How A Y Combinator Startup Is Born: The Story Of Strikingly

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Post by teng » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 5:30 PM UTC

How A Y Combinator Startup Is Born: The Story Of Strikingly
onforb.es

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Post by jes5199 » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

startups with names ending in "ly"

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Post by dsmithn » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 5:50 PM UTC

Previous discussion on Strikingly, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5359507

edit: just noticed, the top and bottom of their home page are almost exactly the same. Except for the size of the logo. Interesting.

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Post by niggler » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 5:54 PM UTC

onforb.es -> forbes.com.

Why do people continually upvote forbes.com articles? So many ads, and the big ad before you see the article can't be skipped automatically.

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Post by dsmithn » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 5:58 PM UTC

niggler wrote: post #4

onforb.es -> forbes.com. Why do people continually upvote forbes.com articles? So many ads, and the big ad before you see the article can't be skipped automatically.

Because they have some high quality content.

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Post by 0xfd » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 6:06 PM UTC

Such a genuine entrepreneurial story!

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Post by rewind » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 6:32 PM UTC

niggler wrote: post #4

onforb.es -> forbes.com. Why do people continually upvote forbes.com articles? So many ads, and the big ad before you see the article can't be skipped automatically.

I have never seen a screen name and comment go better together.

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Post by dfguo » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 6:41 PM UTC

dsmithn wrote: post #3

Previous discussion on Strikingly, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5359507 edit: just noticed, the top and bottom of their home page are almost exactly the same. Except for the size of the logo. Interesting.

The bottom sign up form actually increased our conversion. :)

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Post by minimaxir » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 6:58 PM UTC

jes5199 wrote: post #2

startups with names ending in "ly"

Which is better than startups with names ending in ".ly"

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Post by jdludlow » Tue, Mar 19, 2013, 6:59 PM UTC

jes5199 wrote: post #2

startups with names ending in "ly"

Part of your sentence appears to be missing, but I'll fill it in for myself. The "ly" thing is beyond worn out. The odd thing in this case is that they actually chose a real word.