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speakme

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About speakme

I'm Adam, the Co-Founder of speakme.com. speakme is a new social video experience that allows users to engage with likeminded people about what matters to them.

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    I tried that and got no responses. Maybe because I specified Canada? I should have just gone with the US. It's close enough!

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    > If people aren't willing to, nope. The idea behind this comment is that if people don't care enough about the work to bother viewing it, the maker shouldn't be paid. Which I agre…

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    By this rationale, if you had a way to sneak into concerts without buying a ticket, would you do so? If so, what percentage of the time? 100%? 50%? How would you decide?

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    Yea that's what I'd be afraid of. It sounds like you handled it well. Since betali.st only features products that haven't fully launched yet, I just don't want to submit, and then …

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    How long was the turnaround between submitting to betali.st and getting featured? I've heard some people submit just a few days before going live, so by the time users get invites …

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    cool concept. Is it meant just for games and just mobile? Would your customers be interested in beta testing a web-based social network?

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    How do you intend to balance the need for high quality with the desire of users to get involved in the community? Are you worried if someone can't post/comment for months after joi…

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    The personnel are impressive, and it's a great service, but what is their game plan?

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    I wonder if this will be the next step for them; mapping all indoor and outdoor locations, integrating relevant ads into the street view of certain stores?

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    Having spent a few years in the finance industry, in my experience most people in my area of work were not these type A money addicts described. That said, I am confident they adde…

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    I enjoyed this essay. Unfortunately, one of the drawbacks of tech culture is the importance of momentum/hype to bring in investors and users. Unsurprisingly, it brings out some bad…

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    Seems like it needs a lot of permissions on Android, e.g. reading SMS messages. Not sure it relieves a pain point enough to give that kind of access.

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    Great example of resourcefulness and creating a path to success where no path existed before!

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    This was a great read, especially as our startup gets closer to launch and we need to keep in mind both the value of rejection, and the philosophy of always trying as hard as we po…

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    That's a good start! I guess I wonder how much the uptake will be for a broader audience who can get WP for free and may not care as much about the customization experience.

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    "Facebook is a public company now, which means it has to operate like a business." Pretty sad indictment of the tech industry that operating like a business had to be qualified.

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    What does Ghost offer that can't be accomplished on Medium?

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    I like that she quotes Dr. Suess at the end. He'd be so proud.

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    Using Flash for user submitted videos?

    I am looking at pivoting a project I've been working on into a plugin to allow web users to record and upload video in-browser, which to my knowledge has only been done with Flash.…