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Problems + Pain = PROFIT for Startups

By Andy Beard | Published: May 21, 2008

I have just stolen/adapted that headline from Christine Comaford-Lynch of Mighty Ventures

It is the opening title of the first email that she sends to new subscribers to her email list, and goes on to say

But remember: it's not enough to just "diagnose" that pain.
People have to perceive it as a problem in search of a
cure. Only then will they open their wallets to get that
pain removed.

and a little later on

–Find a problem that needs fixing.
–Dig deep into the problem to find out what the real
core need is and the best way to solve it.
–Take the first step to creating that

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Keep Startups Simple?

By Andy Beard | Published: February 18, 2008

This is something that distracts me from my long-term goals.

Paul Graham of Y-Combinator

Here it is: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.

I suppose that works for a lot of situations however there can always be complications

  • Google and compensated links
  • Patents – not so much to defend the idea, but for barter
  • Major competition from the likes of Amazon & Ebay
  • Competition from other people in affiliate marketing
  • I am not a programmer

I

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The One Million [blank] Day

By Andy Beard | Published: August 21, 2007

In the realm of Internet & Affiliate Marketing, John Reese with his $1,000,000 Day certainly got his name in the history books, and many others have emulated his achievement.

You can start multiplying the number, or adding zeros, but that is rarely as impressive.

The One Million Link Day

One million links from separate legitimate domains owned by different people

A pretty awe inspiring concept

With the right planning and concept, I do think 10,000 is easily possible within one day, 100,000 would take extreme planning.

Counting Links

These things are hard to quantify from external sources. Yahoo reports almost all links, including those with nofollow, and

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Lijit Alpha? – Google Custom Search Engine Is Not Currently Suitable For Site Search

By Andy Beard | Published: February 12, 2007
Lijit Search

Lijit

There has been some talk today about Lijit, a service intended to be a better way to search for information. I was pointed in the direction of it by a post by Matthew Chen of Megite, which in turn led me to another blog I subscribe to but hadn’t looked at yet, A VC, who discussed a Lijit search for Venture Capital blogs that is now appearing on the VC Feedburner Network coordinated by Brad Feld who also discusses it.
This is all based upon a partnership between Lijit and Feedburner. I hadn’t seen anything on the Feedburner blog about this partnership but as I am interested in Google CSE and Feedburner, I thought I would take a look.

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Angel Investor | VC | Phishing

By Andy Beard | Published: January 18, 2007
Gmail

I use Gmail for email, and it catches most spam.
I do however monitor my spam folder carefully because a few useful emails such as my contact form results and Spam Karma Reports sometimes end up there.

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