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zackyap

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About zackyap

Co-Founder of Zestyl. Geek on fire. Thinks, talks and does startups, coding, marketing, social media, gaming and tech.

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    Totally understand what you're getting at. It's up to each individual how specific they want to be, and how much information to reveal. At the very least, we hope that it can help …

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    Comment #5293347

    Thanks! Yes, we think that it would be a great place to get anonymous feedback as well.

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    Comment #5293330

    it doesn't have to just be about startups. But we felt this was something that might help (and be fun for) startup people right now since we've seen a number of stories on here tha…

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    Show HN: Recount - share your startup stories anonymously. We are not alone

    There are times when we just can't have open and honest conversations with people about the things we're going through. Anything we say publicly gets added to our personal brand. L…

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    Comment #4640899

    I have to agree with this. I don't understand what each button does or what I have to do to play or win. Nice UI though.

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    Comment #4557527

    For modern startups, growth can be optimized on an ongoing basis but not if you're not building something that people love. There's a reason why Zynga games' growth aren't sustaina…

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    PG did state what are good metrics to focus on: "The best thing to measure the growth rate of is revenue. The next best, for startups that aren't charging initially, is active user…

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    Comment #4471817

    Congratulations and good luck!! There's nothing better than to be working on something you can call your own, and to be building a company of your dreams. It will be a tough journe…

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    Comment #4467259

    I spend some time thinking through the ideas when I wake. Evernote works great for me especially when it's copy or marketing ideas.

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    Comment #4467192

    ^ Yeap. This. I was mainly trying to share a problem solving technique that's been working for me. I did look up Wikipedia for an explanation and linked to it. It was a pretty dece…

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    Comment #3607018

    It costs $300 SGD to register a company in Singapore. $5000 probably includes cost of other services such as legal and secretary fees.

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    Comment #3013629

    Nice work. Made good use of a useful framework.