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Re: HN, Remember you said go out and talk to people? I did: InsidersTalk.com

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Post by kmfrk »

I just remembered something important regarding the use of Vimeo. From the usage guidelines (http://vimeo.com/guidelines):

># Do Not Upload Videos Intended for Commercial use

>* Businesses may not use Vimeo to externalize their hosting costs. Vimeo (including Vimeo Plus) is not a business service.

>* You may not upload videos containing ads before or after the video, unless given prior written permission from an authorized member of the Vimeo staff. Videos with any advertisements in them, including links to commercial sites, regardless of content, will be removed.

>* We reserve the right to allow certain commercial content for those businesses who have coordinated sponsored advertising campaigns or direct partnerships with Vimeo.

To which extent this applies to your project in its current and future is debatable, but I would make sure it doesn't catch you by surprise, in case you haven't already. :)

Re: HN, Remember you said go out and talk to people? I did: InsidersTalk.com

#32

Post by snitko »

kmfrk wrote: post #31

I just remembered something important regarding the use of Vimeo. From the usage guidelines ( http://vimeo.com/guidelines ): ># Do Not Upload Videos Intended for Commercial use >* Businesses may not use Vimeo to externalize their hosting costs. Vimeo (including Vimeo Plus) is not a business service. >* You may not upload videos containing ads before or after the video, unless given prior written permission from an au…

It does not apply to me for now. I'm not using Vimeo for commercial purposes yet. If I ever want to place ads, I'd probably switch from Vimeo to my own hosting.

Re: HN, Remember you said go out and talk to people? I did: InsidersTalk.com

#35

Post by kmfrk »

snitko wrote: post #32
kmfrk wrote: post #31

I just remembered something important regarding the use of Vimeo. From the usage guidelines ( http://vimeo.com/guidelines ): ># Do Not Upload Videos Intended for Commercial use >* Businesses may not use Vimeo to externalize their hosting costs. Vimeo (including Vimeo Plus) is not a business service. >* You may not upload videos containing ads before or after the video, unless given prior written permission from an au…

It does not apply to me for now. I'm not using Vimeo for commercial purposes yet. If I ever want to place ads, I'd probably switch from Vimeo to my own hosting.

I know, but you are externalizing your hosting costs by using Vimeo, and I haven't seen anyone use it like you do. I was just wondering how their rule applies.

Re: HN, Remember you said go out and talk to people? I did: InsidersTalk.com

#36

Post by zaidf »

snitko wrote: post #30
fbnt wrote: post #28

Good job Roman, I enjoyed Mallette's interview. I'm not sure if having a completely heterogeneous set of guests is a good idea, rather than focusing on smaller niches. This way I feel like there are low chances that I'd be interested inyour next guest. On a positive note, the simple layout looks really effective to me. P.S: I know it's a bit off-topic, but knowing Roman is Russian, I'm impressed by his american accen…

I think you never know what you may find interesting. I don't really want to find a niche. Mixergy covers founders, but for me it's more exciting to talk to just different people, not necessarily entrepreneurs. That's the point. About the accent. As you can see in some of the interviews, it's not always perfect. But in my opinion the thing that matters is that people understand you perfectly and enjoy talking to you.…

I agree with you. A lot of folks are doing niches. But few go talk to the guy who is walking to his 5pm gas station job. I'd love if you focused across high-end and low-end jobs.

Re: HN, Remember you said go out and talk to people? I did: InsidersTalk.com

#38

Post by snitko »

kmfrk wrote: post #35
snitko wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does not apply to me for now. I'm not using Vimeo for commercial purposes yet. If I ever want to place ads, I'd probably switch from Vimeo to my own hosting.

I know, but you are externalizing your hosting costs by using Vimeo, and I haven't seen anyone use it like you do. I was just wondering how their rule applies.

I pay for the vimeo account, so I'm not exactly externalizing costs.

Re: HN, Remember you said go out and talk to people? I did: InsidersTalk.com

#39

Post by philwelch »

fbnt wrote: post #28

Good job Roman, I enjoyed Mallette's interview. I'm not sure if having a completely heterogeneous set of guests is a good idea, rather than focusing on smaller niches. This way I feel like there are low chances that I'd be interested inyour next guest. On a positive note, the simple layout looks really effective to me. P.S: I know it's a bit off-topic, but knowing Roman is Russian, I'm impressed by his american accen…

I get tired of hearing about nothing but startups. Maybe talking to someone who's awesome for other reasons, like an ultramarathon runner, would be refreshing and just as inspiring.

Re: HN, Remember you said go out and talk to people? I did: InsidersTalk.com

#40

Post by mnemonik »

snitko wrote: post #17
mnemonik wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought everyone learned this lesson after expertsexchange.com... That has to be one of the oldest running jokes on the net.

Not being a native speaker it never occurred to me and all my native speaker friends to whom I mentioned the domain name never said a word. I think maybe it's not all that disastrous.

Totally agree that this case isn't that bad at all. Just thought that most people were familiar with the running joke about expertsexchange.com.
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