KleinmanB

They moved all your personal info under the name display, the row of pictures is exactly the same as imdb in; placement, spacing and size. It visually looks the same and it was a fairly large departure from the previous design. Something served as the template.

Me too, may the best man win.

Ha!

The real miracle is that this teacher built a computer for her students to take an English test on in 1895!

I did too, but everyone knows that horses are more expensive in the Fall.

Totally agree, but if you are going to capture little bits of info say: Zip, Sex..etc From experience I was wondering which was most useful to increasing activity and membership and how people creatively leveraged them.

Totally on point, but they dont provide "space" for their businesses.

Thanks

This is really similar to the argument that it is foolish to bicker over seed valuation. It is difficult to compare skill set value during the first week of a product launch and when the company has critical mass or momentum. There are a ton of mitigating factors that push a company out of founding stage that arent product, code, marketing, relationship or related to traditional skill.

Its an imperfect science and an abstract distraction at a time when it is not a top priority.

I was using HN as an example. I have noticed that many sites do this (non tech sites as well).

On something like a Macbook, or other one button mouse computers most consumers aren't as quick with their understanding of "right click menus" and other options.

Does anyone have a strong feeling when building a site about this?

In my experience when I am on a site with many things I want to interact with, if I am pushed out of the site to interact I am less likely to come back.

Hah! 50/50 of a new company is ZERO. If you are negotiating your "future value" (aggressively) with the person you are partnering with (and betting that they will pour their blood into to build the initial value), you probably have the wrong priorities to begin with.

Just taking the risk, starting at zero and pushing through the early phases is HUGELY valuable. That's why VCs don't start companies

(This advice changes a bit for well known, serial founders)

Right, but "displaying on the same tab" seems to be the default standard. I was interested to hear how people felt about both sides.

After basic education (up until highschool) why not let kids pick what they want to learn. Forcing people to do anything after puberty is fruitless. You dont see high school football coaches having to force the kids to stay on the team. Why is education any different?

Consistent, short, engaging; writing and video are the most undervalued part of any consumer facing company. Good copy reinforces a "brand personality" which leads to a feeling of connection.

Whenever I consult I always tell companies, a company cant and never will be considered a "friend" by any consumer. A company wont help you move places, go drinknig with you, or give you personal advice. The goal companies should aim for is to make a company/brand feel like a "familiar acquaintance." If people feel a companies brand personality is consistent and they are comfortable with the company existing some place in the web of their life to be called upon in a limited number of scenarios they are doing the most you can do.

See: Virgin, GroupOn, Google

Great article. You clearly understand the importance of building an offline community to fuel the online one. face to face intimacy can never be replaced (it was why Yelp started so strong).

I think Patron specifically faces a problem with promoting product use (bottle registrations, pictures of use ..etc). A liqour company must be militantly careful about promoting over consumption. By awarding the people who register the most bottles its not a large logical leap to accuse them of promoting irresponsible drinking.

What they do know, by just giving the brand an exclusive identity and promoting participation on the site and events is about as far as they can go.

My suggestions would be for them to start promoting what goes well with Patron and creating connections to things (food, activities places) that can be promoted without treading in the dangerous area that is irresponsible drinking.

Great Work to you and Patron!