 apps enables millions of people to write this exact same post, bu…

this is correct - I've tried to reach out to CL ads to obtain early customers for a web app that would seem to solve their problem (and I'm very honest about it, saying it's our ap…

I think Apple went out of their way to make it seem like iPad2 is a long-running product: - end of video, Ive saying "iPad2 will define the category for years to come" - 2011: the …

seems like they are ignoring an opportunity for a pivot - their promotion created demand for their web design services, but they want to be an app maker so they don't pay attention…

Hands on Apps engineer for series A startup tackling energy efficient lighting. In bay area. Looking for smart problem solvers, as this product is in a new space (networking meets …

we hear this from users - you can "force" style combinations now by choosing styles manually and then seeing the rooms that result, but we should probably make this function more o…

one of the founders previously started an interior architecture/design firm; subject matter expertise is key to the implementation. personal fashion is a possible expansion, but ho…

we have a "budget slider" feature for each product category (e.g. show only sofas below $XX). do you think a budget slider for a room makes sense?

yes, we'll optimize for speed soon (but we hope to optimize at the right time). bedroom and dining room are next on the list. getting visitors is indeed the big challenge. SEO, vir…

this is an artifact of our previous quiz interface; the comments here make sense and we'll change it to be less confusing.

yes - account creation lets you save rooms that you've created (we have people who have spent hours putting together different room combinations) but you're right about the high hu…

we're working on just that - sharing/comparing/combining your style profile results with others. stay tuned...

We recently released a new version of the quiz, and looks like we had an IE7 bug which we'll fix right away. BTW - 55% of Sproost visitors have been FF, only 25% have been IE7/6.

Semi interesting background - part of the team behind Sproost met each other here on HN. We always respect the HN community feedback. Thanks in advance for your comments on what we…

just curious what the group thinks of coding quizzes / challenges that are often part of job interviews for programmers. how predictive are they of a coder's future performance? ar…