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ryetoasthumor

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About ryetoasthumor

Works at AutoRef.com

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    Comment #11660227

    The language around the industry has changed over the past year as institutional investors began to make up more of the loan buying volume-so the name changed from "P2P" to "Market…

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    Comment #7542723

    https://en.mention.com/ I really like Mention, since they also have a mobile app and the free tier does everything I want. We used it to hop into conversations on forums about car …

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    Comment #7505432

    I was the COO at AutoRef. I am a little unclear what you mean by an advertising revenue model. There are two ways to implement this model: 1. Have dealers pay you to advertise thei…

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    Comment #6362559

    Aggregating public transit delays. In NYC the current solution is text message alerts and/or paper notices in the subway. If transit apps (Google maps, Transit, etc.) had this info…

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    Comment #5489438

    My name is Neil, I work as Biz Dev for AutoRef. If anyone has any questions or comments about the site, I would be happy to field them.

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    Comment #5023723

    I use Base CRM because it's ridiculously simple for contacts and on my galaxy nexus the app is one of the few that is truly awesome. It keeps my business and personal contacts sepa…

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    Comment #5023624

    Check out duolingo.com Translate the web as you learn a language. Disclosure: My professor at CMU runs the company.

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    Comment #4868421

    This is actually what AutoRef.com, the startup I'm working with does. While it is similar to CarWoo for used cars, interacting with dealerships about specific vehicles tied to a VI…

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    Comment #4519569

    Third post from series: http://autoref.com/blog/2012/09/08/the-tech-behind-autoref-p... Full disclosure (bizdev at autoref)

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    Comment #4513921

    Interesting series http://autoref.com/blog/2012/09/07/the-tech-behind-autoref-p... Full disclosure (bizdev at AutoRef)

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    Comment #4501151

    I work at AutoRef and will gladly answer any questions.

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    Comment #4496127

    We had similar success! CBS local Pittsburgh Website Simplifies Car-Buying http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/08/17/local-website-simp...

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    Comment #4400575

    We are very excited :)

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    Comment #4400393

    We have been experimenting with ways to keep customers in the loop as we expand our inventory beyond the Pennsylvania and Southern California region. Your suggestion addresses the …

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    Comment #4400273

    I work at AutoRef.com and would gladly answer any questions.

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    Local Website Simplifies Car-Buying Experience

    We love getting feedback on our service.

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    Comment #3615182

    Fantastic Q2 2011 was a great one. But in Q? 2007, aka date of the first iPhone release, success was not imminent. All I am suggesting is that you compare apples to apples instead …

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    Comment #3613536

    >2. The iPhone was launched when it was clear that mobile phone would integrate MP3 functions, and the iPod market would die. But it was more profitable than the iPod, so no dilemm…

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    Comment #3360084

    I don't disagree with this gentleman's sentiments about the chasm between "our economy produces and what you might call a meaningfully well-lived life." But I do not buy into his a…

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    Comment #2175341

    This is a fantastic article in Harvard Business Review: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:QgB-NnO_xTEJ:f...